Minder at its laugh out loud funniest I reckon. Some great lines in this one:
Arthur’s mechanic ‘The lad knows all there is to know about motors, he worked at Dalston bus garage!’
Arthur chasing Terry into the job centre; ‘Job centres aren’t for you, they are for civilians!’ Reaches in his pocket to give Terry a sub then realises his mistake and points to a job ad ‘ooh there’s a good one!’
The way Arthur reveals his choice of trainer as ‘cough’ Sol- dier. at- kins ... and speaking slower and quieter is priceless.
Haggling over the flat with Harry ‘even the cat don’t fancy it...’
‘I come round a well known bird-bandit’s lair to find a comely Richard flaunting her Aris around the gaff!’
Telling the lads decorating the flat to ‘splosh It on, you got two days, you’ll have to work like blacks’ would never make it to air nowadays but Arthur’s embarrassment shows he knew he was out of order. Hilarious scene nevertheless.
Couple of observations as well;
‘Er indoors Daley is in fact a reference to ‘er indoors daily (ie the cleaner) who wants ‘an arm and a leg’ so he’s moaning about her fees. Watch it in context of the scene ‘we’re all feeling the pinch’ it makes perfect sense.
And Arthur should have smelled a rat when Harry said his wife ran off with the double glazing guy and five minutes later can’t open the manky old sash window in the flat. Obviously telling porkies.
Inspector Clouseau today, me.
