Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 7 Paid Members Posted July 7 I really wanted Porkpie to be better than it was. But it was a prime example of how some characters are better in limited doses. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted July 7 Members Posted July 7 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Carbomb said: I really wanted Porkpie to be better than it was. But it was a prime example of how some characters are better in limited doses. Sure, but at the time it was more Desmonds related stuff which I was more than welcoming of. I was delighted when he popped up in absolutely shite Christmas films Your Christmas Or Mine and its sequel (of course they were shite, Daniel Mays was in them) and Ram John Holder is an absolutely bad boy name. Edited July 7 by SuperBacon Your Christmas Or Mine was the name of the film Quote
davertfnewman Posted July 7 Posted July 7 21 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: Honor didn't look like that in The Upper Hand! I used to watch that. Mainly because it was "Rodney". Janet Dibley turned up in Eastenders after that. David Jason had an ITV sitcom around that time too, "A bit of a do" with Gwen Taylor. I thought it was crap but I was only young and probably expecting Delboy. Gwen Taylor was in another one, Barbara with Sam Kelly, which wasn't too bad for ITV. My dad was a fan of her from the sixties when he was a teenager and I could see what he still remembered fondly. Also a fan of Helen Mirren and Sheila Gish, the latter of whom combated with Jean Boht over who could do Blanche or Sophia worse in Golden Girls ripoff Brighton Belles. Quote
Paid Members mim731 Posted July 7 Paid Members Posted July 7 43 minutes ago, gmoney said: Desmond's is great. Used to get repeats on London Live all the time, don't know if that's still the case. Absolutely. It was also quite ground-breaking in it's own way, with a lot of serious heavy stuff about race, and also violence in lower socio-economic areas tackled in a really progressive way for the time. It was also very funny. 42 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: Desmonds, and Porkpie, was huge where I grew up Same for me, Matthew in particular staying every story with "In the Gambia" was a very popular running joke where I went to school. 27 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: Ram John Holder is an absolutely bad boy name. Very random one, but years ago through a friend of a friend we ended up in a pub in Highgate the night their owners were leaving, and they had a big lock-in, and Ram John Holder was among the people inside. Didn't get to chat for long, but he seemed like a top bloke. Quote
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted July 7 Paid Members Posted July 7 Me and my brother loved Desmonds and Porkpie. Though as northern white boys I did have to remind my brother not to do the accent. In fairness he was about 8. Quote
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted July 7 Paid Members Posted July 7 Are we all forgetting Frank Skinners sitcom Shane? On ITV in the 2000s. They filmed a second series and never released it. For someone who’s meant the be main guy of the show and likeable, he ends up cheating on his wife. What a nice guy who we can all root for. Quote
Browser Brady Posted July 7 Posted July 7 What actually happened Nick Hancock ? I don’t seem to recall any huge story or scandal? It seemed like he was everywhere in the 90’s and then the 2000’s happened and he was nowhere. Quote
davertfnewman Posted July 7 Posted July 7 Just got out of it and got married, had a family, became an estate agent. Here's another stinker, not winning any points for being "autobiographical": Quote
Just Some Guy Posted July 7 Posted July 7 1 hour ago, TheBurningRed said: Are we all forgetting Frank Skinners sitcom Shane? On ITV in the 2000s. They filmed a second series and never released it. For someone who’s meant the be main guy of the show and likeable, he ends up cheating on his wife. What a nice guy who we can all root for. See also Goidnight Sweetheart. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted July 7 Members Posted July 7 Just now, Just Some Guy said: See also Goidnight Sweetheart. I honestly don't blame him. His modern day missus was a nightmare and he met Dervla Kirwan. I would've made that choice too. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted July 7 Paid Members Posted July 7 27 minutes ago, Browser Brady said: What actually happened Nick Hancock ? He retired I believe. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted July 7 Paid Members Posted July 7 2 hours ago, TheBurningRed said: Are we all forgetting Frank Skinners sitcom Shane? On ITV in the 2000s. They filmed a second series and never released it. For someone who’s meant the be main guy of the show and likeable, he ends up cheating on his wife. What a nice guy who we can all root for. Frank might be a worse actor than Harry Enfield. He's one of my favourite stand ups/radio hosts but fuck me Shane was appalling. Quote
Just Some Guy Posted July 7 Posted July 7 Oh, I'm not dissing Gary Sparrow. It's just cheating on your wife with a 60 year time gap was presented as cute on prime BBC. Is the difference because Lydhurst was a family favourite and Skinner an edgy (for the time) alternative comic? Quote
Chico Torres Posted July 7 Posted July 7 Thankfully I appear to have avoided most of these ITV sitcoms but since it rarely comes up I want to confirm that Desmond’s was indeed great and groundbreaking and the theme song was one of the best Quote
Chili Posted July 7 Posted July 7 24 minutes ago, gmoney said: Frank might be a worse actor than Harry Enfield. He's one of my favourite stand ups/radio hosts but fuck me Shane was appalling. It's a credit to David Baddiel that he was better than Frank at something, and it turned out it was bad sitcoms. Quote
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