Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ 1st September 2023, 10:42 PMI'm surprised he wasn't in it, it seemed to have everyone else from the period there. Way too many characters, too twaddly and verbose script with out of place swearing,.
Do you think they'll eat me whole?
They've arrived! My latest eBay purchase:
Don't tell the local burglar though.
What costume is Kenny supposed to be in? Teacher? Is the handle a ruler?
No, it's a hypodermic needle. Kenny & Hattie are both from Doctor and Charlie & Sid from Khyber
Ahhh! Got you.
And all in good condition for things I presume to be about 50. A bit like meself. 🤔
Private Widdle, Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond, Dr Tinkle & Matron. They look like egg cups but with handles which is unusual. Surely not mugs ???
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ 18th November 2024, 9:28 PMAnd all in good condition for things I presume to be about 50. A bit like meself. 🤔
Private Widdle, Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond, Dr Tinkle & Matron. They look like egg cups but with handles which is unusual. Surely not mugs ???
They're basically what we might have called Toby Jugs (called character jugs now). Decorative purposes only. 3.5/3.75 inches high. Produced by Royal Doulton in 2001.
Oh yes ofcourse. Good set.
Love the specs on Hawtrey.
Quote: Lazzard @ 22nd November 2024, 4:23 PMLove the specs on Hawtrey.
An essential component of the set. So many that you see have them missing, broken or detached. Don't ask me what they're made of or how they are attached. I haven't dared touch them!
Caught most of the Scandals and Secrets of... doc the other day and although knew of the low pay notoriety and autocratic franchise management, was surprised to hear just how mean the contracts were, with no royalties at all for the actors. There was a lot of anger at Rogers for making millions from the films while the ageing mostly struggling surviving stars had to sit back and see the films being constantly rerun on TV, knowing they don't get a penny more for their efforts in making the films so enduringly popular.
Rogers was confronted with this injustice by a group of them led by Babs in a legal claim, but he wouldn't back down an inch and even had the audacity to joke about it at a reunion do. 😒 And it was revealed it wasn't a good idea to try to renegotiate your fee as Peter Butterworth found out, being dropped for the next film. Shabby treatment indeed of the people who made the films so funny, the actors whose performances outshone generally awful production values and sometimes so so scripts. ðŸ˜
