Recent content by Denton Pette

Thank you to everyone who took the time to reply, I have always looked at Summer Wine as a distraction from "edgy" comedy shows, I am not a prude, but, I enjoyed the gentle and silly humour, I realise no actor should ever be bigger than the show he or she is in, but I found the compo trilogy...

I am hoping some of the Die hard Summer Wine fans can assist, I am up to the stage where Hobbo has appeared, and as good as Russ Abbot is, I am finding it difficult to accept his character, it feels like an off shoot of Basildon Bond one of his characters from his own show, Summer Wine has...

This seems a strange question, but, I wonder if Roy Clark was a Dick Emery fan. When Eli walks away from a scene he catches his right foot behind his left and stumbles. Recent screenings of early Dick Emery shows have Dick Emery dressed as Mandy (You are awful...But I like you) pushes the...

Can I ask what people make of "Still Open All Hours"?, I am new to the series and I can't help comparing it to its predecessor, I am not warming to it as easily, Granville seems to be turning into a clone of Arkwright, and its is not sitting with me as well as "Open All Hours", in your opinion...

I'm not sure if it belongs on this thread, but, There was a short lived comedy called "Bloomers", not laugh out loud funny but undemanding, I believe it came to a halt due to the very early passing of Richard Beckinsale.

Coming back the the quote from a quiet drink.....its the only time all night he will know whats in his hand, I watched the feature film of the likely lads, and, it was"borrowed" for a scene in this film, and since it was made after the summer wine episode it clearly struck a chord with the...

If I may reference As Time Goes By on this thread, I have been fortunate enough to be loaned the whole series on DVD by a close friend. Such a gentle and undemanding comedy it suits me down to the ground. I must say however - No spoilers here - that series 9 seemed to be a bittersweet end to the...

Thank you Captain Clutterbuck, I have been led to believe Richard Beckinsale passed away before last episode could be filmed.

Could anybody shed light on the tv series "Bloomers"?, I remember watching a few episodes, but, it seemed to recede into the back ground, have never been able to find a Dvd release, I seem to remember it starred Richard Beckinsale, and David Swift.

I realise this has been quoted before perhaps from "Getting Sam Home"? Then all those brightly plumed kids who left school, flying cheerfully and didn't get far. Ran smack into World War II........... Little Tommy Naylor, lying in Africa somewhere. Blood on his beak. I felt this was such a...

May I concur with Amos, that was excellent writing, and the acting was stellar. It's not often I get wrapped up in the moment, but that was touching.

Not strictly a mistake, but, in a recent screening of "Wheelies" , Bill Owen is being towed for the first time on the giant wheel, he sees the ladies of the village, he raises his hand to lift his woolly hat, then suddenly drops his hand as the wheel starts to divert, then as it steadies, he...

If I may add to this thread at a late stage, A rarely screened gem turned up in the UK recently screened on The Talking Pictures Channel. A thriller called "The Capone Investment" It had as a main star Peter Sallis, amongst John Thaw, and Glyn Owen. The premise was it transpires that some of Al...

I have just watched "That Certain Smile" and when the trio visit smiler he speaks very gently, but later on when he becomes a regular character, he speaks more like Blakey from On The Buses, It seems as if it is a set speech pattern Stephen Lewis uses for his characters.

I am sure this has been mentioned before, a comedy written by John Sullivan (of only fools and horses fame) called Just Good Friends, it was a strange premise - a woman jilted on her wedding day meets up with the chap who jilted her years later. It should have been an uncomfortable topic, yet ...