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Letter to Blanchy - Shield Fever (Series Two, Episode One)
Television (Excerpts) – 1996
I thought I knew this community pretty well but I didn't think we could sink to that.– Derek (David McPhail) is shocked to hear someone in Nettleton has 'stolen' the Ranfurley Shield
If you'd been dressed in a tutu and net stockings you couldn't have drawn more attention to yourself!– Derek (David McPhail) admonishes Barry (Jon Gadsby) on his conspicuious Ranfurly Shield 'drop off'
We enjoyed each other's company immensely. You don't work that closely with someone for so long if you don't. What kept us together was that we amused each other, I could make him laugh and he could make me laugh. We got a lot of pleasure out of making each other laugh.– David McPhail commenting on his friend and colleague Jon Gadsby in 2015, Stuff, December 2015
Well it looks a bit like the hub cap off a Mazda 323.– Barry (Jon Gadsby) gives his opinion on a shield knocked together by his mate Ray (Peter Rowley)
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