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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Mar 22, 2006 0:35:34 GMT -6
Did anyone like the hit British TV sitcom Are You Being Served?? I'm referring to its original run, not when it returned in the 1980s.
If so, who was your favorite character on that series?
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Post by bonnie on Mar 22, 2006 13:53:17 GMT -6
definitely Mr Humphries. i did also enjoy Mrs Slocum of course and she could get her teeth into Capt. Peacock for sure couldn't she. haha
i caught the entire series (even the old black and whites) many years ago. it's one of those shows that PBS continues to show. i swear this show is going to give I Love Lucy reruns a "run" for the money with how many years it'll keep showing. Lucy has been in reruns for something like 40 years!!!!! i have a feeling Served is gonna equal that record! haha
sure some of the comedy was pretty campy and goodness the show certainly did have its quaint style. i recall shopping in stores like Grace Brothers back in the 50's and 60's.
my first trip to England in 1975 was interesting in that i noted the "shop assistant" salary posted in one store window was 62 pounds 50. at home that would have been only about $125 a week. in '75 !!! slave wages!!!!!! haha
i have to say tho that Served did make me laugh. some of the humor was pretty ribald in its content but that made it really fun to watch. i'm so thankful that PBS bought this series. i believe you can also find it occasionally on BBCA as well.
i guess my fav parts of the show were when they'd do some musical revue or whatever and get dressed up in costumes. Mr Humphries was always the most outlandish and of course when he pranced around on his tippy toes.....well hahahahahahaha
fun show to watch!
bon
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Post by tclion on Mar 22, 2006 16:21:24 GMT -6
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Post by Kimmer on Feb 22, 2007 19:01:54 GMT -6
I love this show....unfortunately, it's not on here anymore. I think I had all of the episodes memorized anyway!!
"and I am unanimous in that!" ;D
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Post by diane on Feb 23, 2007 2:39:43 GMT -6
I loved this show - I think all Australia loved it. It always seemed to be on in the 70s. There was even a "sequel series" many years after called "Grace and Favour" in which the most of the players from "Are You Being Served" bought a run down bed and breakfast in the country. The show wasn't that popular and didn't last long. I voted for Mr. Grainger -he was always so funny and befuddled - Mr. Humphries and Mr. Lucas were always having jokes at his expense and everyone else barely tolerated him. He was always breaking into to people's conversation with anecdotes about the good old days. He was very funny and lovable. Everyone had their own personalities.The only one I didn't think was funny was the maintenance man. This was a good show to have a topic about. As Young Mr. Grace would say "You're all doing verrrry well."
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Feb 28, 2007 10:17:00 GMT -6
I loved this show - I think all Australia loved it. It always seemed to be on in the 70s. There was even a "sequel series" many years after called "Grace and Favour" in which the most of the players from "Are You Being Served" bought a run down bed and breakfast in the country. The show wasn't that popular and didn't last long. Diane, I believe it was re-titled "Are You Being Served — Again" over here in the States. I have watched it under that name (with the Bed & Breakfast setting) and I concur that it was not nearly as funny. I think they tried to reprise some of their old laughs from the original show, but it just didn't work. ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png)
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Post by Kimmer on Feb 28, 2007 15:35:13 GMT -6
The original show was MUCH better, I couldn't get into the new one....
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Post by tclion on Mar 4, 2007 9:59:35 GMT -6
the new one just lost something in the reanslation I guess.. Although I did watch the new one it just wasn't as funny...
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Post by addie on Aug 22, 2008 19:00:11 GMT -6
I voted for Mrs slocum, she's very special, but I have always adored [glow=red,2,300]Mr Mash[/glow]. Mash gets looked down on, but he always gets his own back, he is not insulted by the snobbery because he is on to them, like we are.
addie
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