Worst Guest star

[MoodyBlue]

For the first time in a very long time I am truly lost for words that no one agrees with my opinion of "the gruesome twosome"[ Casey and Woods]......still.....it takes all sorts etc...etc...
So..... I am asking someone in my wonderful Summerwine family to give me reasons to change my mind.
X! X! X! X! X!

 

[wstol]

For the first time in a very long time I am truly lost for words that no one agrees with my opinion of "the gruesome twosome"[ Casey and Woods]......still.....it takes all sorts etc...etc...
So..... I am asking someone in my wonderful Summerwine family to give me reasons to change my mind.
X! X! X! X! X!

I'm sorry (BUT SINCE YOU ASKED) I thought they were excellent in Welcome to Earth. The pub scene was brilliant, where everyone is taking the michael out of Paul Bown, and Casey and Woods perfected the 'always-in-the-pub' duo.

 

[wstol]

While we're talking about it, George Chakiris was mentioned earlier. Anyone notice how young he looked for his age back then in 1996?
He's now 92.
And, although he does look older than he did, he still looks a lot younger than 92.

 

[Adanor]

I would say that Waldo was the worst guest star. I was never sure what the purpose of that stuffed animal was.

 

[theatrically_inclined]

I would say that Waldo was the worst guest star. I was never sure what the purpose of that stuffed animal was.

... that's unkind calling Tom a stuffed animal

 

[onyx(John)]

Ray McAnally

I think he was really poorly cast in this instance. He was a three time BAFTA award recipient and he spent a lot of his career in the theatre. I don't remember him in a comedy role before. He was awful in SW.

 

[Marianna]

While we're talking about it, George Chakiris was mentioned earlier. Anyone notice how young he looked for his age back then in 1996?
He's now 92.
And, although he does look older than he did, he still looks a lot younger than 92.

Must be all of that exercise from the dancing he did throughout his career.

 

[404 Not Found]

For me Bryan Pringle almost ruins one of my favourite episodes, Cheering Up Ludovic, though it is hard to blame the actor when they are merely acting under instructions; I find it tiresome watching people supposedly blind drunk.

 

[Barrychuckle]

For me Bryan Pringle almost ruins one of my favourite episodes, Cheering Up Ludovic, though it is hard to blame the actor when they are merely acting under instructions; I find it tiresome watching people supposedly blind drunk.

There's an awful lot of drunks strewn throughout the series, hopefully you don't find them all tiresome

 

[maltrab]

There's an awful lot of drunks strewn throughout the series, hopefully you don't find them all tiresome

Steady @Barrychuckle I was in two pub scenes

 

[captain clutterbuck]

There's an awful lot of drunks strewn throughout the series, hopefully you don't find them all tiresome

Cannot immediately recall the episode but when Cooper and Walsh corner the drunk in the field and when they become distracted he steals their car is so funny and fully deserves to be included.

 

[theatrically_inclined]

Cannot immediately recall the episode but when Cooper and Walsh corner the drunk in the field and when they become distracted he steals their car is so funny and fully deserves to be included.

He's not just a drunk, but a publican too! The episode you referred to is S28 'The Crowcroft Challenge' - Tony Barton steals their car having previously been landlord in S16 'The Most Powerful Eyeballs in West Yorkshire'. He returned as a drunk in S29 in 'A Short Introduction to Cooper's Rules'.

 

[onyx(John)]

Danny in A Quiet Drink was a very unpleasant character.

 

[Barrychuckle]

Doggy Wilkinson was a likeable drunk I thought in his cameo, played by the outstanding Eric Sykes

 

[mashibinbin]

If you had a summer wine drinking game where everytime someone took a drink be it the men's tipple of choice, a cuppa in Sid and Ivy's cafe or Edie's infamous caffeine concoction that must be imbibed at the merest whiff of inappropiateness then you'd leave the game drunk as one of these fellows!

 

[Barrychuckle]

If you had a summer wine drinking game where everytime someone took a drink be it the men's tipple of choice, a cuppa in Sid and Ivy's cafe or Edie's infamous caffeine concoction that must be imbibed at the merest whiff of inappropiateness then you'd leave the game drunk as one of these fellows!

Do you remember the Summer Wine pub crawl we did to kick off the 50th anniversary celebrations. I was rather merry with the few pubs they selected, it would have been carnage if they used every pub used in the entire series!!!

 

[mashibinbin]

Do you remember the Summer Wine pub crawl we did to kick off the 50th anniversary celebrations. I was rather merry with the few pubs they selected, it would have been carnage if they used every pub used in the entire series!!!

I do indeed, we'd have easily filled Holmevalley's Memorial hospital!

 

[mashibinbin]

Steady @Barrychuckle I was in two pub scenes

Leading roles don't count @maltrab , this thread is for guest artistes only