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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 14, 2010 14:43:16 GMT 12
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Post by Andy Howells on Mar 14, 2010 22:19:41 GMT 12
I would like to see him bawled out by BSM Williams LOL
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Post by jonboy on Apr 20, 2010 20:33:57 GMT 12
I know the press in the UK gave Michael Bates a hard time until they found out he was the only cast member who born & raised in India, spoke fluent Urdu & served in the Indian Army.
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Post by Molly on Apr 20, 2010 20:52:54 GMT 12
Michael Bates was great wasn't he? I watched a number of It Ain't Half Hot Mum episodes a while ago. It doesn't come close to Dad's Army as far as I'm concerned, but it's good for a giggle.
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Post by madsarmy on Aug 6, 2010 0:26:06 GMT 12
John Pinkney should have been told to
"SHUT UP!"
Funnily enough I bought all the It Ain't Half Hot Mum dvd's the other week and have been watching a few episodes each evening. I forgot how good they where. I'm on the second series only another six to go. ;D
So glad I bought them.
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Post by jonboy on Aug 6, 2010 2:27:54 GMT 12
I though the final series where they were demobbed was rather moving
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Post by Andy Howells on Aug 6, 2010 5:32:25 GMT 12
Look out for Jonathan Ross in the final episode!
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Post by faginsgirl on Aug 25, 2010 6:04:39 GMT 12
IAHHM isn`t really one of my favorites but as Molly says, it`s good for a giggle. There were some very funny episodes.
I remember when Winsor Davies came to visit us at our school. I was only about 11. I remember thinking he was larger than life with very big hands lol.
Also, Don Estelle used to sing in our local shopping centre, bless him!
xx
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Post by chrisw on Nov 2, 2011 6:59:19 GMT 12
Don Estelle had an incredible singing voice, and he and Windsor Davies recorded Whispering Grass which did very well, I think it might have got to Number 1. Here it is on YouTube |
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Post by chrisw on Nov 2, 2011 7:00:21 GMT 12
Here's another version - only stills in this one but better sound quality. |
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Post by jonboy on Nov 2, 2011 7:10:17 GMT 12
Don Estelle & Windsor Davies made an album called Sing Lofty in 1975, copies turn up on Ebay quite often.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 2, 2011 10:51:09 GMT 12
Yes Whispering Grass was No. 1 in the UK for several weeks. There was also another seperate album called Lofty Sings!
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Post by nunky on Nov 20, 2011 0:05:54 GMT 12
Don't forget Dads Army wasn't exactly liked by all when it first started. Everyone has different tastes. My god, some people even like the X Factor.
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Post by jonboy on Nov 25, 2011 6:27:40 GMT 12
Yes, when the audience at the pilot for Dads Army were asked for their views most hated it, if David Croft had not 'filed away' the report that would have been the end.
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Post by youstupidboy on Jan 27, 2012 23:12:08 GMT 12
Yes, when the audience at the pilot for Dads Army were asked for their views most hated it, if David Croft had not 'filed away' the report that would have been the end. Could that have explained the reason for there being audience laughter over the opening credits of 'The Man And The Hour'? |
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Post by mortimer on Jan 30, 2012 20:31:48 GMT 12
Yes, when the audience at the pilot for Dads Army were asked for their views most hated it, if David Croft had not 'filed away' the report that would have been the end. Could that have explained the reason for there being audience laughter over the opening credits of 'The Man And The Hour'? It was the first time anyone had seen the opening sequence, so it may have been amusing for some of the elderly audience (the British retreating etc). We are so used to the sequence, we take it for granted. |
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Post by stephen68 on Apr 25, 2012 4:35:39 GMT 12
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Post by mortimer on Apr 25, 2012 22:46:38 GMT 12
The first series of IAHHM has been edited with permission by Perry and Croft to remove all of the 'racist' comments or actions (ie the kicking of the punka wallah).
The idea is to try and get it back on the screens again. If this works, then series two will be done.
Not that there was really any racist material in there, but you know what people are like and they are prone to complain about things they've never seen!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 26, 2012 23:07:36 GMT 12
Maybe the racist material is in the Urdu words that the Punka Wallah mumbles when he is kicked?
Because other than that, I can't think of anything in the series that is warranting a banning. The BBC are idiots for banning this, I'm glad I don't live in the over-politically correct UK, what a nightmare that must be. I thought it was bad here.
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Post by stephen68 on Apr 27, 2012 2:40:03 GMT 12
They even censored the christmas song A fairytale of new york over here for a while , the lyrics your a bum your a faggot, well the word faggot was censored amazingly, it seems to go from one extreme to the other never ever finding the middle ground.
I know one of the main complaints about IAHHM was the blacking up of white actors, what they didn't realise was that Michael Bates was actually half Indian.
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