BOX SET: The White Elephant 🐘 comedy drama episodes 1-5! Learn English while you laugh đŸ€ŁđŸ’€

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Five, four, three, two, one. That's it.
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It is exactly one week since The White Elephant
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opened and still not one...
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Customer!
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What? A customer - are you sure?
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Yes. He's in there, sitting down.
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Well, what does he want?
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I don't know. I didn't ask him.
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Chill out.
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I think it'd be a really good idea to go  and ask him.
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OK. Wait there.
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Right, he says he wants the duck eggs
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and polenta fries but with a small change.
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Yes?
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He wants a hen's egg instead of a duck's
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and potato fries instead of polenta fries.
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What? So he wants egg and chips?!
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I have not worked in some of the world's
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top restaurants to end up cooking .
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egg and chips.
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Gordon, Gordon, keep your hair on.
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The customer's always right
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and thank goodness we've got one. So, let's keep
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him happy and who knows, he might
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bring his friends in next time.
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Keep them happy? It's all right for them
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to be happy. What about me? Egg and chips!
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I ask you.
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Oh, don't get your knickers in a twist, Gordon.
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Look, why don't I go and speak to him
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and see if he wouldn't rather have
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Gordon's duck egg and polenta fries?
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Thank you, Mary.
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Well?
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He's gone.
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Quick, quick!
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What? Is it a fire?
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Right everybody, calm down, calm down.
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What? It's not a fire - we've got a customer!
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A customer? At last!
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Well, what does he want? I haven't got all day.
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He wants the spatchcocked peasant
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with lemon and herbs.
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Pheasant, not peasant! Call yourself a waiter?
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Honestly!
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Oh, come on Gordon, get a move on!
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We can't let another customer get away.
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I know, I know. Now, where did I put the pheasant?
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I'll give you a hand if you like.
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You stick to washing up, love.
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Cooking pheasant is the job for a professional chef.
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Now, where's that stupid pheasant?
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The customer says 'pull your finger out'.
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He's off to the theatre soon.
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I'll tell him where he can stick his finger!
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Gordon, stay here and cook. Come on,
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quick as a flash!
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I need a pheasant.
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I found the pheasant.
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And it doesn't smell too fresh.
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Can't we get a fresh one ASAP?
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Where are we going to get a pheasant
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at this time of night? Anyway, I cook, not go shopping.
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OK, I'll go and tell the customer shall I?
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We need a quick fix, can't we use a chicken?
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Chicken isn't pheasant.
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Listen, listen, we don't need a pheasant.
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Why?
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He's gone.
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I've got an order from table three.
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What? Amazing! He wants the chef's special.
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Duck a la plum. Now, this should be good!
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Duck a la plum!
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Shouldn't it be duck a l'orange, Gordon?
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This is my chef's special. Just leave it to me.
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I'll go and tell him it's on its way.
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I'd give him this glass of wine - on the house.
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Problem, Gordon?
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The oven won't light. The cooker
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is on the blink. Where did you get this
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piece of junk from?
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I bought it second hand. It was in good
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working condition.
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Try pressing that button there.
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What do you know about cookers, huh?
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Can't you see this is kaput, knackered?
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We're gonna lose yet another customer now.
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I was really looking forward to cooking
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my duck a la plum.
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Have you tried the gas connections?
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Don't be ridiculous! I have worked
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in some of the world's top restaurants
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I know when a cooker has packed up,
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and this one has completely had it.
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Oh, I'll go and tell them the duck's  off
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shall I?
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Wait a minute, Peter.
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If I just press this knob here.
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Right, now give that a try.
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Ah, oh, well, um.
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Well done, Mary.
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So, we're cooking on gas then. I'll go and
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give the customer the good news.
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Mary, you're brilliant.
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Are you OK Gordon?
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Yes, just leave me to cook.
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OK, don't bite my head off!
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Is everything OK?
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It's this recipe - I can't get it right.
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It's doing my head in.
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Well, maybe I could help?
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What do you know about cooking?
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Don't forget, I'm the chef.
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Well, I used to cook for you at home, when
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we were married, before I became your boss.
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That was beans on toast - this is very different.
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Table three - or is it two - wants to know
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where their food is.
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Well, maybe I could just help you?
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Oh, for crying out loud, you are driving
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me crackers! You've ruined it. What am I
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gonna do now?
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Maybe, I could go and get something
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ready-made from the supermarket?
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From the supermarket? Don't make my
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blood boil more than it already is.
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Do you think world-class chefs buy ready meals
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from the supermarket? Honestly!
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OK, don't blow your top. When I was
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young, my mum would add a spoonful of
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mustard into all her cooking and it made
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everything taste so nice. Now, why not
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give that a go.
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Yes, give that a go and maybe it will stop
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you from getting so hot under the collar.
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Very well.
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Hmm, yeah, doesn't taste bad. I think
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I've created something good here.
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Well done Mary. We should name the
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dish the Mary Miracle Meal after you.
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No, I don't think so. We can call it
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Gordon's Greatest Goulash.
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You seem full of the joys of spring.
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Are you feeling OK Gordon?
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You mean happy - there is nothing
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wrong with being happy. Now, where did
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I put the onions?
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Do you think there's something a bit odd
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about Gordon today?
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He's cheerful. I mean he seems to be
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on cloud nine.
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I wish he was on cloud nine!
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Hello Gordon. Ceilia's worried about you.
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Has something happened?
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You just seem very... happy!
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I'm on top of the world actually.
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Don't tell Celia, but i might have a new job.
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I had an interview yesterday.
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Wow, I bet you're thrilled to bits.
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I am, Mary. Oh, the idea of working in a
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proper restaurant with customers who
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appreciate my food - and the pay's better too.
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Oh, that bit was music to my ears.
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Music in your ears?
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Never mind. What do you want?
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Customer on table six wants
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the raspberry pavlova for dessert.
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Oh, I'll get that, shall I?
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It's the Poison Ivy restaurant.
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Uh-huh uh-huh. OK. Bye.
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Oh, they said 'Sorry, you haven't got  the job.'
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They've chosen someone better.
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Let's all jump for joy then, shall we?
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Gordon is going to be with us a little bit longer!
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Raspberry, Gordon?
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