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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Dec 21, 2021 0:02:02 GMT
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Dec 21, 2021 7:19:46 GMT
What did you think. It was joke laden a bit too much I thought. I think I preferred the others we watched, in general, they built up a situation and the jokes seemed to naturally flow from and with it. Bits were funny though. The main characters, particularly the female one, saved it, as it played of her mannerisms.
Of course it's all a question of personal taste.
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Post by ripper on Dec 21, 2021 10:57:42 GMT
Nearest and Dearest was very popular and one of my favourites as a young lad. Hylda Baker was another of those female character actresses I mentioned in another post. Jimmy Jewel was a comic of the music hall style and I used to enjoy the insults between the two main characters. This was another series so common in the 70s where middle-aged men appear to have no problem picking up busty younger women--On the Buses is a prime example. As for Baker and Jewel, they apparently didn't get on at all when making the series. It was one of the series that got a film version.
I saw this episode not too long ago as I have the complete series on DVD. I enjoyed it, though I can see why some may not be so keen on it.
If you are feeling brave, may I suggest On the Buses episode 'Christmas Duty'. It's on YT but sorry I don't know how to put it into a post. It's from around 1970.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Dec 21, 2021 14:39:11 GMT
Nearest and Dearest was very popular and one of my favourites as a young lad. Hylda Baker was another of those female character actresses I mentioned in another post. Jimmy Jewel was a comic of the music hall style and I used to enjoy the insults between the two main characters. This was another series so common in the 70s where middle-aged men appear to have no problem picking up busty younger women--On the Buses is a prime example. As for Baker and Jewel, they apparently didn't get on at all when making the series. It was one of the series that got a film version. I saw this episode not too long ago as I have the complete series on DVD. I enjoyed it, though I can see why some may not be so keen on it. If you are feeling brave, may I suggest On the Buses episode 'Christmas Duty'. It's on YT but sorry I don't know how to put it into a post. It's from around 1970. I enjoyed the female character, her malapropisms were fun (big word there). I think I picked the wrong time to watch it, it was longer than the others, and it was late. I would try more. There is none I've disliked yet. The Hallelujah didn't really give me an idea of the normal show, because of the pantomime style flashback.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Dec 21, 2021 15:12:27 GMT
Nearest and Dearest was very popular and one of my favourites as a young lad. Hylda Baker was another of those female character actresses I mentioned in another post. Jimmy Jewel was a comic of the music hall style and I used to enjoy the insults between the two main characters. This was another series so common in the 70s where middle-aged men appear to have no problem picking up busty younger women--On the Buses is a prime example. As for Baker and Jewel, they apparently didn't get on at all when making the series. It was one of the series that got a film version. I saw this episode not too long ago as I have the complete series on DVD. I enjoyed it, though I can see why some may not be so keen on it. If you are feeling brave, may I suggest On the Buses episode 'Christmas Duty'. It's on YT but sorry I don't know how to put it into a post. It's from around 1970. It's interesting that the scriptwriters made them brother and sister, that happened with another sitcom I saw, called Sykes. Though the dynamic is very different.
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Post by ripper on Dec 21, 2021 15:43:55 GMT
Baker made another series, Not on your Nellie, straight after Nearest and Dearest. It was set in London with Nellie taking over her dad's pub, and was very similar to the earlier series. Sadly, that was more or less it for Baker. She developed dementia and couldn't remember lines--very sad.
BTW in Nearest and Dearest Walter never spoke and the actress who played his wife was in Coronation Street for a time in the 70s.
Eli's insult to Nellie, "You knock-kneed, knackered old nosebag" became very popular in the playground, as was Nellie's query to Walter "Have you been, Walter?"
Another two for your consideration...
The Rising Damp episode 'For the Man who has Everything" from 1975
The Are you being Served episode 'The Father Christmas Affair' from 1976
Both are on YT
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Post by ripper on Dec 21, 2021 15:46:42 GMT
Nearest and Dearest was very popular and one of my favourites as a young lad. Hylda Baker was another of those female character actresses I mentioned in another post. Jimmy Jewel was a comic of the music hall style and I used to enjoy the insults between the two main characters. This was another series so common in the 70s where middle-aged men appear to have no problem picking up busty younger women--On the Buses is a prime example. As for Baker and Jewel, they apparently didn't get on at all when making the series. It was one of the series that got a film version. I saw this episode not too long ago as I have the complete series on DVD. I enjoyed it, though I can see why some may not be so keen on it. If you are feeling brave, may I suggest On the Buses episode 'Christmas Duty'. It's on YT but sorry I don't know how to put it into a post. It's from around 1970. It's interesting that the scriptwriters made them brother and sister, that happened with another sitcom I saw, called Sykes. Though the dynamic is very different. Yes, Sykes with Eric Sykes and the wonderful Hattie Jacques, ably supported by Derek Guyler as the policeman, Corky. It was popular and ran for many seasons.
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Post by samdawson on Dec 21, 2021 16:32:05 GMT
I'm still going to watch a sitcom, as I'm free all through Christmas and New Year. I'll look now. Tonight (Tuesday), 19:30 BBC2, Dad's Army 1971 Xmas special. Superb
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Dec 21, 2021 22:27:39 GMT
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Post by ripper on Dec 22, 2021 10:37:31 GMT
Thanks for posting. C4 screened a block of Christmas-themed sitcoms decades ago and Christmas Duty was one of them. I'll be interested in hearing what you made of it. Being an old codger, I can recall how incredibly popular this series was in the 70s, and I do still enjoy it. I particularly like the drollness of Arthur in his conversations with wife Olive. Sadly, all gone now except for Anna Karen.
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Post by ripper on Dec 22, 2021 10:46:38 GMT
I'm still going to watch a sitcom, as I'm free all through Christmas and New Year. I'll look now. Tonight (Tuesday), 19:30 BBC2, Dad's Army 1971 Xmas special. Superb A classic, Sam. Top notch actors at the top of their game.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Dec 22, 2021 11:35:05 GMT
Thanks for posting. C4 screened a block of Christmas-themed sitcoms decades ago and Christmas Duty was one of them. I'll be interested in hearing what you made of it. Being an old codger, I can recall how incredibly popular this series was in the 70s, and I do still enjoy it. I particularly like the drollness of Arthur in his conversations with wife Olive. Sadly, all gone now except for Anna Karen. It was much better than I expected, as I remember the film's being more cruder. The families interaction is quite well done. The lusting after dolly birds is a bit of a turn off, I feared the worst. I'd imagine episodes are built around this. Poor Blakey. I was surprised at how old Reg Varney was when he made this. I read it failed after he left, and Arthur too, and I can see why. You have lost the family unit that was the dynamo running it. Did they introduce new characters when these two left?
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Dec 22, 2021 11:43:54 GMT
A classic, Sam. Top notch actors at the top of their game. I saw a drama based on Dad's Army, with John Sessions as Captain Mainwaring. I thought it was well done. Arnold Ridley seemed a very gentle man in real life, who despite going through the horrors of the Great War, and the Somme, and being badly injured, chose to serve his country in World War Two. He should have been well off after he wrote the play The Ghost Train, but he sold off the rights to it.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Dec 22, 2021 12:59:02 GMT
Thanks for posting. C4 screened a block of Christmas-themed sitcoms decades ago and Christmas Duty was one of them. I'll be interested in hearing what you made of it. Being an old codger, I can recall how incredibly popular this series was in the 70s, and I do still enjoy it. I particularly like the drollness of Arthur in his conversations with wife Olive. Sadly, all gone now except for Anna Karen. It was much better than I expected, as I remember the film's being more cruder. The families interaction is quite well done. The lusting after dolly birds is a bit of a turn off, I feared the worst. I'd imagine episodes are built around this. Poor Blakey. I was surprised at how old Reg Varney was when he made this. I read it failed after he left, and Arthur too, and I can see why. You have lost the family unit that was the dynamo running it. Did they introduce new characters when these two left? I might have read it on here actually, and you might have posted about it. I'd look, but well, it's an effort to type in a search. Maybe a man on here would like to check for me?
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Post by ripper on Dec 22, 2021 14:43:30 GMT
Nice summary, and I agree with you. After the departure of Arthur and then Stan, it was really not the same. Blakey becomes a lodger in Stan's mum's house, but I don't recall any more characters, though I may be wrong on that. Yes, the chasing of dolly birds by older men is a common thread in this and many other 70s sitcoms, though in many instances said men are woefully unsuccessful. Yes, the films are indeed cruder than the TV series, and Varney and Grant were getting on a bit. Don't think Stan and Jack would last long in today's work environment!
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