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NedNickerson

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I've seen every one of the episodes over and over and I still watch them whenever they air on my local PBS channel. I finally bought the complete series on DVD last month, and have been watching my favorite episodes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTgsLVN4ffI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyUAMJZLoxE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYZSUQhWmzs

(I found this list on another site)
You know you're an AYBS addict when:

When someone calls out your name, you call back "I'm Free!"
You have an overwhelming urge to color your hair pink.
You have all of the AYBS? episodes on videotape.
You have a Paddington bear.
You'd rather watch AYBS? instead of Seinfeld at 11:00pm.
You know most of the episode lines by heart (thanks Jennifer!)
British phrases (using the lift, getting sacked, quid, chatting up, etc.) start creeping into your speech.
You start referring to your cat as your pussy.
You wish your own mother was like Mr. Humphries' mom.
You've left your significant other because he/she/it didn't share your passion for AYBS?
Cash register sounds have you running to see if AYBS? is on.
You discuss AYBS? episodes during your coffee break...
You've named your cat Tiddles or after any AYBS? character.
Your screen name is also the name of your favorite AYBS? character.
You refer to Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous, The Avengers, a Bond Girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service) only as "that perfume chick from His and Hers"...
...and Gordon Kaye ('Allo 'Allo) is "Mr. Humphries' director-friend from Closed Circuit"
Choosing between sex and AYBS.
You've killed a color printer cartridge in just one week printing out pictures of Mrs. Slocombe.
You've tried to go home from work early by placing a bit of soap under the tongue and an onion in your armpit.
The only reason you want to own your own business is to be able to say to your employees "You've all done very well."
You've taken to wearing a tape measure around your neck.
(Double points if you start taking inside leg measurements with it.
Double that if the person being measured DIDN'T ask you to measure his inside leg in the first place.)
You can hold educated discussions about whether Mr. Humphries is or is not gay.
You can think of an AYBS? phrase that can be applied to almost any possible subject (i.e. - The bouncer in the pool hall is built like a brick chicken house)
You wear the handkerchief in your top pocket in the officially approved "casual, but smart" Grace Brothers style.
You go around telling people "...they'll ride up with wear."
You schedule your social life around the nights that AYBS airs
You can sing along to the theme song: "Ground floor perfumery, stationery, and leather goods....."...
. ..and you get it stuck in your head all day long!
You answer your phone at home with mucho macho deep-voiced "Men's Wear." You've scoured the Internet for recipes for things like Shepherd's Pie, Toad in the Hole, Rissoles and Lancashire Hot Pot, just so you can make them and eaten them while watching the show.
When you excuse yourself to visit the little girls/boys room you simply state, "I must go and spend a penny."
You say "...and I am unanimous in that!" at office meetings.
You know which lines go with which episodes.
You know someone who walks like Mr. Humphries.
(Double points if you can imitate his walk.
Triple points if you actually walk like him in real life.)
You're neither "one way or the other"
You know the words to "Chanson D'Amour" by heart
You own a recording of "Chanson D'Amour."
 
Of all the various actors who appeared on the show, the original cast was the best:

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I still laugh when I think about the "Camping Out" episode where they set up tents in the store, and Mrs. Slocombe was talking about her first meeting with her husband during the war:

"His face was lit up by an incendiary and he threw me on my face and yelled, 'Look out! Here comes a big one!'"

Mr. Lucas: "Well, I suppose there wasn't much time for talking in those days..."
 
There were so many 'inside leg' jokes.

I loved the line where Mrs. Slocum had a hang over and she blamed it on a bad tonic in her gin and tonic.
 
I saw many of the episodes on cable when I was in my early teens in Thailand. Being a little naive as I was at the time, much of the dialogue went over my head. I could never work out what Mum was laughing about. I have seen a few highlights from the shows since and they were a bit risque.
 
have the whole series on DVD myself and still watch it when it's on PBS or BBC America..
 
I love the show. I used to take tapes of it with me when I worked in recieving at Walmart and we would watch it at lunch break.

"Dear Sexy Knickers. . ."
 
Ddouble said:
Of all the various actors who appeared on the show, the original cast was the best
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I agree. Though the first two seasons, IMO, werent too bad after Arthur Brough's passing (the 1979 era is a favorite of mine), but in the '80's that show started losing its steam.
 
Thank god we still get re runs here in Va...although its on last at night, itsworth staying up for.
 
I believe that reruns of AYBS? stopped airing in Indianapolis sometime ago, but Georgia Public Broadcasting still airs it as part of its Britcom line-up Saturdays at 8:30 pm. It's nice to see it every week.
 
I also like the parts where Mr. Rumbold gets the facts confused when listening to staff complaints.

After "putting the knee in" the arm-holes of a too-small jacket to break the stitches, Lucas then tries this technique on trousers, but it doesn't work quite as well. Peacock, Lucas, and company try to explain to Mr. Rumbold what happened. Of course, Rumbold hilariously confuses "kneed," "need," and "knead":

—Mr. Humphries kneed the jacket.
—You mean Mr. Humphries needed the jacket.
—No, you don't understand, sir. I kneed the jacket.
—You need it now.
—No, I kneed it then.
—You mean you needed it then.

—It's a matter of spelling, sir. You spelled "need" with an "n". Mr. Humphries was using a "k".
—Oh, you mean like kneading dough You kneaded it to make it more supple, which is why you "kneaded the jacket."

—The method used [to enlarge jacket armholes] is to knee the jacket, with a "k".
—I am aware of how you spell "jacket," Captain Peacock.
 
Thank You, Mr. Grace!

My grandmother exposed me to this show when I was but a young lad, somewhere around 6, and I still watch it when I see that it's on.

How come Mrs. Slocombe can dye her hair blue and walk around fine, but when I did it I got nothing but strange looks?
 
I love watching Mrs. Slocombe's hair. She has a different color in almost every episode. That old girl sure had style!
 
Mr. Humphries is arrested, I forget why, and calls his mother:

"I've been arrested... Oh no, Mother, that's all behind me now."

A rather poignant moment for a poof of his generation.
 
I too love that show (as well as most of the britcoms). I was lucky enough to meet 3 of the cast members from the show when they came through Atlanta on their tours of American PBS stations. A good friend of mine is an executive with one of our local PBS stations and invited me down when they were in town (all on different occasions). I met John Inman (Mr. Humphries) first. He was a sweet little guy who wore a lot of jewelry,lol. Then was Molly Sugden (Mrs. Slocombe). She was just like anyone's sweet grandmother. She had not an affected bone in her body. She also seem genuinely amazed that so many people in America loved the show so much. The last was Nicolas Smith (Mr. Rumbold). He was cordial but VERY reserved to the point of being a little cold. And it's true, he has the biggest ears of any man I've ever seen.
 
Ned Nickerson said:
I've seen every one of the episodes over and over and I still watch them whenever they air on my local PBS channel. I finally bought the complete series on DVD last month, and have been watching my favorite episodes.
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I was surprised to see there were only 69 episodes over 10 seasons. I'll never understand the British TV system -- they apparently believe that if a show is a hit, you should air as few episodes as possible. 12 for Fawlty Towers and The Office, 18 for The League of Gentlemen, 30 (I think) for Ab Fab -- meanwhile Seinfeld has 180 episodes.
 
slobone said:
I was surprised to see there were only 69 episodes over 10 seasons. I'll never understand the British TV system -- they apparently believe that if a show is a hit, you should air as few episodes as possible. 12 for Fawlty Towers and The Office, 18 for The League of Gentlemen, 30 (I think) for Ab Fab -- meanwhile Seinfeld has 180 episodes.
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One of my favorite British sitcoms To The Manor Born has only 21 episodes and ran for three seasons, and managed to tie everything up by having the two main character marry each other in the final episode. I don't understand the British system either. The Vicar of Dibley was 16 episodes over 5 years. Instead of a weekly series, it appears to be an episode every few months. However, another British sitcom that has recently begun running on our local PBS station, "Last of the Summer Wine," has the distinction of being the longest running comedy series in the world. It is now in its 27th year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_of_the_Summer_Wine
 
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