A little Tony Capstick memory

[Sarkus]

I'm sure this is old news to many members, but I've been watching Series 25 this week. As it was the final series Tony Capstick appeared in, I did a bit of research on his career and came across some of his earlier non-Summerwine successes.

For those of us who only know some of these actors through this show, it's interesting to see what else they had success doing.

 

[RickAns]

Thanks. I could not place the name and had to Google him. I liked his character. Thought that he, Cooper and Walsh definitely could have used some more screen time on LotSW.

In the same vein as your last sentence... Until a few months ago I had not seen Thora Hird in anything other than our beloved LotSW. I stumbled across a show with her in it called In Loving Memory. A very charming and funny comedy. After watching a few poor quality youtube videos I searched out and found a box set of the entire series on ebay for a great price. They just came in the other day and I am about to watch some episodes.

 

[happyjack]

Thora starred and played supporting rolls in many British made films over the years prior to LOTSW.

 

[captain clutterbuck]

If you needed a northern battleaxe mother in law Thora was your gal but she is so much more diverse and accomplished than the role she was often typecast as.

 

[Adanor]

Thanks. I could not place the name and had to Google him. I liked his character. Thought that he, Cooper and Walsh definitely could have used some more screen time on LotSW.

In the same vein as your last sentence... Until a few months ago I had not seen Thora Hird in anything other than our beloved LotSW. I stumbled across a show with her in it called In Loving Memory. A very charming and funny comedy. After watching a few poor quality youtube videos I searched out and found a box set of the entire series on ebay for a great price. They just came in the other day and I am about to watch some episodes.

Didn't she moderate a show called something like Psalms of Praise (?) that basically featured favorite hymns and other spiritual songs for years maybe on Sunday afternoon?

 

[dick]

It was called Songs of Praise and yes it was on, on Sunday evenings .

 

[maltrab]

Thanks. I could not place the name and had to Google him. I liked his character. Thought that he, Cooper and Walsh definitely could have used some more screen time on LotSW.

In the same vein as your last sentence... Until a few months ago I had not seen Thora Hird in anything other than our beloved LotSW. I stumbled across a show with her in it called In Loving Memory. A very charming and funny comedy. After watching a few poor quality youtube videos I searched out and found a box set of the entire series on ebay for a great price. They just came in the other day and I am about to watch some episodes.

Also Christopher Beeny worked with Thora in this show, a great time plus a few LOSW guest appear over the series, it was filmed about 20 miles north of Holmfirth and a real treasure

 

[captain clutterbuck]

I don't know if anyone watched the greatest comedy sketch shows ever last night on C5 there was some notable absences . I took great exception and I have to say I was somewhat disappointed with the assertion that Monty Python was a ground breaking show that changed the whole perspective we had on comedy sketches . Whilst it did to an extent, the Pythons readily admit that if it was not for Spike Milligan and his Q series, from which they lifted material , Python would never have been made , yet not a mention of Spike in this supposed greatest sketch show ever .

 

[dick]

Monty Python owe loads to THE GOON SHOW and also as you say Captain Spike Milligan's shows (This was quoted some years ago when a show was aired praising Spikes work !!)

 

[barmpot]

Thora starred and played supporting rolls in many British made films over the years prior to LOTSW.

Gave a superb performance in A Kind of Loving about 1963 I think

 

[barmpot]

Monty Python owe loads to THE GOON SHOW and also as you say Captain Spike Milligan's shows (This was quoted some years ago when a show was aired praising Spikes work !!)

I think that Spike Milligan and his associates in the 1950s, who worked from the same office base - including Galton and Simpson and others such as Eric Sykes really were the starting point of much comedy that we have.