Recent content by WellyMan

I dunno, some of the wives were fierce!

Most of the characters are really children in adult guise and I like daft innocent humour which SW has in spades. Also, there's probably a bit of nostalgia for a simpler time, helped by the wistful theme tune. Besides the physical gags there's also some great lines and interaction between the...

That looks like a shoe for someone with really compressed feet!

I always thought it funny how some blokes think it a sign of manliness if they can drink a lot of pints. All it does is costs them a lot more than ordinary drinkers!

That's the one! My memory is terrible and I misremembered it as another jibe at his Mum.

I can't remember the episode names but the second time I noticed it was in reference to Compo's Mum IIRC.

In at least two episodes someone is mentioned as being a 14 pinter. It made me wonder if Roy Clarke also liked his drink or if the line was inspired by heavy drinkers he knew.

Admittedly she was very easy on the eye!

There`s lots of those, especially showing fake pics of how someone is now on the thumbnail.

Not necessarily the worst guest star, but I thought the character of Eva played by Sally Anne Field didn't feel Summer Wineish.

IIRC he had a thing for any woman working in the library!

Worse still, most of the cast are sadly gone.

I have to agree that the Sallis autobio is a bit dull.

Didn't realise she`d written one so. My late auntie knew her from church, so another reason to look into it.

A couple of years ago I read his autobiography but was disappointed that he didn't devote much of the book to SW. It gives the impression he was a frustrated actor who wanted to do more serious work. One interesting revelation, IIRC, is that he didn't like Thora Hird because she tended to hold...