Old School Comedy Yes Or No

[jon1959]

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My bad, just noticed this is a later version, here’s the original

https://www.google.co.uk/search?clie...id:kKJcR24njrs

[chrisp_1927]

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I remember enjoying "game on" as a teenager and it was pretty popular amongst my friends - stumbled across an episode on some random channel recently and gave it a watch and my god it was awful - really depressing, not at all funny, a thoroughly miserable experience

Maybe the enjoyment was purely down to Samantha Janus ! She was pretty tasty back then

[79blue]

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Keeping Up Appearances .....shoot anyone involved in that nonsense

You are throwing out the baby with the bathwater with your opinion of Keeping Up Appearances.

Forget about the stupid plots and its middle class appearance of most of the characters. Just sit back and watch a master class in comedic character acting from Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket. There are not many who can carry it with that level of comedic skill. Check out her monologues as Kitty on Vitoria Wood and the ones she did for Alan Bennett, you can see that coming through when she does the one sided telephones calls.

[79blue]

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Bob Monkhouse .......naff off and pack your bags

You are judging Bob Monkhouse on his game show period, which was a smarmy persona, but it was the role he played. Don’t judge a book by the cover.

He spent the first 20 years as a performer and scriptwriter, writing for all the big names at the time. He used to write for Bob Hope on his British tours.

Throughout his career he wrote down every single joke he wrote or came across in an indexed archive. That enabled him to find a joke for any occasion when scriptwriting.

He also had one of the biggest archives of film TV and radio shows in the country which was handed over to the BFI. It contained many shows on TV and radio that had been thought lost. It was from this archive that Lenny Henry’s first appearance from Opportunity Knocks, was found after being considered lost for ever.

Not long before his death he did a stand-up show in 2003 for which he invited all the top comedy talent in this county to attend, with many wondering why they invited. By the end of the show everyone who attended were dumbstruck by the quality of his comedy, his career and the all the gods of comedy he worked with during it. It takes real guts to do that.

I felt like you about him until a watched a documentary about him 10 years after his death, which covered what I had written above and much more.

[Wash DC Blue]

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You are judging Bob Monkhouse on his game show period, which was a smarmy persona, but it was the role he played. Don’t judge a book by the cover.

He spent the first 20 years as a performer and scriptwriter, writing for all the big names at the time. He used to write for Bob Hope on his British tours.

Throughout his career he wrote down every single joke he wrote or came across in an indexed archive. That enabled him to find a joke for any occasion when scriptwriting.

He also had one of the biggest archives of film TV and radio shows in the country which was handed over to the BFI. It contained many shows on TV and radio that had been thought lost. It was from this archive that Lenny Henry’s first appearance from Opportunity Knocks, was found after being considered lost for ever.

Not long before his death he did a stand-up show in 2003 for which he invited all the top comedy talent in this county to attend, with many wondering why they invited. By the end of the show everyone who attended were dumbstruck by the quality of his comedy, his career and the all the gods of comedy he worked with during it. It takes real guts to do that.

I felt like you about him until a watched a documentary about him 10 years after his death, which covered what I had written above and much more.

That’s a great post.

[The Bloop]

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You are judging Bob Monkhouse on his game show period, which was a smarmy persona, but it was the role he played. Don’t judge a book by the cover.

He spent the first 20 years as a performer and scriptwriter, writing for all the big names at the time. He used to write for Bob Hope on his British tours.

Throughout his career he wrote down every single joke he wrote or came across in an indexed archive. That enabled him to find a joke for any occasion when scriptwriting.

He also had one of the biggest archives of film TV and radio shows in the country which was handed over to the BFI. It contained many shows on TV and radio that had been thought lost. It was from this archive that Lenny Henry’s first appearance from Opportunity Knocks, was found after being considered lost for ever.

Not long before his death he did a stand-up show in 2003 for which he invited all the top comedy talent in this county to attend, with many wondering why they invited. By the end of the show everyone who attended were dumbstruck by the quality of his comedy, his career and the all the gods of comedy he worked with during it. It takes real guts to do that.

I felt like you about him until a watched a documentary about him 10 years after his death, which covered what I had written above and much more.

That was a great documentary. His final show, performed mainly to comedians and others in the industry was very moving as he knew he didn't have long left. Think he died a few months after.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Maybe the enjoyment was purely down to Samantha Janus ! She was pretty tasty back then

I thought game on was a good laugh
That self obsessed but complete inadequate bloke reminds me of someone I know .

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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You are throwing out the baby with the bathwater with your opinion of Keeping Up Appearances.

Forget about the stupid plots and its middle class appearance of most of the characters. Just sit back and watch a master class in comedic character acting from Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket. There are not many who can carry it with that level of comedic skill. Check out her monologues as Kitty on Vitoria Wood and the ones she did for Alan Bennett, you can see that coming through when she does the one sided telephones calls.

She was a good actress but keeping up appearances was not my bag

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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You are judging Bob Monkhouse on his game show period, which was a smarmy persona, but it was the role he played. Don’t judge a book by the cover.

He spent the first 20 years as a performer and scriptwriter, writing for all the big names at the time. He used to write for Bob Hope on his British tours.

Throughout his career he wrote down every single joke he wrote or came across in an indexed archive. That enabled him to find a joke for any occasion when scriptwriting.

He also had one of the biggest archives of film TV and radio shows in the country which was handed over to the BFI. It contained many shows on TV and radio that had been thought lost. It was from this archive that Lenny Henry’s first appearance from Opportunity Knocks, was found after being considered lost for ever.

Not long before his death he did a stand-up show in 2003 for which he invited all the top comedy talent in this county to attend, with many wondering why they invited. By the end of the show everyone who attended were dumbstruck by the quality of his comedy, his career and the all the gods of comedy he worked with during it. It takes real guts to do that.

I felt like you about him until a watched a documentary about him 10 years after his death, which covered what I had written above and much more.

I don't find him funny at all

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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That was a great documentary. His final show, performed mainly to comedians and others in the industry was very moving as he knew he didn't have long left. Think he died a few months after.

But I didn't find him funny

Not doubting his ability to write jokes

It's when he delivers them

[Tuerto]

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Not comedy, but i was very fond of Bea Smith in Prisoner-Cell block H.

[jimmyscoular]

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Dad's Army -best ever

Hi de Hi and Are You Being Served - had their moments

Allo Allo - excellent, often underrated

Blackadder- can't believe it's 40 years old, but still one of the best.

Somebody suggested to me 'Vlad's Army,' a sitcom about Putin's incompetent assault on Ukraine. Maybe. But that story is not yet over.

[jimmyscoular]

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Been watching on the buses recently.
I used to love that show. But my god it's so dated and so poor

It's dreary and depressing, with all those people squeezed into a little house, and Stan's romantic aspirations constantly foiled by a total lack of privacy. It's also worth remembering that Reg Varney was in his 50s when "Stan" was chasing all those young clippies.

[jimmyscoular]

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Are American comedies allowed?.....If so, F Troop, The Phil Silvers Show, Beverley Hillbillies, M*A*S*H.

I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Car 54, All in the Family . . . so many.

[jimmyscoular]

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This is a thread that could last a very long time given that it revives so many happy memories. One that I have not see mentioned was the delightful Felicity Kendal in 'The Good Life.' In addition to her loveliness, that show was an interesting reflection of the fading hippy era of the 1960s and its clash with the conventional corporate and social lives of Margo and Jerry.