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Post by The Red Baron on Oct 9, 2013 15:46:53 GMT 12
Open All Hours making a comeback for Christmas..... link |
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Post by baz62 on Oct 9, 2013 16:21:51 GMT 12
Open All Hours making a comeback for Christmas..... linkI loved that show. Buh buh Burglars still makes me giggle, they were a great comedy team those two, sad that Ronnie Barker is no longer with us. |
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Post by Bruce on Oct 9, 2013 17:43:29 GMT 12
I wonder if Granville ever got his milk woman...
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Post by dakman on Oct 9, 2013 19:30:13 GMT 12
Still catch the show on sky ,enjoy all those British shows .
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 9, 2013 20:33:40 GMT 12
David Jason seems to have aged dramatically in the last few years going by that picture on the link.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 14, 2013 11:23:28 GMT 12
He doesn't look too bad. I didn't realise they only made 26 episodes, there seemed to be hundreds. A classic comedy from the golden era.
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Post by suthg on Oct 14, 2013 16:42:01 GMT 12
Gosh only 26 episodes, that's only 2 seasons. Quite brief really. Perhaps there were health issues...? Something I always enjoyed, except for the fast closing till - got a bit repetitive, occasionally got a smile out of me tho. Yes, there was the tantalising milk delivery girl  |
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Post by corsair5517 on Oct 14, 2013 18:03:06 GMT 12
Funny how the Brits made this, and the likes of Fawlty Towers, in such short runs; perhaps they thought they wouldn't be well received?!
I think OAH is an absolute gem - easily equal to the much lauded Fawlty Towers - as it was actually a very gentle programme, perhaps the 1st 2 series were the best when Arkwright was actively selling to the customers rather than fantasising about Nurse Gladys Emmanuals knickers quite so much!
Other long forgotten comedies that I remember enjoying were Doctor at large, Steptoe and son, The Liver birds and Man about the house amongst others; I wonder if I'd find them trite and dated now, whereas the two mentioned above seem pretty timeless...
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Post by obiwan27 on Oct 14, 2013 21:04:01 GMT 12
Gosh only 26 episodes, that's only 2 seasons. Quite brief really. Perhaps there were health issues...? Something I always enjoyed, except for the fast closing till - got a bit repetitive, occasionally got a smile out of me tho. Yes, there was the tantalising milk delivery girl Yes classic stuff. Loved Porridge, the Two Ronnies as well as OAH. The till thing was funny - especially in the episode where Granville was going all suave and manly with the open shirt and medallion around his neck, trying to look sophisticated for the ladies. Nek minnit he catches his medallion in the till and in his efforts to get it uncaught, Granville manages to get it off the bench and hanging with a heavy weight around his neck..."ooo, me dangler!!!!" God that cracked me up. So much innuendo in those programmes that went over the head of a child, but so much that you picked up when watching again as an adult. Funny how lines from your favourite comedies stay with you in life too. I remember going round to visit Baz and Teresa earlier this year and Baz was telling me how they'd been burgled. Quick as a flash I said "Buh bear burglars!!! Baz got the reference and, even in the circumstances was able to laugh about it. As for Fawlty Towers, well I used to work for a plumbing company. One of our clients was German and every time I sent one guy s up to do work at their place we'd do the whole routine: "What ever you do, don't mention the war. I did, but I think I got away with it." "You started it." "No I didn't" "Yes you did, you invaded Poland". and then of course you can always rely on a bit of Monty Python. Back then the tradesmen used hand held R/T's to communicate with the workshop and would bring in their flat batteries for charging. "My R/T battery's dead" "No it's not, it's just resting" Of course the younger guys didn't get the joke, but life can be boring if you take it too seriously eh? |
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Post by suthg on Oct 14, 2013 21:28:40 GMT 12
"My R/T battery's dead" "No it's not, it's just resting" HAHA! Reminds me of the Monty Pyhthon Pet Shop scene of the parrot that was just resting ... (must be what he was alluding too...) For everyone's education and pleasure: C: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique. O: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it? C: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it! O: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting. C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now. O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! C: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead. O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting! C: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you show...(owner hits the cage) O: There, he moved! C: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage! O: I never!! C: Yes, you did! O: I never, never did anything... C: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call! (Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.) C: Now that's what I call a dead parrot.... And the rest of it is here... www.montypython.net/scripts/petshop.php |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 16, 2013 0:13:08 GMT 12
There were actually four seasons of Open All Hours. The British TV companies don't generally follow the US TV method of making a season a full quarter year long, although some very popular shows like Dad's Army had a few seasons stretched from the normal 6 or 7 to 13 episodes.
The reason so few shows are made of the real classics is down to the writers and/or actors deciding to go out on a high and not continue with it till its fades away to a terrible death. Many American shows continue on well past their sell by date and instead of recognising the signs of falling ratings as time to quit while you're ahead, they often re-jig the series, firing original actors and bringing in new ones with fresh characters and bringing in cross overs from other shows, and all sorts of really lame ideas. In the BBC comedies usually if there is a character change it's because tragically someone is ill or has died. They don't do it to attempt to boost ratings usually.
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Post by corsair5517 on Oct 16, 2013 17:07:33 GMT 12
Indeed. There were some very good American shows that didn't drag the chain, though...
WKRP in Cincinnati, Barney Miller, Night Court and Family ties spring readily to mind, though Barney Miller did have an unsuccessful, quite loathsome spin off with Fish!
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