Recent content by wstol

Hang on. This is the pilot episode, isn't it? If so, the location filming would have been done first, and the interior studio scenes done later. So, I think either 1) The casting of Mrs Partridge hadn't fully been decided yet for speaking, interior scenes or 2) There was a change in actresses...

I have John Cleese's (Welcome to Earth) autobiography, So Anyway, expecting it to be littered with bits about Fawlty Towers. There was nothing about the show.

Mrs Avery

I don't know how That's Your Funeral spawned a feature film after only seven episodes. Check out the opening titles of the film of That's Your Funeral. The 'mourners' we see are actually the production team - so you see their face as their name appears.

Did Sybil knit?

Mostly homemade in the UK, by people of a certain age. You get a wooden batten, cut a notch in one end, and leave outside for years to get that 'weathered' look.

Peter Sallis often called visitors this, so fitting - The Crazy Gang.

Up the Hill and Round the Cafe.

"After Edith".

"The Greatest Generation". People born between 1901 and 1924. The generation before 'the silent generation', which was before 'boomers'.

"Repo Man, Chiselhurst and Conrad". (That should should span the supporting cast for the entire series.)

Have you noticed what a REALLY good title 'Last of the Summer Wine' actually is?

The Diary of Norman Clegg - perhaps with a monologue at the end like Open All Hours.

Three Teas Please.

The Odd Trio.