I loved the one when Gail was in a prison cell with Tracy
Gail: "I didn't kill my husband, the recession did"
Tracy burst out laughing.
Tony Gordon during the hostage storyline at the factory:
Tony: *after ripping tape from Carla's mouth* Well, that's at least three layers of fake tan.
Carla: "what do you want?"
Tony: "well I didn't go through all this trouble to host a staff meeting"
--
John Stape: "I just wanted to teach. People died because I wanted to teach!"
Audrey the other night reassuring her customers that not all her stylists were being questioned by the police. Kylie added that it was true for now, at least.
Gail: "You know what I look for in a man?"
Nick: "Just jumped the fence at Rampton?"
I love all the little jokes in Corrie - Kirsty's "Tyrone Power" t-shirt, John Stape listing Charlotte as 'Miss Brodie' on his phone etc. Steve meeting Ken on his way to the library, nodding in agreement as Ken said how difficult 'Wolf Hall' was to get through. Steve mixing up 'frisson' and 'fresian'; and in reply to Becky complaining that she looked like a pole dancer, adding: "And that's why I married you."
Todd was annoying me when he came back at first but I'm liking his new male Tracy type character more now. Loved him saying to Maria, "You've been dumped so many times I'm surprised you don't just wear a bin liner" or something similar
Thought I'd dredge up some classics from the early 60s. This kind of delicious dialogue has been part of Corrie scripts for years, especially at moments of supposedly high drama.
Mr Swindley: "Mrs Sharples has gone to visit her sister" Elsie: "More likely polish her horns"
Elsie: "We don't need sewers round 'ere, we've got Ena Sharples!"
Elsie: "That's right, get it down in your little black book" Annie Walker: "It isn't black books that would be needed, it's an absolutely library"
...and one from Ivy and Gail arguing after Brian's murder
Ivy: "May God forgive you Gail!" Gail: "Well he might, but you never will"
The UKNOVA site used to run a similar thread. It ran to many, many, pages but contributions diminished a few years ago following the death of Blanche and the apparent change to a more sensationalist scriptwriting policy following the arrival of the current (and previous) management.
Not really a one liner but Norris saying to Mary "Why do you talk about your mother like she's dead. She's still alive!" had me laughing. Mary's relationship with her mother always seems quite sinister!
Policeman/detective to Mary : Don't I know you?
Mary : I haven't touched a chain saw since officer.
:D:D:D
The best thing about Mary for me is the regular hints at various past incidents that we never get to hear the details of, but which all add to her complex character and frankly sinister personality. I love Mary.
When Gail found out that Todd was gay and attempted to kiss Nick behind Sarah's, she marched over to Eileen's for a slanging match. Jason wearing his builders helmet then appeared.
Jason" "What's going on?"
Gail '"Oh look, here come the rest of the village people":D
Blanche at the AA meeting was the funniest ever, particulary when she went on about Ken's affair with the actress "who lived on a tugboat" Ken "it was a barge"
Blanche at the AA meeting was the funniest ever, particulary when she went on about Ken's affair with the actress "who lived on a tugboat" Ken "it was a barge"
The AA meeting was brilliant.
"You want to get out more - wait 'till you try bingo - you'll hyperventilate."
Ken: Well it didn't make Tracy hit the bottle.
Blanche: No, but it made her hit her boyfriend with a blunt instrument.
^_^
Ken: Can we not have this in public?
Deirdre: It's hardly the Rovers Return.
Blanche: Just as well this lot would be foaming at the mouth.
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i peed a little when she said it
And pretty much every line uttered by the amazing legend, Blanche. Always very much missed.
"You buried my son under a knicker factory..":D
Tina: "how do you have so much time to be a cow"
Tracy: "I set my alarm early"
Gail: "I didn't kill my husband, the recession did"
Tracy burst out laughing.
Tony Gordon during the hostage storyline at the factory:
Tony: *after ripping tape from Carla's mouth* Well, that's at least three layers of fake tan.
Carla: "what do you want?"
Tony: "well I didn't go through all this trouble to host a staff meeting"
--
John Stape: "I just wanted to teach. People died because I wanted to teach!"
Another of my more recent favourites :
TracyLuv : 'I'm stuffing a marrow'
Deirdre (shocked face) : 'What with'?
Blanche to Ken
Sally: "After what - colouring?"
Kirk: "Beth reckons I'm a good listener."
Carla: "Well, with her gob, I'd have thought it was a prerequisite."
BIB is my personal favourite:D
Mr Swindley: "Mrs Sharples has gone to visit her sister"
Elsie: "More likely polish her horns"
Elsie: "We don't need sewers round 'ere, we've got Ena Sharples!"
Elsie: "That's right, get it down in your little black book"
Annie Walker: "It isn't black books that would be needed, it's an absolutely library"
...and one from Ivy and Gail arguing after Brian's murder
Ivy: "May God forgive you Gail!"
Gail: "Well he might, but you never will"
"I hope you don't mind me taking liberties with your peanut brittle balls?"
Mary : I haven't touched a chain saw since officer.
The best thing about Mary for me is the regular hints at various past incidents that we never get to hear the details of, but which all add to her complex character and frankly sinister personality. I love Mary.
Jason" "What's going on?"
Gail '"Oh look, here come the rest of the village people":D
Blanche at the AA meeting was the funniest ever, particulary when she went on about Ken's affair with the actress "who lived on a tugboat" Ken "it was a barge"
"You want to get out more - wait 'till you try bingo - you'll hyperventilate."
Ken: Well it didn't make Tracy hit the bottle.
Blanche: No, but it made her hit her boyfriend with a blunt instrument.
^_^
Ken: Can we not have this in public?
Deirdre: It's hardly the Rovers Return.
Blanche: Just as well this lot would be foaming at the mouth.
Kylie: "what is going on?"
David: "she dropped her nuts"
David: "I'm just trying to spread a little peanut shaped happiness."