My Family - Series 8 Page 7

Quote: Andrew M Bedell @ May 3 2008, 9:59 AM BST

One thing I have noticed this series is that Roger and Abbi seem to be very underused. I notice in the cast list in the Radio Times for next week neither they, nor Susan are in episode.

This will be two Zoe Wannamaker has been absent from. Is she busy with othwer things? I do recall one series that Robert Linsey missed a couple of episodes too.

Last nights episode I feel was the best of the series so far, but I still think it's a weaker series than previous ones.

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I think she was do a different project when fliming my family.

I had to laugh, watching tonight's repeated episode, when Ben insulted Mr. Casey, about his age. He said something about a bottle of whiskey being 18 years old, then turned to Mr Casey, and said something like, "Just think, you were only seventy, when this was first poured in here". The reason I found it so funny? I went to IMDB.com to check the age of the actor playing Mr. Casey, and it turns out he's only 2 years older than Robert Lindsey!

I watched it tonight. I don't generally dislike the programme but didn't find myself breaking into a smile once.

It was all so lame and predictable in an ITV seventies (1970s) way.

Did you seriously laugh AFTER checking their ages on IMDb? o_O

I agree with Chapman apart from the fact that I do generally dislike this sitcom. I too thought this rubbish type of "comedy" belonged in the seventies and early eighties but apparantly not.

Well if my family is being compared to the 70's and 80's comedies then great as that was the best era of british comedy.

Just as me saying My Family is tat is an opinion so too is you saying the best era of British Comedy is the seventies.

I'm comparing it to the worst of the 70s.

I'm with Richard here.

Quote: Aaron @ May 11 2008, 9:41 PM BST

Did you seriously laugh AFTER checking their ages on IMDb? o_O

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Yes. I know I'm a sad twat for checking the info, but I did have my laptop on my knee at the time. I knew Ben was only joking, implying that he thought Mr. Casey was 88, but he was still obviously meant to be a LOT older than Ben, which I knew was ridiculous.

It seems more like a mid 90's sitcom to me.

Honestly it's just a simple comedy, That I admit.

I think so many of you people want real complicated comedy and i'm just a simple soul who embraces simple comedy.

And to get to 8 series with a 9th on the way in this day and age of british television is pretty damn good.

And for comedy loser geeks like me, the man who plays Mr Casey also played Marcus Green, Dorien's accountant husband, in Birds of a Feather.

Yay. Go me.

I know I recognise him from somewhere.
Maybe that's where.

IMDb says he was in Casanova, so you probably saw him last week. Or whenever it was you watched it.