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Lovejoy thread.Have you watched any old TV program and rekindled old memories etc? I will start off with ‘The Goodlife’ I used to love watching that with my dear old mum.
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 07:40 - Oct 31 by Keno
Two old series Ive watched recently Secret Army, which I have a a feeling Glassers has watched as well. Enjoyed it but was somewhat distracted by thinking of 'all 'all
also Just Good Friends which although a bit hammy (no offence Phil) is still watchable, still makes me makes and is actually really well written
This is the only thing I remember from all the episodes I watched. I still crack a smile at it:
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One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 21:43 - Oct 31 with 642 views
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 18:58 - Oct 31 by FBI
When Mrs FBI goes to bed early (as an ex-teacher old habits die hard) I often switch over to one of the classic channels or go browsing Iplayer. As a result:
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: Really hasn't aged well. Great Acting from Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice is as delightful as I remembered. But Frank Spencer is just a tedious berk. and it soon becomes tiresome.
Reginald Perrin: Perfect. Absolutely flawless with the whole cast at the top of their game. Still valid today.
Sykes (the colour version): Patchy but generally excellent although Eric himself isn't particularly likeable. There's a terrific episode featuring Peter Sellers and him and his old mucker and Goon Show scriptwriting partner Eric are clearly having a whale of a time as they try not to corpse.
Dad's Army: I love it and rewatch probably annually but only about half the episodes really hold up. When it gets to the gorilla suits, Morris dancing and general slapstick it doesn't hold up. But the extended Christmas show with Arthur Lowe also playing his drunkard twin brother is wonderful, as is the one vaguely based on Brief Encounter and featuring an unexpectedly glamorous Carmen "Edizthz" Silvera. The finale, Jonesy's wedding, is lovely and the bit at the end where they turn to the camera to toast "...Britain's Home Guard..." always reduces me to a tearful lump because my Grandad was in the S. Staffs HG.
Speaking of last episodes, It Ain't 'Alf Hot, Mum: Difficult in a modern light but, viewed with a degree of understanding, it's actually pretty good and well thought out. Wouldn't be made today and, as a proud member of the Wokerrati, some of the lines are uncomfortable and rightly so. Having said that, there's some really good writing and acting. And the last episode, where they all go off back to civvy street and it becomes clear the Sergeant Major has nothing in his life now he's demobbed is quite touching and beautifully done.
Get Some In: S1 is likeable with some good writing but quickly runs out of ideas.
Porridge: Genius. End of.
Honourable later-decade mentions for The Mighty Boosh, Two Pints of Lager (except the last series but I can forgive Sheridan Smith ANYTHING) and Bottom. The Young Ones is pretty tired and dated now but still has some good bits. Coupling is just silly and dated now.
And finally: The Two Ronnies generally holds up pretty well. Mrs FBi once came downstairs, unable to sleep, saw me watching it, sighed and said, "Can't you watch p@rn like other blokes?"
PS: The Elton John episode of the Muppets... I was there when they filmed it as my mum's friend made the guests' outfits. I sat in the red seats, toured the workshop, had a go at working Kermit's arm-wires and met Elton, who was lovely. Got his autograph and left it on my windowsill where it faded away :-/
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That’s a great list.
I think the same about Some Mothers do have em.
On the buses is a classic and a favourite of mine.
I can watch Dads Army until the cows come home!
My Great Uncle was in the Ardleigh and Dedham Home Guard.
It was brilliantly crap and was essential viewing on a Saturday night around 5:30-5:40 in our house. I'll still chuck it on as an easy watch before calling it a night.
Also, the theme tune played in full is the greatest theme for a TV program ever. A hill I'm willing to die on...
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 11:43 - Nov 1 by bluewein
'Allo 'Allo.
It was brilliantly crap and was essential viewing on a Saturday night around 5:30-5:40 in our house. I'll still chuck it on as an easy watch before calling it a night.
Also, the theme tune played in full is the greatest theme for a TV program ever. A hill I'm willing to die on...
Saturday afternoons were class TV back in the day. Grandstand, wrestling, final score Allo Allo or a bit of the A team
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One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 12:28 - Nov 1 with 493 views
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 18:58 - Oct 31 by FBI
When Mrs FBI goes to bed early (as an ex-teacher old habits die hard) I often switch over to one of the classic channels or go browsing Iplayer. As a result:
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: Really hasn't aged well. Great Acting from Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice is as delightful as I remembered. But Frank Spencer is just a tedious berk. and it soon becomes tiresome.
Reginald Perrin: Perfect. Absolutely flawless with the whole cast at the top of their game. Still valid today.
Sykes (the colour version): Patchy but generally excellent although Eric himself isn't particularly likeable. There's a terrific episode featuring Peter Sellers and him and his old mucker and Goon Show scriptwriting partner Eric are clearly having a whale of a time as they try not to corpse.
Dad's Army: I love it and rewatch probably annually but only about half the episodes really hold up. When it gets to the gorilla suits, Morris dancing and general slapstick it doesn't hold up. But the extended Christmas show with Arthur Lowe also playing his drunkard twin brother is wonderful, as is the one vaguely based on Brief Encounter and featuring an unexpectedly glamorous Carmen "Edizthz" Silvera. The finale, Jonesy's wedding, is lovely and the bit at the end where they turn to the camera to toast "...Britain's Home Guard..." always reduces me to a tearful lump because my Grandad was in the S. Staffs HG.
Speaking of last episodes, It Ain't 'Alf Hot, Mum: Difficult in a modern light but, viewed with a degree of understanding, it's actually pretty good and well thought out. Wouldn't be made today and, as a proud member of the Wokerrati, some of the lines are uncomfortable and rightly so. Having said that, there's some really good writing and acting. And the last episode, where they all go off back to civvy street and it becomes clear the Sergeant Major has nothing in his life now he's demobbed is quite touching and beautifully done.
Get Some In: S1 is likeable with some good writing but quickly runs out of ideas.
Porridge: Genius. End of.
Honourable later-decade mentions for The Mighty Boosh, Two Pints of Lager (except the last series but I can forgive Sheridan Smith ANYTHING) and Bottom. The Young Ones is pretty tired and dated now but still has some good bits. Coupling is just silly and dated now.
And finally: The Two Ronnies generally holds up pretty well. Mrs FBi once came downstairs, unable to sleep, saw me watching it, sighed and said, "Can't you watch p@rn like other blokes?"
PS: The Elton John episode of the Muppets... I was there when they filmed it as my mum's friend made the guests' outfits. I sat in the red seats, toured the workshop, had a go at working Kermit's arm-wires and met Elton, who was lovely. Got his autograph and left it on my windowsill where it faded away :-/
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I have to disagree about Coupling. I've recently finished the box set and the storylines were very clever and absolutely hilarious (not so much during the last series after Jeff had left but Samantha Spiro as Jeffina was superb ).
Bang on with Reggie Perrin though - one of my favourite ever and a classic that I can watch over and over again.
I'm now appreciating Yes Minister/Prime Minister - I think I was a bit too young and not politically minded to grasp it properly the first time round.
I'd like to add This Morning with Richard Not Judy as one I'd definitely like to watch again
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One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 14:06 - Nov 1 with 465 views
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 09:05 - Oct 31 by Keno
And the Cleary inspired parody Terry & Julian
Julian ‘I’ve been trying to get into children’s tv’
Terry ‘blue peter’?
Julian ‘yes but the b’stard still wouldn’t give me a job’
Julian and Sandy in Round the Horne. The episode where they run a law firm.
Julian and Sandy as lawyers:
HORNE: Will you take my case? JULIAN: Well, it depends on what it is. We've got a criminal practice that takes up most of our time. HORNE: Yes, but apart from that, I need legal advice. SANDY: Ooh, isn't he bold?
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 12:28 - Nov 1 by Portmanteauxcurling
I have to disagree about Coupling. I've recently finished the box set and the storylines were very clever and absolutely hilarious (not so much during the last series after Jeff had left but Samantha Spiro as Jeffina was superb ).
Bang on with Reggie Perrin though - one of my favourite ever and a classic that I can watch over and over again.
I'm now appreciating Yes Minister/Prime Minister - I think I was a bit too young and not politically minded to grasp it properly the first time round.
I'd like to add This Morning with Richard Not Judy as one I'd definitely like to watch again
Actually you may be right about Coupling. I need to try again; Jeff was my hero and, as someone with Israeli family, the episode where he doesn't know the Hebrew slang for, well, lady's attributes is great.
TMWRNJ! I'd forgotten that. "You're not the Curious Orange - you're the Bad Observational Comedy Orange..."
During COVID lockdown I stumbled across a freeview channel that was rerunning the whole of Blake's 7. As a kid I missed the first 3 or 4 episodes so I never knew how the saga started and Blake's gang came to be on the run. 40 odd years later now I know, then I got hooked on watching the rest of it all again. Except the channel closed down before they got to Series 4 again.
Soon after I found That's TV which was rerunning The Kenny Everett Video show. Now that used to clash with Blake's 7 back in the day. We only had 2 TVs in our house and no video recorder. My dad wanted to watch Kenny Everett so I had to watch Blake's 7 on the portable. Now I know why dad was watching Kenny Everett: Hot Gossip and the adult humour that I can't believe was broadcast early evening. Whereas I watched them 40 years later for the new wave bands Everett had on which I missed out on.
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One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 06:27 - Nov 2 with 360 views
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 11:46 - Nov 1 by leitrimblue
Saturday afternoons were class TV back in the day. Grandstand, wrestling, final score Allo Allo or a bit of the A team
I had good mate who had a younger brother we called croc he absolutely loved the A Team ,I remember going into his living room there he sat watching it munching a plate full of cheese sarnies.Funny how things come back to you isn’t it 😂
Columbo. The whole 70s run was on Prime (might still be?) and brought back memories of watching it with my mum and dad when I were a nipper back when it would've been repeated in the 80s. Episodes from the 80s and 90s (which admittedly aren't as a whole as good but still very decent) are also shown fairly regularly on broadcast TV even now, and I remember some of those being broadcast the first time round. Being a 'Howcatchem' rather than a 'Whodunnit' means the 'oh yehhhhh I remember how he caught them' revelation when watching them is around how the scruffy Lieutenant finally nails the perp, rather than who it actually was. For some of them I've only actually realised I've seen it, decades before, with the final gotcha. And then the nostalgia kicks in.
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One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 08:15 - Nov 2 with 299 views
Not everyone’s taste, but Kenny Everett was for me hilarious. He had a number of shows on the BBC and ITV plus his crazy radio show. Shown late 70s or early 80s there was the Picture Show and Video show
His tv characters included Sid Snot, Cupid Stunt and an American general with a massive chest with rows of medals and hand grenades.
Not the Nine O’Clock News was a classic too.
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One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 08:46 - Nov 2 with 277 views
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 08:15 - Nov 2 by Churchman
Not everyone’s taste, but Kenny Everett was for me hilarious. He had a number of shows on the BBC and ITV plus his crazy radio show. Shown late 70s or early 80s there was the Picture Show and Video show
His tv characters included Sid Snot, Cupid Stunt and an American general with a massive chest with rows of medals and hand grenades.
Not the Nine O’Clock News was a classic too.
so classic moments in Not the 9 O'Clock News ... such as the gorilla sketch which I can't find, Frankly I'm wild, well actually furious
and sadly this seems to still be relevant
I was so sad when it ended, it left me with a feeling that ...
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 12:10 - Oct 31 by Godzilla
Used to love Alias Smith and Jones.
Same here. I seem to remember Alias Smith and Jones being on the Monday evening slot on BBC2 and when that series ended The Waltons took that slot. Pete Duel on the left of the screen capture sadly committed suicide by gunshot at the height of it's success.
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One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 09:13 - Nov 2 with 257 views
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 18:23 - Nov 1 by FBI
Actually you may be right about Coupling. I need to try again; Jeff was my hero and, as someone with Israeli family, the episode where he doesn't know the Hebrew slang for, well, lady's attributes is great.
TMWRNJ! I'd forgotten that. "You're not the Curious Orange - you're the Bad Observational Comedy Orange..."
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps* a bit of Histor's eye will bring back some happy memories of TMWRNJ
or Nostradamus and his horse David Collins (he's a bit flighty)
*geddit?
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One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 16:38 - Nov 2 with 132 views
One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 18:58 - Oct 31 by FBI
When Mrs FBI goes to bed early (as an ex-teacher old habits die hard) I often switch over to one of the classic channels or go browsing Iplayer. As a result:
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: Really hasn't aged well. Great Acting from Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice is as delightful as I remembered. But Frank Spencer is just a tedious berk. and it soon becomes tiresome.
Reginald Perrin: Perfect. Absolutely flawless with the whole cast at the top of their game. Still valid today.
Sykes (the colour version): Patchy but generally excellent although Eric himself isn't particularly likeable. There's a terrific episode featuring Peter Sellers and him and his old mucker and Goon Show scriptwriting partner Eric are clearly having a whale of a time as they try not to corpse.
Dad's Army: I love it and rewatch probably annually but only about half the episodes really hold up. When it gets to the gorilla suits, Morris dancing and general slapstick it doesn't hold up. But the extended Christmas show with Arthur Lowe also playing his drunkard twin brother is wonderful, as is the one vaguely based on Brief Encounter and featuring an unexpectedly glamorous Carmen "Edizthz" Silvera. The finale, Jonesy's wedding, is lovely and the bit at the end where they turn to the camera to toast "...Britain's Home Guard..." always reduces me to a tearful lump because my Grandad was in the S. Staffs HG.
Speaking of last episodes, It Ain't 'Alf Hot, Mum: Difficult in a modern light but, viewed with a degree of understanding, it's actually pretty good and well thought out. Wouldn't be made today and, as a proud member of the Wokerrati, some of the lines are uncomfortable and rightly so. Having said that, there's some really good writing and acting. And the last episode, where they all go off back to civvy street and it becomes clear the Sergeant Major has nothing in his life now he's demobbed is quite touching and beautifully done.
Get Some In: S1 is likeable with some good writing but quickly runs out of ideas.
Porridge: Genius. End of.
Honourable later-decade mentions for The Mighty Boosh, Two Pints of Lager (except the last series but I can forgive Sheridan Smith ANYTHING) and Bottom. The Young Ones is pretty tired and dated now but still has some good bits. Coupling is just silly and dated now.
And finally: The Two Ronnies generally holds up pretty well. Mrs FBi once came downstairs, unable to sleep, saw me watching it, sighed and said, "Can't you watch p@rn like other blokes?"
PS: The Elton John episode of the Muppets... I was there when they filmed it as my mum's friend made the guests' outfits. I sat in the red seats, toured the workshop, had a go at working Kermit's arm-wires and met Elton, who was lovely. Got his autograph and left it on my windowsill where it faded away :-/
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To add to your list, Open All Hours, hasn't aged a bit really, timeless, though casting with someone of Asian heritage like Sanjeev Bhaskar might be more appropriate now. The re-make with David Jason as the "Arkwright" character did not work well, weak script.
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One for the oldies and inspired by Kenos. on 17:43 - Nov 2 with 101 views
If we're not just talking about comedies, I happened to catch 'Edge of Darkness' Ep 2 last night, was brilliant in its time (1985) and has aged relatively well.
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