Trying to find name of old British sit com, aired in Canada in 60's, main character named Garvey. any ideas?
Old sitcom?
Any chance it's Beggar My Neighbour, starring Peter Jones, Desmond Walter Ellis, June Whitfield, Reg Varney and Pat Coombs?
"Rose and Lana are sisters, both married and living next door to each other in Lankworthy Road, Muswell Hill - a London suburb. Gerald Garvey is an underpaid, middle-class executive who has a snobbish attitude, but he and Rose don't have the income to back it up. Harry Butt, on the other hand, is an affluent, working-class fitter, and he and Lana never miss the chance to show off their luxury goods and lifestyle in front of their poorer relatives."
If not, do you have any slight memory of what it might have been about? Was the setting family or workplace? Community?
No, that doesn't sound like it. I remember it as 2 main characters, Garvey was the lead, they were 2 nere-do-wells. Almost hobos, with grand plans and schemes that never worked out. Akin to Laurel and Hardy.
Who was the old bloke who had Nicholas Parsons as his straight man?
I know. Was it Arthur Haines?
Quote: Chappers @ October 21 2012, 11:54 PM BSTWho was the old bloke who had Nicholas Parsons as his straight man?
Arthur Haynes
Quote: Pingl @ October 21 2012, 11:56 PM BSTArthur Haynes
Ha ha!
Was his sidekick Irish, if so that's the two tramps. Dermott Kelly played the other tramp
From Wikipedia: "Haynes's most popular character was a working class tramp - created by Johnny Speight, now better known for the Alf Garnett character. Speight said he got the idea of the tramp from a real tramp who climbed into his Rolls Royce when it was stopped at a traffic light. In 1963 and 1964 Haynes worked with Dermot Kelly who played another tramp (called Irish), who was not very smart. Sometimes Patricia Hayes would join them as a woman tramp. The shows were played out on a stage, and basic scenery and props were used where, for instance, the audience could see outside and inside a house, as there was no wall on their side. The stars sometimes forgot (or didn't bother to learn) their lines, and would ad lib them. If someone fluffed a line, that would be used to get more laughs. Haynes and others sometimes failed to keep a straight face, and occasionally burst into laughter."
Quote: Chappers @ October 22 2012, 12:03 AM BSTFrom Wikipedia: "Haynes's most popular character was a working class tramp - created by Johnny Speight, now better known for the Alf Garnett character. Speight said he got the idea of the tramp from a real tramp who climbed into his Rolls Royce when it was stopped at a traffic light. In 1963 and 1964 Haynes worked with Dermot Kelly who played another tramp (called Irish), who was not very smart. Sometimes Patricia Hayes would join them as a woman tramp. The shows were played out on a stage, and basic scenery and props were used where, for instance, the audience could see outside and inside a house, as there was no wall on their side. The stars sometimes forgot (or didn't bother to learn) their lines, and would ad lib them. If someone fluffed a line, that would be used to get more laughs. Haynes and others sometimes failed to keep a straight face, and occasionally burst into laughter."
Sounds right to me, only problem is it wasn't a sitcom.
Quote: jim cathcart @ October 21 2012, 11:45 PM BSTNo, that doesn't sound like it. I remember it as 2 main characters, Garvey was the lead, they were 2 nere-do-wells. Almost hobos, with grand plans and schemes that never worked out. Akin to Laurel and Hardy.
Ah, uh, well that sounds annoyingly familiar but I just can't place it. Oldrocker, where are you...?