Last Of The Summer Wine

Philly

Sr Member

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• Jun 23, 2016

• #1

I used to watch this show every week when I was younger, but I never truly appreciated how good it was until I started watching it again recently. There is also a lot of jokes I didn't understand was I was young :lol

Anyone else a fan?

To those of you over the pond, I recommend it if you have never seen it before

 

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Wes R

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• Jun 23, 2016

• #2

It's certainly a long running show. It's one that PBS has been showing off and on for decades over here along with Alo Alo, Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances and a few others. They've had others but it seems like those few are the ones they're willing to pay for every time. I recently saw that Frank Thorton from Are You Being Served was on the show for a while until he died. You never realize how big some of these actors were on UK television such as some of them being on 2 or more shows at any time. I found that a lot of the BBC shows are good at having some jokes that go over the heads of younger folks until they age a bit.

 

jedi007

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• Jun 24, 2016

• #3

my uncle got me on it i watch it all the time

 

SofaKing01

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• Jun 24, 2016

• #4

I used to watch when I was much younger - LOVED IT. I've been meaning to get the DVD box set but I just never get around to it... Bad Me!

 

Angelus Lupus

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• Jun 24, 2016

• #5

Well, it's been around longer than I have so I can remember watching it as far back as I can remember. I think you have to have at least a passing familiarity/affection for the quieter, more gentle and Northern sense of humour to 'get' it. Ultimately it's one of those things that passed into the British psyche and cultural tapestry. Even though it's been off the air a few years here (not counting repeats on UKTV gold and such) you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't know the name 'Nora Batty' and the significance of the wrinkled stockings. If nothing else, it gave us the voice of Wallace and a theme tune that still makes me nostalgic.

 

Philly

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• Jun 25, 2016

• #6

Angelus Lupus said:

If nothing else, it gave us the voice of Wallace and a theme tune that still makes me nostalgic.

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You wouldn't believe how long it took me to realise that :lol

 

GDafi

Sr Member

• Jun 26, 2016

• #7

A brilliant show, and just how I see myself when I retire, hopefully having some friends to kick around with like the old guys.

 

PanSapien

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• Jun 26, 2016

• #8

I used to watch it back in the early 2000s on PBS along with Keeping Up Appearances. It was always good for a few laughs.

Angelus Lupus said:

If nothing else, it gave us the voice of Wallace and a theme tune that still makes me nostalgic.

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Good old Peter Sallis was the best part of the show. I just looked him up on wikipedia and found that he's still alive at 95. I thought he had died for some reason. Nice to know he's still around.

 

Philly

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• Jun 27, 2016

• #9

PanSapien said:

I used to watch it back in the early 2000s on PBS along with Keeping Up Appearances. It was always good for a few laughs.

Good old Peter Sallis was the best part of the show. I just looked him up on wikipedia and found that he's still alive at 95. I thought he had died for some reason. Nice to know he's still around.

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I do believe a few of the cast are still around, it's crazy.

 

Blaxmyth

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• Jun 27, 2016

• #10

Best show ever! And unfortunately, I can see bits of me in all of the characters...

 

yaris

Sr Member

• Jun 27, 2016

• #11

Good grief!...I remember watching it as a kid. I think even George from George and Mildred was in it.

All those shows back then like Faulty Towers, Man About House, Steptoe and Son, Porridge, Open All Hours, The Good Life, Dad's Army......just classic British comedy!

I think they recently made Dad's Army into a movie!