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Post by maherjunkie on Mar 17, 2007 11:41:31 GMT -5
He's "free"!
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Post by ladyday on Mar 17, 2007 16:53:28 GMT -5
I hope that I am not out of order, but "As Time Goes By" is one of my favorites. It has a sweetness and sentimentality that I find appealing.
You have the mother, Jean, and the first real love of her life, Lionel, meeting and having a torrid romance during WWII. He has to leave. She writes to him, but never gets a response. He writes to her, but does not get a reply.
Years pass, they both marry. She has a daughter, Judith, and becomes a widow. Lionel marries and becomes a coffee farmer in Kenya. His marriage ends in divorce.
They find each other again when he is writing a book about his life in Kenya. She owns a clerical temp agency and he uses her services.
The program is the story of their meeting again and blending a new like together after a 38 year absence.
After hearing the back story, and seeing Dame Judy Dench and Geoffrey Palmer in the lead roles. I had no choice. I had to like it.
I envy your having the entire set. I saw it on television, but I know that all 64 episodes were not shown. I have a collection, but only the ones rebroadcast on BBC America.
I also caught a glimpse of a James Bond movie with Pierce Bronson, that they both were in. I had to smile.
You spoke about "Keeping Up Appearances". Most people that I know hate Hyacinth, but I find her self inflicted predicaments, quite amusing. I particularly like the episode you mentioned about the cruise. I loved the end when Hyacinth and Onslow danced together. They were really good. I really like Patricia Routledge's work. She makes a totally unlikeable character magnetic to watch.
Among my other favorites are "To the Manor Born", "Father Ted", "My Family", "The Worst Week", "Coupling", "Mr. Bean", Fawlty Towers", "The Office", and of course, "Girls Behaving Badly."
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Post by member727 on Mar 17, 2007 20:05:51 GMT -5
Among my other favorites are "To the Manor Born", "Father Ted", "My Family", "The Worst Week", "Coupling", "Mr. Bean", Fawlty Towers", "The Office", and of course, "Girls Behaving Badly." "Girls Behaving Badly"? Sounds like a d-grade reality show I remember Men Behaving Badly which was great Unfortunately it inspired a lot of loutish behaviour at the time, I seem to recall.
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Post by ladyday on Mar 19, 2007 19:34:27 GMT -5
I forgot about "Men Behaving Badly". The British version was far superior to the US copy with with Rob Schneider and Ron Eldard. Although of the US version, the funniest episode was when Rob Schneider was making coffee, but could not find the filters. As a substitute, he used a pair of "tidie whities". I don't recall if they were clean. I did say "Girls Behaving Badly", and you are correct, that was an awful reality show that did exactly what it said. However, the program I was thinking about, but used the wrong name was "Absolutely Fabulous" with Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley. It was brilliant. Sorry for the mix up. There are additional British Comedies that I enjoyed, such as "Good Neighbors", with Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith, and Paul Eddington. Penelope Keith also stared in "To the Manor Born" which I mentioned previously in this thread. Thank you for catching my error.
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Post by member727 on Mar 19, 2007 19:59:02 GMT -5
No problem. We never saw the US version of MBB over here (it sounds a bit like the US version of Coupling, which incidentally was a british version of Friends (a remake of a remake - how do you think that would turn out!)). Absolutely Fabulous was great for the first few seasons, though I only saw the last one, long after it the show had run out of steam. Interestingly, does anyone see Margot from The Good Life/ Good Neighbors as a direct predecessor to Hyacinth?
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Post by alexbobby85 on May 8, 2007 23:23:02 GMT -5
I love As Time Goes by it's my favorite UK show
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