Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)

A Blast for Buck (1980)

Gil Gerard: Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers

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Quotes 

• Dr. Elias Huer : Wait, Buck. Be careful, please.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : [touches the object]  Yeah, well, what do I know?

  Twiki : [chirping]  Killed by a yo-yo. What a way to go.

• [food and drinks materialize in Buck's apartment] 

  Dr. Elias Huer : What in the galaxy?

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Hamburgers, French fries, milk shakes and champagne. No, it can't be.

• Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Hieronymus, your matter transmitter's a great idea, but it's still got a few bugs.

  Hieronymous Fox : Oh, yeah. It creates one heck of a magnetic field, doesn't it? Hope it didn't bollix up any of your alarm systems.

  Colonel Wilma Deering : Oh, no, The whole planet's on general alert. That's all.

  Hieronymous Fox : Oops. Back to the drawing board.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : That entire riddle was just about New Year's Eve, wasn't it?

  Hieronymous Fox : Right. The first line was about you - "The man out of old Earth's past."

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : "Has the key to the next and the last"?

  Hieronymous Fox : Sure. Buck would know about an hourglass, which was going to be the next thing that I sent you, after the last thing, which was the riddle - a real, live 20th-century limerick.

  Twiki : [chirping]  Tricky little devil, ain't ya?

  Hieronymous Fox : "But you won't solve this riddle till the end is the middle."

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Ah, of course. The end of the old year, the middle of the night. Midnight.

  Hieronymous Fox : And the Terran sands disappearing...

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Is the hourglass you sent us. When the sands disappear, they disappear with a...

  Hieronymous Fox : A blast. Meaning a party. And what's a party without milk shakes and bubbly and fries and Rigellian lizard burgers?

  Dr. Elias Huer : "Lizard burgers."

  [swallows hard at that bad memory] 

• Hieronymous Fox : I gotta run, gang. These transgalactic phone calls add up. Have yourselves a happy one and wait till you see my riddle next year! Bye.

  Colonel Wilma Deering : Next year?

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : There's plenty of time to worry about that later. For now, though, how about some good, old-fashion Genesian bubby?

  [picks up champagne bottle] 

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Was 2490 a good year?

  Colonel Wilma Deering : How could it be? You weren't even around.

• Miss Cosmos : Oh, you'll have to excuse me for staring. I've never met a 500-year-old man before.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Oh, that's okay. I've never met a genetically-perfect woman before either.

  Miss Cosmos : [strokes over Buck's shoulder]  Hmm. Think of the permutations.

• Colonel Wilma Deering : [re Princess Ardala]  What do you mean, "not her style"? She's ruthless, arrogant and power-hungry.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Yeah, but aside from that, what's wrong with her?

• [last lines] 

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : [opening up bottle of Hieronymous Fox's bubbly]  Was 2490 a good year?

  Colonel Wilma Deering : How could it be? You weren't even around.

  [all laugh]