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Pearl

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I'm here trying to explain Summer Wines main characters to 2 15 year old boys:
There started out with 3 old men then one man left and was replaced by another one then he left and was replaced be another one when he left and then the second one came back until he left again and was then replaced by another one!
They looked at me like Momar has lost the plot and we need to get a home booked.
 
Sit down with the two 15 year olds to watch an episode, starting with the one where they try to catch the donkey, ride the donkeys, and/or roll down the hill in barrels and ask them if they can relate. Since the premise is the Trio acting like adolescents, then they ought to be able to relate.
 
I'm here trying to explain Summer Wines main characters to 2 15 year old boys:
There started out with 3 old men then one man left and was replaced by another one then he left and was replaced be another one when he left and then the second one came back until he left again and was then replaced by another one!
They looked at me like Momar has lost the plot and we need to get a home booked.
Sounds like a good description of 'The Three Stooges' to me.
 
Paraphrased from the immortal words of Roy Clarke himself - taken from the 25 and then 30 year special. I think it sums things up rather nicely.


It is a comedy series based on three old men. These three old men were totally free, they had no responsibilities, no ties, they each lived alone. They were unmarried or widows, they were unemployed or retired. Therefore, they were able to wander about in the same way that young adolescents can do.

They are not so much as old people, just kids that happen to have got a bit older. Because the story was about older people he (Roy) wanted to emphasize that summer was still around. It might be the last of summer, but it was still summer as far as these guys were concerned. And so that is why it is called 'Last of the Summer Wine.' To emphasize the summer as against the autumn.
 
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