Favourite lines..?
Of course, with a series as classic as this, there are too many to mention. I'd like to see the one with the most votes though.
Although 'Pink Carnations' as an episode doesn't feature among the message board's 'most favourite episode' perhaps one line in there is one of the best.
Rigsby, after expecting to meet a lady who said she's in her 'late 'twenties' in a lonely hearts ad (Who eventually turns out to be Miss Jones!) makes mistaken identity after mistaken identity on this score then gets tapped on the shoulder by the excellent but OLD 'battleaxe', Joan Sanderson. On clocking her he remarks: "Cor blimey! When you said late 'twenties, I didn't know you meant 1920's!" PRICELESS! (He then even carried on to say: "I'm surprised you didn't wait for it to go dark!")
Another one in 'Stage Struck' is where Rigsby shows his homophobic attitudes.
Alan: "We're in more enlightened times, Rigsby, parliament has made it (Homosexuality) legal". To which Rigsby remarks: "Yeah, I'm not surprised with that lot ... we're lucky they didn't make it compulsory!"
And in the one with 'supposed' dead chap, Osborne, the trio (Alan, Phillip and
Rigsby) are carping on about death.
Alan: "I'm thinking about having my body frozen - they can do that you know, freeze you then await the advance of medical science." (To cure you of what may have caused your death).
Rigsby:"Oh yeah, and who'll be in charge of the funeral arrangements -'BIRD'S EYE'!"
(Same episode) - not word for word, words to the effect:
Rigsby: "my uncle had a grand funeral, laid out like Lenin's tomb he was and he looked good - mind you, he'd been at Skegness the week before - DID HIM THE WORLD OF GOOD!"
Same episode again, this time talking about after life:
Alan: "We got in touch via a medium to find out where my (dead) uncle had put his money..."
Rigsby:"Did he get in touch ... did he say what IT was like?"
Alan:"Yeah, he spoke to us... but he said he couldn't stand all the sex and violence..."
Rigsby:"What do you mean...heaven's not like THAT?!"
Alan:"No he wasn't in heaven ... HE WAS A RABBIT ON SALISBURY PLAIN!"