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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 1, 2019 12:19:08 GMT 12
One thing that came as a surprise was to hear Mavis calling Hodges by the nickname "Wally" in the pub bar. I think you may be mistaken there Alan. Mavis does not call him anything as far as I have heard. But Frazer does call him Willie when they are talking about settling the bet at the bar. The character's name was indeed William Hodges, aka Willie. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 1, 2019 12:20:51 GMT 12
And for that matter John Laurie seems to have added the name Willie as it is not in he script.
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Post by Alan Hayes on Aug 1, 2019 12:28:05 GMT 12
One thing that came as a surprise was to hear Mavis calling Hodges by the nickname "Wally" in the pub bar. I think you may be mistaken there Alan. Mavis does not call him anything as far as I have heard. But Frazer does call him Willie when they are talking about settling the bet at the bar. The character's name was indeed William Hodges, aka Willie. Quite possibly I misheard and then attributed the line to another character in what passes for my memory. And also maybe Frazer's pronunciation of Willie sounds unsurprisingly a bit like Wally with his Scottish accent. I'll check it through again tomorrow.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 1, 2019 12:31:09 GMT 12
Yep it is his accent I think that adds a more rounded sound and it sounds similar to Wally. But I am certain he calls him Willie.
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Post by Alan Hayes on Aug 1, 2019 12:43:00 GMT 12
Actually, I've just checked it and you're absolutely right. And yes, with his accent it sounds like "Wullie", hence my mishearing. Quite why later I thought it was Mavis who'd said it, goodness knows...  |
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Post by petere on Sept 15, 2019 18:42:40 GMT 12
Agnew, Hardcastle...? When Cpl Jones makes the roll call at the start ...? Who are they?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 15, 2019 22:38:07 GMT 12
Back rowers. Like Sponge, Hancock, Hastings, Cecil, etc.
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Post by aparky85 on Dec 8, 2020 12:20:03 GMT 12
This episode is also the starting point of a continuity error (sort of).
The mix up with Jones about Mrs. Mainwaring's condition comes about when Mainwaring is trying to obtain some oxtail "under the counter" for his wife.
In A Soldier's Farewell in series 5, when he buys the cheese from Walker, Mainwaring mentions to Wilson that Elizabeth is a vegetarian.
It's possible that she could have become a vegetarian between Absent Friends and A Soldier's Farewell, but I doubt any thought would had been given to that, so I reckon it's a continuity error.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 8, 2020 14:05:14 GMT 12
I think there were a number of people in Britain who became vegetarians because of the lack of meat and the abundance of fresh veges in their victory gardens.
However I also know vegetarians who "get like that from time to time" and will have an occasional bacon sandwich or a meat pie, too!
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Post by Alan Hayes on Dec 8, 2020 22:46:38 GMT 12
However I also know vegetarians who "get like that from time to time" and will have an occasional bacon sandwich or a meat pie, too! Not this one!
2.5 years a vegetarian and I never plan to go back. No desire to eat meat, either.
There. A completely selfish diversion to this thread... |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 9, 2020 7:30:11 GMT 12
Not even for the occasional ox tail, from time to time?  |
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Post by Alan Hayes on Dec 10, 2020 12:55:09 GMT 12
It'd be harder to give up chocolate, mate. |
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