Mr. Humphries... Are You Free?

[arwalden]

Here's your poll question: How many episodes of Are You Being Served were there? (Hey! No googling or amazoning... just guess!)



This past weekend, I received an "Out Of The Blue" no-occasion suprise gift from my partner. Actually, it was probably one of those "my-your" gifts that he really wanted for himself, but disguised it as a gift for me. (Like the husband who buys his wife a table saw and drill press.)

Anyway... we're now the proud owners of the DVD boxed set with EVERY episode of Are You Being Served!! In addition he decided to get a copy of the Are You Being Served movie... along with the "boxed" set of every episode of "Grace and Favour" (also known as "Are You Being Served...Again".)

I can die happy!

-- Allen (I'm Freeee!)

edit: typo/punctuation

[mopinko]

1. i'm not free,

i'm tied up in jealousy. i loved that show. i did not know there was a movie.

[arwalden]

9. The Movie Is Okay...

... very predictable in spots. But it's very strange to watch the familiar antics and hear the double-entendres being bandied about but WITHOUT the benefit of a laugh track. I'm accustomed to hearing the audience laugh after Mrs. Slocombe makes a reference to her pussy... but when it happens in the movie, there's complete silence. Weird.

You're expecting laughter to accompany your own laughter... but it seems like the other audience didn't get the joke.

-- Allen

(REAL LIFE NEEDS A LAUGH-TRACK!)

[terrya]

11. You ARE talking about the "Are You Being Served" that...

takes place at Grace Brothers, aren't you?

There were that series where some of the cast ran a hotel or something like that. It was dreadful.

[arwalden]

12. The Plot Of The Movie Had The Staff Of Grace Brothers On VACATION...

... at a resort that loses their reservations and is also the headquarters for a half-witted revolutionary leader (who has a thing for Mrs. Slocombe).

You're thinking of "Grace and Favour" which was the original title of the series that's sometimes shown in the US as "Are You Being Served, Again". -- The plot of that series had most of the original cast returning to run a small bed & breakfast style country hotel. Apparently all of their pension fund contributions has been sunk into the hotel as an investment. Even though it wasn't a very lucrative investment, it was still solvent... so the old team bands together to try and run the hotel and turn a profit.

You're right, it's not as good as the original series... but it's still fun to see the old cast together.

[terrya]

13. Yeah, that's the one.

I've never seen the movie (and I call myself a fan! :-))

But, yeah. "Are You Being Served, Again" was what I was thinking about.

Thanks...and enjoy the DVD's. :-)

T

[BurtWorm]

14. The new characters are entertaining too.

I can't remember their names, but I mean the farther and the dar'er. And the wicked heiress.

[CottonBear]

17. Mr. Moleturd & Mavis Moleturd.

Mr. Moleturd had a fling with Mrs. Slocum when she was a WWII Land Girl. She, however, denies it! The heiress was young Mr. Grace's last mistress. She, along with the staff, inherits the manor house.

[BurtWorm]

18. Moleturd!

I knew it was something like that.

[arwalden]

21. Isn't That Hysterical??!!

[BurtWorm]

23. I don't know how they kept a straight face saying that!

I never saw the name written until just yesterday.

[bleedingheart]

2. I like that series a lot but Hyacinth Bucket and "Keeping Up Appearances"

is my new favorite...

"Candlelight supper"

[Huckebein the Raven]

4. Onslo rules

[CottonBear]

6. Onslow has his priorities straight!

Sleep, beer and racing on the telly!

[CottonBear]

5. "Bucket residence...the lady of the house speaking!"

"Ah! It's my sister Violet. You know, the one with a Mercedes, pool and room for a pony!"

LOL!

[Huckebein the Raven]

7. LOL. That's one of my favorite lines

[CottonBear]

3. There was a movie?

Cool. I love that show. I'll have to look into purchasing those DVDs.

[terrya]

8. There were 99 episodes

[BurtWorm]

10. That's my guess.

There were an awful lot, yet, paradoxically, not enough.

[ZombieNixon]

15. 69, I believe. n/t

[realisticphish]

16. one of the greatest british comedies

it and are you being served...again, though it had started to lose its spark by the second series

"my pussy!" :D

[ronnykmarshall]

19. This is very short notice, there's my pussy to be considered.

[elperromagico]

20. It was on for 12 years, IIRC. Only 69 episodes, though,

owing to the way television series are presented in Britain.

[u4ic]

22. It's a great series...and I am unanimous in that!