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Telly - "Rab C. Nesbitt"
"Don' you tawk tay me... ay well tayl you thess boi..."
Scotland's very own 'voice of the people' albeit a drunken one... a combination of Carly Spesh Brew and Buckfast combined with a gift o' the banter gave this anti-hero the soul of a poet... even if a swatch o' his coupon would have ye thinking that he was 'pure radio rental there doll'.
A star of 'Naked Video' - this chap originally had a 'slot' of a few minutes, and like other comedy characters in sketch shows (such as 'The Detectives' on Jasper Carrot's show) he ended up with his own series... surprisingly, the excellent scripts meant that the transposition was a pretty fluid one, plus he was ably supported by his dysfunctional family (Mary a.k.a. 'Marie-Doll', Gash and Wee Burnie) plus his cronies (Jamesie, Ella, Andra, Dodie et al).
The thing I remember most about Rab is that I ended up being 'Ceefax' for my mother... that is, if I recorded it there wouldn't be subtitles available as there would be on 'page 888' of the teletext service when watched 'live' and I would have to translate.
I could never work out 'how no she cud'nae unnerstan' the patter there' as I'd never had a problem - but thass me all ayver, ken?
Anyhow - the prog. ran for a total of 8 seasons - so there y'are!
Here's some quotes - some are pure gallus, so they are!
Rab: "I will tell you this boy, I will tell you this".
Rab: "Mary, we huv knain each other tae long to let a pound ae dead meat tae come between us".
Mary: "Let's leave oor sex life oota this"
Rab: I will skive and skive again.
Rab: Some place, Govan, eh? Where else can y'get a fish supper at 9:00 AM? Simple. Jes steal it aff a drunk whit's been layin pished ootside a close aw neet.”
Peter the Warlock: [to Rab] Now if you'll excuse me, I have a unicorn to sacrifice and a virgin to deflower. [to three of the guys as he leaves the pub] See youse.
Dodie: He must be a warlock right enough to huv found a unicorn in Govan.
Jamesie: He must be Sherlock Holmes to huv found a virgin.
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