The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Gerald Harper: Captain Saunders
Quotes
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Mycroft : [playing a Brigadier inspecting the training camp in response to some private who has 'complained to his MP' regarding the food]
[enters Mess Hall]
Mycroft : Carry on eating. Any complaints here?
Captain Saunders : Come along now. Answer the Brigadier.
Other Private in Mess : No, Sir.
Mycroft : You're, um, quite satisfied with the food. You can speak quite freely.
Chunky Grogan : Well, er, no, Sir. Not always, Sir.
[CSM gives a menacing look]
Mycroft : What exactly don't you like about it?
Chunky Grogan : Well, er, they sometimes give you good grub, sir, but, er, they mess it about like.
Mycroft : How do you mean, mess it about?
Chunky Grogan : Well, take Sunday, Sir. I mean, er, we had a fair whack of the old roast and that and gravy and stuff, but they messed it about like. You know.
Mycroft : Specifically?
Chunky Grogan : Beg your pardon sir?
Mycroft : What did they do to it?
Chunky Grogan : Oh1 Oh, well, I'm not a cook am I? I only go by what I taste, like, and, er, it didn't taste right, see. It sort of tasted like they'd messed it about, like.
Mycroft : What's this man's name?
Captain Saunders : Mmm?
C.S.M. : Grogan, Sir.
Mycroft : That's all, is it?
Chunky Grogan : Well, that was only last Sunday, sir.
Mycroft : What about today's meal?
Chunky Grogan : Oh, well, very fair, sir. You know, if you like eggs. I mean, they're not great favourites of mine, but, er, you've gotta eat them to keep your strength up, like.
Mycroft : [sucks air through teeth] Yes.
[walks off with entourage]
Other Private in Mess : [other privates at table congratulate worthy Grogan, clapping him on the back] Well done, Rolly.
Chunky Grogan : Well, bleedin' asked me, didn't he?