Aitch was hilarious


Cavan Kendall, the British actor who was always on British TV, was a perfect choice for Aitch, the funniest character in the film. It's such a shame he died so young (at 57). He was always a scream on the tele, but he really delivered some good lines at the end of the film when he invents the idea of a chemical hair treatment that never has to be recut, it just keeps the hair combed and styled in a permanent state, unless treated with a marketed antidote.

Look, with this pill, they say you take it and that's it.

Your hair don't grow, you don't go bald, it stays the same.

You have your hair cut once, in whatever style you want,

and it stays like that for the rest of your natural life.

It's revolutionary.

What if you get fed up with your style, you berk?

Ahh... Well, that's where the antidote comes in.

- Oh! - Smart-arse.

The whole process is reversible.

You just take a different pill.

Now, I'm not saying this is gonna happen next year

but it will happen, it's definitely coming.

Hairdressers are *beep* themselves.
They did a test with three monkeys, right?

Gave 'em all a Beatles-style haircut.

They've been living with that cut for the past two years.

And apparently, they're very happy with it.

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I agree. Kendall pretty much stole every scene he was in. For all his roughness, clearly a sweet man. For all his sweetness, he was believably brutal once in position to be so! The friendships and relationships among the four English ex-pats in Spain were so very well done, and Aitch was key to the dynamics -- both when they were alone and when Don arrived to disrupt things.

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Kendall was absolutely brilliant in his portrayal of Aitch - so perfect as the softed hearted, old crook ex-pat in Spain. The hair and suits too.

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....but for that matter, the entire cast were brilliant! Faultless.

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funny you say that because for me he bored me to death, he was just a thoroughly boring man to me. That bit at the end was super boring I'm afraid.

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The bit at the end is quite possibly the best joke in history. I mean that. You'd agree, if you got it. But some people just don't. You're missing out. Shame.

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