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00:00Do-do-do-do-do
00:30Do-do-do-do-do-do-wa
00:32Do-do-do-do-do-wa
00:34Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
00:38Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
00:41Yes, Sydney?
00:51Hello, Miss Courtney.
00:54Did you want me?
00:55No, I was just giving your office floor a brush out.
00:58How very kind.
01:00good evening ah mr. Brown just the man I want you lucky devil sorry would you
01:09step into my office yeah not you mr. Brown after you miss Courtney
01:17you have a nice weekend oh very pleasant I spent two days in lieu oh in lieu of
01:23what I have brought something for you yeah it's a tape recorder yes oh that's very kind of you miss
01:33Courtney thank you very much I didn't expect you to buy me anything well that's good because I
01:36haven't I thought this was a that tape recorder belongs to the music class I thought it might be
01:42a good idea if you used it to try to improve your students elocution yes that is a good idea how does
01:48it work it is self-explanatory mr. Brown stop start wind rewind record hmm shouldn't there be a
01:57microphone it is fully built in when you have finished it perhaps you would return it to the
02:03music class yes certainly you may go thank you pompous old twit that old hen she said a pompous old
02:16twit aren't you a class to go to I was just going oh just one moment something the matter yes it's still
02:23I do hope you weren't being indiscreet no no of course I never said anything did I said no not a
02:34ticket bird never only snort this out well we'll see shall we I think I'll go sweep the floor yes I
02:39stay where you are now let's see what we can hear when you have finished with it perhaps you would be kind
02:46enough to return it to the music class yes certainly you may go thank you here we are that's
02:53it there's no more no definitely no more just a moment pompous old twit
02:59I see I am a pompous old twit am I that wasn't you really good lord no was it Sid no no we should
03:11never hold in yeah who was it uh who well it was yes it was the other old boiler Gladys the tea lady
03:21yes that's right Gladys I would hardly call Gladys pompous oh wouldn't you she can be very pompous
03:26at times I see well perhaps you would tell pompous Gladys that I am waiting for my coffee right
03:33do you know my horoscope was right I was forecast to clash with authority ending in disaster that
03:41wasn't disaster yeah well the night is still young
03:44there you are how are you liking it you are very rude Ranjit also he's not be spell very good
03:56please Ranjit lap it off before Harry arrives no you make Ali very mad I am not caring yesterday
04:03Ali is calling me a monkey face he shouldn't call you monkey face oh thank you Max it's not your fault
04:10you look like that I missed something funny no profit sorry he's still here you are liking flowers
04:22scusi you are liking flowers answer yes or no sure I like it the flowers good I'm sending something a
04:30funeral put your knife away Giovanni sit down come on oh wait you what hope is there for a multi-racial
04:36society if a handful of people can't sit down together for a couple of hours without coming
04:40to blow ah we only make it a joke well in future let's have no more jokes they only seem to lead to
04:45arguments who's responsible for this come along I'm waiting right if the person who's responsible
04:56doesn't own up you'll all stay behind and have extra homework it was right
04:59see I suggest you come out here Ranjit and rub it off before Ali comes in and sees it before Ali
05:07comes in and see what you are hiding something from me yes please I can see my name on blackboard we
05:15am I'm just about to rub it off oh blimey I can be reporting you to the monastery of education
05:23ministry that also I'm being surprised at you me writing 90 things like that I didn't write it but
05:33you are standing with chalky in hand that is circumstantial oh no that is most definitely chalky
05:39it was already written before I arrived oh then I'm knowing who is writing it it is monkey face
05:48listen if I have any more arguments those persons responsible will be sent home immediately
05:57well that's not it and that goes for you too
06:00no more arguments me never argue always argue never oh yes you do oh no I don't you're arguing
06:09right now tonight you're going to concentrate on your elocution heaven knows it needs concentrating on
06:22right now this is a tape recorder hey we're going to have the music while we work no we're not we're
06:30just going to have the work I'm going to ask each of you in turn to say something into this and we'll
06:35rewind it and play it back and we'll correct any mistakes or mispronunciations you may make
06:40right you first Ali Jolly good what shall I be saying well just say anything at all that comes into
06:48your mind anything at all that is coming into my mind here is the news and this is Maximilian
07:03Andreas Archimedes Papandreyu speaking it today we not have any news maybe tomorrow we have some
07:10my name is Daniel Favre of 36 21 35 I am French a pair and I like all kind of sports in the doors and out of the
07:24I am be speaking little poetry
07:53yes when first I come to school I am sit here like a fool but master G is teach me how to speech
08:04and now I'm speak much more better
08:06and it didn't exactly rhyme
08:10master Shakespeare no be right no that's true he doesn't not always Giovanni
08:16this is not a talent contest just say a sentence or two okay I am in the English class to learn how to speak of the English now I speak of the English so you still have a lot to learn
08:44not to learn
08:54Ranjit
08:55greetings and salutations to all my friends long life and much happiness be with you all very nice I mean thank you well done
09:09truly and spare us the thoughts of Chairman Mao tonight please
09:14both of Chairman Mao wasted on craft full of ignorant followers of imperialistic policies of aggression
09:18for me China can clue democracy for it
09:21thank you Sulee at least you're consistent
09:23now
09:24one
09:25here
09:26I tell you a little story
09:28my cousin from Madrid my cousin from Madrid his wife she goes up to heaven
09:33spirit of Santo Dominic
09:35and in the funeral my cousin he's very bad show the priest he come to him and say please my son don't worry in six months from now maybe you'll find another beautiful senorita and you get married my cousin he said to the priest six months what am I going to do tonight
09:55thank you
10:00save them for tea bread
10:02alright
10:03now we'll rewind this and you'll all hear how terrible you sound you've all got a long way to go
10:09no please
10:10the landlord man I'm staying with is telling me I am speaking English much more better than what he's doing
10:18is he a Londoner
10:20no
10:21he's from Turkey
10:24well I wouldn't let it go to your head Ranjeet
10:26right
10:27now
10:28pay attention
10:29you first Ali
10:31jolly good
10:32what shall I be saying
10:33well just say anything at all that comes into your mind
10:36anything at all that is coming into my mind
10:39um
10:40I don't know
10:41who was that
10:42who was what
10:43who were you speaking to
10:45that was you
10:46you were pulling my leggy
10:48that was not me
10:50that is a foreign sounding man
10:52exactly
10:53that's how you sound
10:55oh blimey
10:56and all the time I'm thinking I'm sounding good like Sir Olivia Lawrence
11:00yes please
11:01you're late Hannah
11:02yeah
11:03you feeling alright
11:04yeah
11:05you do not sound alright
11:06look if there's anything that's troubling you can tell Haas we're your friends
11:09that's right you let your hair down
11:10oh blimey
11:11how can she be letting her hair down when it is not up
11:13let your hair down means to get everything off of the chest
11:15oh
11:29you are be wanted to take off her clothes
11:32holy ravioli
11:34these foreigners are all stupid
11:36now why don't you tell us what's the matter
11:39for the last time there's nothing the matter
11:41you stop asking stupid questions
11:44I'm perfectly alright
12:05and Todd
12:07I'm returning the tape recorder
12:09I took her back to the music class but they'd all gone home
12:11oh very well you can leave her there
12:13have you finished now
12:14yes I've just got to give them their homework
12:16I think I've got a slight problem
12:18oh
12:19your class is one big problem
12:21I'm rather worried about Anna
12:23in what way
12:24well she burst into tears when she arrived and so far she's refused to say what's troubling her
12:28oh dear I do hope it isn't Miss Rowbottom all over again
12:31pardon
12:32needlework class last term exactly the same symptoms
12:36weeping all over her embroidery
12:38refused to say why
12:39did you ever find out what was the matter
12:41oh yes
12:42was it something serious
12:43what's for Miss Rowbottom
12:44she was pregnant
12:46please Anna tell us what is the matter
12:52I'm alright
12:53how can you be saying you are alright when you have been crying buckets of water
12:58you can do nothing to help
13:02how you know we can do nothing to help if you not tell us your problem
13:05alright I tell you
13:07I have to go back to West Germany
13:09why you got to go back
13:11my wheezer has au pairs kaput
13:14finished
13:16two years is nearly up
13:18why not ask for extension
13:20won't work
13:21I have a friend from East Germany Eva also au pair
13:24she's been told she has to go back next month
13:27you don't want to go back
13:28no I want to stay here
13:30you can be staying with me
13:32I hide you
13:33nobody will be knowing you are there
13:36thank you Ranjit but it won't work
13:39maybe you ask for diplomatic immunity
13:41ah
13:42Suli is right
13:43you can be a detector
13:46defector
13:47ah that is what I mean
13:49people only defect from East to West
13:51I'm already in the West
13:53you can go to Chinese Embassy
13:55and join with the Republic of China
13:57in fight against Lush and Neglection
13:59you want to stay here in England
14:01I have answered
14:03become British citizen
14:05how
14:06wife
14:07automatically take her nationality of husband
14:11hey that taro's got us something
14:14you must get married
14:16with an Englishman
14:17hey how about Sid
14:19he is an Englishman
14:20he's already being married
14:22eh
14:23we put something in the newspaper
14:25wanted
14:26smart Englishman
14:28plenty money
14:29good looks
14:30to marry beautiful German girl
14:32very sexy
14:33I can't do that
14:35sure you can
14:36when I marry
14:37it must be Mr. Wright
14:39is he English?
14:40who?
14:41this Mr. Wright
14:42haven't met him yet
14:43oh blimey
14:44how can he be marrying someone he haven't met yet
14:47what Anna means
14:48when she marries
14:49she marries Mr. Wright not Mr. Wrong
14:51Mr. Wrong
14:52but he's be sound like a foreign person
14:54who?
14:55Mr. Wrong
14:58don't take any notice of them Anna
15:00what I mean is
15:01when I get married
15:02it must be for love
15:04you don't have to live with him
15:06all you gotta do is get a British passport by getting married
15:10then after a couple of months you get a divorce
15:12who's gonna agree to marry me for a couple of months?
15:15plenty people
15:17hey now let's think of somebody
15:20first he's got to be English
15:23that's right
15:24eh
15:25I'm a little bit stupid
15:27somebody simple eh
15:29who we can twist round our little finger
15:31it is impossible
15:32eh
15:33God will find a way
15:35tell me where is God going to find a stupid simple Englishman whom we can twist round our little finger
15:41finger
15:46Deo grazia
15:48what was that one?
15:49eh
15:50sorry
15:51nothing nothing
15:52now about your homework
15:54hey professori
15:55after class we invite you to the pub for a drink huh?
15:58oh that's very kind of you
15:59good
16:00but I'm afraid I've got rather a lot of work to do
16:02aww
16:03you must come Bosch
16:04we will be so disappointed if you do not come
16:06ah well
16:07if you put it like that
16:08how can I resist
16:09now don't forget
16:18we give Mr. Brown plenty of the soft soap
16:21hey
16:22what is the soft soap?
16:23the flannel
16:24soft soap flannel
16:26is he going to have a bath?
16:28I think he means we are going to be getting Mr. Brown in a good mood
16:33eh
16:34why don't you speak the better English?
16:36hey I think they're coming back
16:38okie cokey
16:39now not to worry Anna
16:40we fix you up
16:41huh?
16:42here we are then
16:43who ordered what shorts?
16:44ah
16:51hey professori
16:52you sit here next to Anna huh?
16:54alright thank you
16:55right now what shall we drink to?
16:56to the future
16:57to the future
16:58who's the future
16:59ah
17:00salute
17:01you ever think about the future professori?
17:06sometimes
17:07you ever think of getting married Bosch?
17:09not really
17:10eh
17:11every man should be married
17:12especially to a woman
17:15is that general living by yourself?
17:18men no
17:19ah no
17:20not mean to live by
17:21burrito
17:22a woman
17:23it is not natural
17:24men and women are made for each other
17:27in China
17:28we brief it is duty of every citizen to marry and produce riddle citizen
17:33you are missing lot of nice pleasures
17:36you're all very concerned to get me married off
17:39we are only wanting you to be happy
17:41well I'm quite happy as I am thank you
17:43what about you Anna?
17:44you haven't said anything yet
17:45or are you against marriage?
17:46oh no I would like to be married
17:48I can't understand why she's not married already
17:52such a beautiful girl eh professori?
17:57pardon?
17:58that Anna
17:59she's a beautiful girl
18:06yes yes
18:08one day she's gonna make somebody a nice wife
18:11she's a wonderful cook
18:13ah good with the house cleaning
18:15kind hearted
18:16very careful with the money
18:17very careful with the money
18:19always a couple
18:20faithful
18:21a man would be lucky to have such wife
18:23I smell something fishy
18:25oh blimey
18:26it must be the curried prawn I'm having for lunch
18:30now I'm not stupid
18:31this has something to do with you Anna
18:33am I right?
18:34yeah
18:35okay we tell you the truth professori
18:37Anna is in the big trouble
18:40she
18:41she
18:42she's got to get married
18:43she's got to get married
18:48got to
18:49sure boss
18:50there is no other way
18:51Miss Courtney was right then
18:52Miss Courtney knows about Anna
18:54well she suspected correctly as it turns out
18:58can you know me help her Master G?
19:00well I'll do my best
19:01now listen Anna
19:02do you know who's responsible for your condition?
19:04yeah
19:05good
19:06who is it?
19:07the home secretary
19:15I beg your pardon
19:16he is the Von
19:17you sure?
19:18yeah I'm sure
19:19you must be mistaken
19:20no he is the Von
19:22well I'm afraid he must have been lying
19:23who was lying?
19:24well this person who told you that he was the home secretary
19:27what person?
19:28the person who put you in the state you are in
19:30yeah the home secretary
19:33couldn't have been the home secretary
19:35it was
19:36my girlfriend Eva is in the same boat with me
19:39you mean your girlfriend is also in your condition?
19:44yeah
19:45both of you were in the same boat with the home secretary?
19:48yeah
19:49I can't believe it
19:51it's true
19:52Eva has written to him but he says her visa cannot be extended
19:56that also is ending
19:59that is why I must get married with an Englishman
20:02just a minute
20:03you mean you want to get married to stay in the country?
20:05yeah
20:06and for no other reason?
20:08no
20:09well thank goodness for that
20:11okie-cokie when we fix the wedding
20:13there won't be a wedding
20:15oh no
20:16shh
20:17look Anna much as I sympathise with your predicament I can't marry you
20:20wouldn't be right
20:21I may be old fashioned but I believe that people should marry for love
20:25and not merely as a matter of convenience
20:27yeah
20:28yeah
20:29you're right
20:30excuse me
20:32I've got to fix my face
20:34honestly I'm surprised at you lot
20:40concocting a stupid idea like that
20:42we only wanted to help Anna
20:44yeah we feel very sorry for her
20:46yeah well I'm sure you meant well
20:47oh cheers come on I'll get some more drinks
20:49poor Anna
20:50poor Anna
20:51she is going to be very sad
20:52yeah
20:53we have to fix something Giovanni
20:55hey I got it Maxi
20:57we get him drunk
20:58oh we get drunk
20:59professori
21:00then tomorrow we not remember anything
21:02and we tell him he agreed to marry Anna
21:04in here tonight in front of the witnesses
21:06Anna will never agree to that
21:07sure she will
21:08how you know
21:09we get her drunk as well
21:11leaving mr brown
21:12not particularly feeling under the weather
21:13just a bit I had a bit too much to drink last night
21:14ah bunun Sarah prophecy
21:33Evening, Mr. Brown?
21:35Not particularly.
21:36Feeling under the weather?
21:38Just a bit. I had a bit too much to drink last night.
21:40Ah, bona sera, professore.
21:42Ah, believe me.
21:42How are you feeling, Mosh?
21:44Terrible.
21:45Last night you were a very happy man.
21:46Was I? I don't remember.
21:48You're not to remember dancing on the table?
21:51I didn't.
21:53You did? With Hannah?
21:54Just after you asked her to marry you.
21:56Yeah, well, I'm afraid I'd...
21:58What did you say I did?
22:01You asked Anna to marry you.
22:04Oh, no.
22:05Oh, yes.
22:06You say you felt sorry for her.
22:08You don't want her to go back to Germany,
22:10so you tell her you married her.
22:12Are you sure?
22:13Positive.
22:14She's going to fix the date tonight.
22:16You're a very lucky man.
22:25Congratulations.
22:27I don't want congratulations.
22:28Well, come to think of it,
22:29getting spliced is more of an occasion for mourning.
22:34I am not getting married.
22:36Well, they seem to think you are.
22:37Well, they are wrong,
22:38and I'm going to tell them so.
22:40Oh.
22:44Right, now, in your places, everybody,
22:46listen, please.
22:47I've got something to tell you about.
22:49Ah, Anna, just the person I want to see.
22:51Mr Brown, what can I say to you?
22:53Yeah, well, I'd rather you didn't say anything.
22:54What you did last night was wunderbar.
22:56Yeah, well, it's about last night, Anna.
22:58I will never forget it.
23:00Anna, will you listen to me?
23:01But I cannot let you marry me.
23:02Yeah, well, I may have had one or two more.
23:04What did you say?
23:05I cannot let you marry me.
23:06There's no need.
23:07You mean you found somebody else?
23:09I telephone Home Secretary.
23:10He can't marry you.
23:11He's already got a right.
23:13I phone about my WESA,
23:15and he tells me I can stay
23:17because I'm part of Common Market.
23:19That is good news.
23:22But how can I thank you for your kind offer?
23:24Oh, well, that was nothing.
23:26Would you have actually done this thing?
23:28Yes, I mean, that's what friends are for.
23:31Wunderbar.
23:32You will like Eva.
23:34Pardon?
23:34My friend.
23:35She is from East Germany,
23:37so she's not in Common Market.
23:38Eva.
23:47Dear Mrs. Brown,
23:48here.
23:50My liebchen,
23:52come to Eva.
23:55Come to Eva.
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