1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:06,200 You hear me? Right. 2 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:17,160 Can you tell us where Studios 3? Years straight up there and look 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:18,920 at the stock on Trent and ask again. 4 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:21,960 I think you're very funny and you really make. 5 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,360 Me laugh, I'm sure. Actually, he doesn't want to 6 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:59,760 know about that. Hello, and welcome to Game Pod. 7 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,840 Well, it's three years since the 1st edition of Game Pod, and I 8 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,760 never thought it'd get this far. I figured maybe eight people 9 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,200 would listen to it, if I'm lucky. 10 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,360 But now, 150 episodes in, literally thousands of people 11 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,320 have listened to Game Pod and I I'm thrilled to bits, and I owe 12 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:25,800 it all to you lot who who have listened to it and supported the 13 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,040 show. And there's still so much left 14 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,600 to cover. It'll be a while until I reach 15 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,320 that barrel of scraping stage of glancing across at the memory 16 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:40,040 stick with all the episodes of the Melting Pot on it, but you 17 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,760 never know. That day may come so many fun 18 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:47,160 shows and great guests and new friends, and Goonpot has been 19 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,200 such a tonic for me and really helped me work through some 20 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,840 stuff. And I like how it has evolved so 21 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,240 that we often just talk about great comedy in general, you 22 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:58,760 know, with nothing to do with the goons. 23 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,400 But of course they'll always be there in the background. 24 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,440 So because it's kind of a a landmark episode, I thought I'd 25 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:12,080 be a little bit indulgent and record an episode with three 26 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:17,040 friends, two of whom really helped me make my first 27 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:23,080 faltering steps into podcasting, and the other who has shown how 28 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,840 podcasts can actually change lives. 29 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,720 And all three of them have been an inspiration. 30 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:33,000 So I hope you enjoy the conversation. 31 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,760 If you could identify yourself, say hello. 32 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,840 So we've got, we've got Andrew. Hi, I'm Andrew Hickey. 33 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,280 I do a podcast called The History of Rock Music in 500 34 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,440 Songs and I'm going to have the least to say about anybody here. 35 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:47,600 Thank you, Andrew. Gary. 36 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,840 Good evening. Yes, I'm Gary. 37 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,880 My full time gig is in the commercial television sector, 38 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,960 but also I'm a founder member with Tilt of the Sitcom Club 39 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,080 currently on hiatus and possibly making a a glorious comeback 40 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,520 soon. And until he's stolen your 41 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,360 Thunder there, I fear that. Yeah, that's fine. 42 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,640 I'm tilted. I Sir, I'm the I don't, I don't 43 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:14,600 say that I'm the most talented member of the sitcom club, but 44 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:20,600 I'm definitely in the top two. Another podcast that we also did 45 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,160 was called Jaffa Kicks of Prus and that was everything that 46 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:28,480 wasn't sitcoms but was still British culture of the mid to 47 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,640 late 20th century. That might well make a comeback 48 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:36,560 because I'm talking to you through a very expensive, very 49 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,840 high quality microphone. So podcasting might be back on 50 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,040 for me because I had terrible year last year I. 51 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,560 Don't. Think I need to burden people 52 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,000 with what happened, but. I very much got microphone envy. 53 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,880 So yeah, Gary, Tilt, Andrew and I regularly. 54 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,520 We sit down. We will watch movies, we'll 55 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:04,120 watch old TV, we'll listen to music sometimes generally just 56 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:08,200 we get together and and and NASA for a couple of hours every 57 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,240 week. And just thought it would be 58 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,440 quite nice to bring that to Goombod in the shape of a 59 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:20,160 conversation about a film which is is very much in Tilton Gary's 60 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:24,760 wheelhouse and as he's already indicated not so much in 61 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,160 Andrews. But it's it's a film which 62 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:31,360 qualifies for Goombod by virtue of the fact it has about I 63 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:32,560 didn't. I didn't time it. 64 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,880 Maybe a minute and a half of Spike Milligan, do you think? 65 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,240 Somewhere around that, yeah. But it's it's memorable. 66 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:42,760 It's a memorable minute and a half. 67 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,280 Whatever heard that before? Tyler, can I can I just briefly 68 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:51,360 set the scene for this because just just as we were I was 69 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,480 looking up some bits and pieces. I want to establish the the 70 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:59,720 release date of the film and spotted one of the IMDb reviews 71 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:05,200 I think was better than that any of us could very broad comedy 72 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,800 involving strip poker, monopoly and laxatives. 73 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,960 Now what else is there to say? I mean that that that's it, 74 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:16,680 isn't it? In the in the order. 75 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:19,720 That is absolutely good. There we go. 76 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,920 We see, see, I would have, I would have gone further. 77 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,240 I would have called it an unflinching examination of the 78 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,840 human condition. With some knob. 79 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:34,560 Jokes, and also some good old fashioned sexual frustration, of 80 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,720 course. Well, it is Britain in the 81 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:41,200 1970s. Andrew, I mean, I don't know if 82 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:46,840 the theme song was, I don't know, by oh, Vashti Bunyan or 83 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,400 Kevin Ayers. You might have something to say 84 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:50,480 about that maybe. I don't know. 85 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,800 No, I mean the the the theme song was was not. 86 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,560 It's not inspiring is it? Although it has stuck in my in 87 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,520 my head for the two days since, so it's not. 88 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:06,320 So much whether it's a good or a bad song, and it's just that it 89 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,600 doesn't really set you up for 90 minutes of fun. 90 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,640 No. It's a theme for more serious 91 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:15,920 film. Yeah, it. 92 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:17,160 Sounds like the theme tune to Do you. 93 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:19,080 Have you ever seen I Start Counting? 94 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,360 No. Oh, it's not quite as good as 95 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,640 that theme, but I'm not saying it's a bad song. 96 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,560 But yeah, it's it's setting you up for a I'm calling little 97 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,200 thing. Yeah, it it it it should be the 98 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,520 theme tune for, right? I don't know. 99 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,120 Something like by the family way or something, something like 100 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:37,560 that. A slightly slightly 101 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,680 melancholic's comedy drama with the emphasis on the drama, you 102 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,560 know? And yeah, not, not at all for a 103 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,440 farce with with with a strip poker scene in the middle, no. 104 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,720 I mean it. It suffers by comparison because 105 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:58,080 Man Up at the House has one of the greatest TV themes by Johnny 106 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,040 Hawkes, which is just a. Belter, Do you think the film 107 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,400 would have been better if it had, you know, the rising damp 108 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:09,320 film theme tune? Oh, so I I I think that's a real 109 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,960 hip twitcher toe Tapper. I really like that. 110 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,800 Do you not like it till? No, I'm just thinking that of 111 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,720 the sitcom movies, I think it's only Dad's Army and Are You 112 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,440 Being Served? That has the same theme Tune 113 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,240 isn't? It please Sir, has a smidgen of 114 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,080 the original theme tune, but but no more than, I don't know, 10 115 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:30,200 seconds worth or whatever. The IE being served theme is 116 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,240 completely overhauled, isn't it? Isn't it funky version? 117 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,960 Yeah, but it's it's a version of the same, the same melody, isn't 118 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,080 it? Right. 119 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,840 OK, fair enough. The Porridge film, Doesn't that 120 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,720 begin with Harry Nelson without Yes. 121 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,560 Yeah. That must have cost a bit. 122 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:47,880 Not so, Not so much, but not so much. 123 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,520 Back then, you know it, it wasn't, it wasn't particularly 124 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,000 difficult to get the licensing rights, the big puppets and the 125 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,440 way it is now. You know, you you, you'd see 126 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,360 that kind of song used in all sorts of things, particularly 127 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,480 since the publishing rights will have been to the members of 128 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,560 Badfinger who wrote that, who were not exactly loaded because 129 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,840 they wrote no other big hits other than that song. 130 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:13,760 So I can't imagine, I can't imagine it being too expensive 131 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,440 to use. I mean, thinking about a film, I 132 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,840 just guessed it on another podcast talking about Son of 133 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:21,840 Dracula that had without you in it and that. 134 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,520 And that must have cost less, That must have cost less to make 135 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,640 than the porridge film. Although of course it didn't 136 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,120 have Nelson starring in it. But still, you know, it's it 137 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,480 can't have been huge, hugely expensive to get the sync rights 138 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,520 for. Andrew Porridge, of course, is 139 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,159 ITC. So does that, does that help in 140 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:42,880 any way? I mean, is that like a nice 141 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,760 conduit to, I don't know, ATV music or anything like? 142 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,680 That that might, That might actually, yes, that might well 143 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:51,120 be the case. I don't know if Badfinger were 144 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,720 published by ATV Music, but it would make sense that they were 145 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,560 because they were signed to Apple and all all the 146 00:08:57,560 --> 00:08:59,920 connections would be there. I don't know who published 147 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:03,560 Badfinger songwriting, but it would that that suddenly makes 148 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:05,000 it make a little bit more sense. Yeah. 149 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,880 Because you've got the whole loo grade owning ATV music thing, 150 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,560 yeah? I'll be very impressed if you or 151 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:14,840 Tilk can squeeze in a reference to Van Dyke Parks during this 152 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,520 chat. I had no plans to, but now 153 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:19,840 you've said it, I'm going to have a good thing. 154 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,080 Yeah. I'm just wishing that Harry 155 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,000 Nelson had just written a song, especially for Porridge. 156 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,960 He's he's one of the people I think would be qualified to come 157 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,440 up with something. Absolutely. 158 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:31,800 It would have been great for it, I think. 159 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,200 I think it would have fit very well, yeah. 160 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,520 How would he how would he adapt the the the original porridge 161 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,320 theme tune which which isn't a theme tune, it's just Ronnie 162 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,640 Barker sentencing Norman Stanley. 163 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:44,800 Fletcher. No, nothing. 164 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:45,680 Quite possibly. Sing that. 165 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:47,640 I mean Nelson sang the theme tune for the end of Ski Doo, 166 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,080 didn't he? Which, which is just reading out 167 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,320 the credits. So OK, I've. 168 00:09:51,040 --> 00:10:01,640 Always had it easy with a man about the place steaming up the 169 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,640 mirror. When I'm making up my face, 170 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:11,320 it's. Just a friend, a helping hand, a 171 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:12,840 ready willing. Smile. 172 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:18,680 We all watched this film. When was it the other? 173 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:18,960 Night. Yeah. 174 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,560 Day before yesterday, Yeah. It happened to be Richard 175 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:24,920 O'sullivan's 80th birthday. Very appropriate. 176 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:31,760 The Man About the House, the TV series Now, Gary, until you've 177 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,400 covered Man About the House twice on the sitcom club, 178 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,280 haven't you? Yes, the the first time I had a 179 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:41,800 bit of a crisis about it because I didn't think there was hellish 180 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,360 much I could say around it. And that's not because it's a 181 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:50,840 bad series at all. It really is a fairly reliable 182 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,720 put it on and you will enjoy yourself for 25 minutes. 183 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,080 It's just that I couldn't think there wasn't any. 184 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,280 The phrase I sometimes used was knobbly bits, the word there 185 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,160 aren't any knobbly bits around it. 186 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,280 It's a gank delivery system with a fairly simple premise. 187 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,520 By the way, if there are any listeners tuning in, tuning in, 188 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:11,520 how old am I? From the US? 189 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,440 Just a quick explanation, man. About the House is the British 190 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,400 series that in the US became Three's Company. 191 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:22,680 However, it's worth pointing out that in Man about the house 192 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:26,400 robbing trips, pretending to be gay doesn't last. 193 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,280 Crissy. Tells the Ropers that he's gay 194 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,160 at the end of the first episode, and he establishes that he isn't 195 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,960 at the beginning of the 2nd. Yeah, that's right. 196 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,000 And it does it. It continues in Three's company, 197 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,920 doesn't it? All through the run, yeah. 198 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:46,560 You seem to spend a lot of Was it the first, the first episode 199 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:49,160 you did on Men about the house? You were very exercised by the 200 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,440 pronunciation of the director of Napoleon. 201 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:58,280 Not really, Scott I Bill Gaunt. I think it might be the second 202 00:11:58,280 --> 00:11:59,920 one actually. Yes, yes. 203 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:04,000 I think we actually ended up we ended up watching Napoleon 204 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,880 because of the pronunciation of Avalon. 205 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:12,360 In pronunciation, Gary, yes, the one of our arguments no. 206 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,200 No, this this is back to Flacid and Flacid again, yes. 207 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,320 Yeah, it's pronounced flex it well. 208 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,520 How many people? How many people use flexes in an 209 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:22,760 everyday conversation? It's. 210 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,840 Funny in that way, though it's funnier. 211 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,320 Flex. It is funnier than flaccid. 212 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,760 Yeah. Gary, didn't you get? 213 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,200 I think I'm sure you've got Jenny Agathur and Jenny Hanley 214 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:33,680 mixed up as. Well, I did, yes. 215 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,040 Yes, this is true. That's not the most embarrassing 216 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,400 mix up that I've made. I think there's one involving, 217 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:45,360 yeah, a film and maybe another film sort of similar name. 218 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,240 We're well into the conversation before you realize people. 219 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:50,440 No. Well. 220 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,680 It's once the conversation about Barry Lyndon before I realized 221 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:57,120 that Harry was talking about Barry McKenzie, which is not a 222 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,280 Kubrick film. It probably does have some cast 223 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,160 members in common though. No, it it doesn't actually, 224 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,200 'cause we talked about this and we went through, we couldn't 225 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,040 find any. We we had, we had this 226 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:11,320 conversation a few months back and yet we couldn't find anybody 227 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,280 in common. And we looked, yeah. 228 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,000 I don't remember that. Maybe it was one of the times 229 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,360 you went here, but I I remember having this conversation. 230 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,800 Having fun without me? Dare you. 231 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,160 So, Andrew, what about you? I mean, you're slightly younger 232 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:26,400 than than us. Yeah. 233 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:28,240 Do you? Did you, do you remember? 234 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,000 Did you watch Man about the House and repeat? 235 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,000 I saw in repeat in like the 80s or 90s odd episodes. 236 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,160 Weirdly, I thought I hadn't watched this film until we were 237 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,360 watching it on Tuesday. And then a bunch of scenes 238 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:41,880 particularly the strip poker scene. 239 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,600 I, I, I clearly saw saw the film version on TV at some point when 240 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,760 I was a teenager and remembered it as being just an episode of 241 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,800 the TV show. So yeah I'm I'm sort of I I and 242 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,960 obviously we have watched something like 30 episodes but 243 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,200 to get together over the over the last couple of years as 244 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,000 well. So I'm I'm very familiar with it 245 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,840 but not not as familiar as Tilton Gary. 246 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,160 But it's it's it's a series I know. 247 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,800 You know. If you remember the strip poker 248 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,720 scene, Andrew, then it wasn't the central TV version that you 249 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:16,280 remember seeing. Right. 250 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,880 Oh, do you want to talk about the the TV edit now then? 251 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,280 So we we came into, I don't know how we came into possession of 252 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:24,640 this. I mean like a lot of the stuff 253 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,520 that we've got like on transmitted pilots and all sorts 254 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,720 of things. Somehow we managed to get hold 255 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,120 of a recording and it was central TV and I think it was 256 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,040 about maybe 1999 something like that. 257 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,240 And it was late at night and they had put out a version of 258 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,960 Man about the house that was missing about almost 15 minutes 259 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,880 in total. It really been. 260 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:50,640 So I presume this is just for for timing purposes and you did 261 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:55,000 get some odd edits in it. So like, as we've all alluded to 262 00:14:55,000 --> 00:15:01,800 already, there's a lengthy scene involving Robin trying to 263 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,880 convince Chrissy and Joe to play strip poker and eventually 264 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,840 succeeding. But it backfires course and this 265 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,480 scene doesn't appear in this TV edit, but all the preamble 266 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:17,320 beforehand does. So Robin is just for some reason 267 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,760 just constantly going on about strip poker and then nothing 268 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,680 comes of it. And I'm sure there are still 269 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,800 some back references to it later on about a scene that we haven't 270 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,840 seen. Yeah, nothing like clumsy 271 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,880 editing. It's like it's like the. 272 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,800 Apple. Which I haven't seen. 273 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,200 Oh, we have to make you watch the apple. 274 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,520 No, I'm. Not watching the apple it. 275 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:40,640 Is one of the least boring films ever made. 276 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,240 This is. This is true. 277 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:43,360 This is true. It's. 278 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,800 Yes, it's so it's a disco musical from circa 19. 279 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:48,800 I think it's 1980. Yeah, 80, yeah. 280 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,800 Completely bonkers. It has Laddick Cherbel singing a 281 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,000 reggae song about how to be a master. 282 00:15:54,560 --> 00:16:02,000 And also the ending is a payoff to an introduction that didn't 283 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,920 end up in the film. So the ending is just so 284 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,320 completely out of left field and raises more questions than the 285 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:13,080 answers. And by the way, without You is 286 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,800 by Apple Publishing. Look on 45 Cat. 287 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:17,560 Right. Of course. 288 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:18,640 That makes sense. Yeah, right. 289 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:25,720 My favorite piece of cock handed editing was when they were 290 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:30,200 showing in sickness and health on rather plus much missed 291 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,120 channel. And they were editing the the 292 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,040 BBC Half Hour to Commercial TV Half Hour. 293 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:42,440 There's a scene where Alf mentions that he's got a new 294 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:47,080 clock radio and Ken Campbell's character in the pub offers to 295 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,200 set it up for him. You know, supposedly being 296 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,440 helpful. And then at the end of the 297 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:55,440 episode the bloody thing goes off at 3:00 in the morning with 298 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,400 a volume turn to fool on radio, one of the hell it is. 299 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,560 And just waking up the whole damn street. 300 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,000 But the conversation between them and the pub had been cut, 301 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,359 so all it made off look was just incompetent that he didn't know 302 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:13,280 how to set up radio by himself. They used to cut 3 or 4 minutes 303 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,839 out of every half hour BBC sitcom when I was watching 304 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,280 growing up in New Zealand and which which meant for example 305 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,079 you could be watching an episode of a low and low and the end 306 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:26,520 credits you have been watching could be characters that you 307 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,560 haven't seen. Yeah, during the episode they've 308 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,800 just been excised. Well, of course we have that 309 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,160 situation with this film, don't we? 310 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:36,440 Because of the couple of names and the the opening titles that 311 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,280 we don't actually see in the film about these days AM. 312 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:45,440 Jack Smithers and Rudolf Walker. Yes, better known as Gary. 313 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:49,840 Well bet, better known as the the Warning neighbors in Lovely 314 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:55,920 Neighbor. This I mean, I I quite well. 315 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,280 I know I really do enjoy this film, but then it helps because 316 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,920 I really enjoy the TV series. In fact, I would. 317 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,440 I would say that Man About the House is possibly my favorite 318 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,360 sitcom. It's just, it's just I'm not 319 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:09,680 going to. I hate to use the word comfort 320 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,320 viewing, but it's. Just no, it is. 321 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,360 It's it's a comfortable thing to watch. 322 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:16,720 It's it it goes back to what Tilt was saying about not having 323 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,160 nobly bits. The the upside of that is there 324 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:23,360 is nothing abrasive about it. It's very, very, very, very, 325 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:25,880 very well crafted, very likeable. 326 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,000 You can. You can put it on and just enjoy 327 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,320 yourself. And at no point, at no point are 328 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,920 you going to have to you. You don't. 329 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,360 You don't have to work to enjoy it at all but it but it's still 330 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:39,480 solidly good. It it's it. 331 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,160 It doesn't talk down to you. It doesn't it doesn't insult 332 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,720 your intelligence, but it but it doesn't make you work for it 333 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:45,440 either. Yeah. 334 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,520 And also, there's no there's every character I like. 335 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,200 Yeah, and and that's very rare. I I find there's there's often a 336 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,600 character in a sitcom that I just don't like for whatever 337 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,880 reason, but I like all of them, even even Jo. 338 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,240 I mean Jo can be slightly annoying but just because she's 339 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:06,200 a bit scatty but now in in terms of you know this I this I 340 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:12,240 consider to be a a successful film sitcom to screen transfer. 341 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:13,640 What? What? 342 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,480 What? What would you guys say are the 343 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,280 more successful or the least successful sitcoms to films 344 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,720 well, that period? Well, the the most successful, 345 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,080 the Like Lads film was very good. 346 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,360 We watched that the other month, didn't we? 347 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,120 And that that that worked surprisingly well. 348 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:32,800 Them not not really as a comedy that that that was quite, quite 349 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,600 bleak and I I quite like the porridge film. 350 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,520 I've not seen that in many years, but I I remember that as 351 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,280 being quite good. And there are, there are some, 352 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:47,480 there were some sitcom films, which in a strange way they go 353 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,960 on to be sort of the only representation of that 354 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,800 particular sitcom. I mean, I think that the sitcom, 355 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:59,080 the BBC sitcom That's Your Funeral Now, I think only exists 356 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,680 in its film version. I think the TV series itself was 357 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:06,040 white. And you get occasionally turning 358 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:13,240 up films such as, say, Nearest and Dearest, for example, or oh, 359 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,640 what do you call it? Never mind the quality, feel the 360 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,440 width. Which, oh, they're all sort of, 361 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,440 you know, varying degrees of of success at the box office or 362 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,280 whatever. But this business about, I mean, 363 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,440 I'm sure we've spoken about this on plenty podcast before, but 364 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:34,520 this business about Oh yeah, talking head says in in in clip 365 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,480 show documentary. They always go abroad on 366 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,320 holiday. No, they did that once. 367 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,360 And are you being? And that's it. 368 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:46,400 I think they might. They don't show us, at least. 369 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,360 One more. Holiday on the buses. 370 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:50,200 Buses. I will hold in the buses in 371 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,960 Prestatyn. I don't like to think about 372 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:54,200 that. Are you? 373 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,200 And Duty Free, although that wasn't a feature film, was it? 374 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,480 No. No, that's the whole premise of 375 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:03,680 the show, isn't it? Thinking about it. 376 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:11,000 That would be interesting. A duty free feature film in 377 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,760 which they are back home for a bit. 378 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,360 Oh thanks George, could just do with a nice cup of tea. 379 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:20,920 Oh yeah. Well, there's one in the pot. 380 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:26,640 I was thinking, Mildred, perhaps we should consider selling it. 381 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,120 What, this? It's all rust and rattles. 382 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,680 No, no, no. I'm in the house. 383 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,280 I'm thinking the money we could make. 384 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,440 George, What good is money if you haven't got your elf? 385 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,600 Oh, I've got me elf. You won't have if you sell my 386 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,560 house. 22 years of marriage. All we've got to show for is our 387 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,520 house, yeah. Well, it wasn't my fault. 388 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,360 I went to the clinic and they said it. 389 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:49,360 Wasn't my fault. Well, it certainly wasn't mine. 390 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,160 I don't like children. Look, George, you can't hit the 391 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,480 jackpot if you don't put the money in the machine. 392 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,480 We didn't mention it, by the way, but it was something that 393 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,640 caught my eye a moment ago, talking about some various 394 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,440 adaptations. And the strange thing, of 395 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,000 course, is that man about the house, I think we all agree, is 396 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,840 one of the better adaptations. Yes. 397 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,960 And at the other end of the scale, George and Mildred. 398 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,760 What? I really like about this. 399 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:22,600 This little piece of trivia here spotted George and Mildred was 400 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:27,200 broadcast on ITV on Christmas Day afternoon, immediately after 401 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,040 the Queen's Christmas message, the implication being that she 402 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:34,160 introduced it. Well, that's enough for me 403 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,640 anyway. A nice pussy film. 404 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,560 And and with with poor youth of barely cold in the grave, yeah. 405 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:44,920 Yeah. And it it would had only been 406 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,520 released theatrically, what, three months before. 407 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,200 July of 1980, yeah, right. OK. 408 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,600 Listen, it believed to be like there was a 1-2 punch of George 409 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,040 and Mildred and rising Damp that killed off the British sitcom 410 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,280 film. Yeah, yeah. 411 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:08,680 And in this film he's 42. Brian Murphy is 42 in this film. 412 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:14,120 I'm not sure how old George is meant to be, but just just I 413 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:16,600 just a little bit of a comparison. 414 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,360 So Brian Murphy is 42 in this film. 415 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:19,880 Picture him in your mindlessness. 416 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,440 The the character of George Roper. 417 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:27,280 OK Tom Hardy is 46 now. Tom Hiddleston is 43. 418 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:32,840 Henry Cavill is 41. Brian Murphy is only 42, 419 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,840 although he looks like a child in primary school if you if you 420 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:45,760 think of Richard Vernon or a guy from Guy From. 421 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:46,840 Yellow. What's it called? 422 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,600 No, Woodward. Edward Woodward Callen. 423 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,080 What's the guy from Callen called till? 424 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:56,760 Robert Red. Is it Robert or Ronald Ronald 425 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:57,480 Red? Ronald Red. 426 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,560 Yes, that's it. Ronald Red, who's only a year 427 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,400 old with them. Edward Woodward. 428 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,360 And yeah, and long paper round, Yeah. 429 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,480 And the thing was Brian Murphy as well. 430 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:13,320 So George is very thinning on top, which was Brian Murphy's 431 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:17,760 natural state. So he was happy to to be, you 432 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:22,400 know, immortalized on film with his natural thinning thatch. 433 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:26,040 But he wore a wig normally. Is that Is that right? 434 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,440 Yeah, I've seen him in interviews and shows. 435 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:34,720 I think even Slate is the the early 90s with with a piece, but 436 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,160 I think that probably went by both of the the mid 90s or that 437 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,960 about so when he was in one foot in the grave. 438 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,480 With my favorite episode of Man, Who better blew away? 439 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,760 Yes, Yeah, Yeah. And Gary, when we started 440 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,640 watching this film you it begins with what we can hear. 441 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,200 Someone's having a bath and the camera is slowly panning towards 442 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,320 the bathroom. And Gary, you said because it 443 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,960 was a film, you wondered how many punters were going in 444 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,280 hoping that it was going to be there was going to be a bit more 445 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:11,760 X-rated action, but it was not to be of well. 446 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,720 Exactly, it is. It's sort of alluding to that 447 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,320 straight away, isn't it? Because obviously this is, this 448 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:21,880 is the same year as the first of the Confessions films and you 449 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:27,320 know British cinemas. Is is on its arse or has Robin 450 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,640 asked Chris Arse on the screen or whatever it is? 451 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,280 And yeah, I mean that and that's the best of them because 452 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:39,920 subcrud. And I've seen most of it, but oh 453 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,280 God, tell what was that one that we watched? 454 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,080 But we didn't watch him with him, obviously, but the one with 455 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:50,360 Keith Barron and Kenneth Cope. She'll follow you anywhere. 456 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:53,960 Yeah, that that might have been the absolute pits, but that was 457 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,800 just. I would tell you what the 458 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,240 premise is, but we'd have to do a content warning that gives you 459 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:04,360 an idea. To tell you what I was, I was 460 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:09,120 going to ask by the way, here we are, what, half an hour into the 461 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:10,360 conversation. Andrew. 462 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:12,680 Yeah, Andrew, let's just take a little digression here. 463 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,200 Tell the listeners what you were up to last night. 464 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:17,600 Oh yeah. Well, I went to see the band 465 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,800 Tenacious D because they are fans of my podcast and they get 466 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,720 me free tickets and then go on the guest list and stuff. 467 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,960 And they announced from the stage that I am the greatest 468 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,520 podcaster in the world and that everybody should like me and 469 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,320 stuff. That was quite that was quite 470 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,840 nice. So I've been in a rather odd 471 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,640 state today because it's not normally the case that you have 472 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:46,640 like people who have had their own films announcing to 14,000 473 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,720 seats, sold out arenas that that you are the greatest on earth. 474 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:54,680 And then I went backstage and Kyle Tenacious DS guitarist, 475 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,120 spent about 19 minutes being a fanboy of me. 476 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:03,160 And this is this is not my normal life, but it's sort of 477 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,760 been my life. Recently I I seem to be getting 478 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,600 celebrity fans, which which is fun but strange so. 479 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,440 The three of us can relate to that. 480 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:21,840 Can't we get me in 2 because because you were in Vegas, I do 481 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:22,840 what a week? Or so, yeah. 482 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,000 A couple of weeks ago I was in Vegas as a guest of Penn 483 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,560 Jillette and that that that was fun as well. 484 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,320 He he was. He's, he's another big fan of 485 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:33,280 the podcast. I do. 486 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,000 I do have a few very famous fans. 487 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,400 I believe Kevin Bacon gave me a shout out on Instagram one time 488 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:41,880 that that kind, that kind of thing. 489 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:48,160 But I I don't really understand this because you know, I I am in 490 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,520 all, in all other respects, I am basically living the same life 491 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,440 as the rest of you, you know, just just doing my podcast for 492 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:01,040 an audience of us basically. But it seems to have caught on. 493 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:05,240 So anyway, back to the film I want to talk about. 494 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:07,680 So Larry is one of my favorite characters. 495 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,440 The character of Larry The Who who I think he turns up in the 496 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,360 in the sitcom What Series 2 is it Gary maybe? 497 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,520 He no, I'm just, I'm wondering, I think he might make an 498 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,160 appearance towards the end of series one. 499 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,560 As well, OK, on and off character, but he more or less 500 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,160 becomes a regular character after a couple of series and he 501 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,200 ends up moving in to the house although he's living. 502 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,240 Is he living in the? Is he living amongst George's 503 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,000 pornography up in the? Yes, because they they they 504 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,520 convert the the, the attic. Yeah. 505 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,400 And they they they, they must be in this film because because he, 506 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,120 he gets involved in the campaign to not have, not have the place 507 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,240 knocked down, doesn't it? Because he because he he'll lose 508 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:51,120 his home as well. So this this must be set while 509 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,280 he's living, living in the house, yeah? 510 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,160 Do do you? You don't get that impression, 511 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,240 do you? No, no. 512 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,760 But I think, I think they're just assuming that you have that 513 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,000 background knowledge because otherwise he's just, he's just a 514 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,800 random person who turns up occasionally, isn't he? 515 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,360 In this. But yeah, yeah. 516 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,080 I don't, I don't want to dwell on this aspect, but do we, do we 517 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,000 presume that as part of Larry's sort of living arrangements that 518 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:17,960 maybe yes, he's got a sort of, I don't know, he struck a deal 519 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:23,280 with George where part of the rent he'll pay in cash and then 520 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,960 the rest he he will pay sort of in kind. 521 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,520 To Mildred. No, no, I still I meant, but 522 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:35,000 actually yes, considering how this film ends. 523 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,400 George what's the what's the modern day what could called is 524 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:40,200 that it? Yeah. 525 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,400 Yeah. So yeah, I mean, oh God, if the 526 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,000 film we got on all 10 minutes, they would be doing it in front 527 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:50,560 of George and he's on sofa. Yeah, but Arthur, you mean after 528 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,160 the Thames television commissioner who moves in as a 529 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,440 lodger at the end who, because he was. 530 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,480 He was Mildred's old flame during the war, I think. 531 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:57,960 Was it? Was he? 532 00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,840 And of course we've got better recording, haven't we? 533 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:03,720 Because Mildred's surname in the film is different to her surname 534 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,440 in the series. Yeah, she's asked with in this 535 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,560 maiden name and but it was established in the sitcom that 536 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:16,720 her surname and maiden name was Trek, Tremble, Mildred. 537 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,920 Which I think is a way you can kind of reconcile it, that if 538 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,800 your surname was trembled, you might lie about it and say it 539 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,840 was Asquith. If it was Mildred Nate Tremble, 540 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,200 possibly her. Possibly her name was originally 541 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,120 Tremble Asquith and she changed the first name. 542 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,840 I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure Tremble and ask 543 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,680 with as a Yorkshire TV cartoon from 1969. 544 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,240 You already you've lambered me here, mate. 545 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,280 Mousetrap and Vicky's for Table 9. 546 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,880 Larry, Larry. No, no, no, no selects. 547 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,560 I want to formage to France. I think this week. 548 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,040 Yeah, and if we're in a Vicarage, Oh yeah, and one ice 549 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:03,680 cream. Coming up one vanilla. 550 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:05,560 Oh no, sorry. Can you make that chocolate? 551 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:11,000 I'll do my best. Abracadabra. 552 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,840 It's not worked here. Coverage in Curry powder. 553 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,920 They won't know the difference. I'd love to go for a Jimmy Cup 554 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,680 hold of that. Hey, And when I come back, 555 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:25,840 remind me to tell you all about the daffodil. 556 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:30,880 Oh dear Daffodil. Go there. 557 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:32,280 A stingy lot of customers in there. 558 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,520 The only tip I've seen all day is this kitchen. 559 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,400 I don't know. I feel a bit sorry for Larry in 560 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,800 this he, I think he he he, well, he he doesn't have a lot to do 561 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,160 in this film. No, no. 562 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:43,960 Does he? No, he's he's basically not any 563 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,400 you you could, you could edit him out of the film completely 564 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:50,240 and you wouldn't you wouldn't really notice, you know in in in 565 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,840 the sitcom he's usually the focus of AB plot or quite often 566 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,400 the focus of AB plot. You know, he's, he's there, but 567 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,800 here he's just sort of one, one of the one of the crowd in the 568 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,200 pub and so on, isn't he? He has a few more lines than 569 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,360 other people in the crowd. But yeah, he's on the same level 570 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:08,720 as, you know, Melvin Hayes's character. 571 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,360 Almost. Melvin Hayes, The Raging 572 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:15,520 Heterosexual, Yes. That's so just something I 573 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:21,120 quickly want to mention. Our mutual friend Ian has this 574 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:26,160 thing called 10% actors, which is an actor who, if they're in 575 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,920 something, the the overall production is going to be 10% 576 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,640 better than it would have been without them. 577 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:37,720 Yeah, the number of 10% actors in this means that this is 150% 578 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:38,880 of the film. It couldn't be. 579 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,120 Yeah 'cause even little parts. What? 580 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:48,160 So yeah, Melvin Hayes is in this as the companion of Michael 581 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,080 Ward. I mean, Michael Ward is always 582 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,920 my heart leaps when I see, oh great, Michael Ward's in this. 583 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,880 We're going to get at least one great performance if nobody else 584 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,840 is doing their best. Well, it's funny you should say 585 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,080 that because last episode I was talking about Casino Royale 586 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:09,400 1967, and I and I made a point of saying that any film, no 587 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:14,360 matter how dreadful, is infinitely improved by the 588 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,800 presence, even if it's just a small, you know, walk on part by 589 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,560 the presence of either Bernard Cribbins or John Bluthall. 590 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,320 Yeah. Ideally, both of them, yeah. 591 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:27,160 And and Casino Royale has that has that honor. 592 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,960 So that those are two, what would you call it, 10%. 593 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:31,480 Those are 210% actors, aren't they? 594 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,400 Yeah, Blue, blue, swimming cribbins. 595 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,120 Yeah, and this has got like, Aubrey Morrissey's another one, 596 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:37,920 isn't it? You know, there's some, really. 597 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:38,920 Oh, yes. Yeah. 598 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:40,840 Some. Oh, and Maynard. 599 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:42,000 Yes, the Maynard. Yeah. 600 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,240 Do you want to describe Bill Maynard it? 601 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:51,520 Well it we see two sides of the character that he plays in this. 602 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:58,240 We see the the, the, the filthy vest and sucking on a grubby dog 603 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:02,360 end chef character that he plays and then you and then he 604 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,360 smartens up later on in the film. 605 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,920 I get an impression that there may be there been some sort of 606 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,719 editing of the of the text because it appears there's a 607 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:13,760 little hint of it. But it appears that Robin has 608 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,800 worked wonders on him because when he goes to work at the 609 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:23,639 restaurant then yeah, Maynard is the the chef and situ is is very 610 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:26,800 much yeah. You haven't got time to faff 611 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,080 about in here with cleanliness and and then before you know it, 612 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,320 it's the place is transformed and. 613 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:34,600 Oh yes, I thought I'd missed something. 614 00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:36,440 No. We never really getting 615 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:40,159 explanations to this sort of Manny Poppins effect that that 616 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:43,800 Robin has, yeah. Saying about Larry having not a 617 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,080 lot to do. The same could be said for for 618 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,120 Joe, for Sally Thompson character. 619 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:49,639 Yes. She doesn't really have a lot. 620 00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:51,960 I mean she she doesn't do a lot on the sitcom, let's face it. 621 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,960 But she's there's a there's a, there's an attempt of a a sort 622 00:34:55,960 --> 00:35:00,160 of AC or AD plot with her and Larry fumbling about in his in 623 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,080 his VW on a park, precariously on a riverbank. 624 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:09,200 But that's about it really, Kingsley Amos said. 625 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:12,360 Sally Thompson looks like she was designed by a committee of 626 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:16,080 sex maniacs. I I think she deserves, no, she 627 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:21,040 deserves praise because as you said, Joe could be an annoying 628 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,240 character, she could be very irritating. 629 00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:26,320 And Sammy Thompson just makes her likable. 630 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,600 And there's always that thing that certainly at some point 631 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:34,760 there are jokes in which she indicates that she knows that 632 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:39,600 she's the idiot. But also Thompson's performance 633 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,080 gives a little sort of just a little edge of knowing thing. 634 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:43,640 Yeah, I know I'm not that clever. 635 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,800 That's I'm going to speak anyway. 636 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,000 She she's the Peter Talk of the group. 637 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,520 Yes, yes. I was just thinking about 638 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:51,200 myself. Yes. 639 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:56,480 Not getting eggs? You like them yesterday? 640 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,440 And the day before? Yeah. 641 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,080 And the day before. I'm beginning to look like an 642 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:01,240 egg. Listen, it isn't. 643 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:03,120 Even my turn to cook the breakfast, It's Joes. 644 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:04,640 Well then why doesn't? Joe Cook it. 645 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,280 She did bacon and sausages. Do you want? 646 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,720 To eat it. Just for change, How about to 647 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:12,360 mix? Do you like cooking? 648 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,200 We don't. Listen, it's part of the 649 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,000 female's function to. Provide food. 650 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:17,680 So where do you think these eggs came from? 651 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,360 A rooster. I'm not a male chauvinist. 652 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:21,120 I think you are. But. 653 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:22,880 What do you know about it? You're only a woman. 654 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,200 Honestly, I have nothing to do with men if they weren't the 655 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:29,200 opposite sex. Look. 656 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,320 When are you going to fix the lock on that door? 657 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,120 No, I'll get around to it. I'll tell you what. 658 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,040 Tell you what, I'll put that bolt on that door. 659 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:36,280 What? Bolt well. 660 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,640 The one from your bedroom door, you know, I can quite easily 661 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,560 unscrew it and. You leave that where it is. 662 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,080 All right, all right. If it gives you the illusion of 663 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,880 safety. Illusion another three feet and 664 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:52,360 my tunnel is completed. You know they've they've they've 665 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:58,280 ramped up the is it, is it A2 sided sexual attraction? 666 00:36:58,280 --> 00:36:59,920 I think it is between Robin and Chrissy. 667 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,480 Oh yes, this. This is one of the things that 668 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:08,160 they get very close to consummating their relationship, 669 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:09,480 but. They don't get all backwards. 670 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,640 They get they. They get closer than they ever 671 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,720 did in the TV series. Yeah. 672 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:22,040 And Joe and and Larry come back from the disastrous date, 673 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:26,720 interrupting Robin. And it seems that like why? 674 00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:28,160 Well you've been interrupted once, Robin. 675 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,040 So that's it. Don't ever mention again. 676 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:35,600 OK, I'm first mutual attraction. It it it no longer counts 677 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,720 apparently. Tyler, you you may have to 678 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:42,120 referee here, OK? Because it's going to be in the 679 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:43,920 nicest possible way. There's going to be slight 680 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,840 disagreement between myself and till here because I'm going to 681 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:52,760 say till that they actually got closer to, you know, the the 682 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,960 business. I'm doing that that business 683 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,040 when me first just know you can't see it, but you know. 684 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:00,840 Exactly. Yes. 685 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:04,920 Yeah. You remember the episode where 686 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,560 there's a mouse running around the house? 687 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,960 Yes, yes. And I mean, Robin is, is, is 688 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:17,680 inches away from actually, you know, getting into to Chrissy's 689 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:21,000 bed at that point. OK, that's corrected. 690 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,720 And it's only a rogue mouse trap that catches them in an 691 00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:30,360 unfortunate place that's paid to his endeavour. 692 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:35,200 No, I I I will bow to your superior knowledge. 693 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:40,200 Because yeah, when it comes to the text of all these sitcoms, 694 00:38:41,240 --> 00:38:44,480 Gary usually knows more than I do. 695 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,280 Except when it comes to the upper hand. 696 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,600 Now OK, are we going to address this? 697 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:51,800 Because I don't think the the good I. 698 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,720 Said there was an upper hand that contained a parody, a 699 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:58,800 partial parody of Quantum Leap. Gary did not believe me. 700 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,240 We found it. We watched it. 701 00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:06,640 And so ever since if I am absolutely, 100% sure and Gary 702 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:11,200 is saying that that couldn't be the case, I say I invoke the law 703 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:15,200 of Quantum Leap. I don't think of that gives you 704 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:18,480 carte blanche to just just say that and win any argument, 705 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:22,360 although it sort of does. Well, no, it's it's basically 706 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:26,400 it's it's like this. This is not the case where we 707 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:30,080 agree to disagree. But why? 708 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,880 Why it might We might have. It means that, right? 709 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:38,720 Unless there's evidence for Gary's side of the argument. 710 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:41,720 OK, why can I not? Going to just be. 711 00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:44,440 Why can't I invoke that law when it comes to Warsaw gummage? 712 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:50,480 I'm saying I'm I'm perfectly willing to believe you, but find 713 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:51,480 it first. Well. 714 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,000 I don't want to sit because. I've heard people, I've heard 715 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,360 people say the same thing as you, Gary, but it then turned 716 00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,120 out that he actually said cow shed. 717 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:03,960 No, no, no, because because in the context of what I remember, 718 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,360 the word cow shed doesn't make any sense. 719 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:10,280 Because he couldn't have. Eaten it's in the country, every 720 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,000 other structures. A cow shed, surely. 721 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:17,240 I'm going to have to do it on. I'm going to have to like time 722 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:20,880 off and sit and watch every bloody episode of Water Gummage 723 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:24,560 not find it and think. Or maybe Water Gummage down 724 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,160 under and watch all of that as well and still not find it. 725 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:31,360 But didn't you? But hang on, Gary, you say it in 726 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,480 the context. Yeah, he he couldn't, he 727 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,080 couldn't have said cow shed. Yeah, like black tilts at every 728 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:37,520 other building is a cow shed. Nobody. 729 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:38,200 Nobody. He wasn't. 730 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,600 There was never any possibility that wasn't going to eat a cow 731 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:43,920 shed. Always, yeah. 732 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:48,440 But is it likely in a children's television program to say what 733 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,880 you thought? He said, he said to Aunt Sally, 734 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,240 and he did say it. He said. 735 00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:56,360 I never ate no cow shit. That's what. 736 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:58,720 He said I never had no cow shed. I mean. 737 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,720 Yeah, that's equally true. Yes, yeah. 738 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:05,960 Oh, but he means cow shit is what you mean, right? 739 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,520 No, no. What what I think is happening 740 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:12,800 there is he is saying he has never eaten a cow shed, which is 741 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,920 a perfectly true statement and that is that is what Worzel 742 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:17,720 Gummidge intends intends it to mean. 743 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:24,840 Quite possibly it was half intended as a joke, but for for 744 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,920 adult members of the audience to go. 745 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:29,800 We thought he said something different. 746 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:34,120 But. Pertwee does have yeah previous 747 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:38,760 on this in Worzel dummage slipping in Elizabethan swear 748 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:40,880 words. I think he uses the word swive 749 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:42,320 at one point. Yeah. 750 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:45,720 Which is to engage in sexual Congress. 751 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:49,960 You don't. It might, I don't know. 752 00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:54,200 You might use the Q word which which is which is in The 753 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:58,080 Avengers assemble. What was that thing we watched 754 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:04,840 where he said Tits. Oh, that's some sort of, yeah, 755 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:08,640 that's an industrial sort of promo film, just to be shown to 756 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:12,400 a bunch of boozy salesman for the new sea. 757 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,880 Anyway, I think we could kind of drift the topic. 758 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,920 The woman he says that to is, and I can't remember her name, 759 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:26,280 The lead? Diana Weston from. 760 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,080 Diana Weston from. So all it comes full circle, 761 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,480 yeah. Brilliant American list this The 762 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:36,680 upper hand was our version of Who's the Boss, Tony. 763 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,000 Who's the Boss? Tony Danson. 764 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,440 Yeah, yeah. I got complaints on On Diamonds 765 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:45,720 TV Weekly from viewers and certain regions who had just 766 00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:48,000 finished watching Who's the Boss? 767 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,840 And then along comes this British show called The Upper 768 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:53,200 Hand, which looks faintly familiar. 769 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,400 I've got on my notes here and I'm not sure why I wrote this 770 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,280 down. I'm kind of regretting it now. 771 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,000 I've written It's weird, but I'd like to know what actually 772 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:04,720 happened during the Ropers honeymoon. 773 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:09,480 Well, didn't in the series. Didn't they say it was in the 774 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:13,320 honeymoon was in Dunkirk? Oh, yes. 775 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,880 Was in the film. Did they say battle in front of 776 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:18,720 us? Was that what they? 777 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:23,440 Said yeah, Mildred makes some reference to it being a 778 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,120 disaster. Well, that. 779 00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:27,440 That's after George saying he did his duty, isn't it? 780 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:28,240 Yes. Yeah. 781 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:33,640 Yes, I mean we've seen, if you, if you've ever seen that, 782 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,080 Smith's single cover, we've seen pictures of young youth, of 783 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:40,040 Joyce George's punching well above his weight. 784 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,880 Oh yeah. Until if if we did know more 785 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,120 about the honeymoon, do you think that that would have 786 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:46,920 involved the word flax it at some point? 787 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:48,600 Yes, quite. Possibly. 788 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,840 Hey, what is this? Hang on, you think it's flex it 789 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,440 it's flaccid? It is flaccid, but till some 790 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,240 reason he's got an old an old. It's really thinks it's flaccid. 791 00:43:58,240 --> 00:44:05,080 Yeah, it's it really is quite a cheese parry pedantic little 792 00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,240 point. The the pronunciation has become 793 00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:11,160 flaccid as in that the pronunciation. 794 00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:15,360 But originally the word was and if you one of those kinds of 795 00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:20,040 people and I'd like to play prescriptivist whenever I can 796 00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:24,640 because it's annoying and I like annoying Gary, it's pronounced 797 00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:27,400 flaccid. And the reason I really stand by 798 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,200 this is there's a documentary about Ed Wood which is partially 799 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:34,720 narrated by Gary Owens. You're not a great voice. 800 00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,760 He has, and at one point he says the term. 801 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:39,600 Flexed rubber octopus. That's. 802 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,840 Like that would not be as funny if he said Placid so. 803 00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,800 Yes. I'm going to default back to, 804 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:50,160 yeah, which is, you know, also things like Gary says data, most 805 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,080 people say data you. See, I when I was a kid, when I 806 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:55,680 was where I grew up, I used to say, I'm sure I used to say data 807 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,240 as well. But now I say data and I used to 808 00:44:58,240 --> 00:44:59,960 say vitamins, and now I say vitamins. 809 00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:02,360 So I see vitamins, but I would still say data because data is 810 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:04,880 correct. Right. 811 00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:10,400 You see this vitamins here? So I keep forgetting and using 812 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:14,040 British idioms. Yeah, I mean vitamins should be 813 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,440 the correct, the correct term because it comes from vital 814 00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:21,440 amines, so. So from the etymology it should 815 00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,880 it should be vitamins in the same way that from the 816 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,360 etymology, flaccid or flaccid should be flaccid, flaccid 817 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,480 because it's from Flacco to Latin. 818 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:33,520 So yeah, for once, for once, the American pronunciation is 819 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,640 correct there. We've got we've got 3 entries 820 00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:40,600 now, FLACID, BLACID and BLACCID. Is that right? 821 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,200 Yeah, the the the English pronunciation was originally 822 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:46,040 flac flaccid, but it comes from the Latin Flacco. 823 00:45:47,240 --> 00:45:50,080 But I think we can all agree that whatever pronunciation you 824 00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:53,040 prefer of the word George Roper is. 825 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:59,000 A limp noodle, Yeah. Only when it comes to Mildred. 826 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:04,640 Yeah. Here's here's another word that 827 00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,160 I've only. I think I've only ever seen it 828 00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:07,960 written down. I've don't think I've ever said 829 00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:09,560 it before. So I might get it might get the 830 00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:11,760 pronunciation wrong. Olia genus. 831 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:12,720 That's correct. Yeah. 832 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:16,880 Genus, Olia, Genus. And I'm attaching that word to 833 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:19,600 the actor Peter Salia. Yes, not Peter Sellers. 834 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:25,120 Peter Sellers, listeners Peter Salia, Do we want to talk about 835 00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:28,920 Peter Salia who turns up in this film as the What is he? 836 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:35,400 There's the What is he? But he he's he's the agent for 837 00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,320 the for the villain, isn't he? But he he he's the one who has 838 00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,960 to go around persuading everybody to have the houses 839 00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,240 bought and knocked down. That's it. 840 00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,040 Because that's, that's the plot of the film. 841 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:48,520 Yeah, this, this is that the Victorian terrace that the 842 00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:52,440 Ropers house is, is, is, is on is. 843 00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:56,120 They're trying to buy it up and knock it down and and put up an 844 00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:59,280 office block. It's a fairly standard movie 845 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:02,880 plot, isn't it? They're going to pull down the 846 00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,320 old something. Let's hold club together and 847 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,600 prevent it. Yeah, the whole thing is very, 848 00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:12,000 very structured, like like a late 50s, early 60s thing, isn't 849 00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:13,040 it? The other thing I was thinking 850 00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:17,200 is the running around the TV studio at the end is very much 851 00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,000 that that kind of standard standards. 852 00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:24,760 You know, maybe think of for example, oh, it's tried that, 853 00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:28,600 you know an excuse to get a load, get a load of characters, 854 00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:31,480 a load of famous faces together. Because we we have to, we have 855 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:33,600 to go into the TV studio where they all are. 856 00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:38,600 It's all building blocks of that kind, that kind of programmer 857 00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,560 from the from the 50s and stuff, isn't it? 858 00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:45,320 Great segue there Andrew because later this year there's going to 859 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:49,040 be some bonus episodes of Goompod dropping in, which 860 00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:52,000 myself and guests will be talking about just general 861 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:56,360 British comedy films, 40s, fifties, 60s, seventies, 80s 862 00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,600 onwards. And Andrew has agreed. 863 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,400 You have agreed, Andrew. It's on record now it's on tape 864 00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:05,080 that at some point he's going to come on and join me to talk 865 00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:07,000 about the aforementioned. It's tried. 866 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:08,560 Dead I've. Completely forgotten that said 867 00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:11,400 that but that makes that makes sense I'm I'm up for that I mean 868 00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:13,720 and that does have a goon connection because Richard 869 00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:16,280 Lester obviously so. Yes, of course. 870 00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:18,960 We first acquired the taste for it in a little bar near the 871 00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:20,280 Acropolis. Oh, yes. 872 00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:23,600 Yeah, he's Bump is about the ancient Greeks, but it's such a 873 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,560 marvelous civilization. It's so. 874 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:27,800 So civilized. True, true. 875 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,800 The friendship of an older man for a lad was not misunderstood 876 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:34,320 and frowned upon. Quite. 877 00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:37,840 I think that Nigel here has rather the look of an Apollo 878 00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:40,280 about him. Yes, yes. 879 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:45,040 You know, the Michelangelo Apollo put that statue on a 880 00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:48,480 motorbike and it's Nigel to a team. 881 00:48:49,240 --> 00:48:51,600 Quite. And it's still a glorious 882 00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,920 country today. The the wine, the sunshine, the 883 00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:57,480 music. Do you like the bazooka? 884 00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:01,360 Nah, I prefer the Yamaha super bike. 885 00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:07,640 His witch is a constant delight. Peter. 886 00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:09,200 Sally. What do we know him from? 887 00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:11,000 Yes, Minister. Yes. 888 00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:15,400 Is that it? Mary Linden, Is he Mary Linden? 889 00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:17,600 Yeah, yeah. Only a Smallville, but he's in 890 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:21,000 there. He's been in everything though. 891 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,120 But but yes, minister is the thing that the thing that 892 00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:26,120 everybody recognized him from, he was the permanent secretary 893 00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:28,560 to the Treasury and that's his opposite number. 894 00:49:29,240 --> 00:49:31,000 Yeah. Yeah, here's the strange 895 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:36,480 instances at a tad a typical casting not 100 million miles 896 00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:40,520 away. But he plays effectively a sort 897 00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:45,360 of ticket tote A spiff and good night sweetheart when he 898 00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:48,000 explains to to. Because Gary realizes that 899 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:52,080 you're supposed to have a ticket to to be underground during the 900 00:49:52,240 --> 00:49:56,880 the the bombing. And Celia is there and just 901 00:49:56,880 --> 00:50:00,240 coincidentally happens to have, you know a couple of briefs to 902 00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:03,000 spare. And Gary immediately says, hey, 903 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:06,560 you're a spiff, aren't you? And he said they're still 904 00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:11,160 playing it in not too dissimilar fashion, but he's like a bit 905 00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:14,600 more rough around the edges. He's like it reminds me a little 906 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:19,920 bit of Donald Syndon in the film of father, dear father, what 907 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,240 he's like he's still sort of you OK. 908 00:50:22,240 --> 00:50:26,800 He's he's got all the the lingo and what have you could pass for 909 00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:28,440 for for being cultured and what have you. 910 00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:33,000 But actually he, you know he's yeah, the black sheep of the 911 00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:36,080 family. You know, sort of associates 912 00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:39,200 with the the the wrong people. Brings us on to Miss Bird. 913 00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:43,880 Who's that? Who's Who's exemplifies that 70s 914 00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:47,200 British comedy trope of the raging nympho? 915 00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,560 Now OK now that again this this is going to come back to the the 916 00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:57,040 the precise use of the the words but I would obviously waving 917 00:50:57,080 --> 00:51:00,960 lymphoma cell and you're going for raging now raging suggests 918 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:04,720 is a little bit more anger in there and and our lymphosity is 919 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:09,560 that what nymphosity. Nymphosity. 920 00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:12,320 Yeah, I just I've I've just invented that water. 921 00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:15,280 It's now. Yeah. 922 00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:20,080 It's it is interesting though that she's not like sexually 923 00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:24,800 aggressive. She seems very dainty and and 924 00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:31,560 pleasant and Robin's fear of her seems rather unusual. 925 00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:36,000 And also we we've also that kind of raises an issue with Larry's 926 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,280 complaining about not getting any. 927 00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:41,320 Yes. And yet all he needs to do is. 928 00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:43,760 Knock on the door 2 doors. Down. 929 00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:46,080 He's going to pull him in and give him a damn good scene, too. 930 00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:50,080 Let's There's no two ways about it, and the implication is, is 931 00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:53,760 that Peter Celia is at least on the receiving end of a damn good 932 00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:59,760 swiping. See. 933 00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:01,720 OK. Well, like, likewise, George, 934 00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:05,600 yeah, you know. OK, I can understand George 935 00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:11,160 because, you know, if Mildred finds out, then she he's going 936 00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:13,480 to be guilded. I I think, I think George is 937 00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:15,960 scared of anything actually happening in real life is the 938 00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:17,240 thing. I think. 939 00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:19,400 I think George is a man who lives in his fantasies and would 940 00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:21,960 be terrified with of any actual real woman. 941 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,840 I. Don't think that she would be 942 00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:28,720 keen on Larry because Larry would be would be too eager. 943 00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:33,080 I think that she think he was a bit sort of you know, oh where's 944 00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:34,720 he been? You know, you don't know where 945 00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:36,200 he was last night, that kind of thing. 946 00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:41,440 Tyler, do you remember what you said the end of the scene when 947 00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:44,840 he just said there finally manages to escape captivity for 948 00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:49,720 about 3 days or so and the the Boy Scout runs up the stairs and 949 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:54,080 in the film she just says no, you can come back next year. 950 00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:56,840 You had an alternative scenario for that. 951 00:52:57,720 --> 00:52:59,920 Oh yeah, I thought that scout should have been played by 952 00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:01,800 Ruxton Haywood. It would have been. 953 00:53:07,080 --> 00:53:10,400 We're going to take in the film about different direction. 954 00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:13,000 How much screen time does he get in films? 955 00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:18,760 Does he get like 20 minutes? 20 minutes wouldn't need that 956 00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:23,800 log. Should he go in with his, you 957 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:29,640 know, typical his voice, which is sort of up here, not quite 958 00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:34,800 sound like people, and then when he comes out, sounds like 959 00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:38,200 Valentine dial. With a pipe on the game. 960 00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:41,800 Yeah, of course. We see. 961 00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:45,200 It's it's the scene where we see we see Mike first of all, Mike 962 00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:47,440 Baldwin. Well, what was he called? 963 00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:50,720 Johnny Berks? Yeah, as a milkman and Bill 964 00:53:50,720 --> 00:53:52,000 Poetry as a postman. And. 965 00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,600 And they're both Lincoln. You miss him really, aren't 966 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:55,360 they? Yeah. 967 00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:58,400 Funny thing about Johnny Briggs is that Johnny Briggs sounds 968 00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:01,360 like a made-up name, but Mike Baldwin doesn't. 969 00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:05,880 Yeah, I think possibly the kids TV show called Johnny Briggs. 970 00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:06,200 Yeah. Yeah. 971 00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:09,840 Yeah, maybe it's the Johnny Element, I think if if he was 972 00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:12,200 just credited as John Briggs. Yeah, yeah. 973 00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:14,360 And nobody, nobody blink and I would they I. 974 00:54:14,560 --> 00:54:18,920 Can't find IMDB's no help, but I know Ruxton Harewood appeared in 975 00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:22,360 at least one movie, but I saw a brief clip of. 976 00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:25,000 He also appeared on Sky Star Search, did he not? 977 00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,480 Did he? Yes, Till when we were. 978 00:54:28,720 --> 00:54:31,720 When we see, we see Arthur Lowe. I mean the the peerless Arthur 979 00:54:31,720 --> 00:54:36,960 Lowe, who it seemed like he appeared in most British films 980 00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:40,520 in the 1970s. Really, if you think about it. 981 00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:42,680 I know he didn't. But it's what it feels like of. 982 00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:48,360 Course, Lindsay Anderson thought very highly of men at one point. 983 00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:53,320 He's actually, he's actually more dark and sinister in this 984 00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:56,000 than he is an all lucky man. Frankly. 985 00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:01,240 He doesn't play it as an Arthur Law type. 986 00:55:01,240 --> 00:55:04,520 He's not the Leonard Swinney nor George Mannering. 987 00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:09,280 He's he's very straight and quite sinister. 988 00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:14,600 He's a ruthlessness to him. He would have been a good hunter 989 00:55:14,720 --> 00:55:17,440 and. Yes, yes. 990 00:55:17,720 --> 00:55:21,200 He would have been but you thought he he he should have put 991 00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:26,000 because he plays a character in this the what's he called Spiros 992 00:55:26,240 --> 00:55:28,000 who owns this building firm. Yeah. 993 00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:30,920 Owns this building firm and and you you you thought he he 994 00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:34,080 perhaps he should have played as he played the character in oh 995 00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:40,200 Lucky Man. I I, I refuse to be drawn on 996 00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:43,960 this because that makes it sound like a advocate for blackface. 997 00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:49,200 And I don't know that you'll get to be cancelled. 998 00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:53,640 Man. Morris, you know I've always 999 00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:55,800 liked you. Don't say that, Sir. 1000 00:55:57,120 --> 00:55:59,920 But I've been asked to appear on television this evening to 1001 00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:02,600 defend our. Your Middleton Terrace 1002 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:05,280 development? Not an easy task, Sir. 1003 00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:08,880 No, no. That's why I'm not going to do 1004 00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:10,200 it. Why? 1005 00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:11,400 Why? Why? 1006 00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:15,520 You are and. You will disarm any criticism of 1007 00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:17,600 the project. How? 1008 00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:20,400 By telling them it is cancelled, It's been. 1009 00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:24,760 But why? On environmental and moral 1010 00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:32,240 grounds, a sincere gesture to public opinion, and because a 1011 00:56:32,240 --> 00:56:35,640 certain incompetent I was unable to knock down all six houses 1012 00:56:35,640 --> 00:56:37,480 before a preservation order was planted on them. 1013 00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:41,840 If. If I was able to get all the 1014 00:56:41,840 --> 00:56:44,600 houses, I I could still live 6:00. 1015 00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:48,440 Tonight, Maurice, I'll be watching. 1016 00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:55,960 And should my name come up? Don't forget to stress that I 1017 00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:59,160 give a lot to charities anonymously. 1018 00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:02,440 Children's charity. No, no. 1019 00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:05,920 Breaking dogs. What? 1020 00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:13,520 What were we talking about? George Rupert's plums because it 1021 00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:15,200 always, always leads back to that, in a way. 1022 00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:20,120 Yeah, Speaking of that, then, how often does George defy 1023 00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:21,520 Mildred? And why does he think he's going 1024 00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:22,520 to get away with it every? Time. 1025 00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:24,080 OK, first of all, I thought you were going to say how? 1026 00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:25,440 Often does George. Get it? 1027 00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:29,760 How often has he actually done it? 1028 00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:38,000 I mean, nobody kept going. He doesn't defy, OK, defy her in 1029 00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:40,280 a way. That is he's actually saying I'm 1030 00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:42,680 going to be man of this house and so on. 1031 00:57:42,680 --> 00:57:44,360 I think he kept those on one hand. 1032 00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:48,160 But the number of times he does it behind her back and usually 1033 00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:51,400 when Roy can hear Jetty is involved and then he's here. 1034 00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:52,960 Yeah. Jet needs to do something. 1035 00:57:53,360 --> 00:57:56,200 Yeah, there's a few more of those instances, but of course 1036 00:57:56,200 --> 00:58:00,280 you got was gets found out. People watching this film in the 1037 00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:03,840 cinema, you know in the back in the day, they'll have seen we we 1038 00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:05,880 may as well come to him now. They'll have seen Spike's name 1039 00:58:05,880 --> 00:58:08,400 in the opening credits and they're waiting for him to turn 1040 00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:10,240 up and they're thinking perhaps he's going to turn up as a 1041 00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:15,720 Indian waiter or Irish tramp something like that. 1042 00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:21,960 And and no he we see him probably about well 10 minutes 1043 00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:25,120 from the end he's he's got his own dressing room at Thames 1044 00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:31,800 Television and he comes out and and and clearly baffles George 1045 00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:33,840 Roper with this stream of consciousness. 1046 00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:38,080 And he's wearing as I have pointed out before and it was 1047 00:58:38,080 --> 00:58:43,040 actually first pointed out to me by friend of the show Chris 1048 00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:45,720 Diamond. He's wearing the the exact same 1049 00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:49,120 jumper that he wore for the recording of the last goon 1050 00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:52,360 shovel. So clearly a man who's, you 1051 00:58:52,360 --> 00:58:57,680 know, close to a pound note his bike, but what do we make of 1052 00:58:57,680 --> 00:59:01,280 his? His clearly improvised a couple 1053 00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:07,440 of scenes in this film. It's all that a film of from 1054 00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:10,600 particularly from this era that has Spec Milliken in it and he's 1055 00:59:10,600 --> 00:59:14,440 playing himself and it looks like he's got license to, you 1056 00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:18,240 know just go off in one. His appearance is one of the 1057 00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:24,000 least problematic in terms of the various in this part. 1058 00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:27,320 Yeah, no, his his part doesn't require any editing at all, 1059 00:59:27,840 --> 00:59:32,520 whereas we already touched on Love My neighbor and Julian 1060 00:59:32,520 --> 00:59:36,440 Orchard calling one of the cameramen a tip man. 1061 00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:40,000 I think that probably gets removed these days as well. 1062 00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:44,320 And of course, Bill. Bill Grundy, a couple of years 1063 00:59:44,320 --> 00:59:47,160 away from his night event for me. 1064 00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:51,200 Well, the famous thing is, is that the six pistols appeared on 1065 00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:56,280 the Today program because Queen were unavailable. 1066 00:59:56,280 --> 00:59:59,680 Freddie had gone to the dentist and obviously that was going to 1067 00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:04,080 take a couple of weeks. So I just think I would rather 1068 01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:08,280 have seen Bill Grundy interviewing Queen because I 1069 01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:11,840 think when it comes to foul language and being insulted, he 1070 01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:17,520 he could kind of summon up the right anger and could handle 1071 01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:20,360 that. But the idea of him having to 1072 01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:23,360 handle Freddie Mercury? Possibly flirting with him? 1073 01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:27,640 I think making squirm a great deal more. 1074 01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:31,040 Can I just mention Norman Mitchell's epaulets? 1075 01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:35,280 Oh. Yes, I have the film playing on 1076 01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:38,560 my tablet while we're doing this just in case there's to bring 1077 01:00:38,560 --> 01:00:41,000 anything. And I just noticed that he he is 1078 01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:45,400 a security guard and his epilepse have a metallic Thames 1079 01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:46,640 on them. Yes. 1080 01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:51,880 My goodness, I'd like some of some of those, just to be good. 1081 01:00:52,360 --> 01:00:55,120 Beautifully next to my Yorkshire television cufflinks. 1082 01:00:56,920 --> 01:00:59,960 Yes, you do have those. Can distinctly hear the 1083 01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:01,720 trembling in your voice as you said that too. 1084 01:01:03,720 --> 01:01:05,280 Absolutely. A man needs hobbies. 1085 01:01:08,680 --> 01:01:11,560 So I want to talk about Spike Milligan as a media brand 1086 01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:14,000 because I'm thinking Spike's appearance in this is very 1087 01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:16,080 similar to his appearance in The Goon Show. 1088 01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:20,960 I'm just wondering if that's kind of, it's not, it's not like 1089 01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:24,840 I'm making a claim of deliberate eccentricity, but I'm thinking 1090 01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:28,800 Spike is playing up to certain aspects of his personality. 1091 01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:33,080 Yeah, deliberately. And is that kind of his way of 1092 01:01:33,080 --> 01:01:37,040 handling, You know, sometimes people are not comfortable being 1093 01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:40,360 themselves. And it brings me back to Brian 1094 01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:45,560 Murphy's hairpiece. Yeah, because one theory I'd had 1095 01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:49,240 is that maybe Brian Murphy wore the hairpiece so that he could 1096 01:01:49,240 --> 01:01:53,760 put a cord on sanitaire between Brian Murphy, the actor and 1097 01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:56,280 George Roper. So when he's appearing on a 1098 01:01:56,280 --> 01:02:01,320 show, he's just gone there. And James Villiers, who appeared 1099 01:02:01,320 --> 01:02:05,760 on a call my bluff and had a bit of a panic beforehand because he 1100 01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:09,520 didn't know how to be himself. And so he arranged for the 1101 01:02:09,520 --> 01:02:11,760 wardrobe department to get him a mustache. 1102 01:02:12,200 --> 01:02:14,800 And he could put on the mustache and pretend that he was playing 1103 01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:18,360 a part called James Villiers, who just happened to be an actor 1104 01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:21,120 with a mustache. But he wasn't being himself. 1105 01:02:22,520 --> 01:02:24,320 Well, that that's just like Sellers. 1106 01:02:24,320 --> 01:02:26,920 When he would put on the German army helmet. 1107 01:02:26,920 --> 01:02:29,680 Yeah, he was on chat shows. Yeah, I think putting on a 1108 01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:33,680 mustache is more elegant solution. 1109 01:02:35,240 --> 01:02:37,600 It would have raised questions on call my bluffer have been no 1110 01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:43,560 context off Robert Robinson just yeah, we're all aware of the 1111 01:02:43,560 --> 01:02:45,440 elephant in the room. Let's let's just not speak about 1112 01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:49,280 this. Stop with you hit me or you go 1113 01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:51,720 blind. Excuse me. 1114 01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:54,000 Who are you? Mr. Roper. 1115 01:02:54,040 --> 01:02:55,880 What a good memory you've got. Oh, thank you. 1116 01:02:56,680 --> 01:02:57,880 Look, I'm. I'm looking for today. 1117 01:02:58,160 --> 01:03:00,440 Today, this is today. It's here with us all day today. 1118 01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:01,800 No, No. No. 1119 01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:03,240 All day today. Even if you're standing on it, 1120 01:03:03,640 --> 01:03:05,840 all these walls are today. No, I mean this general 1121 01:03:05,840 --> 01:03:07,080 direction. It's all in the general 1122 01:03:07,080 --> 01:03:07,720 direction today. No. 1123 01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:13,520 Studio Studio 373, Yes. Straight up here. 1124 01:03:14,800 --> 01:03:19,120 Left and left again, left the game and then left the game. 1125 01:03:19,120 --> 01:03:20,520 Yeah. And I'll be there. 1126 01:03:20,560 --> 01:03:22,600 No, you'll be back here, but by then somebody might be here who 1127 01:03:22,600 --> 01:03:34,000 knows away. So look, we've dispensed with 1128 01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:39,040 Spike fairly quickly, but he he doesn't, he doesn't add a lot, 1129 01:03:39,040 --> 01:03:41,160 He doesn't take away anything. He's just a nice little. 1130 01:03:41,160 --> 01:03:42,640 Woman, I think he does add something. 1131 01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:47,400 I think just disappearance, just so it's it's a thing. 1132 01:03:49,240 --> 01:03:55,280 When you're extending A sitcom to feature length, there is the 1133 01:03:55,280 --> 01:03:59,440 whole issue of plot, character and gags. 1134 01:04:00,720 --> 01:04:04,000 And sometimes, you know, you might, there might be a 1135 01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:07,000 temptation to expand upon character at the expense of plot 1136 01:04:07,000 --> 01:04:09,800 and gags. Gags might come less. 1137 01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:13,200 That's the problem if you have all this time to play with. 1138 01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:17,640 But man, about the House is really successful, not just in 1139 01:04:18,840 --> 01:04:21,440 jokes arising from the situation, but sometimes it's 1140 01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:24,200 just like jokes just sort of stuffed in there. 1141 01:04:25,240 --> 01:04:30,840 There's, there's an exchange about, oh, you know, it's the 1142 01:04:30,840 --> 01:04:35,080 Prime Minister spoke in the Commons for 90 minutes and said, 1143 01:04:35,080 --> 01:04:36,800 oh, what was he talking about? I don't know. 1144 01:04:36,800 --> 01:04:39,760 He didn't say yes. Well, that's just, you know, 1145 01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:43,800 that's just the gag. It's it's nothing really to do 1146 01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:46,120 with anything. It can be slipped in because of 1147 01:04:46,560 --> 01:04:51,320 Patrick Neal's character being an MP, but it's not really 1148 01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:56,920 integral to the thing. But it keeps the mood aloft and 1149 01:04:56,920 --> 01:05:01,160 that's an important thing to I I sometimes use the first say 1150 01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:03,560 there are there are jokes that just keep the mood aloft and 1151 01:05:03,560 --> 01:05:08,400 there are load bearing jokes. These are the jokes that you 1152 01:05:08,400 --> 01:05:12,760 know are it's they they have a beautiful intersection between 1153 01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:19,320 plot character and being a gag. Yeah, but they're also have to 1154 01:05:19,320 --> 01:05:25,640 be ones that just make things funny and this is full of those 1155 01:05:25,640 --> 01:05:28,160 things. So there's a gag about, you 1156 01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:33,280 know, the girls Larry's talking about Robin, you know, be be 1157 01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:39,120 having a flat with two birds or and Robin said yeah, but they 1158 01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:43,560 put a bolt on the door. Now I have difficulty getting 1159 01:05:43,560 --> 01:05:51,080 out but a fine bit of mood gaggery and of course 1160 01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:56,160 excellently delivered this. This is really putting aside all 1161 01:05:56,160 --> 01:06:00,360 the cameos. This is a really great cast. 1162 01:06:02,320 --> 01:06:07,440 Everybody just delivers things exactly right. 1163 01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:11,320 Yeah, they're they're lovable when they need to be. 1164 01:06:11,320 --> 01:06:17,400 And it's it's a situation where I think the script is as good as 1165 01:06:17,400 --> 01:06:21,400 the wonderful performances. If you want to see something 1166 01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:23,840 where the script is not as good as the performances, look at 1167 01:06:23,840 --> 01:06:26,680 mind your language, which is a really fantastic cast. 1168 01:06:27,080 --> 01:06:30,360 Yeah, And the jokes do not rise to the occasion. 1169 01:06:31,960 --> 01:06:35,360 Yeah, I don't like Barry Evans. No, I don't like his performance 1170 01:06:35,360 --> 01:06:39,640 in Mind your language. He he seems to have a very 1171 01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:46,760 unrealistic expectations of the English language abilities of 1172 01:06:46,760 --> 01:06:50,480 people who are there to learn English and gets annoyed when 1173 01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:54,000 they make elementary errors. Yeah, and there's absolutely 1174 01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:57,000 zero logic. Well, it might be complaint. 1175 01:06:57,360 --> 01:06:58,840 No. You know what, Let's put that to 1176 01:06:58,840 --> 01:07:00,840 one side might do mind your language. 1177 01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:03,240 That's I did. We did say I want to do mind 1178 01:07:03,240 --> 01:07:08,120 your language properly with tons of research, so I will not say 1179 01:07:08,120 --> 01:07:09,680 anything anymore about that. Well. 1180 01:07:11,160 --> 01:07:13,640 You're just talking about the cast of this film or man, about 1181 01:07:13,640 --> 01:07:15,320 the house in general. We've, I don't think we've 1182 01:07:15,320 --> 01:07:17,760 mentioned Paula Wilcox, really, have we? 1183 01:07:17,960 --> 01:07:21,160 No, no. You see, she's the straightest 1184 01:07:21,160 --> 01:07:23,080 character. She doesn't have really a 1185 01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:24,200 character. King. 1186 01:07:25,080 --> 01:07:27,080 Yeah. And it might be a thankless 1187 01:07:27,080 --> 01:07:30,080 test, but yeah, she's wonderful. Yeah, she's she's brilliant in 1188 01:07:30,080 --> 01:07:33,080 this and and in the series as a whole. 1189 01:07:33,720 --> 01:07:38,640 But yeah, she and she is the she, she has the the least odd 1190 01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:40,640 character. Although you you, you do have 1191 01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:43,880 the in this, the the whole having been taught out to doubt, 1192 01:07:43,880 --> 01:07:47,880 to trick people, do card tricks and stuff that thing you know. 1193 01:07:49,080 --> 01:07:53,360 Which, yeah, yes, Chrissy is very convincing. 1194 01:07:53,360 --> 01:07:56,840 Shuffling card hands. Shuffling cards. 1195 01:07:56,920 --> 01:08:00,320 Yes, with. With at No, no point do you see 1196 01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:02,640 the rest of Paula Wilcox? Well, well, like we got to be. 1197 01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:05,480 Shuffled. It's like, it's like whenever 1198 01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:07,400 they have a scene of someone playing snooker. 1199 01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:10,920 Well, yeah. Films with TV like it's Steptoe 1200 01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:12,840 and in the film Sleuth. Yeah. 1201 01:08:13,560 --> 01:08:15,360 It's it's always the same guy, isn't it? 1202 01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:17,040 It's so it's, it's, it was a Gary. 1203 01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:21,080 There was some retired snooker player that used to be 1204 01:08:21,080 --> 01:08:27,080 constantly being employed on films and TV shows to to play 1205 01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:30,080 shots of snooker. I can place his name just now, 1206 01:08:30,080 --> 01:08:32,040 so I'm going to substitute it for Corbett Woodall. 1207 01:08:35,920 --> 01:08:41,800 Butch Corbett Woodall. Now, did Butch Corbett Wardle 1208 01:08:42,600 --> 01:08:45,680 ever play he he played himself in an episode of Q. 1209 01:08:45,920 --> 01:08:47,840 Well, that's where the Butch thing comes from. 1210 01:08:48,120 --> 01:08:50,800 Yeah, I mean, we've got Bill Grandy in here. 1211 01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:52,479 Bill Grandy in this film playing himself. 1212 01:08:52,479 --> 01:08:56,279 What other instances of TV presenters playing themselves on 1213 01:08:56,319 --> 01:08:59,200 on in films and TV? Ludovic, Kennedy and Yes 1214 01:08:59,200 --> 01:09:04,840 Minister. And Michael Barrett in Goodies. 1215 01:09:04,840 --> 01:09:06,160 Goodies. Yes, yeah. 1216 01:09:06,160 --> 01:09:08,840 Kenneth Kendall in Doctor Who. Yes. 1217 01:09:11,479 --> 01:09:13,880 Oh, original bosun kit in Monty Python. 1218 01:09:14,279 --> 01:09:19,240 Yep. Oh, and Kenneth, what's Richard 1219 01:09:19,240 --> 01:09:20,600 Baker Baker? Richard Baker? 1220 01:09:20,600 --> 01:09:23,399 Yeah, Lemon Curry. Yeah, I'm Angela. 1221 01:09:23,399 --> 01:09:27,960 Ripping on the mock more wise. Yeah, I was thinking of that, 1222 01:09:28,040 --> 01:09:31,960 that particular sort of, I'm thinking mid 80s because there 1223 01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:36,040 was a little bit of a call of of BBC News readers early 80s and 1224 01:09:36,040 --> 01:09:40,160 so some of the older ones were retired and read about that 1225 01:09:40,160 --> 01:09:42,520 period. Then you just saw them popping 1226 01:09:42,520 --> 01:09:46,319 up all over the place as news reader whenever a news reader 1227 01:09:46,319 --> 01:09:47,279 was required. There was. 1228 01:09:47,279 --> 01:09:49,640 Still, there was still recent enough that people would 1229 01:09:49,640 --> 01:09:54,320 associate them with that role. Robert Dukel doing the Reader's 1230 01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:57,600 Digest commercials. I went on for a while, remember. 1231 01:09:57,960 --> 01:09:59,680 You know what? I should mention that the same 1232 01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:03,520 Doctor Who started with Kenneth Kendall also has Dwight Wiley, I 1233 01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:06,840 think was Britain's first black black news reader. 1234 01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:11,240 Yeah, he was a he was a radio announcer in the 60s. 1235 01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:17,560 Oh, and of course, John Snag has, yeah, paid as himself. 1236 01:10:17,680 --> 01:10:20,760 Well, yeah, it brings us back to the pistols. 1237 01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:25,280 Of course some somebody will know this straight away, but 1238 01:10:25,720 --> 01:10:28,880 what's not on Radio 4 sitcom that had Peter Donaldson in it 1239 01:10:29,160 --> 01:10:29,720 frequently? Well. 1240 01:10:30,440 --> 01:10:33,480 Didn't didn't he used to do the the links on Look back at the 1241 01:10:33,480 --> 01:10:38,840 90s which then became look back at the future, the whole shtick 1242 01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:42,120 and look back at the 90s was that it was like looking back at 1243 01:10:42,120 --> 01:10:46,440 years that hadn't happened yet with satirical results. 1244 01:10:48,680 --> 01:10:53,000 Because the BBC at one point they they they cottoned on to 1245 01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:56,640 this idea of playing the look back at the 90s for a particular 1246 01:10:56,640 --> 01:11:01,080 year on New Year's Eve. You know so they'd played look 1247 01:11:01,080 --> 01:11:05,400 back at 1995 on the 31st of December 1994. 1248 01:11:05,440 --> 01:11:10,440 I kind of this is like being trapped in a lift with us, isn't 1249 01:11:10,440 --> 01:11:11,320 it? I'm sure. 1250 01:11:16,400 --> 01:11:19,000 Can I just say for reasons later this year I'm going to be 1251 01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:22,320 talking about briefly, very, very briefly talking about look 1252 01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:26,120 back at the future. Fantastic, great. 1253 01:11:26,120 --> 01:11:28,480 There are always these radio shows that only I seem to 1254 01:11:28,480 --> 01:11:33,200 remember, like Star Turk 2. Does anybody remember Elastic 1255 01:11:33,200 --> 01:11:35,560 Planet? Oh. 1256 01:11:35,720 --> 01:11:37,240 That was so. No, I didn't know. 1257 01:11:37,240 --> 01:11:39,360 No, I'm. I am going to invoke quantum 1258 01:11:39,360 --> 01:11:40,640 leap rule. No. 1259 01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:43,280 That was a lovely little series. It just still turns up on radio 1260 01:11:43,280 --> 01:11:45,040 for extra. I've been there and then and it 1261 01:11:45,040 --> 01:11:46,520 was some. What's his name? 1262 01:11:46,680 --> 01:11:48,760 So old Postgate was a narrator of it. 1263 01:11:49,840 --> 01:11:54,280 Yes. We haven't mentioned either Cook 1264 01:11:54,280 --> 01:11:55,880 and Mortimer, of course. Yes. 1265 01:11:56,920 --> 01:11:59,720 So Brian Cook and Johnny Mortimer. 1266 01:11:59,960 --> 01:12:00,360 Yes. Yeah. 1267 01:12:00,600 --> 01:12:05,000 Yeah, two of the sharpest script writers of the period, Yeah. 1268 01:12:05,680 --> 01:12:08,840 And it is telling that this, like you said right at the 1269 01:12:08,840 --> 01:12:12,360 outset, the sitcom man about the house sitcom is still being 1270 01:12:12,360 --> 01:12:15,760 shown today. It's and Georgia Mildred and 1271 01:12:16,320 --> 01:12:19,760 they are dated in terms of the fashions and whatnot, but still 1272 01:12:20,680 --> 01:12:24,360 remarkably fresh, yeah, in terms of the the dialogue and 1273 01:12:24,360 --> 01:12:26,240 everything. And the other interesting thing 1274 01:12:26,240 --> 01:12:29,960 about them is that unlike most of the American TV adaptations 1275 01:12:29,960 --> 01:12:33,080 of sitcoms at the time, they when, when, when it, when it was 1276 01:12:33,440 --> 01:12:35,600 brought over to America, when it became full house and stuff, 1277 01:12:35,840 --> 01:12:39,240 they just kept the same scripts basically, you know, the the 1278 01:12:39,240 --> 01:12:41,160 there were mild edits, but it wasn't. 1279 01:12:41,520 --> 01:12:43,160 It wasn't. We'll keep the premise, but 1280 01:12:43,160 --> 01:12:45,560 throw away the scripts. It was we will, we will remake, 1281 01:12:45,840 --> 01:12:48,000 we will remake these scripts because they're good enough. 1282 01:12:49,240 --> 01:12:54,560 They work very well, cross culturally, cross temporally in 1283 01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:56,120 a way a lot of other comedy doesn't. 1284 01:12:56,120 --> 01:12:58,720 A lot. A lot of comedy is very tied to 1285 01:12:58,720 --> 01:13:02,800 a specific place in time, and that stuff isn't really in a in 1286 01:13:02,800 --> 01:13:05,760 a way, that's surprising. Yeah, do you did the when did 1287 01:13:05,760 --> 01:13:09,040 the ropers spin off, did they utilize a lot of the Georgia 1288 01:13:09,040 --> 01:13:11,680 Mildred scripts? There are, there are some, there 1289 01:13:11,680 --> 01:13:16,000 are some which are adaptations, but I'm trying to. 1290 01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:17,880 They don't entirely work though, because. 1291 01:13:18,320 --> 01:13:21,840 Stanley and Helen are very different from George and 1292 01:13:21,840 --> 01:13:26,360 Mildred, yeah. Yeah, looking, looking at the. 1293 01:13:26,600 --> 01:13:29,320 Not a dragon who can put her foot down. 1294 01:13:30,120 --> 01:13:33,120 Yeah, looking at the Wikipedia entry for the for the Ropers, 1295 01:13:33,800 --> 01:13:37,480 the first the first six episodes were adaptations of George and 1296 01:13:37,480 --> 01:13:41,520 Mildred episodes, and then the the 28 after weren't, so they 1297 01:13:41,520 --> 01:13:43,040 clear. They clearly moved away from 1298 01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:45,960 that. I don't remember seeing George 1299 01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:48,160 Roper ever holding it. No, I was. 1300 01:13:48,520 --> 01:13:51,120 Going to. I was going to say they've got 1301 01:13:51,320 --> 01:13:55,800 they've got like a communal hot tub in their place and they were 1302 01:13:55,800 --> 01:13:58,320 behind. George never would have, I mean 1303 01:13:58,320 --> 01:14:01,480 he would have you know if he had the chance to to hang out with 1304 01:14:01,520 --> 01:14:06,440 the the sexy neighbors. But yeah, I mean, you wouldn't 1305 01:14:06,440 --> 01:14:10,640 get hot tub in in England in the 70s, been absorbed. 1306 01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:14,000 Well, can we mention, if we're talking about adaptations, 1307 01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:18,640 adaptations of American sitcoms to Britain tend to be much less 1308 01:14:18,640 --> 01:14:20,000 successful? Yeah. 1309 01:14:20,640 --> 01:14:23,760 And I want to mention, there's like these where they didn't 1310 01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:27,800 properly adapt the scripts to a British idiom. 1311 01:14:28,120 --> 01:14:32,840 And so there's a party and this 16 year old is trying to obtain 1312 01:14:32,840 --> 01:14:36,600 some beer so he can take it. What to his friends who were 1313 01:14:36,600 --> 01:14:45,880 hanging out in the garage. And it's just like he's 16 at a 1314 01:14:45,880 --> 01:14:47,480 party as well. Because you can. 1315 01:14:48,200 --> 01:14:50,400 I I didn't. I only found this out like very 1316 01:14:50,400 --> 01:14:54,600 recently that the the drinking age is enforceable at home. 1317 01:14:55,240 --> 01:14:57,320 Yeah. I saw a video of the of the 1318 01:14:57,320 --> 01:15:01,440 American police breaking up a party where people under the age 1319 01:15:01,440 --> 01:15:07,280 of 21 would thinking. Now in the UK, if you are given 1320 01:15:07,280 --> 01:15:12,360 some alcohol, I think the age is of the age of five, yeah, you 1321 01:15:12,360 --> 01:15:14,160 are allowed to give alcohol with. 1322 01:15:14,400 --> 01:15:16,800 With a meal, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1323 01:15:16,800 --> 01:15:19,920 With a meal or it's just, you know, at home. 1324 01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:22,080 Yes, you can. Yeah. 1325 01:15:22,240 --> 01:15:24,160 Drink. I I, I grew up as a child 1326 01:15:24,160 --> 01:15:26,880 drinking. I I emphasize, watered down 1327 01:15:27,320 --> 01:15:28,560 wine. Yeah. 1328 01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:31,760 So that they wanted to make sure that, you know, alcohol wasn't 1329 01:15:31,760 --> 01:15:36,880 this this big mysterious thing. I could have one glass of wine 1330 01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:41,200 with water in it. And yes, so it's like he's 16, 1331 01:15:41,200 --> 01:15:43,640 he's at a party. It's it's that's going to be 1332 01:15:43,640 --> 01:15:46,000 like pinching his nose, pulling his mouth open and pouring an 1333 01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:47,760 entire party 7. Down there. 1334 01:15:51,720 --> 01:15:54,960 And people saying things like, yeah, like, I'm going to say 1335 01:15:55,040 --> 01:15:57,600 that. It's like people didn't talk 1336 01:15:57,600 --> 01:15:59,720 that way in Britain in the 70s since, no. 1337 01:16:00,360 --> 01:16:06,080 Was they saying Swindon as well? Sorry, I spat that out. 1338 01:16:06,080 --> 01:16:08,320 Like Swindon's not a nice place. They gave us the world. 1339 01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:10,320 XTC. What a wonderful town. 1340 01:16:11,080 --> 01:16:17,560 But still, Swindon, Milwaukee. They're kind of different. 1341 01:16:22,680 --> 01:16:26,840 Follow reading Married for Life and Brighton Bells. 1342 01:16:27,320 --> 01:16:28,960 Yes. I was thinking Brighton bells. 1343 01:16:28,960 --> 01:16:31,320 Yeah, Yeah. Of course, if you want a really 1344 01:16:31,320 --> 01:16:35,600 successful rewrite of an American sitcom series, two of 1345 01:16:35,600 --> 01:16:37,400 Porridge. I was just going to say yes, 1346 01:16:37,400 --> 01:16:38,440 yes. Sorry. 1347 01:16:39,080 --> 01:16:44,840 No, no, yeah, yeah, yeah, that. That's that astounded me when I 1348 01:16:44,840 --> 01:16:48,160 discovered that that for those who don't know, series one of 1349 01:16:48,160 --> 01:16:51,120 Porridge was made as a British TV series. 1350 01:16:51,800 --> 01:16:55,320 But then the writers went over to the States, and they they 1351 01:16:55,320 --> 01:16:57,520 made an American adaptation of the series. 1352 01:16:57,520 --> 01:16:59,120 And American seasons are much longer. 1353 01:16:59,560 --> 01:17:03,560 And then series two of Porridge in Britain was the right of the 1354 01:17:03,560 --> 01:17:06,080 scripts they had written for the American adaptation of the 1355 01:17:06,080 --> 01:17:10,080 British series. Utterly, utterly fascinating. 1356 01:17:11,360 --> 01:17:14,160 You couldn't tell. And nobody, nobody in Britain 1357 01:17:14,160 --> 01:17:16,120 really knows this at all. And. 1358 01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:18,600 There was all you being served in Australia. 1359 01:17:19,560 --> 01:17:22,520 Inman playing the same character, yes Humphreys, and 1360 01:17:22,520 --> 01:17:25,560 somehow managing to pitch up in a department store in Australia 1361 01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:30,000 with with the same archetype. Is it? 1362 01:17:30,160 --> 01:17:31,960 And sometimes the same. Plots. 1363 01:17:36,800 --> 01:17:39,960 I think that the most problematic situation with that 1364 01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:45,600 is that they used John Edmonds recording of the song Are You 1365 01:17:45,600 --> 01:17:47,880 Being Served? That was on one of his albums 1366 01:17:48,520 --> 01:17:50,640 and so. And are you on a copy of that 1367 01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:55,000 album? But, oh, I'm sure you did you 1368 01:17:55,000 --> 01:17:58,120 own our final as well. But we won't talk about that. 1369 01:17:58,480 --> 01:18:01,640 But that means that what? Does that mean? 1370 01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:05,600 You can't say that token. You can't. 1371 01:18:05,960 --> 01:18:09,600 There happens to be this. This was before all the 1372 01:18:09,600 --> 01:18:15,600 information came out. There happens to be a a remix of 1373 01:18:15,600 --> 01:18:20,720 Indulge Jumo by Mike Oldfield over which some he has put an 1374 01:18:20,720 --> 01:18:28,600 impression of certain disgraced deceased DJ from Leeds doing it. 1375 01:18:28,920 --> 01:18:33,520 Impression of him full of swear words and homophobia. 1376 01:18:34,400 --> 01:18:39,000 And it just so happens that I have the, the, the 12 inch vinyl 1377 01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:43,840 copy where that comes from? I didn't realize it was a 12 1378 01:18:43,840 --> 01:18:45,320 inch. Oh, that's. 1379 01:18:45,320 --> 01:18:46,840 Amazing. Well, actually it's, it's, I 1380 01:18:46,840 --> 01:18:48,600 mean it's one of the tracks on the B side. 1381 01:18:48,600 --> 01:18:53,760 The air side is a remix of dirty cash, you know, dirty cash you 1382 01:18:53,760 --> 01:18:55,800 want you. But they've got like samples of 1383 01:18:55,800 --> 01:18:58,880 money by Pink Floyd. So it's not, you know, it's not 1384 01:18:58,880 --> 01:19:00,200 legit. It's not above board. 1385 01:19:00,200 --> 01:19:04,120 And on the B side there are a bunch of breaks that you can use 1386 01:19:04,120 --> 01:19:08,440 if you're so inclined as a DJ. And there is also, for some 1387 01:19:08,440 --> 01:19:14,960 reason, a song about the disgraced DJ who at that time 1388 01:19:14,960 --> 01:19:20,320 was still live so. Yeah. 1389 01:19:20,760 --> 01:19:24,880 Yeah. Yeah, but I was, I was, I was 1390 01:19:24,880 --> 01:19:27,880 mentioning that the problematic issue with Are you being Served 1391 01:19:27,920 --> 01:19:32,560 is that Oh yeah, John Inman sings the opening theme. 1392 01:19:33,120 --> 01:19:37,040 And then one episode begins with Captain Wagstaff saying, what is 1393 01:19:37,040 --> 01:19:39,400 Mr. Humphreys? He's late, he isn't here yet. 1394 01:19:39,400 --> 01:19:42,560 And what we just saw him stood at the counter 2 minutes ago 1395 01:19:42,800 --> 01:19:46,920 singing his own song. So is it? 1396 01:19:46,920 --> 01:19:48,120 What is he a ghost now? Are you? 1397 01:19:48,440 --> 01:19:51,320 Being served, Sir. I'm Humphreys and I'm free. 1398 01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:56,040 Are you being served, Sir? Would you like to see if you'd 1399 01:19:56,040 --> 01:19:58,080 like some swimming trunks? We've got them. 1400 01:19:58,080 --> 01:20:00,520 Plain or Scotty. We've also got some. 1401 01:20:00,520 --> 01:20:01,840 See through that. Really. 1402 01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:04,200 Turn. Your movies are gay. 1403 01:20:04,200 --> 01:20:08,080 There's plenty around the back, and if you'd like a bit of flesh 1404 01:20:08,080 --> 01:20:12,840 then try a plastic mag. I'm confused. 1405 01:20:12,840 --> 01:20:16,880 And I'm free. What would you like to? 1406 01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:22,120 See. Is this going to be a 2 parter? 1407 01:20:22,200 --> 01:20:28,640 No, no, we mentioned the man about the house movie at least 1408 01:20:28,640 --> 01:20:31,000 once I think during the conversation. 1409 01:20:33,040 --> 01:20:35,920 Is there anything, is there anything that you want to throw 1410 01:20:35,920 --> 01:20:37,640 in that we haven't touched on that the? 1411 01:20:37,880 --> 01:20:39,520 Amy McDonald. Yes. 1412 01:20:39,560 --> 01:20:42,960 Yeah, the lovely Amy McDonald. Yes, go on then. 1413 01:20:43,240 --> 01:20:46,360 Well, she plays the typical Amy McDonald part. 1414 01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:50,080 Yeah. Of the slightly the airheaded 1415 01:20:50,080 --> 01:20:54,000 blonde that becomes one of the things the plot hinges on. 1416 01:20:54,000 --> 01:21:00,880 The fact that Patrick Neal's MP character has a kept woman who 1417 01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:08,440 just happens to be Amy McDonald. All right, all right. 1418 01:21:09,160 --> 01:21:09,720 Hello. Hello. 1419 01:21:10,080 --> 01:21:12,840 Hello, darling. The poopsie. 1420 01:21:14,440 --> 01:21:17,600 I've been trying to ring you. I've been to the poodle parlor. 1421 01:21:17,760 --> 01:21:19,480 Are you coming round tonight? Laugh. 1422 01:21:20,600 --> 01:21:25,320 Well, it's the wife's birthday. Sorry. 1423 01:21:25,600 --> 01:21:28,800 Oh, but I've got a new gin slip specially. 1424 01:21:29,840 --> 01:21:32,280 Really. And it's your size. 1425 01:21:34,680 --> 01:21:40,320 Well, maybe just for 5 minutes. She's lovely Amy McDonald, but 1426 01:21:40,320 --> 01:21:43,720 would probably find her hard work in real life. 1427 01:21:44,560 --> 01:21:48,200 I don't know. I imagined that she's not that 1428 01:21:48,200 --> 01:21:51,960 much. I mean like on less than 1948 1429 01:21:51,960 --> 01:21:54,520 show she she bring, she's playing that. 1430 01:21:54,920 --> 01:21:58,680 But she brings out a slight, I'm not going to say dark side, but 1431 01:21:58,680 --> 01:22:03,920 there's something weird and mean and narcissistic about the 1948 1432 01:22:03,920 --> 01:22:05,520 show. Amy McDonald. 1433 01:22:05,720 --> 01:22:08,400 Yeah. Think she says the weird things 1434 01:22:11,120 --> 01:22:15,800 she she plays like a brief excerpt of Swan Lake and says in 1435 01:22:15,800 --> 01:22:21,360 the time it took to to play that like 250 babies were born in 1436 01:22:21,360 --> 01:22:29,520 Africa and now for the Indian babies, just, you know, weird 1437 01:22:29,520 --> 01:22:33,520 things that she did. So I You have to be clever to be 1438 01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:34,920 that stupid. Yeah. 1439 01:22:36,160 --> 01:22:39,000 So I am. And also she's she's had a good, 1440 01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:43,760 long career, which is also sometimes an indication that 1441 01:22:45,480 --> 01:22:48,680 that can sometimes be a sign that somebody's easy to work 1442 01:22:48,680 --> 01:22:51,080 with, especially if they're not like an above the line. 1443 01:22:51,080 --> 01:22:54,720 If superstars can have long careers, even though they're 1444 01:22:54,720 --> 01:22:58,600 horrible people, but when you get down, when you get 1445 01:22:58,600 --> 01:23:01,840 supporting actors, if they're consistently getting work, it 1446 01:23:01,840 --> 01:23:05,520 usually means that they turn up sober with their shoes shined 1447 01:23:05,520 --> 01:23:12,160 and their lines weren't, yeah. If the scene in the television 1448 01:23:12,160 --> 01:23:17,600 studio had been set maybe six years earlier, then they could 1449 01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:21,320 have also encountered Amy McDonald there, along with Marty 1450 01:23:21,320 --> 01:23:24,640 Feldman and, yes, Timber Taylor please. 1451 01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:28,280 Now hang on a minute. Oh, OK. 1452 01:23:28,320 --> 01:23:29,600 Different, different, different studio. 1453 01:23:29,600 --> 01:23:32,760 But yeah, yeah, yeah, I was going to say, because yes, 1454 01:23:32,760 --> 01:23:35,400 sorry, but let's not go there. That way. 1455 01:23:35,400 --> 01:23:39,080 Lies Madness. Knowledge of Teddington Studios 1456 01:23:42,320 --> 01:23:44,840 where in Andrews tried to attack the Earth. 1457 01:23:46,400 --> 01:23:50,440 There's a series called Undermined and has an episode. 1458 01:23:50,440 --> 01:23:55,520 It's kind of like a British version of The Invaders on the 1459 01:23:55,520 --> 01:23:58,680 you know, it's not quite, but. And there's an episode that 1460 01:23:58,680 --> 01:24:04,680 takes place in Teddington Studios in which the aliens try 1461 01:24:04,680 --> 01:24:10,400 to assassinate Eamon Andrews, which will somehow further their 1462 01:24:10,400 --> 01:24:13,120 plans of world domination. Yeah. 1463 01:24:13,920 --> 01:24:15,320 What's it called? Undermined. 1464 01:24:15,560 --> 01:24:18,480 Undermined. Not, not as I know. 1465 01:24:18,640 --> 01:24:21,440 In it, yeah. Not not to be confused with 1466 01:24:21,440 --> 01:24:25,920 undermining, no. It's it's it was from Robert 1467 01:24:25,920 --> 01:24:29,320 Banks Stewart who later created Bergerac and Schustering and all 1468 01:24:29,320 --> 01:24:33,880 those but also about Doctor Who stuff and then it's it's the 1469 01:24:33,880 --> 01:24:36,600 kind of thing you would expect from you would expect from that 1470 01:24:37,280 --> 01:24:39,560 that sort of stable. OK. 1471 01:24:39,840 --> 01:24:42,640 So Gary, have you got anything more to throw into the 1472 01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:45,200 conversation? I I think we've we've we've 1473 01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:51,680 covered it pretty well frame by frame and yes keep an eye out 1474 01:24:51,680 --> 01:24:53,560 for it. It's actually the thing I'll 1475 01:24:53,560 --> 01:24:57,160 throw in is is is I mentioned when we're watching it is that 1476 01:24:57,160 --> 01:25:03,040 the the HD print is is beautiful and actually makes the 1970s 1477 01:25:03,040 --> 01:25:04,760 look too nice. Yeah. 1478 01:25:05,200 --> 01:25:08,680 Because I know till you've said before about how the 60s, you 1479 01:25:08,680 --> 01:25:12,600 know, in HD looks phenomenal and the 70s generally speaking 1480 01:25:12,600 --> 01:25:15,320 should be looking at properties. Look kind of cool. 1481 01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:16,040 Kind of. Yeah. 1482 01:25:16,360 --> 01:25:20,680 Like to be, whereas in a lot of 70s films even the nice bits 1483 01:25:20,680 --> 01:25:22,240 look. Warm and. 1484 01:25:23,400 --> 01:25:26,440 Drab, but in this, yeah, London looks like a very pleasant 1485 01:25:26,440 --> 01:25:28,920 place. Andrew, anything to. 1486 01:25:29,200 --> 01:25:32,680 No, no, I've just gone into a little bit of a sidetrack in my 1487 01:25:32,680 --> 01:25:35,600 own mind, because of course, talking about how nice the 70s 1488 01:25:35,600 --> 01:25:38,440 looks, I won't. I wonder if that's a function of 1489 01:25:39,080 --> 01:25:42,200 the economic crash that came just after this was released in 1490 01:25:42,200 --> 01:25:45,040 December 74, wasn't it? Which, if I'm remembering my 1491 01:25:45,040 --> 01:25:48,560 history right, is it precisely when the OPEC this thing 1492 01:25:48,560 --> 01:25:52,400 happened and the economy completely crashed? 1493 01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:58,440 And I'm wondering if like 7576 seventies looks much, much worse 1494 01:25:58,440 --> 01:26:02,520 than 74 seventies. That seems plausible. 1495 01:26:02,520 --> 01:26:07,120 I'd have to watch a lot more HD 70s stuff with that in mind to 1496 01:26:07,120 --> 01:26:09,560 be to be able to distinguish. Interesting. 1497 01:26:09,560 --> 01:26:11,160 Yeah. So like you said, Gary, it's 1498 01:26:11,160 --> 01:26:11,880 beautiful. It is. 1499 01:26:12,040 --> 01:26:13,600 It is available. Although it was. 1500 01:26:14,160 --> 01:26:15,520 It's a It was. Network, wasn't it? 1501 01:26:15,520 --> 01:26:17,480 Yeah, so. So is it it? 1502 01:26:17,480 --> 01:26:19,120 Maybe is not as freely available. 1503 01:26:19,400 --> 01:26:21,400 Now I I think there's probably still copies available on 1504 01:26:21,400 --> 01:26:23,560 Amazon, the rather of most network things, but yeah, 1505 01:26:23,560 --> 01:26:24,920 they'll be out of print, yeah, yeah. 1506 01:26:25,480 --> 01:26:28,960 Yeah, yeah, yeah. But no, no brilliant film, great 1507 01:26:28,960 --> 01:26:32,120 film and one of the best of the genre. 1508 01:26:34,040 --> 01:26:37,720 So chaps, thank you so much. We've gone. 1509 01:26:37,720 --> 01:26:40,720 I mean, we've really gone all over the houses this time. 1510 01:26:41,360 --> 01:26:45,360 But that's, that's the nature of these things, Andrew. 1511 01:26:45,440 --> 01:26:50,760 You know, we barely need to give a plug to 500 songs, because 1512 01:26:51,640 --> 01:26:54,400 anyone who's got a passing interest in popular music will 1513 01:26:54,400 --> 01:26:59,400 already be all over it, I'm sure, but very well edited. 1514 01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:04,560 Yes. And and who edits that? 1515 01:27:05,400 --> 01:27:07,240 I do. Right. 1516 01:27:08,640 --> 01:27:10,760 And what do you do, Gary? Right. 1517 01:27:10,760 --> 01:27:13,240 OK. I can't for, for for reasons, 1518 01:27:13,240 --> 01:27:16,040 can't actually name the, the, the, the channel involved. 1519 01:27:16,520 --> 01:27:19,560 But I can tell you that if you're watching any blockbuster 1520 01:27:19,560 --> 01:27:25,000 films on a very popular commercial channel in the UK and 1521 01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:27,120 they get interrupted by a commercial, there's a very good 1522 01:27:27,120 --> 01:27:31,800 chance that I actually chose a precise moment in that film 1523 01:27:31,800 --> 01:27:33,680 where those commercials were going to interrupt your 1524 01:27:33,680 --> 01:27:35,680 enjoyment. So you're welcome. 1525 01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:43,040 Providing a public service, Yes and and you two? 1526 01:27:43,680 --> 01:27:46,080 At some point, now that you've got your brand spanking new 1527 01:27:46,080 --> 01:27:49,440 microphone tilt, you 2 going to hold you to this. 1528 01:27:49,440 --> 01:27:54,040 You are going to have to resurrect plans to to bring back 1529 01:27:54,600 --> 01:27:57,840 Sitcom Club or even Jaffa Cakes. Gary, did we already have a 1530 01:27:57,840 --> 01:28:01,360 sitcom in mind? Hang on a minute. 1531 01:28:01,360 --> 01:28:03,920 Yes, we did, didn't we? Oh, I know what it was. 1532 01:28:04,080 --> 01:28:05,200 Should we actually? Should we say it? 1533 01:28:05,200 --> 01:28:06,760 Should we say it on there? Should we do? 1534 01:28:07,080 --> 01:28:11,200 It do important exclusive. OK, so nobody remembers this, 1535 01:28:11,960 --> 01:28:14,560 nobody remembers this, but there was. 1536 01:28:15,840 --> 01:28:20,200 It wasn't a CBBC sitcom as such, but it sort of was. 1537 01:28:20,480 --> 01:28:24,480 It was called Rumble and it was about British professional 1538 01:28:24,480 --> 01:28:28,520 wrestling in the mid 90s when the industry was on its backside 1539 01:28:28,960 --> 01:28:32,080 and it starred Brian Glover and Leslie Joseph. 1540 01:28:32,440 --> 01:28:37,120 And we've we might have come into possession of six episodes 1541 01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:40,560 of the six. So yeah, we had that marked down 1542 01:28:40,560 --> 01:28:44,160 as a future. Discussion kept that quiet. 1543 01:28:46,200 --> 01:28:50,320 I don't remember that nobody remembers it. 1544 01:28:50,320 --> 01:28:53,120 Very good, Very good. Well, we'll hold you to that and 1545 01:28:53,120 --> 01:28:55,800 and the IE being served. The IE being served cast of 1546 01:28:55,840 --> 01:28:58,400 series on the back burner. Yeah, we we put the pilot for 1547 01:28:58,400 --> 01:29:02,640 that and we try to. Get access to a book I bought 1548 01:29:02,640 --> 01:29:06,200 about the series. Well, I may have that for. 1549 01:29:06,200 --> 01:29:09,160 Good, insufficient reasons. All my possessions are Nearly 1550 01:29:09,160 --> 01:29:11,760 all of my possessions are in a storage locker. 1551 01:29:12,400 --> 01:29:15,280 Well, I probably have said books, so if you want I can take 1552 01:29:15,280 --> 01:29:18,120 a photograph of every page on the phone and then it will. 1553 01:29:18,120 --> 01:29:19,880 Be helpful. Yeah, you can turn it into an 1554 01:29:19,880 --> 01:29:21,160 audio book. There you go. 1555 01:29:22,560 --> 01:29:24,040 Should you? Do you want me to do the voices? 1556 01:29:27,240 --> 01:29:28,680 I might. I might struggle a bit. 1557 01:29:29,840 --> 01:29:32,200 It's sort of do, young Mr. Grace, you know. 1558 01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:36,560 You've all done very well if you want to listen to that before. 1559 01:29:37,000 --> 01:29:40,120 That you can't. Very good. 1560 01:29:40,160 --> 01:29:42,120 OK. Well, as I said, thank you very 1561 01:29:42,120 --> 01:29:47,640 much guys and you're welcome. And thank you very much for 1562 01:29:47,640 --> 01:29:50,440 listening. And I will see you next week 1563 01:29:50,480 --> 01:29:52,000 with another edition of Goodbye.