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maltrab said:
Interesting, I have seen Meet the wife with Thora in it, good clean comedy
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Long suffering husband Freddie Frinton starred in this classic short which I think have posted before but apparently is an institution in Germany and has to be viewed around Christmas without fail and thousands of German families sit down and watch it religiously.

 
captain clutterbuck said:
Long suffering husband Freddie Frinton starred in this classic short which I think have posted before but apparently is an institution in Germany and has to be viewed around Christmas without fail and thousands of German families sit down and watch it religiously.

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Tis true, it is absolutely relished as the epitomy of our very best humour for them.
 
maltrab said:
Once I find out who the producer is going to be I will be writing to them, telling them I have previous experience
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You just need to get your people to talk to their people, remind them of your time at RADA and that you won't sign any contracts unless there are potted meat sandwiches provided during shoots.
 
Congratulations Leigh on the 50s/60s Forgotten sitcoms thank you for a great piece of work , I imagine this era was the most difficult to research because, as you point out, for so many shows we barely have any information regarding them because they no longer remain available in the Archive and little was written about them so congratulations on your dedication . I was surprised the other day watching Up Pompei on That's TV channel that Talbot Rothwell's name came up as the writer of a few episodes .

As you stated he is really known for the Carry On's but in essence by writing this he resurrected Frankie Howerd's career which had been in the doldrums , with Frankie being in the Carry On's I wonder if he asked Talbot to write Up Pompei for him or if he wrote and influenced the executives that Frankie was the ideal person to be cast.
 
captain clutterbuck said:
Congratulations Leigh on the 50s/60s Forgotten sitcoms thank you for a great piece of work ...

As you stated he is really known for the Carry On's but in essence by writing this he resurrected Frankie Howerd's career which had been in the doldrums , with Frankie being in the Carry On's I wonder if he asked Talbot to write Up Pompei for him or if he wrote and influenced the executives that Frankie was the ideal person to be cast.
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Thank you... it does help that there are some tv nerds that have managed to preserve some of these 'lost' shows in their blogs, even if the shows are long since gone.

According to Frankie's personal archive, curated and kept by University of York, he was keen on giving 'new' writers a chance, including Talbot, Barry Cryer and Clive Anderson. So it would seem it was Frankie that influenced the choice of Talbot as a writer on Up Pompeii!
 
Well I am shocked, this was all an April Fools Joke, I had a quick email back from Larry Trembet who stated I could have the part of the chief idiot, I sent the boys round to pay Leigh a visit, but it appears he is in his bunker deep in the wilds of Buckinghamshire somewhere.
Anyway it was all a bit of fun, superbly put together by Leigh and his Ai mates
Terry
 
maltrab said:
Well I am shocked, this was all an April Fools Joke, I had a quick email back from Larry Trembet who stated I could have the part of the chief idiot, I sent the boys round to pay Leigh a visit, but it appears he is in his bunker deep in the wilds of Buckinghamshire somewhere.
Anyway it was all a bit of fun, superbly put together by Leigh and his Ai mates
Terry
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So I don't get any royalties from Leigh showing my gate then?
 
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