Gay quotes project

[kiwisue]

I've been compiling a list of "gay quotes" from The Professionals episodes. Some of these are just casual gay referencing - to the "Gay News", to the lesbian lovers in "Everest was also Conquered". Some others appear to be just the lads camping it up. And then there are the others, the ones I really love, where there's a hint of "something else going on" between them.

A lot of it is in the expressions and the body language, but it's interesting to see how many clues remain without the visuals!

Credit: Quotes from the transcripts at The Hatstand Episode Guides


General gay referencing
No Stone
BODIE: They fed 'em on tarantula legs for three weeks. Right? That failed. So then they tried a diet of twenty-four-hour, non-stop, pop music.
DOYLE: To a cageful of rats?
BODIE: Yeah. There was rock, disco, punk. You know, the whole hit parade.
DOYLE: Then what happened?
BODIE: They all went gay.
Doyle laughs.
DOYLE: A cageful of gay rats?
BODIE: It's straight, honest. You don't believe me, do you?
DOYLE: No, are you kidding.
BODIE: That's a fact. Honest. Queer as a three-pound note.

First Night
COWLEY: We've got tape records placed in every newspaper office. The periodicals, radio, TV--everywhere.
DOYLE: Gay News?
COWLEY: Everywhere.

Hunter/Hunted
MARTY: Beautiful, isn't it? Amazing to think the Vikings used to sail up here a few hundred years ago. Raid our cities--
DOYLE: Rob all the women; rape all the men.
MARTY: If you like that sort of thing.
(This is one which I think loses something when you can't view the scene)

In the Public Interest
note 1: This episode deals with gay issues against a backdrop of an overly-controlling police service so there are references throughout. Apart from this, the nuances for the B/D fan are slight - a little bit of camping (below), and this:
Office on Canal Street. Bodie and Doyle are unloading cardboard boxes from the car and carrying them inside. Doyle notices a police car pulling up to an intersection and pausing to watch them.
DOYLE: Think we've got a nibble.
He and Bodie go inside and stack the boxes. Bodie looks at brochures piled around.
BODIE: Cooking on a budget. Post-natal depression.
DOYLE: [chuckles] That's right. Not a word, not a poster, nothing about gay youth.
BODIE: Oh, that's a relief, my image remains untarnished.
He hands Doyle a brochure.
BODIE: Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
DOYLE: Oh, yeh.
He does a double take and looks at Bodie, then back at the brochure.

note 2: I find this scene strange - there are perfectly valid reasons to portray a gay youth centre as having health and welfare pamphlets. But no 'gay youth' specific material? Why? Was it a legal issue at the time, or concern about how a more realistic scene might be perceived?? Curious.

Killer With a Long Arm
HILDA: Well, you must have made some mistakes?
GEORGI: Yes, one.
HILDA: Was she prettier than me? More desirable?
GEORGI: She was a boy. [smiles] It had been a long, hot summer.

DOYLE: What do you know about Greeks, Bodie?
BODIE: Uh, the fellows all dance together and the cops shave their heads.
He laughs.
DOYLE: They are a tight-knit community.
BODIE: Yeah, ghetto time.
DOYLE: Don't knock it. Ghetto means, um, being able to depend on your own kind.
BODIE: So, you and me are a mobile ghetto, eh?
DOYLE: I've got some good Greek friends.
BODIE: Me, too. Funny thing is, though, they're all girls.
Doyle smiles.
BODIE: Where we going?
DOYLE: To see a Greek...who is not so friendly.

Fugitive
I had one small part of this scene selected, and then when I went through there was so much more to find...thank you, shootingtokill! Also, I noticed a couple of errors in the hatstand transcript - I've italicised the corrections
Scene 16: Hairdressing salon. Bodie and Doyle go to the door.
BODIE: Fancy a quick blow dry, do you?
DOYLE: Oh, very droll.
They go in.
RECEPTIONIST: Good afternoon.
BODIE: Afternoon.
RECEPTIONIST: Bobby's free.
She indicates Bobby, who smiles at Bodie.
DOYLE: Hell, I'm sure he is.
BODIE: Like to speak to Mr. Slater, please.
RECEPTIONIST: Oh, I don't know if you can--.
DOYLE: Ah, I think he will for us. [shows CI5 ID]
BODIE: Thank you.
The receptionist goes to the phone. It rings in Slater's office, and he answers it.
SLATER: Yeh. Right.
Hanging up, he hides a file. Bodie and Doyle come in.
SLATER: Yes, yes, I know, I remember him.
DOYLE: Fondly, no doubt.
SLATER: What do you want?
BODIE: Putting your cards on the table a bit early, aren't you?
SLATER: No, I mean, what's your poison?
DOYLE: Ah, that's very nice, make it a social occasion. Yeh, I'll have a large Scotch if you've got it.
SLATER: Yeah, I've got it. And you?
BODIE: Oh, well, I think I might have a small Cuba libre.
SLATER: Oh, well, I think I'll have a pink gin.
BODIE: You navy?
SLATER: Royal marines. You army?
BODIE: Paras. So. You're into the private army game, are you?
SLATER: Listen, I thought we were going to be sociable.
DOYLE: For us, this is sociable.
SLATER: Fine. So what d'you want?
BODIE: You know, I knew a guy like him. Went to the bar. Saw a pretty barmaid. Forgot your round.
DOYLE: You have to help yourself.
(snipped dialogue)
DOYLE: How do you feel about terrorists?
SLATER: Shoot the bloody lot of them.
BODIE: Queers?
SLATER: Shoot the--ha ha.

Everest was also Conquered
DOYLE: 1955. Exactly. And she paid cash. You get the same kind of feeling as I do about those two?
BODIE: What, only one bed being slept in?
DOYLE: Yeah, yeah.
BODIE: Yeah. It must have been murder for a policewoman with those kind of tendencies in the fifties.
DOYLE: Yeah, she'd be open to all kinds of bribery, blackmail, the lot. [he finds a paper] Jackpot! Twenty thousand shares purchased in Turvey Combines--when?

Not a very Civil Civil Servant
DRAKE: I wouldn't do that, pal. First, I could walk you over the park and give you a ten-out-of-ten thumping as easy as demonstrate a vacuum cleaner.
SINGLETON: That would get you in even more trouble.
DRAKE: No. Because even if I was picked up, we all know what fellows like you are after in parks. And besides, you're being selfish. You've got four kids. I know the roads they cross on their way to school and I know what they look like. And I can be a very dangerous driver. I know the supermarket your wife shops at. So, what I do is, I put a few things in her bag, I call the detective and she's down the road for shop-lifting. You think about it. Perhaps I could arrange both. You do it. And, you never know, you might get a few quid through your door one night and you can buy yourself a new suit.

Between Our Lads (ETA - maybe - who are they trying to kid?)
Hunter, Hunted
PRESTON: It's a condition of parole. You understand, until I get a steady job? Which could take a long time. Nobody loves a bent copper, do they? [starts to enter the house; Doyle moves as if to follow] You weren't thinking of coming in, were you? Without a warrant? Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. [exit into house]
BODIE: Well, you two don't exactly love each other, do you?
DOYLE: Well, like he said, nobody loves a bent copper.
BODIE: I don't mind. Well, nevermind. Let's try the other one.
ETA: dialogue correction thanks to crimson37. I've left the quote here because there is *something* about Bodie's smile when he says it - what do you think??

Not a very Civil Civil Servant
BODIE: Bodie. You've got a strange way of introducing yourself, haven't you?
HALLORAN: Yeah, I just wanted to make sure whose side you were on. Too many of you fellows are bent.
Bodie and Doyle look at each other.

Servant of Two Masters
DOYLE: Right, you're on your own.
He gets out of the car.
BODIE: Doyle.
Doyle bends down to look through the window.
BODIE: I'm going to miss you.
DOYLE: Very touching.
He crosses the road. Bodie whips the car in a U-turn, then leans out of the window.
BODIE: Hey, don't you speak to any strange men!
He speeds away. Doyle goes inside the building.

A Hiding to Nothing
COWLEY: [into radio-phone] Alpha. Where is she now?
BODIE: At a concert. Following every note with a friend.
COWLEY: A friend?
BODIE: A friend. Boyfriend.
COWLEY: You're sure it's a boyfriend? There's a big difference.
BODIE: I know. I think I can remember.

Dead Reckoning
BODIE: What about that guy Michael, the girl's boyfriend?
DOYLE: [to Bodie] You busy?
(Bodie pauses for a minute, then nods and smiles slightly at Doyle)

The Ojuka Situation
RECEPTIONIST: Well, I think we can accommodate you. Rooms Six, Seven, and Eight are adjoining. Seven is usually taken as a children's room, but the bed is full size. There's no bath, I'm afraid. So if you don't mind sharing?
BODIE: No, I'm sure that'll be all right. If that's okay with Mr Guppy?
They turn to look at Ojuka.
(Another one which loses something without the visuals)

Involvement
BODIE: Ah, come on, Doyle's girlfriend?
COWLEY: Would have to be checked out if he wants to marry her. No operative can marry without my permission.
BODIE: Didn't know that.
COWLEY: It's in the small print. And, anyway, it's not ever likely to affect you, is it?
BODIE: Thank you. Yeah, well, we don't know he's going to get married yet, do we?

Need to Know
BODIE: All due respect, sir, I'm sure, I'm, I'm not entirely happy about anyone having the key to my flat! I mean, what if you were to come in unexpectedly while I was in the-- Doing....
He looks at Doyle.
BODIE: Well, anything, you know.
Cowley looks between them.
COWLEY: I'd be very discreet, Bodie, I promise you. I'd wait until you were finished, oh, doing whatever you were doing.
He opens the box.
COWLEY: Ah, I think Mackay must have left this for you, Bodie. [holds up tulip] It was in Amsterdam, wasn't it, that he beat you in the Judo Championships?
BODIE: I was ill.
DOYLE: Oh, I don't know, sir, it might not be that. It might be some kind of, um, bouquet. I mean, uh, you never can tell these days, you know.
BODIE: Yeah, yeah.

(later)
COWLEY: I had you both covered. I'm a very good shot.
BODIE: Yeah, I saw that. Nevertheless, what if something had gone wrong?
COWLEY: Oh, in that case, I would have arranged a nice headstone for the two of you. Out of my own pocket, of course.

Taking the piss OR we camp beautifully
Blind Run
In the Fiesta van. Tinkerbell and Mr X are talking in Arabic and laughing in the back seat.
DOYLE: Share the joke, Tinkerbell.
TINKERBELL: It worked! They lost us.
DOYLE: It's not you two fairies I'm worried about; it's just my job.

In the Public Interest
BODIE: The regulations. Oh, can we have the same, uh, room, please? It's just that my friend here does a spot of painting, and he finds the view inspiring.
DOYLE: And the doctor says it's doing his fractured eyelash so much good.

First Night
Bodie and Doyle pause beside the billboard advertising next week's film.
DOYLE: I've seen it.
BODIE: Hey?
DOYLE: Yeah. The hero had an operation to take his hand off his hip.
He looks at Bodie's left hand resting on his hip.

Looking After Annie
BODIE: Oh, come on. Cowley and the opposite sex? You must be joking.
DOYLE: Well, he must be an attractive man. I suppose. Oh, he's a bit aggressive, but he...he would be attractive, wouldn't he?
BODIE: [campy] I've not noticed. Anyway, too busy ducking insults.

A Hiding to Nothing
DOYLE: [on R/T] 4.5 to 3.7, over.
BODIE: [into R/T] 3.7. You all right?
DOYLE: Yeah, matron's a bit friendly.
BODIE: Yeah? Problem?
DOYLE: Nah, I'll just take the rotor arm out of her broomstick. Listen, the guy who had this flat before, what's he do?
BODIE: Oh, he's a ballet dancer. But he's very nice.
DOYLE: Oh, really?

Involvement
Doyle's flat. Doyle is alone when the intercom buzzer sounds. He pushes the button to open the outside door without checking to see who it is and returns to the kitchen. Sound of someone arriving.
DOYLE: Come on in, darling, the door's open.
BODIE: Anything you say, sweetheart!
Doyle turns and laughs.

Blackout
In a pub. Stuart carries a couple of pints from the bar with Doyle trailing him to where Bodie, with his arm in a sling, is sitting.
DOYLE: This is Stuart. He wants to congratulate you.
BODIE: Oh, cheers, mate.
STUART: Yeah, you did fine. Left-handed, too.
BODIE: Yeah, ambidextrous.
DOYLE: Yeah.
BODIE: That's not what you think it means. *simpers*


There was quite a bit of cutting and pasting between categories *g* so I'm interested in comments on how I've organised the quote selections. Also additional suggestions!

ETAs
Runner
BODIE: All this drinking in the daytime, Doyle.
DOYLE: I know. I shan't be able to look a ginger beer in the face again. See you.

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Hey, cool, I like this. In the "we camp beautifully" category I'd add this from "Look After Annie":

BODIE: Oh, come on. Cowley and the opposite sex? You must be joking.

DOYLE: Well, he must be an attractive man. I suppose. Oh, he's a bit aggressive, but he...he would be attractive, wouldn't he?

BODIE: [campy] I've not noticed. Anyway, too busy ducking insults.

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thank you! *added*

[crimson-37.livejournal.com]

Hey this is really great, thanks. You've made me smile.
This might be another one for the collection. That is, if you think it fits?

From Spy Probe:-
The lads are in the van watching the warehouse. Bodie is half asleep. Ray is looking out of the window.

BODIE: Mind you, he wasn't the brightest thing on two legs, was he?
DOYLE: I thought he was sweet.
BODIE: Eh? [Bodie raises his head to look at Ray]
DOYLE: All those sweets he eats. [Doyle quickly mumbles}

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

*LOL* I'm not sure about this one - on the surface it sounds a little suggestive, but if you watch the scene it seems more like a bad pun made when they're both knackered - Bodie's almost asleep!

Think I'll hold off on it for now, but thanks... and if you find anything else...

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hmmn - I'm not quite sure whether Doyle's crack at Tinkerbell comes under taking the piss/camping it up or if he's just trying to be offensive, mind... 'course, methinks the gentlemen doth protest... in any case... *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ooh - plus, possible (admittedly dubious) general referencing - Cowley to Bodie in Involvement, when Bodie expresses surprise that potential marriage partners are checked out by Cowley - "Not something you'll have to worry about, 3.7..." (*she paraphrases badly...*)

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

This is why I posted to my journal first - I wanted my well-Pros-educated friends to have a go at sorting the list before I put it anywhere public! I take your point about the Tinkerbell/fairies quote too...

I think this has possibilities - would it be general referencing or in the "something going on" category... ie it isn't about both of them, but could be construed as suggesting something about Bodie, one way or the other (or both *g*). Maybe I should rename the category.

Under the "protesteth too much" banner (which I won't make a header, more a definitional guide, IYKWIM), what about the "mobile ghetto" conversation...

DOYLE: I've got some good Greek friends.
BODIE: Me, too. Funny thing is, though, they're all girls.

Said most unconvincingly :-)

[eveningblue.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is fantastic! I wish it weren't f-locked so I could point a friend toward it. Would you mind if I copied and pasted it into an email?

I think it's important to note that in that "NAVCCS" scene, they don't just look at each other. They smirk. Very suggestive.

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

No I've unlocked it - I initially wanted to get some friends feedback on categories & inclusions before I linked the post elsewhere - but if there's wider interest, well go for it!

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

And yes, theydo smirk!

[crimson-37.livejournal.com]

The Hunted/Hunter one you have here, I love, but I couldn't help thinking that quote was wrong.
So I checked. Sorry, honey. Bodie says, "Well, nevermind. Let's try the the other one."
I listened over and over and watched his lips. I have to say I prefer your version. ;)[or the hatstand version, which is where I am assuming you got it from.] But I believe it is misquoted and someone may pull you on it if you post elsewhere. I just thought I would warn you. I would love for someone to prove me wrong.

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Yes I did get the quote from the Hatstand... but I've listened and watched carefully, and you are right. Rats!

*nice smile on Bodie's face, though*

[paris7am.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I'm so happy to see these. If I remember or find any I'll make sure to pass them on to you.

[eveningblue.livejournal.com]

There's even more in that one; Doyle says something like all he knows about Greeks is that the fellas dance with fellas? Can't quite remember. Something like that.

[eveningblue.livejournal.com]

Coolness.

[eveningblue.livejournal.com]

There's also something in "In the Public Interest," when they're in the office of the Gay Youth Alliance after unpacking all those pamphlets from the truck, and Bodie looks at them and they're for things like quitting smoking. He says something like, "Thank goodness. My reputation remains untarnished." But he says it very sarcastically.

[crimson-37.livejournal.com]

Sorry, to be the bearer or bad tidings. ((hugs)) I'm keeping my eyes and ears out for more quotes for you though.

*nice smile on Bodie's face, though*

Yeah. *sighs* But there always is, isn't there. *g*

I love that look they share in Odjuka, just before they say. they don't mind sharing. I think it says it all.

It's shame we can't convert all the visual stuff. The list would be never ending. :)

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Full quote:

DOYLE: What do you know about Greeks, Bodie?
BODIE: Uh, the fellows all dance together and the cops shave their heads.
He laughs.
DOYLE: They are a tight-knit community.
BODIE: Yeah, ghetto time.
DOYLE: Don't knock it. Ghetto means, um, being able to depend on your own kind.
BODIE: So, you and me are a mobile ghetto, eh?
DOYLE: I've got some good Greek friends.
BODIE: Me, too. Funny thing is, though, they're all girls.
Doyle smiles.
BODIE: Where we going?
DOYLE: To see a Greek...who is not so friendly.

I think I'll put it in general referencing (for now) - the innuendo is there *g* - but is it "Bodie casting aspersions" or "Bodie protesteth too much"? There's a certain way he says his lines...

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

You could say that episode is one long gay reference! I think quotes like this one, which seem to be about them saying something to affirm their heterosexuality, except there's an undercurrent somehow, are tricky. Here's the full quote:

Office on Canal Street. Bodie and Doyle are unloading cardboard boxes from the car and carrying them inside. Doyle notices a police car pulling up to an intersection and pausing to watch them.
DOYLE: Think we've got a nibble.
He and Bodie go inside and stack the boxes. Bodie looks at brochures piled around.
BODIE: Cooking on a budget. Post-natal depression.
DOYLE: [chuckles] That's right. Not a word, not a poster, nothing about gay youth.
BODIE: Oh, that's a relief, my image remains untarnished.
He hands Doyle a brochure.
BODIE: Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
DOYLE: Oh, yeh.
He does a double take and looks at Bodie, then back at the brochure.

Hmmmm... actually I like the way they move around each other when they're unloading the trunk of their car at the beginning of this one... and the mouth-to-mouth comment could qualify as a 'something'...

[eveningblue.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I'm sure he says "I don't mind." I was struck by it the first time I watched the episode (about two months ago). I've never read the Hatstand transcripts.

[crimson-37.livejournal.com]

Ok, what about this one? It might be me. But the way Doyle looks back at Bodie... ?? Almost as if he is trying to say; Did you tell him? Or, don't let the cat out of the bag.

And then there is Doyle's reference to not being able to tell these days. :)
Maybe, I have a one tracked mind? LOL

BODIE: All due respect, sir, I'm sure, I'm, I'm not entirely happy about anyone having the key to my flat! I mean, what if you were to come in unexpectedly while I was in the-- Doing....
He looks at Doyle.
BODIE: Well, anything, you know.
Cowley looks between them.
COWLEY: I'd be very discreet, Bodie, I promise you. I'd wait until you were finished, oh, doing whatever you were doing.
He opens the box.
COWLEY: Ah, I think Mackay must have left this for you, Bodie. [holds up tulip] It was in Amsterdam, wasn't it, that he beat you in the Judo Championships?
BODIE: I was ill.
DOYLE: Oh, I don't know, sir, it might not be that. It might be some kind of, um, bouquet. I mean, uh, you never can tell these days, you know.
BODIE: Yeah, yeah.

[eveningblue.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, yes, I'd forgotten the "mouth-to-mouth" bit! Definitely gives the scene an extra "something."

[crimson-37.livejournal.com]

Aww... sorry. I remember being so gobsmacked that they could be so outrageously obvious about it. I thought that was what Bodie had said too, the first few times. But having watched the ep - I don't know how many times now. - I realised it was not the case. I'm still picking things up now I never noticed before, and I have been watching them for years.

The only reason I double checked tonight was because it's late and I wasn't completely sure which way around it was. :)

[crimson-37.livejournal.com]

For the camping it up section? Maybe?

In the public interest

Doyle takes the whip from around Reed's neck.
DOYLE: You'll be hearing from us.
Bodie taps Reed on the shoulder with his gun.
BODIE: Darling.

There is of course the reference at the beginning and end of this ep.

DOYLE: Just around the back, see down there past--there, down the back--there used to be this old dance hall. And there was this fantastic blonde, Ann--no, Annette, her name was--she was the first. Ann--

......

BODIE: You know, they should put up a plaque.
DOYLE: Huh?
BODIE: Where you and that blonde girl got together down the end there.
DOYLE: Oh, yeah. [laughs]
BODIE: Here, for the first time, Raymond Doyle--
DOYLE: Uh-uh. [whistles] What do you, what do you, what do you mean, first time? I was nearly fifteen.
BODIE: Ah--
DOYLE: Yeah.
BODIE: --sorry, yes. Uh-huh. [laughs]

To me it sounds like it was his first girl. Not his first time. ;)

If I am annoying you with these do say, won't you. :)

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

And then there is Doyle's reference to not being able to tell these days. :)
Interesting - Doyle having a dig at Bodie in front of Cowley. Maybe some back-story there?

Maybe, I have a one tracked mind? LOL
Isn't it true - once the slash-goggles go on!