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Agree ID. Bolam was (and still is) a very accomplished actor on stage and screen. Bewes was an average actor who got lucky when he landed one well written part.
‘I am not totally convinced the audience at the time was laughing at the Major. I can still remember those terms being widely used when I was growing up.’
Yes I can imagine many were nodding along in agreement especially given what else was freely broadcast at the time. As someone from a later time, I can put up with the odd scene like that one but I have to say I personally don’t want to hear too much of it, censored or otherwise. I certainly don’t see an issue with broadcasting the censored versions or making the full versions available on DVD though. If people want to watch it, let them.
It was sadly exactly like that with “Til Death Do Us Part.”
The number of people who used to say to my Dad: “Yeah that’s a really funny show. Mind you, that Alf Garnett’s got a point, though!”
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Interesting thread for those of us who still partly live in the 1970’s. Agree that they need to leave Fawlty alone. Though there was (if different circumstances had prevailed) mileage left for more at the time when the second series concluded there would have come a point when the quality could not be maintained, so let’s treasure what was left and leave alone.
Could not bring myself to watch Heir & Grace, neither the modern day Van Der Valk, but they did bring back a new look Barry Foster version in the early 1990’s after the original style, third series, ended in 1977. The 1990’s series’s consisted of longer episodes and were apparently inspired by Inspector Morse. They were actually OK if not quite matching the aura of the 1970’s episodes.
Van Der Valk was shown again quite recently on “Talking Pictures”. Although with an inevitable trigger warning about how it was made in the 1970s and contains attitudes from the time which some delicate flowers may find offensive.
Barry Foster was very good in the title role.
Cleese is a greedy b*rstard trying to make up the millions he despairingly lost to his clever ex wives.
I followed his tax free endeavours, or should that be endeavors, on his tax free Canadian tour – Just himself and a bit of whimsy. Now he has hit Britain for more tax free pounds – the life of Brian lived on with a Beatles my sweet Lord assistance but now Cleese has cleverly engineered the reluctant help of the ol enemy HMRC by default. He’s having a laff making a wrinkly statement – irking the traditionalists who would have humour locked in a time box. He’s in trap six – always was but now a bit more sagacity and frump.Gamble is an ex wife , still disgruntled with his payoff , sorry gamble no kids no big cash sum
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It was millions mate + I must to bed the bloody morning crowd are up and fresh as bloody daisies.
Lol that’s what I get for using one of those cheap newly qualified lawyers ..
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That’s timeless Groundsman and like the thick glasses of the sixties. I can remember 64 when time seemed to speed up + it got quicker and quicker and went warp speed past the noughties – but the very simplistic Herman upped the tempo in 64 with I’m into something good – what an absolute joke he would never have the real time to enjoy it..a one night stand only lasted a few hours – even Sophia whispered to Carlo Ponti – “time ain’t on our side love”
Women came out of the closet or were released by Simon with Mrs Robinson in 68 – all too fast – the music sped up – time sped up – and reality whizzed by – thank God for Jumping Jack flash in the same year – he lasted all of four seconds but sung in a dirge. Thank you Mick !
“Cleese is a greedy b*rstard”
My Dad used to say never listen to your sporting and show business heroes interviewed – they will only shatter your illusions about them – and he wasn’t wrong.
In my teens, no one made me laugh any more than I had laughed in my life than John Cleese.
It was the same deal with Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder II, Blackadder The Third, and Blackadder Goes Forth.
But I found them both obnoxious individuals, with stinking value systems, in real life.
Watch them perform – and leave it at that!
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"I respect Cleese … and Palin more for this , destroying know it all sneering religious figures in one easy step , I’ve met Palin and you ‘ll not meet a more to down to earth and regular man anywhere
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Back in the thirties not many families had TV – kids might be taken to see one of the Thin man movies – I had many broken promises. They were easily understood by the younguns with easy to follow titles..
The Thin Man (1934)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
( I loved this one it had a racetrack murder )and finally as I remember it.
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
….about timeP.s – I checked the dates
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