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Not comedy, but i was very fond of Bea Smith in Prisoner-Cell block H.
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.
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.
Arthur Askey. Whenever he showed up on the telly my sainted mother could be counted on to say, 'Oh, no, not Arthur bloody Askey.'
Even the theme tune plodded along in dull fashion giving the clue as to what was to come - God knows why, but it was a very popular show..
Bob Grant's life wasn't a happy one after On the Buses - playing that absurd character was as good as it got for him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grant_(actor)
Love Thy Neighbour was probably the worst comedy ever in back in the dark old days, if it deserves to be called a comedy at all. The script and acting were appalling.
It was an ITV attempt at something to rival Till Death Do Us Part but, like most ITV so called comedy back then it was nowhere near in quality and as puerile as Till Death was thought provoking.
Do you mean, 'You Bet Your Life,' which is the show Groucho hosted? ('What's My Line' with John Daly is also superb). There is an episode of 'You Bet Your Life' where a husband and wife take the stage with Groucho, and Groucho, noticing that the wife is a blonde stunner, bets the husband a buck that he can steal a kiss from his wife so fast that the husband won't even see it. Husband accepts the challenge. Groucho saunters over, kisses the wife on the cheek, comes back to the podium and asks the husband if he saw it.
'Yes,' he says. 'I did.'
'O.K.,' Groucho says. 'Here's your buck.'