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Max Headroom.
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father dear father
and mother makes three |
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Judy Carne was in the Rag Trade Pumphol
remembered mainly for 'Sock it to me ! ' in Rowan and Martin's Laugh in. |
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NOT ONLY ....
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... BUT ALSO
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Hmmmmm .. What was that one with Robert Gillespie ?? in ?? He lived with his wife & two 'Fitty' daughters ;-) & was a cartoonist for a comic. I think he used to do his doodling with a hand puppet on an'all :-) It was in the 80's & on ITV :-) ps .. I sound like a MANIAC writing all that !!
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Not the Nine O'Clock News
kickstarted so many careers it could have rivalled Monty Python in that respect. |
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did fancy one of his daughters,it was keep it in the family
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not forgotten but one of the greats sgt bilko
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Stella Street
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Stella Street was brilliant.
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Love Thy Neighbour
Mind Your Language Ever Decreasing Circles |
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sambo, white honkey, and nina baden semper
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nearest and dearest
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And Francoise Pascal
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Trailer Park Boys
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Would walk a million miles to see the twelve episodes of the brilliant Fairly Secret Army.
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Early Doors....
"To the regiment, I wish I was there!" |
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Just superb, Guinness2dear, but I reckon it's not forgotten at all by aficionados.
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Like all of Slippy's then, Tommy..
Oiii Slippy, read the title of de fred.... |
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Ripping yarns.
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they came from somewhere else
Chelmsford 123 who dares wins lame ducks my girl |
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sorry, (also Sorry), that should be Me and My Girl
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sorry, (also Sorry), that should be Me and My Girl
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Agree with Chance In A Million....
No one has mentioned Ripping Yarns... so therefore it was forgotten. |
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All Gas & Gaiters
All In The Family Car 54 Where Are You Green Acres Jack Benny Show The Honeymooners The 3 Stooges D1ck van Dyk@ Show Bowler Sykes Billy Liar In Loving Memory Robins Nest Get Some In Catweazle Get Smart I Didn`t Know You Cared The Growing Pains Of PC Penrose Vital Spark Three`s Company Robert`s Robots Father Dear Father WRKP In Cincinnati |
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Neat and Tidy
Operation Good Guys |
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Apropos of nothing
Rhoda's sister is now a zillionaire courtesy of The Simpsons. A Stirling publican had the number plate GET 11N of course the Police didn't like him noving the 1 |
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I Didn`t Know You Cared
After Early Door this was the best of the lot. |
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'In Exile'
http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/exile/index.html |
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The Double Deckers
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The Rag Trade (1961–1963)
Full Cast & Crew Series Directed by Dennis Main-Wilson (1 episode, 1961) Series Writing Credits Ronald Chesney .. (10 episodes, 1961-1963) Ronald Wolfe ... (10 episodes, 1961-1963) Cast Wanda Ventham ... Shirley (18 episodes, 1962-1963) [ Only Fools And Horses - Cassandra's mother, Coupling & numerous other credits inc Doctor Who ] mother of Benedict Cumberbatch Reg Varney ... Reg Turner (16 episodes, 1961-1963) [ On The Buses ] ... part of a double act with Benny Hill in the 1940's went to Star Lane Primary School, West Ham Barbara Windsor ... Gloria (14 episodes, 1961-1963) national treasure - real name (ironically) Mrs Mitchell had a brief affair with George Best Peter Jones ... Harold Fenner (9 episodes, 1961-1963) Just A Minute regular for 29 years voice of The Book in the original radio series of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. also the tv series ... appeared in numerous films beginning with Fanny By Gaslight (1944) which is not a porn film Miriam Karlin ... Paddy (9 episodes, 1961-1963) - catchphrase "Everybody out!" performed on stage for the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon, the Aldwych Theatre, and the Barbican Centre. She appeared in a national tour of 84 Charing Cross Road, and in 1990 became the first woman to play the title role in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, in a production at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. .. Lived in South London. A self-proclaimed atheist, she was a lifelong campaigner for Jewish and left-wing political causes, as well as an anti-fascist activist. A member of the Anti-Nazi League, she was prominent in protests against Holocaust denier David Irving, and campaigned to expose what she claimed were the Nazi sympathies of the Austrian politician Jörg Haider. She was an active member of the actors' union, Equity,[1] and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1975 for her union and welfare work. Karlin was a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association. Esma Cannon ... Lily (9 episodes, 1961-1962) [ appeared in numerous films including 4 Carry On films ] Sheila Hancock ... Carol Taylor (8 episodes, 1961-1962) Actress (screen and stage), widow (twice), writer, mother, University Chancellor and Quaker Ann Beach ... (7 episodes, 1961) [ many credits including Steptoe And Son, Rising Damp and Notting Hill where she played William (Hugh Grant)'s mother. Her daughter Charlotte Coleman was in Four Weddings And A Funeral but unfortunately died from an asthma attack at the age of 33. Another daughter Lisa Coleman is an actress with credits for Ab Fab, French and Saunders and Casualty. Toni Palmer ... (7 episodes, 1961) female [ many credits inc Foyle's War ] Rita Smythe ... (7 episodes, 1961) Judy Carne ... (7 episodes, 1961) On Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–73) Carne gained stardom. Her most popular routine ended with her saying "Sock it to me!", at which point she was doused with water or assaulted in some other way. Carne was on the series for the first two seasons (1968–69) but made occasional appearances during the 1969-70 season. Carne was married to actor Burt Reynolds from 1963 to 1965, and producer Robert Bergmann from 1970 to 1971. Her autobiography, Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside: The Bittersweet Saga of the Sock-It-To-Me Girl (1985), chronicled her difficulties with drugs, her failed marriage to Reynolds, and her bisexuality. Patricia Denys .. Betty (7 episodes, 1963) [ Crossroads, Z Cars and Citizen Smith ] Stella Tanner ... Olive (6 episodes, 1963) [ a guest in the Waldorf Salad episode of Fawlty Towers ] Carmel Cryan ... Gloria (5 episodes, 1963) Amanda Reiss ... Janet (5 episodes, 1963) Julie Samuel ... (3 episodes, 1962) Gwendolyn Watts ... (3 episodes, 1962) Born Gwendolyn Watts in Carhampton, Somerset, Watts made her first television appearance in 1958 in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, going on to appear in The Rag Trade (1962), The Avengers (1963), Maigret (1963), Steptoe and Son (1964), Mary Barton (1964), Armchair Mystery Theatre (1964), The Benny Hill Show (1965), The Worker (1965), Softly, Softly (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Z-Cars (1962-1967), On the Buses (1969), Coronation Street (1971), Love Thy Neighbour (1972), Sam (1973) and The Final Cut (1995). Her film appearances include Sons and Lovers (1960), So Evil, So Young (1961), Billy Liar (1963), My Fair Lady (1964), Fanatic (1965), The Wrong Box (1966), Carry On Doctor (1967), All Neat in Black Stockings (1968), Carry On Again Doctor (1969) and Carry On Matron (1972). Married to actor Gertan Klauber, Watts gave up full-time acting in the early 1970s in order to bring up her children, but she returned a few years later. She was the sister of actress Sally Watts. Claire Davenport ... Myrtle (3 episodes, 1963) Sheena Marshe ... Sandra (3 episodes, 1963) Keith Smith ... (2 episodes, 1961-1962) Jan Williams ... (2 episodes, 1962) [ Bond Girl ] Irene Handl ... Reg's Mum (2 episodes, 1963) [many film and tv credits including Brief Encounter] Myrtle Reed ... (2 episodes, 1963) Raymond Glendenning ... Racing commentator (1 episode, 1961) Frank Thornton ... Mr. Davis (1 episode, 1961) [ best known for playing Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? also starred in Last Of The Summer Wine - many credits] Max Bacon ... Mr. Conway (1 episode, 1961) Edward Caddick ... Postman (1 episode, 1961) Lisa Cotton ... Baby (1 episode, 1961) Colin Douglas ... Police Constable (1 episode, 1961) Peter Gilmore ... Mr. Stezel Jr (1 episode, 1961) Monte Landis ... Mr. Mitchell (1 episode, 1961) Brian Oulton ... Mr. Lee (1 episode, 1961) Terry Scott ... Terence Nutley (1 episode, 1961) Roy Stephens (1 episode, 1961) Bruce Wightman (1 episode, 1961) Rene Barrie .. Model (1 episode, 1962) Patrick Cargill ... Norman Digby (1 episode, 1962) [ Father Dear Father ] Sally Douglas Model (1 episode, 1962) Betty Huntley-Wright Mrs. Willet (1 episode, 1962) Elaine Kagan (1 episode, 1962) Norman Mitchell (1 episode, 1962) Joyce Spier Model (1 episode, 1962) Vi Stevens (1 episode, 1962) Laura Thurlow Model (1 episode, 1962) Kevin Brennan (1 episode, 1963) Eugenie Cavanagh (1 episode, 1963) Gillian Gostling (1 episode, 1963) Philip Grout (1 episode, 1963) Derek Johns (1 episode, 1963) Jeanette Landis (1 episode, 1963) Jeremy Lloyd (1 episode, 1963) [ m Joanna Lumley for a few moths in 1970 ] [ several films, Rowan and Martin's Laugh in & co-wrote Are You Being Served ] Aubrey Morris (1 episode, 1963) Beryl Nesbitt (1 episode, 1963) Simon Oates (1 episode, 1963) Jack Smethurst (1 episode, 1963) [ Love Thy Neighbour, Coronation Street ] Thick Wilson (1 episode, 1963) |
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f troop
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Watched Citizen Smith recently. Still holds up well after nearly forty years.
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Lucky Feller from 1976 with David Jason playing a character called Shorty Mopstead.
Not written by John Sullivan but a real forerunner of Only Fools and Horses but with Jason the underdog. Only went for one or two series but I still remember it as brilliantly funny in places - one scene in a laundrette was hysterical. Love to see it again now but can't find it anywhere. |
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Duty Free a ... an unsurprising ommission.
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Lose an 'm'.
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KM - Duty Free made me think of the two women in it who, I thought at the time, were both reasonable lookers.
Just google imaged them and they are now 74 (dark haired one) and 72 years old!!! Bl**dy hell.... |
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Benson
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i recently bought the entire series of chance in a million, think its 3 series altogether, on zavvi for about 3 quid. not watched any of it yet though. not really sure where ive put it actually. amazing price.
what was the one with the character from reginald perrin? the army bloke? i watched an episode of duty free recently. it didnt hold up well. it was utterly dreadful! |