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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jan 31, 2012 22:05:54 GMT
Almost finished downloading this series, I remember enjoying it when I were a lad and all that. Hopefully it will hold up to my nostalgic memories of it.
Also downloading all those "River Cottage" thingies with Hugh Farly Pigfarmer Barnyard or whatever he is called.
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Jan 31, 2012 22:45:48 GMT
Almost finished downloading this series, I remember enjoying it when I were a lad and all that. Hopefully it will hold up to my nostalgic memories of it. Also downloading all those "River Cottage" thingies with Hugh Farly Pigfarmer Barnyard or whatever he is called. AH Hugh Early Whooping Cough, Alph. He's as mad as a hatter! |
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Post by Patrick on Jan 31, 2012 23:34:48 GMT
Also downloading all those "River Cottage" thingies with Hugh Farly Pigfarmer Barnyard or whatever he is called. AH To coin a "Young Persons" phrase; I have "so" gone off Hugh Firmly Wishingwell lately. When he's talking off script, he's fine - when he's talking to a script the uppy and downy town of his voice drives me mad. The iPhone App's quite good though. |
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Post by Patrick on Jan 31, 2012 23:43:50 GMT
Funny Richard Wilson never mentions OWIL.
Other Funny; James Bolam has always been very grumpy about The Likely Lads, because (as I remember) he had trouble getting work again for quite a while afterwards. Odd really though, as come the seventies he was barely off our screens - what with "Whatever Happened to....", "Only When I Laugh" and "When the Boat Comes In" etc. You'd think he would have buried the Likely Lads hatchet long ago.
A bit like, many an Alec Guinness Retrospective rarely mentions the excellent Thames TV production of Monsignor Quixote.
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Feb 1, 2012 15:11:48 GMT
Endlessly frustrating that Bolam has always declined invitations to reunite the Likely Lads in the 21st Century. Rodney Bewes has always been up for it. It would be fascinating.
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Post by trubble on Feb 1, 2012 15:34:20 GMT
Likely Lads is crap. So is Only When I Laugh. Sorry. They make me feel as if I am being suffocated. So does HR Pufnstuff.
(Sorry was quite good).
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Post by trubble on Feb 1, 2012 15:35:06 GMT
Also downloading all those "River Cottage" thingies with Hugh Farly Pigfarmer Barnyard or whatever he is called.   |
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Feb 1, 2012 15:48:09 GMT
Likely Lads is crap. So is Only When I Laugh. Sorry. They make me feel as if I am being suffocated. So does HR Pufnstuff. (Sorry was quite good). OWIL I wasn't that keen on...but Likely Lads was class. Very well written, performed. Trubbs, you watched the Ant and Dec version? |
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Post by trubble on Feb 1, 2012 16:01:57 GMT
FFluffsSake, are you trying to kill me? I'm off to fetch my inhaler.
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Feb 1, 2012 16:25:12 GMT
FFluffsSake, are you trying to kill me? I'm off to fetch my inhaler. I like to wind asthmatics up Trubbs. It's my only real perversion.  |
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Post by Weyland on Feb 1, 2012 17:03:48 GMT
FFluffsSake, are you trying to kill me? I'm off to fetch my inhaler. I like to wind asthmatics up Trubbs. It's my only real perversion. Forget that, Chris. Save your breath. Let's concentrate on the Mud Wrestling. Alph is with us. |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 1, 2012 20:44:49 GMT
I like to wind asthmatics up Trubbs. It's my only real perversion. Forget that, Chris. Save your breath. Let's concentrate on the Mud Wrestling. Alph is with us. Always a crowd pleaser IMO.  AH |
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 3, 2012 8:28:15 GMT
Endlessly frustrating that Bolam has always declined invitations to reunite the Likely Lads in the 21st Century. Rodney Bewes has always been up for it. It would be fascinating. It would never work. It was too much of its time. It would have to be less sexist (a remake) and that just wouldn't be the same. It's like the Sweeney. It's a relic of a less enlightened age. |
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Post by Weyland on Feb 3, 2012 9:49:43 GMT
Endlessly frustrating that Bolam has always declined invitations to reunite the Likely Lads in the 21st Century. Rodney Bewes has always been up for it. It would be fascinating. It would never work. It was too much of its time. It would have to be less sexist (a remake) and that just wouldn't be the same. It's like the Sweeney. It's a relic of a less enlightened age. Brilliant at the time though. Especially if, like me, you knew all the places, flats, pubs, etc. And lived in the same town as Ian La Frenais -- Whitley Bay. Used to see him around, including in The Ship (which is The Fat Ox, I think). And it sums up me and my mate, except that he had the Ferris middle-class genes much worse. He eventually fell out with all his mates, including me. And his Thelma is a good match. If it's on, I watch it. Can't help it. Thelma: She must have quite a hold on Terry. Bob: Probably at this very moment. Thelma: Maybe we should invite Chris and Terry to badminton club. |
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Feb 3, 2012 11:36:13 GMT
I thought Rodney Bewes was BRILLIANT in the Likely Lads! Only does the odd panto now, and half the audience doesn't know who he is.
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Post by Weyland on Feb 3, 2012 11:43:09 GMT
I thought Rodney Bewes was BRILLIANT in the Likely Lads! Only does the odd panto now, and half the audience doesn't know who he is. I agree. Perfect in the part. And not even a Geordie.  Mind you, neither is James Bolam. He's a <choke> he's a <splutter> Ma... <glaarrgh> a Mackem. |
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Feb 3, 2012 11:50:28 GMT
I thought Rodney Bewes was BRILLIANT in the Likely Lads! Only does the odd panto now, and half the audience doesn't know who he is. I agree. Perfect in the part. And not even a Geordie. Mind you, neither is James Bolam. He's a <choke> he's a <splutter> Ma... <glaarrgh> a Mackem. |
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Feb 3, 2012 14:50:44 GMT
...and to Ant and Dec...this is how it should be done...watch and learn...
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