Philosopher Clegg
Dedicated Member
Hello to everyone.
I was at school in the 70's when the series began and have been watching ever since. My favorite era would be the glory years, I suppose you could call them the Compo years. Clegg would be my favorite character, hence the member name!
I have to confess that I was not that big a fan of the final trio, although I do like Brian Murphy (from the days of George and Mildred) as Alvin and felt that he fitted well into the trio tradition. Hobo on the other hand was for me was one of the worst leading characters and I've watched the final two series a couple of times to give the character a chance. Just don't think it worked, if anyone can convince me otherwise I will gladly debate it!
One of the great attractions for me of the series, at least the first 15-20 years as I came to see it, was that it was often a mistake that LOTSW was seen as being about old people. As time went by and the characters aged they became old, but essentially the series started off as a reflection of 1970's Britain, middle aged men without jobs being thrown on the scrapheap of life and how they dealt with it. It's amazing that a series about the unemployed and perhaps unemployable was for many years one of the most popular comedies around. I liked the grittiness of the earlier years, while later it did become softer, more in keeping with the mainstream.
Now that it has ended the good thing is we have almost 300 episodes to watch, although you won't catch me too often watching the Hobo years!
I was at school in the 70's when the series began and have been watching ever since. My favorite era would be the glory years, I suppose you could call them the Compo years. Clegg would be my favorite character, hence the member name!
I have to confess that I was not that big a fan of the final trio, although I do like Brian Murphy (from the days of George and Mildred) as Alvin and felt that he fitted well into the trio tradition. Hobo on the other hand was for me was one of the worst leading characters and I've watched the final two series a couple of times to give the character a chance. Just don't think it worked, if anyone can convince me otherwise I will gladly debate it!
One of the great attractions for me of the series, at least the first 15-20 years as I came to see it, was that it was often a mistake that LOTSW was seen as being about old people. As time went by and the characters aged they became old, but essentially the series started off as a reflection of 1970's Britain, middle aged men without jobs being thrown on the scrapheap of life and how they dealt with it. It's amazing that a series about the unemployed and perhaps unemployable was for many years one of the most popular comedies around. I liked the grittiness of the earlier years, while later it did become softer, more in keeping with the mainstream.
Now that it has ended the good thing is we have almost 300 episodes to watch, although you won't catch me too often watching the Hobo years!
