Benson (TV Series)
The Stranger (1985)
James Noble: Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling
Quotes
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Clayton Runnymede Endicott III : Sir, I don't think it's wise to let that weirdo in your office, the man dresses like the proprietor of a torture chamber.
Benson DuBois : He's probably just on his way to a Halloween party.
Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling : Yeah, besides, how would it look if the governor refused shelter to a man in distress?
Mrs. Rose Cassidy : He's not a man! He's the Irish curse! He's the specter of death living amongst us!
Benson DuBois : Eh, he might be the specter of death, but he's certainly not Irish.
Mrs. Rose Cassidy : Did you feel how cold it got in there when he appeared?
Benson DuBois : Well of course it got cold, the doors blew open!
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus : But Benson, Benson, it was a different kind of cold, from another dimension!
Benson DuBois : Ah *you're* from another dimension.
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Clayton Runnymede Endicott III : What a pinhead.
Benson DuBois : Tonight you'll have to be more specific, Clayton, who's a pinhead?
Clayton Runnymede Endicott III : I was thinking about Mrs. Cassidy.
Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling : Clayton, you shouldn't make fun of people's beliefs.
Clayton Runnymede Endicott III : Oh sir, believing that death has come to call in the form of 'Mr. Reaper'.
[wolf howls]
Benson DuBois : That *is* a dog, isn't it?
Clayton Runnymede Endicott III : Superstitions and myth, why do people make up all these conjectures about death?
Benson DuBois : Because we don't know the whole story, so far no one's sent us a postcard from the other side.
Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling : That's not true, there was this man in Houston who died on the operating table and he came back.
Benson DuBois : To Houston?
Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling : I believe so. Anyway he said that Heaven was a great green field with lights all around and a hole in the middle of the sky.
Benson DuBois : Oh balderdash, that's not Heaven, that's the Astrodome.
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Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling : [on the phone] Hello, KAMP radio? This is Governor Gatling... no I don't have a request, I have an emergency announcement. I'm on hold.
The Grim Reaper : [storm rages outside] I haven't known this kind of weather since last I have passed here.
Benson DuBois : Oh, so you have been around here before?
The Grim Reaper : Oh yes, a few years ago I arranged a journey for 93 travelers from Irontown.
Benson DuBois : Irontown, I never heard of it. Are you sure it's around here?
The Grim Reaper : Quite sure.
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Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling : [answers phone] Hello, yes this is Governor Gatling. What? Oh... well,
[gasp]
Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling : alright, uh, just keep me posted. Bye.
[hangs up]
Benson DuBois : What is it now?
Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling : A school bus from Central High is missing, 41 kids and the driver, they think it went into the river.
Benson DuBois : I'll get on it right away.
Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling : [looks out the window at the storm raging] When will it end?
The Grim Reaper : Isn't that man's eternal question? When? When will it end?
[grins sinisterly]