Red Dwarf (TV Series)

Timeslides (1989)

Emile Charles: Young Lister

Quotes 

• Dave Lister : I've come to try and change your future.

  Young Lister : Change it? Aren't you happy being a rock star? Is the constant demand of them groupies getting you down?

  Dave Lister : You don't make it as a rock star.

  Young Lister : That's impossible! It cannot be.

  Dave Lister : How can I say this without giving offence? You don't make it 'cos... you're crap.

• Young Lister : [singing tunelessly]  Ommm... Ommm... Ommm... Ommm... Ommm...

  Dave Lister : This is one of the first songs I ever wrote. It was called "Om".

  Rimmer : Nothing like a good old-fashioned love song, eh?

• Dave Lister : Guys, guys. I'd like you to meet me, aged 17.

  Young Lister : Shay-dee! This is totally shady! It's beyond shady, it's surreal! These your mates, then?

  Dave Lister : Yeah. That's Cat, Kryten, and... Rimmer.

  Young Lister : [pointing at the H on Rimmer's forehead]  Brilliant tattoo, man! What's it stand for, "Heavy metal"?

  Rimmer : Yes, indeed.

  Young Lister : [pointing at Kryten]  And him? What's happened to him? His face, it's grotesque, isn't it? Has he had an accident? He looks like he spent three weeks with his head jammed in a lift! It's totally shady!

• Rimmer : [after Lister tries to persuade his younger self to give up trying to become a rock star and invent the successful tension sheet instead]  You haven't got a copy of the Om Song I could take back with me, have you?

  Young Lister : They're all in the car.

  Rimmer : Oh, what a pity. I just can't get it out of my head, it's so catchy! "Om!" Keep writing those hits, kid.

  [Rimmer gets up and leaves, saying "Om!" to himself] 

  Young Lister : What a nice guy.