"That men there...or there...?"

[mashibinbin]

Here's a poser for January for you...

When you think about things do you see, the exit and reintroduction of Foggy aside from his run, as one continuous stretch of episodes with him as third man or two distinct eras of the show. Admittedly the supporting cast of the extended Pegdens, Auntie etc hadn't been there first time around but do you think there are any of his second batch that belonged in his earlier run or vice-versa?

 

[wstol]

The Loxley Lozenge has a feel of the early 90s episodes - because Wesley is in it.

(Is that the kind of thing you mean?)

And Welcome To Earth has a mid 80s feel to it - probably because of the night scenes.

 

[Onslow]

Foggy had noticeably changed in age appearance by the second run. More of a kindly old man type character compared to his earlier time.

 

[Pearl]

Definitely 2 different eras first Foggy was less annoying, still full of tall tails but I think more practical second Foggy was more fanciful and ridiculous in his meranderings.

 

[Pearl]

Clegg changed too but I think it was less noticeable because he was there constantly whereas Foggy had a gap so his chanced were more noticeable.

 

[mashibinbin]

The Loxley Lozenge has a feel of the early 90s episodes - because Wesley is in it.

(Is that the kind of thing you mean?)

And Welcome To Earth has a mid 80s feel to it - probably because of the night scenes.

That's exactly what I mean, thankyou.

Night filming slowed right down in the later years so I can see where you're from there...mainly because I eat giant carrots in the dark!

 

[mashibinbin]

Foggy had noticeably changed in age appearance by the second run. More of a kindly old man type character compared to his earlier time.

True in as much trained killers can be!

 

[mashibinbin]

Clegg changed too but I think it was less noticeable because he was there constantly whereas Foggy had a gap so his chanced were more noticeable.

Definitely 2 different eras first Foggy was less annoying, still full of tall tails but I think more practical second Foggy was more fanciful and ridiculous in his meranderings.

I'm guess decorating eggs in Bridlington has the effect of you always walking on eggshells therefore you're like to crack any minute and over there he'd be the local yolk!

Clegg however as you say was subtly altered over time instead.

 

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Definitely 2 different eras first Foggy was less annoying, still full of tall tails but I think more practical second Foggy was more fanciful and ridiculous in his meranderings.

True, definitely two eras, mainly because of the change in co-stars. In Foggy's first stint, there were Sid and Ivy, Nora and Wally. In his second, he had Howard, Pearl, Marina and Auntie Wainwright, etc... to contend with. If the co-stars were the same in both era's, I think I may have thought differently.

 

[mashibinbin]

Here's the next one to ruminate then as the consensus is we had two Foggy clouds worth of episodes...which era worked better for you and why.

For me the first era was better as he was a more established, albeit less respected, member of the community. He knew the locals and their foibles and simply wanted to make peoples lives better and occasionally make a profit into the bargain. Later Foggy was incapable of carrying out the same strength of masterplans of yore and what he lacked in talent he more than made up for in barminess. He gelled surprisingly well with people he'd never or barely interacted previously and often told mad war tales to releive boredom and stay relevant in his head I reckon.

 

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Here's the next one to ruminate then as the consensus is we had two Foggy clouds worth of episodes...which era worked better for you and why.

For me the first era was better as he was a more established, albeit less respected, member of the community. He knew the locals and their foibles and simply wanted to make peoples lives better and occasionally make a profit into the bargain. Later Foggy was incapable of carrying out the same strength of masterplans of yore and what he lacked in talent he more than made up for in barminess. He gelled surprisingly well with people he'd never or barely interacted previously and often told mad war tales to releive boredom and stay relevant in his head I reckon.

I wonder why he didn't tell such war stories in his first stint?

 

[Pearl]

Have to agree, first stint was better, he seemed more willing to be challenged in his views and less dictatorial though still bossy, he seemed more of a friend to Clegg especially and it seemed he felt like a member of a friendship group rather than a leading of an unwilling army.