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'Silent pieces' from classic sitcoms?

Can anyone think of any good silent pieces from any classic sitcoms. I'm thinking of putting together a DVD of silent clips, just for myself. I might never get round to it as it could be time consuming. But it's an idea I have.

I'm not talking about all silent shows or even episodes but scenes, or moments. I can think of a few shows that have done this already:

- There's a few in 'Hi-De-Hi!'. A brilliant one where they are waiting for the campers to arrive by train. And there are some others too.

- 'George and Mildred' have a great silent scence where they are wallpapering.

- I think there is another silent wall papering scene in 'Are You Being Served?' too.

Any others anyone can think of would be appreciated.

:D - Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Oh, and by 'classic' I mean sort of pre mid-nineties. As I don't know stuff past that very well at all.

Mr. Bean must have a few? :D

Yup, Bean. I guess there must be stuff in The Baldy Man as well.

How long does the silence have to be?

More of a pause really but check this out from the 7 min mark

http://tinyurl.com/yefv34o

Perfection in silence.

Quote: Oldrocker @ November 28 2009, 8:56 PM GMT

(Don't know how to do little links!)

http://tinyurl.com/ ;)

Quote: KJSmyling @ November 28 2009, 9:02 PM GMT

http://tinyurl.com/ ;)

:P

Thanks for the suggestions and links. Any short length is fine - except I suppose a normal pause in a conversation.

There's an episode of The Goodies called The Movies, where Bill Oddie makes a silent movie, featuring lookalikes of Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin (I think). Also, there's the Goodies episode Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express, featuring a long-ish silent scene with three Marcel Marceau lookalikes.

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