You would get sick of her and also Peg from married with children after a day. You’d be on constant alert. They’d drain your wallet. Every day you’d pray for the end of chaos.
>CinemaSins
if that's a youtube channel and you're referencing it as an authority of what is and what isn't funny in one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time then i need you to kys or at least stop depending on ecelebs to form opinions for you.
Is shingle? Does she like twinks in their twenties with blue eyes and 12% body fat and english as their second language? Uhhh lol idk . Just silly questions lol
i;ve got a basement full of guns to deter browns from coming onto my property. What have you got? other than you need to get a background check to get a knife and fork at a Restaurant
how many mid 30s+ brits are on Cinemaphile at any one time? 2 or 3? you could make a thread but of the 9 replies it would get, 7 would be from american zoomers explaining why tortoises are woke.
>how many mid 30s+ brits
This is not necessarily reflective of the wider picture but, I am in my late-20s and have seen it. There are plenty of things that are discussed on Cinemaphile that are not in the mainstream zeitgeist and yet get watched by anons who were either children or not even born when they were first released.
But fricking Keeping Up Appearances threads getting nearly 200 replies makes sense?
this is one of those special moments that only happen on Cinemaphile every 18 months or so. savour it.
It's like asking why Colombo has seemingly become so popular with zoomers on Cinemaphile.
brit generals attract the absolute lowest form of single cell organisms this country has to offer. the universe doesn't need another brit/misc/ or the permanently online spastics that dwell there.
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Do those sort of things even attract actual brits? Often when I see threads with a British connection they seem to be filled with turdworlders.
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brit/misc/ and britfeel are both dominated by a handful of proper window licker neets that have turned them into their entire existences and will friend simulate from several ips to annoy the one poor twat who thinks he's going to be able to shitpost about the news or life or whatever.
brit/misc/ was funny up until around brexit, now you can visit once a year year-on-year and it's exactly the same 5 people saying exactly the same 5 things in a cycle.
Not one of them, I'm a 30+ finn. British TV used to be hugely popular over here. My parents and grandparents would watch Hyacinth, the Fast Show, One Foot in the Grave etc., I'd catch episodes here and there and always enjoyed them, but as a kid I never fully appreciated british culture for all it was. Watching these old shows now, they're oozing a certain loveable soul, and I wish I could go back in time and experience it for myself. London in 2020 gave me a pretty powerful case of culture shock.
Listening to Noel Gallagher's Council Skies right now btw.
London is so large and populous that it's unofficially it's own country. Rural and suburban life in the south of England is still similar to these sitcoms from the 90s.
Did it hit suddenly? He looked ill for several episodes before he pegged it.
Also, a reminder that Bill Owen (Compo) got Michael Bates (Cyril) booted off the show because he didn't like his conservative views.
always fancied her.
actually went to goathland a couple times as a kid. rode a steam train, saw a bunch of sheep and the garage (was it Scripps or something?) was all done up like the programme. All very comfy and fond memories
>On the surface this show is what you'd imagine your mom or grandma watch
I have the show on my external HDD, why would I imagine shit like that? I remember watching it with my father when I was younger.
My local university puts this show on as part of its suite of British shows
When I return home for the holidays my parents used to keep trying to put it on
Never really was in the mood for watching it, but then again I never was bored watching it
The common recurring gags definitely play into the fun of the show, it's like you too are a neighbor of the buckets
And he's getting into weird gay commie shit or something. He vaguely mentions in one episode that he's joined the "sword of the people", and she makes a light-hearted reply, but her son is truly lost. I should look up a compilation of all phone calls with Sheridan and mentions of constant chum Tarquin.
>And he's getting into weird gay commie shit or something. He vaguely mentions in one episode that he's joined the "sword of the people",
He'd be fine. Actual Left wing politics died in the 90s for about a decade while when Blair did New Labour. Sherdans a gay uni student with a rich friend so naturally ended up there and started having satanic orgies with Alister Campbell
i think the sword of the people reference is in the very first episode iirc
>sword of the people
Perhaps like umKhonto wi Sizwe, Spear of the Nation, the African National Congress' paramilitary wing before they took power in South Africa.
Black terrrrrrists.
And he's getting into weird gay commie shit or something. He vaguely mentions in one episode that he's joined the "sword of the people", and she makes a light-hearted reply, but her son is truly lost. I should look up a compilation of all phone calls with Sheridan and mentions of constant chum Tarquin.
like much of hyacinth's life she's in deep denial about it
I remember in one episode Richard tried to bring it up and she basically did the stuttering flustered denial she did when faced with uncomfortable truths like the randy major
Richard didn't seem to care beyond being annoyed at his continued leeching of money for dumb shit
The key to much of British comedy is having a central character who, however pompous and/or (desirably) self-defeating they are, is underlyingly rather tragic and who you can sympathise with. When you get down to it Hyacinth's middle-class obsession is a result of the shame she feels for her working-class origins, and often her best well-intended efforts get foiled. Mainwaring in Dad's Army would, as a bank manager with delusions of grandeur, would in many other shows be the 'villain' however, the show balances it out by portraying him as a lonely man who has had no excitement in life and ultimately will give his life for his country.
Always makes me chuckle that Hyacinth and Richard are middle class characters, yet Patricia comes from working class Birkenhead and Clive from Bootle in Liverpool. It adds an extra layer to the keeping up of appearences in contrast to Onslow whos Meseyside roots/accent is very apparent.
The archetype for the main character in a British comedy seems to be somebody that is a bit of a c**t though means well, who is often surrounded by people who are even bigger c**ts yet don't mean well at all.
The archetype for the main character in a British comedy seems to be somebody that is a bit of a c**t though means well, who is often surrounded by people who are even bigger c**ts yet don't mean well at all.
There’s an interview with doctor who magazine where he basically says that he can’t stand acting and hates the general public and berates the interviewer for not knowing shorthand…I’ll post it if I find it
This one sucked but the Goodnight Sweatheart revival pilot episode where Gary Sparrow is now as out of place in the modern day surrounded by gays and 20 years worth of other shit as he used to be in the past was pretty good
her worst crime was fairly harmless middle class suburban snobbery and being a pain in everyone's arse, but there was no malace in her. compare her to other suburban stereotype characters and shes by far the most harmless.
No, this is not Cinemaphile - Video Games, and no you cannot have a thread about Balding Gate! Now, if you will excuse me, I am expecting an important thread from a prestigious film director on my white slimline telephone with auto redial, so please click on the correct board, good day! And it's Toevay!
this thread is the funniest i have seen in a while, i can't believe how many of you remember and like this show, site of young degenerates coming together to reminisce about a show mainly for old ladies
it's a show that's not only genuinely funny but pretty timeless barring someone inevitable modern bullshit b***hing about it being unbearably white
while obviously some of the notions of respectability aren't what they were the underlying themes about class and pretensions are easy to get
Do be careful with this cup, Elizabeth, it may be not my Royal Doulton china with the handpainted periwinkles, those are being prepared for my candlelight supper this evening with the Vicar, but I do know how slippery your grip often is. Now I shall put on some music. Do you enjoy Huey Lewis and the News? Their early work was perhaps too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I believe they really came into their own, socially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a beautiful boost. Oh if only Emmet were here, I could serenade him with my best rendition of Hip to be Square, your brother so appreciates my musical talents. "It's HIIIiiiIIiIiiIIIiiIIP to be SQU-AAAAAAaaaaaAAARRE"!
>Work in a female dominated industry, some 10-20yrs older than I am. >email about meeting room becoming unavailable at work. >reply complaining about having to cancel my candlight supper with the royal doulton teacups with hand painted periwinkles. >No one gets it. >A bunch of degenerates on Cinemaphile would've.
It's nice to be reminded why I still come here.
>If there's one thing I can't stand, it's snobbery and one-upmanship. People trying to pretend they're superior. Makes it so much harder for those of us who really are.
>It's janny! >How much does he want? >Oh, stop it, Anon! I'm sure he's just posting to say hello to his frens. Now, what is it? >[reading his reply] >You want nothing?
I watched it for the first recently and enjoyed it. It properly hits it stride in S2. The end of S4, where Brittas is hailed as a hero, was probably the best place and ending for the show to have. S5 is fine though is dragging out what should have probably concluded with the end of S4. I have never watched S6-7, although by all accounts they are shit.
>Oh, it's my sister Daisy, she's not the one with a Mercedes, a sauna and room for a pony. What? When? How many? Oh goodness. *snatches teacup* Elizabeth do run along home now! >Richard! Daddy has escaped to an internet café and he's posting on Cinemaphile again!
>Sheridan! >Not now, mother, I need to to prepare tea and light refreshments for a Centauri and Narn peace treaty summit. The Vorlons will be witnessing. >The VORLONS, you say? I'll fetch my best hat.
did we ever see sheridan? i only remember him being on the end of the phone.
The unseen character seems to be common in comedy. From the top of my head you have also got: Niles' wife in Frasier, Mainwaring's wife in Dad's Army, Arthur Daley's wife in Minder, the mother of one of the neighbours in One Foot in the Grave. It's not comedy but Colombo's wife somewhat used for comedy.
did we ever see sheridan? i only remember him being on the end of the phone.
Bruce nearly falls into this category. We have him mentioned frequently however, most of his appearances he is only heard or seen at a distance /briefly before we really get a look at him in S5. Speaking of unseen characters, Elizabeth has a husband who is mentioned like once in S1 - he is abroad on business - and seems to be forgotten about by the show.
>he is abroad on business - and seems to be forgotten about by the show.
I think the subtext is he would never come home because of hyacinth
on a meta level emmet basically filled the role her husband would have played but also allowed them to show us the process of a newbie being introduced into hyacinth's insanity
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>on a meta level emmet basically filled the role her husband would have played but also allowed them to show us the process of a newbie being introduced into hyacinth's insanity
Emmet only enters the show in S2.
>that reoccuring stuart lee bit focusing on this
i reckon it works because it allows funny people to improvise in a take without needing other actors to immediately get it and play along off script. but then i am a moron who has never acted and knows one joke so ignore me.
110 posters is more notable. You could have 300 posts yet that means nothing if you only have 3 (schizo) posters.
It depends, sometimes you can have a smaller group of people having a conversation, which is fine too. A thread where everyone posts exactly once probably isn't worth much
Which are your favourite Richard moments? >the time he finally snaps and yells at hyacinth >when he plays pool and smokes cigars with Onslow >when he kisses Liz under the mistletoe
All three of those of course. >the time he finally snaps and yells at hyacinth
My father had surprisingly not seen this episode when I told him about it a few months ago.
>Which are your favourite Richard moments? >>the time he finally snaps and yells at hyacinth >>when he plays pool and smokes cigars with Onslow >>when he kisses Liz under the mistletoe
If you wanted to farm youtube bux, clip these together, add a filter, and put the sigma male song over it
Bongbros, I'd say I've seen a pretty good amount of your TV for being a zoomer mutt. From what I have seen, I've noticed that there appears to be a bit of a decline toward the end of the 90s, though ultimately that may reflect more on my tastes. With US tv, it kind of seems we peaked more in the 2000s.
Idk, what do you guys think?
yea the 00s leaned heavily into that post irony everything is quirky or just shit thing and never recovered. the only comedy i remember enjoying from then was harry and paul.
I think Toast of London is the last British comedy of any note - and that came out in the early-to-mid 2010s where British comedy was being negatively affected by the political correctness that was joked about in the 00s, it was in the 10s when they started to pressure and then force them to include so many women and so on when it came to panel shows.
you had things like my family which looking back was the transition point where sitcoms went from lighthearted mocking of a stereotype we all at least could relate to from daily life if not actually see part of ourselves in, to exclusively comfortably affluent but not embarrassingly so london dwelling nulabour voting self inserts of the writers and it always felt very plastic because that generation of progressives took themselves too seriously. then you had all those same people write "diverse" sitcoms about northerners and those ethnic types and that all felt like a viz parody of a daily mail comment piece written in the prose of an imaginary guardian reader.
Nah the fast show (1994) was the end of British comedy. It introduced anti-intellectual script writing and anti-comedy and led directly to little Britain, which nailed the coffin shut.
I'll be honest, it's actually pretty hard for me to gauge when an older british show actually was made, because seemingly the camera quality was offset from contemporary american shows.
Idk if I'm schizo or moronic for this, but I seem to always be 5-10 years off in my guesses. I can nail down a 'murican show pretty accurately but not a british one
all yuropoor jokes etc the us is much wealthier than the uk and this was doubly true in the post-war decades. if two shows of the same time look a decade apart in film quality it probably is because we were using much older kit.
Film has a timeless look to it. I suppose that's why some modern movies like Past Lives are still shot on film. BBC was once quite prestigious with its tech.
My understanding from being into older Dr. Who is that in britain, tv budgets were a lot more strict. In that specific case it's the cause of the 'junking' that's so infamous.
Is this correct, and if so, why is this the case?
the wider context is ww2 and the final collapse of empire left us flat fricking broke. it's never viewed by brits like this but the country has lurched from one crises to another ever since. so yea with money being tight and the bbc having its funding dictated by the government using older equipment, having lower budgets for things and scrapping old recordings to save on storage was inevitable.
Film has a timeless look to it. I suppose that's why some modern movies like Past Lives are still shot on film. BBC was once quite prestigious with its tech.
Much of British TV was forced to get by on what is a shoestring budget. The strength in British TV shows is, or once commonly was, the writing and/or acting were good.
Nah the fast show (1994) was the end of British comedy. It introduced anti-intellectual script writing and anti-comedy and led directly to little Britain, which nailed the coffin shut.
In spite of the pond gap involved, americans who know about this show probably watched it on PBS with their older relatives, so you have a topic that people likely remember somewhat fondly
One of the big differences between American and British comedy (and TV in general) is in America you have a writers room whereas in Britain it is typically one or two people. That's why you get British comedies being 6 or so episodes per batch as you are not going to get one guy being able to write 24 episodes in one go. This also explains the budget. Most American shows lose money, and only recoup it through syndication - you need something like 80-100 episodes for American syndication to work, which the vast majority of British comedies are not going to reach.
I'm so desperately lonely that I wouldn't even mind a Hyacinth wife
It makes you wonder how Richard came to marry her.
>Hyacinth wife
?
You would get sick of her and also Peg from married with children after a day. You’d be on constant alert. They’d drain your wallet. Every day you’d pray for the end of chaos.
Those British sitcoms of the 70s-90s were peak comfy.
American shows are/were too obnoxious for me.
(btw I'm not British I'm Australian)
Watch Mother and Son. Aussie comedy from the 80s and 90s but with a classic British sitcom vibe
Watch the Desmonds, peak channel 4 british comedy
Ab Fab and Red Dwarf can play 24 hours a day and I'll never get bored.
>laugh track
Kek. Loved this show.
Why were there so many fruits in this family? Even her brother in law was a cross dresser
>Why were there so many fruits in this family?
Juxtaposes her air of decorum, gays were still looked down upon when KUA was made.
They are British. It’s weird to be completely straight
Low class even
How did they get away with the same joke again and again? CinemaSins would have eaten this show for breakfast
>CinemaSins
if that's a youtube channel and you're referencing it as an authority of what is and what isn't funny in one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time then i need you to kys or at least stop depending on ecelebs to form opinions for you.
It's called a running gag.
>How did they get away with the same joke again and again? CinemaSins would have eaten this show for breakfast
Bazinga
Repeating jokes that work do so as the audience gets a comfy suspense in anticipating the punchline.
Oh no! Some gay youtuber has a shit opinion on this masterpiece. Whatever shall we do?
Yes, it's the deliveryman here, we have your new couch and armchairs, Mrs. Evil.
It's "Euvail".
Perfect for one of my candlelight suppers.
The ps5 remake looks good
this fictional game is either a tony hawks clone set in british suburbia or tea party micromachines
oh you anons
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IT'S BOQUET NOT BUCKET
That women is dead. Not cool to talk about her lame government funded show anymore
Patricia Routledge is alive and well.
Is shingle? Does she like twinks in their twenties with blue eyes and 12% body fat and english as their second language? Uhhh lol idk . Just silly questions lol
>pretty much everyone else on the show is dead
So basically Hyacinth fricking won.
>Well
Pretty sure she has dementia
>he says while millions of burritos pour across his border
i;ve got a basement full of guns to deter browns from coming onto my property. What have you got? other than you need to get a background check to get a knife and fork at a Restaurant
oh i get it, hyacinth is a flower
all the sisters were named after flowers - Rose, Daisy and Violet
Violet? Oh is that the one with a Mercedes, a swimming pool and room for a pony?
what the hell is that black shit?
It's protects brits from dying of heat stroke in 30 degree weather.
It's waney edge cladding that's been stained black so your house looks like a harvester
It's called 'wood'
lol, never excepted to see this show on here
can't believe she's still alive
On the surface this show is what you'd imagine your mom or grandma watch but if you actually watch it yourself you find it's pretty funny
The main actress is funny as frick and has a good supporting cast, they get a lot of mileage out of simple gags.
my mum loves it and from what i have seen of it i can't really fault it, it is actually funny
It's the show you watch with your grandma
my grandmother is like hyacinth and laughs at this show
My grandma was always watching it and it is legitimately very funny
This and MASH were the only shows both me and my dad could enjoy together. I miss him.
Same, my grandmother had PBS playing britcoms constantly, abd this was in the deep south.
90s mumcore was abfab (and blind date)
WHEELS ON FIRE
>"who is that idiot next door? He's gone back to the house 4 or 5 times"
The Pet Shop Boys song about AbFab was downright kino
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bruh you're forgetting birds of a feather
When I was young, Keeping up Appearances and Are you Being Served were both shows we could watch with mum
Me mum loves this show and so do I.
One Foot in the Grave is more 90s mumcore which is better than anything shat out today.
>One Foot in the Grave
I am surprised I don't see more posts on Cinemaphile about it.
how many mid 30s+ brits are on Cinemaphile at any one time? 2 or 3? you could make a thread but of the 9 replies it would get, 7 would be from american zoomers explaining why tortoises are woke.
But fricking Keeping Up Appearances threads getting nearly 200 replies makes sense?
this is one of those special moments that only happen on Cinemaphile every 18 months or so. savour it.
>how many mid 30s+ brits
This is not necessarily reflective of the wider picture but, I am in my late-20s and have seen it. There are plenty of things that are discussed on Cinemaphile that are not in the mainstream zeitgeist and yet get watched by anons who were either children or not even born when they were first released.
It's like asking why Colombo has seemingly become so popular with zoomers on Cinemaphile.
evidently, there's quite a lot of us. /tv uk 40 year old boomer general wen?
>there's been a bumming in london
I'm a simple europoor teaboo wistful for a time when the UK was actually a country you might have wanted to visit.
we had a good run, nothing lasts forever
brit generals attract the absolute lowest form of single cell organisms this country has to offer. the universe doesn't need another brit/misc/ or the permanently online spastics that dwell there.
Do those sort of things even attract actual brits? Often when I see threads with a British connection they seem to be filled with turdworlders.
brit/misc/ and britfeel are both dominated by a handful of proper window licker neets that have turned them into their entire existences and will friend simulate from several ips to annoy the one poor twat who thinks he's going to be able to shitpost about the news or life or whatever.
brit/misc/ was funny up until around brexit, now you can visit once a year year-on-year and it's exactly the same 5 people saying exactly the same 5 things in a cycle.
tfw Edith, in her French accent pronounced "comforted me" as "cum farted me".
Crazy what they could get away with during daytime tv
>Is he one of us?
Anon, the waitress are explicitly prostituting themselves.
Not one of them, I'm a 30+ finn. British TV used to be hugely popular over here. My parents and grandparents would watch Hyacinth, the Fast Show, One Foot in the Grave etc., I'd catch episodes here and there and always enjoyed them, but as a kid I never fully appreciated british culture for all it was. Watching these old shows now, they're oozing a certain loveable soul, and I wish I could go back in time and experience it for myself. London in 2020 gave me a pretty powerful case of culture shock.
Listening to Noel Gallagher's Council Skies right now btw.
London is so large and populous that it's unofficially it's own country. Rural and suburban life in the south of England is still similar to these sitcoms from the 90s.
>Not enough interest for a comfy One Foot in the Grave thread
I don't believe it!
I don't believe it
10/10 Thread
Last of the Summer Wine is not the same after Compo's actor died.
They are all dead now. I rarely find myself able to watch the first few seasons as I desperately wish I was in 1970s Yorkshire
Compo's actor's death hits though as it happened suddenly through production and resulted in them doing several episodes addressing the fact.
Did it hit suddenly? He looked ill for several episodes before he pegged it.
Also, a reminder that Bill Owen (Compo) got Michael Bates (Cyril) booted off the show because he didn't like his conservative views.
maturing is realising we all becoming these characters and it's a good thing
This is the thread
always fancied her.
actually went to goathland a couple times as a kid. rode a steam train, saw a bunch of sheep and the garage (was it Scripps or something?) was all done up like the programme. All very comfy and fond memories
I used to watch this show with my grandmother. I miss her so damn much.
>On the surface this show is what you'd imagine your mom or grandma watch
I have the show on my external HDD, why would I imagine shit like that? I remember watching it with my father when I was younger.
My local university puts this show on as part of its suite of British shows
When I return home for the holidays my parents used to keep trying to put it on
Never really was in the mood for watching it, but then again I never was bored watching it
The common recurring gags definitely play into the fun of the show, it's like you too are a neighbor of the buckets
I remember thinking Onslow was comically fat as a kid and now he's just every c**t on the street
*smacks Cinemaphile*
You can't drink Boddingtons out of a can like that, you have to pour it into a glass.
Onslow will drink however he pleases.
There's at least four Onslows living on my street
Oh, nice.
spitting image of my grandad who died in 2002, jesus christ.
would you, Cinemaphile?
No. I've been near women like this and they all smell like cigarettes and have rotten teeth
You're just not drunk enough.
Beats a wank.
yes I fricked a woman in london who looked like that it was a bit creepy though because her husband was watching though an open door
No.
If fricked a woman like that when I was 22 but I felt bad about when I came because I was making eye contact with a photo of her son.
Yes. However the taste of cigarette lips is disgusting and the pussy is always leathery. I'd still eat it out though, because I'm a gentleman.
I would if it was the other actress who played her.
lmfao her son is unironically a homo
And he's getting into weird gay commie shit or something. He vaguely mentions in one episode that he's joined the "sword of the people", and she makes a light-hearted reply, but her son is truly lost. I should look up a compilation of all phone calls with Sheridan and mentions of constant chum Tarquin.
Nice, you watched the show too? Link it when you find it anon
>And he's getting into weird gay commie shit or something. He vaguely mentions in one episode that he's joined the "sword of the people",
He'd be fine. Actual Left wing politics died in the 90s for about a decade while when Blair did New Labour. Sherdans a gay uni student with a rich friend so naturally ended up there and started having satanic orgies with Alister Campbell
i think the sword of the people reference is in the very first episode iirc
>sword of the people
Perhaps like umKhonto wi Sizwe, Spear of the Nation, the African National Congress' paramilitary wing before they took power in South Africa.
Black terrrrrrists.
like much of hyacinth's life she's in deep denial about it
I remember in one episode Richard tried to bring it up and she basically did the stuttering flustered denial she did when faced with uncomfortable truths like the randy major
Richard didn't seem to care beyond being annoyed at his continued leeching of money for dumb shit
The key to much of British comedy is having a central character who, however pompous and/or (desirably) self-defeating they are, is underlyingly rather tragic and who you can sympathise with. When you get down to it Hyacinth's middle-class obsession is a result of the shame she feels for her working-class origins, and often her best well-intended efforts get foiled. Mainwaring in Dad's Army would, as a bank manager with delusions of grandeur, would in many other shows be the 'villain' however, the show balances it out by portraying him as a lonely man who has had no excitement in life and ultimately will give his life for his country.
Always makes me chuckle that Hyacinth and Richard are middle class characters, yet Patricia comes from working class Birkenhead and Clive from Bootle in Liverpool. It adds an extra layer to the keeping up of appearences in contrast to Onslow whos Meseyside roots/accent is very apparent.
The archetype for the main character in a British comedy seems to be somebody that is a bit of a c**t though means well, who is often surrounded by people who are even bigger c**ts yet don't mean well at all.
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Scrumptious boy arse
Yeah gimme a chicken curry, with rice.
Oh, NICE.
I remember hearing the actor who played Richard was a tremendous butthole irl
How did he endure it, bros?
He just got on with it.
the pussy game ridiculous
Their sex life was dead after they got son
There’s an interview with doctor who magazine where he basically says that he can’t stand acting and hates the general public and berates the interviewer for not knowing shorthand…I’ll post it if I find it
who was in the wrong here?
Richard = Dick
his agent/the readership of who magazine who fund its existence
Poor Hyacinth.
He was a good actor because he played the soft sympathetic husband perfectly.
>[Chats at length about his show]
kekekeke no wonder he was hostile to this 'journalist'. Probably sussed her out immediately
This was likely just good natured ball breaking banter which reads c**ty when you can't actually see the tongue in cheek.
Love.
Christ what an butthole
>Benjamin Cook
I think the book The Writers Tale exists solely because Russell Davies wanted to pump this kid full of mangoo
he was king arthur's adopted father in excalibur
I'm pretty sure he's just taking the piss.
>posting /misc/ dogshit in a comfy british sitcom thread
literally kys
mind the cyclist
>gets arrested for facebook posts
Ironic. Remind me again who got arrested for posting shit about some sheriff?
if you think about it, all the sisters are named after flowers
Except Daisy.
COME ALONG RICHARD
What's the consensus on the prequel? Is it worth a watch?
...there's a prequel?
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Hyacinth
im going to pretend you never mentioned it and it doesn't exist
This one sucked but the Goodnight Sweatheart revival pilot episode where Gary Sparrow is now as out of place in the modern day surrounded by gays and 20 years worth of other shit as he used to be in the past was pretty good
reminder that they made a prequel
I don't remember Daddy being fat
Yeah i don't know what the frick they were thinking with that casting. I guess "hes the guy from GOT" was all they cared about
Wait that was meant to be Hyacinth? I was waiting for the young Hyacinth to walk in then they address this random person as her.
Man, they cast Daisy well! That's exactly the same smile middle-aged Daisy has
>The episode where some country hillbilly lusts after Hyacinth's fat arse
He was literally me
you don't even need to vote for that to happen in your c**t
What did Hyacinth do wrong?
literally NOTHING
her worst crime was fairly harmless middle class suburban snobbery and being a pain in everyone's arse, but there was no malace in her. compare her to other suburban stereotype characters and shes by far the most harmless.
I have always considered sheridan to be such a lovely name
>RICHARD JUST LOOK AT YOUR JERSEY
The QE2 episode is peak 90s British sitcom kino. It's hilarious from start to finish.
I remember watching and re-watching that on a VHS recording.
Growing older is realising the shows I hated as a child are poignant and reflective across generations
My favorite gag was the Chinese takeaway phone calls.
No, this is not Cinemaphile - Video Games, and no you cannot have a thread about Balding Gate! Now, if you will excuse me, I am expecting an important thread from a prestigious film director on my white slimline telephone with auto redial, so please click on the correct board, good day! And it's Toevay!
>the director turns out to be Tommy Wiseau who has amorous intentions towards Hyacinth
She'll sing at me.
This is the world without fossil fuels
>we just need the electric ambulance to change to 75%
>it'll be ready in 2 hours
this thread is the funniest i have seen in a while, i can't believe how many of you remember and like this show, site of young degenerates coming together to reminisce about a show mainly for old ladies
it wasn't a show for old ladies, it was bbc 1 prime time.
we don't all live in the UK bruv, don't give a toss what time ya ad a laugh in the 90's, pay yeh bollocking tv license ya twat
everyone lives in the uk, they just don't know it yet.
It is repeatedly fairly often in the UK - I think on the channel Drama.
This is truely a humorous and heartwarming thread Anon.
I'm glad that I shared it with you
it's a show that's not only genuinely funny but pretty timeless barring someone inevitable modern bullshit b***hing about it being unbearably white
while obviously some of the notions of respectability aren't what they were the underlying themes about class and pretensions are easy to get
the whole thing is on iplayer as well
Who was /ourguy/, Richard or Onslow?
Onslow is definitely Cinemaphile but we have a fondness and respect for Richard.
ohh nice thread
>he thinks people actually have a say on immigration
>its impossible to vote for a party that isn't pro-immigration
That doesn't sound very much like democracy
Thank you OP for this comfy Saturday morning thread
Do be careful with this cup, Elizabeth, it may be not my Royal Doulton china with the handpainted periwinkles, those are being prepared for my candlelight supper this evening with the Vicar, but I do know how slippery your grip often is. Now I shall put on some music. Do you enjoy Huey Lewis and the News? Their early work was perhaps too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I believe they really came into their own, socially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a beautiful boost. Oh if only Emmet were here, I could serenade him with my best rendition of Hip to be Square, your brother so appreciates my musical talents. "It's HIIIiiiIIiIiiIIIiiIIP to be SQU-AAAAAAaaaaaAAARRE"!
*off screen crash of teacup*
Mwah, Bellissimo
A daring synthesis
include me in the screencap
>Oh Elizabeth...!
*attacks her with Fiskars slim fit steel axe with handcarved Hickory handle*
a crossover we didn't know we needed
>Work in a female dominated industry, some 10-20yrs older than I am.
>email about meeting room becoming unavailable at work.
>reply complaining about having to cancel my candlight supper with the royal doulton teacups with hand painted periwinkles.
>No one gets it.
>A bunch of degenerates on Cinemaphile would've.
It's nice to be reminded why I still come here.
quit and find some decent workmates, champ
>Hyacinth and Richard browse Cinemaphile, or rather Richard scrolls the mouse wheel at Hyacinth's instruction
>Mind the soijack.
>....on page 10?
>Hyacinth is desperately trying to get dubs
>After repeated attempts she eventually gets them
>Anon immediately after her gets quads
>If there's one thing I can't stand, it's snobbery and one-upmanship. People trying to pretend they're superior. Makes it so much harder for those of us who really are.
>It's "Buh-nay".
>It's janny!
>How much does he want?
>Oh, stop it, Anon! I'm sure he's just posting to say hello to his frens. Now, what is it?
>[reading his reply]
>You want nothing?
>Have you ever wondered why Janny knows so much about women's fashion in his own size?
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>Oh, Violet! How is Bruce? What do you mean Bruce wants to be a woman? Bruce will never be a woman.
i used to watch it with my parents on dvd 15 years ago or so and we still quote it to this day in conversations
Was the show shown in the US?
pbs
The Teavée residence, the Lady of the board speaking!
The Mosquito Man residence, the crasher of the plane speaking!
As we are here, what do anons think of The Brittas Empire?
I watched it for the first recently and enjoyed it. It properly hits it stride in S2. The end of S4, where Brittas is hailed as a hero, was probably the best place and ending for the show to have. S5 is fine though is dragging out what should have probably concluded with the end of S4. I have never watched S6-7, although by all accounts they are shit.
heh
>Oh, it's my sister Daisy, she's not the one with a Mercedes, a sauna and room for a pony. What? When? How many? Oh goodness. *snatches teacup* Elizabeth do run along home now!
>Richard! Daddy has escaped to an internet café and he's posting on Cinemaphile again!
>For goodness sake Hyacinth, calm down. He won't get past the captcha
>He's got a Pass!
>it's Onslow's
>Them buying passes, and me not being able to get a bus pass
>You know I would allow daddy to live with us but, I do not want to get ranged banned due to his posting.
>Oh it's wonderful news, Sheridan has been accepted as an officer of the custodial staff.
>I thought he was a janitor.
Richard, you know I love my family, but that's no reason why I should have to acknowledge them in broad daylight.
>no emmett
best character
>She'll Banepost at me!
Major is one of the coomer posters.
I remember that episode with the sea captain too.
Hyacinth is one top piece of tottie.
she's so cute and pretty brehs
There's too much nostalgia in this thread.
Oooh Betty!
Some mothers do ave em is one of the funniest shows of all time
Mind the redditor.
My grandpa loved this show, I'm fond of it because of that.
t. Mutt zoom zoom
My mother is exactly like her.
So she knows you're a gay but ignores it and still loves you? Cool cool
Literally me
>Sheridan!
>Not now, mother, I need to to prepare tea and light refreshments for a Centauri and Narn peace treaty summit. The Vorlons will be witnessing.
>The VORLONS, you say? I'll fetch my best hat.
What would she make of Delenn?
did we ever see sheridan? i only remember him being on the end of the phone.
Only phone.
The unseen character seems to be common in comedy. From the top of my head you have also got: Niles' wife in Frasier, Mainwaring's wife in Dad's Army, Arthur Daley's wife in Minder, the mother of one of the neighbours in One Foot in the Grave. It's not comedy but Colombo's wife somewhat used for comedy.
Bruce nearly falls into this category. We have him mentioned frequently however, most of his appearances he is only heard or seen at a distance /briefly before we really get a look at him in S5. Speaking of unseen characters, Elizabeth has a husband who is mentioned like once in S1 - he is abroad on business - and seems to be forgotten about by the show.
>he is abroad on business - and seems to be forgotten about by the show.
I think the subtext is he would never come home because of hyacinth
on a meta level emmet basically filled the role her husband would have played but also allowed them to show us the process of a newbie being introduced into hyacinth's insanity
>on a meta level emmet basically filled the role her husband would have played but also allowed them to show us the process of a newbie being introduced into hyacinth's insanity
Emmet only enters the show in S2.
wait what? is that why emmett is always so shifty? dirty dog.
>that reoccuring stuart lee bit focusing on this
i reckon it works because it allows funny people to improvise in a take without needing other actors to immediately get it and play along off script. but then i am a moron who has never acted and knows one joke so ignore me.
would be a kino plot twist
Make way comfy 90s UK show coming through
watching some clips rn, looks like a cute show
GRIFFIIIIITHS!
>252 posts
a real candle light supper of a thread. very comfy saturday afternoon.
110 posters is more notable. You could have 300 posts yet that means nothing if you only have 3 (schizo) posters.
It depends, sometimes you can have a smaller group of people having a conversation, which is fine too. A thread where everyone posts exactly once probably isn't worth much
Thread averaging at 2.39639639639 posts per anon.
its stayed on topic and there isnt autistic bickering about some small point of irrelevance which makes it better than 99.9% of nuCinemaphile threads.
>Don't you find it unequivocally remarkable, that someone would browse and caretake a website completely without any compensation whatsoever?
It's a moral duty chud!
*smacks thread*
how do you respond without sounding mad?
>I'll be sure to let them know at the post office, Mrs. Bucket.
Which are your favourite Richard moments?
>the time he finally snaps and yells at hyacinth
>when he plays pool and smokes cigars with Onslow
>when he kisses Liz under the mistletoe
Driving with one shoe or begging not to be retired to avoid staying at home all the time.
All three of those of course.
>the time he finally snaps and yells at hyacinth
My father had surprisingly not seen this episode when I told him about it a few months ago.
>Which are your favourite Richard moments?
>>the time he finally snaps and yells at hyacinth
>>when he plays pool and smokes cigars with Onslow
>>when he kisses Liz under the mistletoe
If you wanted to farm youtube bux, clip these together, add a filter, and put the sigma male song over it
Bongbros, I'd say I've seen a pretty good amount of your TV for being a zoomer mutt. From what I have seen, I've noticed that there appears to be a bit of a decline toward the end of the 90s, though ultimately that may reflect more on my tastes. With US tv, it kind of seems we peaked more in the 2000s.
Idk, what do you guys think?
yea the 00s leaned heavily into that post irony everything is quirky or just shit thing and never recovered. the only comedy i remember enjoying from then was harry and paul.
I remember early Not Going Out being the last traditional British sitcom.
I think Toast of London is the last British comedy of any note - and that came out in the early-to-mid 2010s where British comedy was being negatively affected by the political correctness that was joked about in the 00s, it was in the 10s when they started to pressure and then force them to include so many women and so on when it came to panel shows.
you had things like my family which looking back was the transition point where sitcoms went from lighthearted mocking of a stereotype we all at least could relate to from daily life if not actually see part of ourselves in, to exclusively comfortably affluent but not embarrassingly so london dwelling nulabour voting self inserts of the writers and it always felt very plastic because that generation of progressives took themselves too seriously. then you had all those same people write "diverse" sitcoms about northerners and those ethnic types and that all felt like a viz parody of a daily mail comment piece written in the prose of an imaginary guardian reader.
I'll be honest, it's actually pretty hard for me to gauge when an older british show actually was made, because seemingly the camera quality was offset from contemporary american shows.
Idk if I'm schizo or moronic for this, but I seem to always be 5-10 years off in my guesses. I can nail down a 'murican show pretty accurately but not a british one
all yuropoor jokes etc the us is much wealthier than the uk and this was doubly true in the post-war decades. if two shows of the same time look a decade apart in film quality it probably is because we were using much older kit.
My understanding from being into older Dr. Who is that in britain, tv budgets were a lot more strict. In that specific case it's the cause of the 'junking' that's so infamous.
Is this correct, and if so, why is this the case?
>tv budgets were a lot more strict.
Still are. 10x less than the american equivalent is typical.
the wider context is ww2 and the final collapse of empire left us flat fricking broke. it's never viewed by brits like this but the country has lurched from one crises to another ever since. so yea with money being tight and the bbc having its funding dictated by the government using older equipment, having lower budgets for things and scrapping old recordings to save on storage was inevitable.
Film has a timeless look to it. I suppose that's why some modern movies like Past Lives are still shot on film. BBC was once quite prestigious with its tech.
Much of British TV was forced to get by on what is a shoestring budget. The strength in British TV shows is, or once commonly was, the writing and/or acting were good.
>decline toward the end of the 90s
Nah the fast show (1994) was the end of British comedy. It introduced anti-intellectual script writing and anti-comedy and led directly to little Britain, which nailed the coffin shut.
Maturity is becoming Onslow and being perfectly fine with it.
frickin' aye
>my parents are now significantly older than Richard and Hyacinth were in this show
What killed British comedy is the same thing that killed so much on both sides of the Atlantic: a lack of earnestness by the people working on it.
this is the only thread i've ever made that survived overnight, thank you dear ones
In spite of the pond gap involved, americans who know about this show probably watched it on PBS with their older relatives, so you have a topic that people likely remember somewhat fondly
One of the big differences between American and British comedy (and TV in general) is in America you have a writers room whereas in Britain it is typically one or two people. That's why you get British comedies being 6 or so episodes per batch as you are not going to get one guy being able to write 24 episodes in one go. This also explains the budget. Most American shows lose money, and only recoup it through syndication - you need something like 80-100 episodes for American syndication to work, which the vast majority of British comedies are not going to reach.
>thread is still going
We're hitting comfy levels that shouldn't even be possible
Over 300 posts
If you guys want to continue with comfy britkino, I liked pie in the sky so much I made a thread about it
/comfy/
>Hyacinth's accent shifts to more midlands like her sisters' when she's very flustered
It's the little things
Very pleasant candlelight supper thread anons.