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A racing pigeon IS a homing pigeon, although a homing pigeon is not necessarily a racing pigeon. Racing pigeons come home as soon as possible; homing pigeons just come home. So, the punch line to the joke being "racing pigeon" makes sense, since the bird came home as soon as possible, he was...

So sorry to hear it. Thank you for the update and glad to know he will soon be himself again. Prayers and best wishes to Peri and his dear wife through what must be a pretty scary time.

There is always the possibility that the character just wasn't needed for the story. Perhaps Roy Clarke had plotted out that general storyline before LOTSW came along and when he sat down and plugged in our other regular cast members there simply wasn't a spot for the character. I often get the...

I think ABBA started out in 1972, the same year LOTSW would have started filming.

Oh, I think I got it, it's Nora Batty! It helped when you said to include the whole phrase at the end!

So very sorry Peri. These small companions add so much to our lives. 14 years plus whatever age he might have been when you found him, you must have taken exquisite care of him. Give Jack an extra hug, he probably misses his little brother too.

But what about the beverage? It could be Barry's Christmas, in which Barry has a drop too much and gets left behind in the pub. Or Merry Christmas Father Christmas with them prodding Compo in the rear with a thingame to bring him up on the roof.

I think it's along the lines of what Peri said, it should be something like, "Nora, my Nora!" However, I've asked my daughter's fiancé who edits law books and he said "not my name" as well, but that the quotation marks around the abbreviations make him think it's something else and he says he...

Was the van used to pull Compo up on the roof to patch a slate?

The most obvious reason is to ensure that the show is available to new people who have not had the opportunity to view it before. Another is that every time LOTSW or a show like it airs it is a victory in the battle for the continued existence of whole family entertainment. No one like...

Thank you so much for posting that! It was a very nicely and respectfully done video. I had not seen the little metal sign on Peter's grave before. Is that the sort of thing that comes pre-made and you have the name put on? The poem is by Alex MacLean.

Thanks, you know I always forget about Dailymotion, all you hear about here is YouTube, and on there, to get around the copyright issue they either tweak the sound, making the voices really off, or skew the picture in some way. I have several of the DVDs but its going to be a while before I can...

We should have a "thank you" emoji on the like button. It's so fascinating to see how things have changed, and something so reassuring in how they have stayed the same.

Where I am we already have that situation, I guess because the affiliate stations of PBS only purchase rights to show a patchwork of episodes. On streaming however, Britbox has seasons 1 through 8 for about $7 a month and IMdB TV (now freevee) has 8 through 20 something, or thereabouts, for...

Is it like when music enters public domain? It doesn't seem right when there are still people alive who worked on it. Would they no longer receive royalties?

I’ll try not to drone on, but this is a pet subject. Barry is right, the powers that be do steer us in the direction of what we should find entertaining and what we should be offended by. The purpose of traditional storytelling is to establish social mores and norms. The social mores and norms...

Thank you for posting this article. I thought it was interesting the reasons they came up with for the failure of modern comedy. The idea that people are so diverse that you can’t “make all people laugh all of the time” seems especially ludicrous. The concept that different people find different...

I years had been from home And now before the door I dared not enter, lest a face I never saw before Stare stolid into mine And ask my business there - "My business but a life I left Was such remaining there?" - Emily Dickinson Going back can be very hard. Sometimes it is the changes in...

I grew up with the Bob Newhart Show, if you can find his record albums and original stand-up work, maybe on YouTube its funnier than either show. Captain, Stan Freburg started out as a puppeteer for Beeny and Cecil, most of his work will be found on record albums, and some bits and pieces are...

Marvin Kaplin was an interesting character actor in his own right. Jonathan was one of a kind. If you have not heard them before, you might look up Bob Newhart, The Smother's Brothers, and Stan Freburg. I know you like music Captain, so you'd probably enjoy Spike Jones as well.