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The “whatever those are” comment that I made was a well intended poke-fun at the British slanguage interpretation of a 2 ½ pence coin. My first encounter with tuppence ha’ penny was reading Dickens in high school. I’ve seen it spelled a couple of different ways. To me, such colloquialisms are...

In 'How Not to Cry at Weddings' Hobbo mentioned the Erics, but he differentiated them from the Saxons (Germans from Saxony) and the Franks. So who were the Erics? They might have been the Vikings, after all they were mentioned in several episodes as having visited Yorkshire (for lapeing and...

In one of Compo's later episodes (I don't recall which one), Compo interrogates the Post Lady about a post card she delivered to Nora. The Post Lady reluctantly shares that the card was from someone called "Gladwin" who was vacationing in the Canary Islands, and that the food was brilliant. I...

I agree. I have to say that June Whitfield did a great job in 'Potts of the South Pole', I loved it and laughed when she called Marina a tart, both on their first encounter and at Aunty Wainwrights. The way she barked commands to the trio, to go search for Luther Potts was hilarious. Later...

Say what you will about the Hobbo episodes, or final episodes. Everyone must have known that the end was rapidly approaching, especially with Peter Sallis' advancing age. Russ Abbot entered the series under the same cloud of doom that was hanging over everyone's head and, to his credit, acted...

In 'Its Never Ten Years', there was discussion between Truly Clegg and Alvin about the late Compo's ferrets' names. One of the names discussed was Eric as an alternate to Brenda. I agree with Roger, my favorite Eric would have to be slow hand.

Has anybody seen Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg? It is reputed to be the largest model railway in the world. It is located on many floors in a building in the center of the city. It even has an airport where planes take off and land. Check out the YouTube. I got in there a few years ago...

In 'Variations on a Theme of Road Rage' Auntie reminded Smiler that his Father still owed her 3 shillings and tuppence haypenny (what ever those are) for an artifical leg he was buying on tick. It seemed that Auntie went to Smiler's Father's funeral, but she needn't have bothered because no...

Auntie thought on her feet; when requested to produce something aeronautic, she said she had sold the last Boeing 747 that morning. To satisfy Foggy's vision of a three man sailboard, she sold him a metal cupboard. Think of all the hats she sold that were way too large! Such phrases as "it...

The Christmas episode was 'A Big Day at Dream Acres'. The Tramp Ray McAnally was simply amazing and ever so smooth. You are right Bora Natty, we never got Christmas episodes over here, at least not on PBS; although I did recently see a Christmas Episode of 'Upstart Crow' on Rhode Island PBS...

Glenda to coffee morning ladies: "Barry likes the mouth breeder".

I found out a bit more about the building. The segment of the building closest to the lake housed some executive offices as well as the executive lunchroom, which featured free cold beer on tap (guess what brand). It gives new meaning to a hydraulic lunch, and you didn't even have to go out to...

I have to thank this Forum for putting me in touch with two gentle comedies, ‘Open All Hours’ and ‘Oh Doctor Beeching’. I watched a handful of episodes on Ducktube and ended up buying both box sets. David Jason did a fabulous job as Granville. I haven’t formed an opinion of Ronnie Barker yet...

The Carling brewery, on the shores of Lake Cochituate, closed up shop in 1975. The building became a white elephant. It was a good beer, not a great beer, but far better than the big name brand over here, IMHO. I browsed the Wormtown Brewery webpage. They've come a long way in the past dozen...

I am working my way through the Seymour era. In 'The Kiss and Mavis Poskit', I got a glimpse of a red colored sign, on the bar, at The White Horse, that I think said "Black Label". Is any one familiar with that brand and can you tell me more about where it was made? The reason I ask is...

I ordered a copy today. Between that and Alan Bell's (R.I.P.) book 'From the Director's Chair', they will be a good start for my winter reading.

I asked in an earlier post if anyone had seen Ted Lasso. In the mini series, there was a shrink who rode to work on a folding bike. When she folded it up, it snapped into the closed position with the precision of a swiss watch and took my breath away. I went to the Brompton website to verify...

What about Mike Grady's Pepsi commercial. I bet that commercial won him more acting parts.

Scooby was a cartoon character talking dog in a Warner Brothers animation (maybe more than one?). Warner Brothers adopted the name "Scooby Doo" for one of their media franchises so the name appeared on US TV as a credit after a lot of their productions. I see where you are going with the above...

Gentle Comedies. I have to ask has anyone seen "Ted Lasso", currently showing on apple TV? I have some friends visiting from Deutschland and they are hooked on it. It is about a High School football coach from the US midwest, who was brought over to England to coach a British professional...