With 1 of Ivy's buns in each ear....stuck under his green wooly hat.....and a pair of milk bottle bottom thick glasses Clegg was spot on when he said that our scruffy hero could be Japanese....a kung fu kicking kamakazi loony.......[he scared Nora with his Bruce Lee impression in the cafe !!!!!]
Can you name an episode where???
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Which episode was that?
Eli’sComing
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Here we go into the wild blue yonder
Seymour Upperthong
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In the episode 'Is Jeremy Quite Safe?', The Hon. Jeremy Dwyer-Brown talks about the jet setters playground in the Riviera, including Monaco and Nice. That is my submission.
But I would be remiss if I didn't mention that every time Nora and Ivy talk about Mallorca, in several episodes, they mis-pronounce it as "maJorca" with a hard J. I chuckle every time I hear it. I've never been there myself , but can only envision it as a sin city frequented by wayward husbands gallivanting with "the other woman". Its a bit flash!
But I would be remiss if I didn't mention that every time Nora and Ivy talk about Mallorca, in several episodes, they mis-pronounce it as "maJorca" with a hard J. I chuckle every time I hear it. I've never been there myself , but can only envision it as a sin city frequented by wayward husbands gallivanting with "the other woman". Its a bit flash!
Well spotted Seymour! I found it ironic that she ended up in Australia as she was very xenophobic!
I think her stance softened as the series went on, she certainly wasn't a fan of foreign places or their people in early episodes maybe xenophobic was a bit harsh on her, but certainly parochial
Seymour Upperthong
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Thank you Barrychuckle and all who commented. Tangentially, I have to say that the way the writer retired Nora to Australia to care for her sister was an elegant way of keeping Nora in the show when she unfortunately could never return. She was a prime mover in the show and could not just disappear without explanation or ceremony. Putting her Sister Stella into Nora's digs and having Stella report out on Nora at coffee mornings, wiping down the banisters, discussing Nora with Alvin, etc. kept Nora in the audience's mind and in the show. The real question is whether Nora brought bleach with her on the plane!
In 'Of fish and Funerals', the neighbor Gloria, who was immigrating to Australia, pointed out to Nora that they don't scrub the steps in Australia. I wonder how Nora adapted to unclean steps. I bet she went out and scrubbed them anyway, in defiance of their local mucky habits!
The only other circumstantial character retirement I can remember was in 'The Man from Oswestry' when Clegg read Blamire's letter explaining that Blamire was now under the "skillful ministrations of a certain Lady", and introducing Foggy into the mix. A newly married man would no longer be a fit with the trio. Anyone could see that. It was a fait accompli in a few minutes of airtime with no rough edges left behind. Nicely done!
In 'Of fish and Funerals', the neighbor Gloria, who was immigrating to Australia, pointed out to Nora that they don't scrub the steps in Australia. I wonder how Nora adapted to unclean steps. I bet she went out and scrubbed them anyway, in defiance of their local mucky habits!
The only other circumstantial character retirement I can remember was in 'The Man from Oswestry' when Clegg read Blamire's letter explaining that Blamire was now under the "skillful ministrations of a certain Lady", and introducing Foggy into the mix. A newly married man would no longer be a fit with the trio. Anyone could see that. It was a fait accompli in a few minutes of airtime with no rough edges left behind. Nicely done!
captain clutterbuck
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At a stretch you could put Foggy's abduction by the Post Lady taking him to Blackpool in that category , it would just about fit the frame .
Seymour Upperthong
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Captain Clutterbuck, you're right! I suppose you could say the same for Seymour, who left to assume a teaching post which would require him to fill in for Headmaster. To his chagrin, he could no longer whip small boys.
Was any reference made to Billy Hardcastle's characters departure as he was 'retired' ?
theatrically_inclined
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Was it 'eck!
Marianna
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Probably the Australians didn't have to scour their steps because the air was clean. The steps didn't get sooty, so the soot wasn't tracked into the house. In Holmfirth, with all of those mills fueled by coal, the air must have been filthy!
Nora wouldn't have liked all them creepy crawlies down under though!
Within days of Nora getting there the country would be insect and dust free and every step would have been scoured to within and inch of its life.
captain clutterbuck
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Only one winner when she encountered a Croc, she'd be seeing it off by " giving it some brush"
Seymour Upperthong
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Nora was such a creature of habit, you know: "Tuesdays you bake", my little flight of fantasy suggested that if there were steps, Nora would have scrubbed them whether they needed it or not.
Here's another one: In the episode 'Afterthoughts of a Coop Manager', Alvin explained to Marina that after her former favorite Ronald Pillsworth moved to Australia, married and divorced; he then went out to learn the local customs, "drinking and gambling".
In spite of the creepy crawlies, amphibians, gambling and drinking, Australia had clean air!
Here's another one: In the episode 'Afterthoughts of a Coop Manager', Alvin explained to Marina that after her former favorite Ronald Pillsworth moved to Australia, married and divorced; he then went out to learn the local customs, "drinking and gambling".
In spite of the creepy crawlies, amphibians, gambling and drinking, Australia had clean air!