Last week, on Christmas Day, for old times’ sake – which there seems to be rather a lot of in my middle age – I watched on BBC2 a recently rediscovered early episode of Morecambe & Wise from 1970, which had previously been thought ‘lost‘. British comedy duo Eric Morecambe… Read More »Newlyweds, Oldlyweds, & the Lost ‘Innocence’ of Morecambe & Wise
The hilariously shouty non-PC brilliance of Windsor Davies & It Ain’t Half Hot Mum This month, the Welsh actor Windsor Davies, 88, most famous for playing the very shouty Battery Sgt Major Williams in the now unthinkably un-PC – and apparently unrepeatable – 1970s BBC TV comedy series Ain’t Half… Read More »“Never Before Have I Seen Such a Blatant Display of Poofery!!”
I’ve snobbishly held out against the sun-damaged charms of ITV’s package holiday sitcom Benidorm, set in the ‘all inclusive’ Hotel Solana, for several series. But the sixth one – which sadly this week pours the sand out of its shoes and packs its bags for another year – had me… Read More »“You’re As Camp as a Brighton Bus Queue!” – The Bon Mots of Benidorm
Watching the exhilarating ‘l’amour fou’ movie I Love You Phillip Morris recently I found myself falling in love with Jim Carrey all over again – after several years of taking him for granted. So much so I forgot he was there all over again. The role of Steven Russell the… Read More »I Love You, Jim Carrey
Mr Humphreys is no longer with us. He has been transferred to another department. One that even the cheery Grace Bros. lift – forever ‘going up!‘ – cannot reach. Comic actor John Inman, best known for his portrayal of the flamboyant shop assistant in the 1970s British sitcom ‘Are You… Read More »We Have Been Served – Mr Humphreys Hangs Up His Earthly Tape Measure