Toby Wright talks to his girlfriend Suzy on the phone as he enters a lift with Malcolm Tucker on his first morning at work.
Malcolm Tucker: [on phone, trails off as exits shot] Fuckety bye.
Suzy: Sorry darling just a quick thing, did you put away the lasagne?
Toby: Of course, it’s in the fridge, it’s got cling film on it and everything.
(Toby Enters lift and steps to the back. Malcolm hovers in the foreground, pacing occasionally as he talks into his phone.)
Suzy: Why d’you put cling film on it?
Toby: Because that keeps it fresh. That’s the point of cling film.
Malcolm Tucker: Can I speak to James Lewis of the PM programme please?
Suzy: [Indistinct due to Malcolm Tucker talking in foreground] …keep it fresh.
Malcolm Tucker: No I don’t want to hold. He’s had me on hold already.
Toby: But but but, It might dry out, that’s an amateur mistake you’re making.
Suzy: [indistinct]
Malcolm Tucker: I’m not holding any longer right, what’s he waiting for a fucking sex change?
Toby: It’s not carcinogenic…
Suzy: [faint, exasperated] It is.
Toby: …Cling film doesn’t give you cancer… this is insane, what kind of a country do you think this is? Cling film doesn’t give you cancer…
Malcolm Tucker: What, Simon Foster? ‘Diarrhea for nobody’ yeah I like that.
Toby: …any more than aluminium foil gives you…
Malcolm Tucker: Ok, apropos of that, tomorrow I want… [becomes indistinct]
Toby: …AIDS or, you know, lasagne gives you syphilis. That’s, it’s not a.. thing.
Malcolm Tucker: [shouting] NO YOU RELAX!
Suzy: [indistinct].. god who’s that?!
Malcolm Tucker: [shouting] GET ME FUCKING BRIAN!
Suzy: [indistinct] …cream on your way home.
Malcolm Tucker: YOU DON’T GET ME BRIAN I’M GONNA COME OVER THERE AND LOCK YOU IN A FUCKING FLOTATION TANK AND PUMP IT FULL OF SEWAGE UNTIL YOU FUCKING DROWN.
Opening credits.
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January 6, 2010
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Food in popular culture #1: In The Loop on cling film
Toby Wright talks to his girlfriend Suzy on the phone as he enters a lift with Malcolm Tucker on his first morning at work.
Malcolm Tucker: [on phone, trails off as exits shot] Fuckety bye.
Suzy: Sorry darling just a quick thing, did you put away the lasagne?
Toby: Of course, it’s in the fridge, it’s got cling film on it and everything.
(Toby Enters lift and steps to the back. Malcolm hovers in the foreground, pacing occasionally as he talks into his phone.)
Suzy: Why d’you put cling film on it?
Toby: Because that keeps it fresh. That’s the point of cling film.
Malcolm Tucker: Can I speak to James Lewis of the PM programme please?
Suzy: [Indistinct due to Malcolm Tucker talking in foreground] …keep it fresh.
Malcolm Tucker: No I don’t want to hold. He’s had me on hold already.
Toby: But but but, It might dry out, that’s an amateur mistake you’re making.
Suzy: [indistinct]
Malcolm Tucker: I’m not holding any longer right, what’s he waiting for a fucking sex change?
Toby: It’s not carcinogenic…
Suzy: [faint, exasperated] It is.
Toby: …Cling film doesn’t give you cancer… this is insane, what kind of a country do you think this is? Cling film doesn’t give you cancer…
Malcolm Tucker: What, Simon Foster? ‘Diarrhea for nobody’ yeah I like that.
Toby: …any more than aluminium foil gives you…
Malcolm Tucker: Ok, apropos of that, tomorrow I want… [becomes indistinct]
Toby: …AIDS or, you know, lasagne gives you syphilis. That’s, it’s not a.. thing.
Malcolm Tucker: [shouting] NO YOU RELAX!
Suzy: [indistinct].. god who’s that?!
Malcolm Tucker: [shouting] GET ME FUCKING BRIAN!
Suzy: [indistinct] …cream on your way home.
Malcolm Tucker: YOU DON’T GET ME BRIAN I’M GONNA COME OVER THERE AND LOCK YOU IN A FUCKING FLOTATION TANK AND PUMP IT FULL OF SEWAGE UNTIL YOU FUCKING DROWN.
Opening credits.
Continue reading →
January 6, 2010 Posted by clatterbach | commentary, Food in popular culture | "In the Loop", Alistair Campbell, Armando Iannucci, Malcolm Tucker | Leave a comment