Red Dwarf

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Talking Backwards

In the season three episode "Backwards", there are several segments of reversed dialogue. Some of these are simply reversed recordings of the subtitled dialogue (a few with rather more "robust" language than the subtitled version), others are actors attempting (quite successfully) to speak backwards. An example of this is seen at the bar in the pub, where Lister discovers he has to order "Erskib" - played backwards, this really does sound like "Bitter".

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The longest backwards dialogue, however, is rather different. When the nightclub owner bursts in to sack Rimmer and Kryten, because of a fight (which hasn't happened yet, of course), Arthur Smith isn't actually saying what Kryten is translating. What he is really saying is:

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"You are a stupid, square-headed, bald git, aren't you? Eh? I'm pointing at you, I'm pointing at you. But I'm not actually addressing you. I'm addressing the one prat in the country who's bothered to get hold of this recording, turn it round, and actually work out the rubbish that I'm saying. What a poor sad life he's got."

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