Quote: Frankie Rage @ July 25 2010, 10:23 PM BSTAlso I suppose, in this show, it didn't matter if the actors got old as they started off old!
But Peter Sallis has been in it since the start and would have only been in his 40s at the time.
I thought they were mostly middle aged in the beginning?
Quote: David Carmon @ July 26 2010, 1:47 PM BSTBut Peter Sallis has been in it since the start and would have only been in his 40s at the time.
I thought they were mostly middle aged in the beginning?
51 when it started.
Quote: john lucas 101 @ July 26 2010, 1:46 PM BSTShame that the show didn't get the boot a few years ago really, maybe when Bill Owen died. It was a genuinely great show in the 1970s/80s.
It was, in the 1970s and 1980s. It was well past it for me even before Bill Owen died.
Beggers belief really that a sitcom that started in the early 70s can today be watched in BBC HD.
Just watching the beginning on iPlayer. Why is Peter Sallis fifth on the credits? I know he has little to do on it now, but because he's been in every episode, he should top the opening credits.
Quote: Jack Massey @ July 26 2010, 2:10 PM BSTJust watching the beginning on iPlayer. Why is Peter Sallis fifth on the credits? I know he has little to do on it now, but because he's been in every episode, he should top them opening credits.
Who's got top billing? Not Russ flippin Abbott? The bits that I've seen of this new series, he does seem to be doing an awful lot of comedy mugging.
Yeah, Abbot has got top billing. Watched a few minutes, don't really fancy watching anymore.
They should repeat the Michael Bates and the first batch of Brian Wilde episodes when it is all over.
Did it have anyone going down the hill in a bath?
Watched last night, as I have several series of the show on DVD now. It was OK but the Russ Abbot character Hobbo is clearly a Foggy-a-like. Shame Jane Freeman didnt feature either. Haven't seen the last few series but from what I've read the cafe has hardly featured.
Quote: Badhead @ July 26 2010, 2:27 PM BSTDid it have anyone going down the hill in a bath?
I'm amazed people keep mentioning the bath scene. It was over twenty years ago. If someone mentions Only Fools and Horses, someone else doesn't say, "There're always falling chandeliers in that programme and men falling over in bars."
Quote: Dave @ July 26 2010, 10:01 PM BSTIf someone mentions Only Fools and Horses, someone else doesn't say, "There're always falling chandeliers in that programme and men falling over in bars."
I hate to tell you Dave... there are people who do that.
By the way, a lot of people mention Last Of... and its demise as though it depended on an elderly audience. But many of us who watched and enjoyed at its peak were kids then. It was a family sitcom, not one for old folk. I don't need to be a yellow drawing to enjoy The Simpsons.
Quote: Badge @ July 26 2010, 10:17 PM BSTBy the way, a lot of people mention Last Of... and its demise as though it depended on an elderly audience. But many of us who watched and enjoyed at its peak were kids then. It was a family sitcom, not one for old folk. I don't need to be a yellow drawing to enjoy The Simpsons.
But it helps!
I would agree with Badge here, LOTSW was Sunday Evening in our house when I was a kid, I remember watching it when Crusher was introduced in the Cafe and loved it.
However, we grow up and our tastes change and develop.
Quote: bigfella @ July 26 2010, 10:43 PM BSTBut it helps! I would agree with Badge here, LOTSW was Sunday Evening in our house when I was a kid, I remember watching it when Crusher was introduced in the Cafe and loved it. However, we grow up and our tastes change and develop.
I guess part of its appeal is that it conjures up a Britain that doesn't really exist anymore. There's a certain safety and comfort in it.
Quote: chipolata @ July 26 2010, 11:16 PM BSTI guess part of its appeal is that it conjures up a Britain that doesn't really exist anymore. There's a certain safety and comfort in it.
It's quite like the BCG really.
I think it doesn't take much for the older generation to laugh. That's generalising wildly, but it's what I've found. They're all retired, with no job to go to, so they're happy anyway.
Quote: Jack Massey @ July 26 2010, 2:10 PM BST51 when it started.
Still not old though.
Quote: David Carmon @ July 27 2010, 12:56 AM BSTStill not old though.
He's 89 FFS !
Quote: Oldrocker @ July 27 2010, 1:00 AM BSTHe's 89 FFS !
At the time it started he wasnt old I meant
