| AYBS Fanfics |
[07 Dec 2008|02:47pm] |
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No, I didn't write them...I wish I did though :)
But two people have submitted new fanfics to my site, and they're both funny so I thought I'd share them. You can read them here:
http://minki.net/aybs/fanworks.html
They're "Riding the Rails" and "The Christmas Party"
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| Are You Being Viewed IS BACK! - This week's Episode, Camping In |
[28 Oct 2008|05:32pm] |
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Trivia
* Colin Bean, who makes an appearance as "The Leatherette Gloves," played Private Sponge, a regular background character in Dad's Army.
* For once, a mistake makes it into the final episode - Captain Peacock greets Miss Brahms as "Missus Brahms."
* The TV critic of the Morning Star, the newspaper of the Communist Party of Great Britain, always critical of Are You Being Served? on political ground,s commented about this episode that the studio audience guffawed at dropped trousers and collapsing beds as if they'd never seen such things before; later the paper dismissed the "tediously offensive" performance of John Inman.
Viewable on YouTube at the following links:
Part 1/3
Part 2/3
Part 3/3
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| New to the Community |
[09 Oct 2008|02:42pm] |
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Hello! I've just found this community and I had to join! I have the full DVD set of all 69 regular episodes & the few extras added in.
I've loved AYBS? since I was little and saw it on PBS. My grandmother was born in Lechlade, Glouchestershire, England. These wonderful characters on the tv reminded me of my grandmother; she moved to the USA to Texas when she married my grandfather, and my mother left Texas to marry my father and live in Delaware so I only met my grandmother a few times before she passed away. I mostly only talked to her on the phone and through letters. I've always been accustomed to the English accent since I rarely hear it around here and it was something very unique to me about my grandmother.
I find it amusing that in everyday life I'll use funny sayings from the show and it's my own private joke that no one around me gets. "Glass of water for Mr. Grainger!" though using someone elses name in place of his, or even "You've all done very well!" It wasn't cool when I got in trouble for saying "orgasm" instead of "organism" in science class while I was in middle school though. lol
Every time I come across an episode on tv, I HAVE to watch it. If I'm not watching alone, I have to be careful to hold my tongue so I don't say all the lines with the characters or I get napkins, chips, anything thrown at me so I'll be quiet. I have about half of the shows copied to my iPOD from my DVDs so wherever I am, if I need an AYBS? fix, I can get it. I suppose it's my drug of choice. haha But I'll stop rambling now.
~Emmy
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[01 Jun 2008|03:19pm] |
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I just wanted to pop in and let people know why I haven't been putting up the shows of the week... I have no computers to do it with. One died of old age, the CPU has finally made her last computation, far as I can tell... My last working computer caught fire in the cable will be getting a new power cable within a few days... so... That's why I dropped off the face of the planet. I will be able to get back to that soon. Sorry I've just vanished like this. I feel so out of touch.
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| Nicholas Smith in the news |
[31 May 2008|05:20pm] |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2008/jun/01/1
(you need to scroll all the way to the bottom)
Is this a ballot box he sees before him?
News of an unlikely new union activist. Actor Nicholas Smith, best known as Mr Rumbold from TV's Are You Being Served?, tells me he is standing for election as president of the thespians' union, Equity. 'I've been a member of the council on and off for 22 years,' he says. 'And of course it's inevitable that at my age, there is less acting work than previously, so I have more time.'
If he wins, no doubt we can expect to see him at the next TUC lording it alongside the leaders of the T&G, Amicus and other unions.
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| Are You Being Viewed? - This week's episode - Dear Sexy Nickers |
[05 Apr 2008|08:24pm] |
Trivia
* Robert Raglan, who appears as "The Forty Inch Waist," regularly played the Colonel in Dad's Army, Jimmy Perry and David Croft's BBC1 sitcom about a Second World War Home Guard unit.
* The series is still developing here - the Gentlemen's and Ladies' departments aren't supposed to fraternize. Mrs. Slocombe has a soft spot for Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Humphries doesn't even know Miss Brahms' name.
* Early in the episode Mr. Humphries shows Mr. Lucas how to "knee" a jacket - break the stitches to it will feel roomier. This is a trick Jeremy Lloyd had picked up while working as a junior at Simpson's department store - though he's quick to point out that he would never suggest that any of Simpson's staff ever kneed a jacket.
Viewable on YouTube at the following links:
Part 1/3
Part 2/3
Part 3/3
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| Are You Being Viewed? - This week - Pilot |
[24 Mar 2008|06:52pm] |
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Trivia
* This pilot episode was originally transmitted unexpectedly and without pre-publicity during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The massacre of Israeli Athletes by a Palestinian terrorist group led to the cancellation of several days' worth of events and the BBC ran the pilot in the place of the planned Olympic coverage. The episode was later repeated at the start of the first series.
* Though produced in color, this episode is now believed to survive only in black and white.
Viewable on YouTube at the following links:
Part 1/3
Part 2/3
Part 3/3
(If I need to change this format, someone please let me know.)
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| Are You Being Viewed? |
[20 Mar 2008|11:09pm] |
Do you own the complete DVD set? Do you own the movie and/or Grace and Favour? Do you wish you had people who could watch with you, who understood what this show means to you? Are you waiting for someone to say "I'm free!" when you turn off the DVD player and mumble, "I wish I could talk to someone about that episode, it's my favorite!"? Now you can!
Okay, since no one else has offered to set something up, I'm willing to work out a schedule with everyone. If this offends the folks in charge here, then please let me know and I'll happily stand down.
Until then, let's say.. one episode a week? Start with the first episode and go in order as the DVD set allows.. skip the specials for now.. we can go back to that later if we decide to. Or do we want to go with the PBS schedule? That would allow folks without the DVD to jump right in, but I assume this will be different for local stations? Ours is showing Takeover (Episode 5 of Series 5) on Monday of next week. But this idea leaves out our friends in other spots across the pond. :(
I would like to give everyone the option of playing along, so if we, say... Post a starter topic on Fridays (I can do that unless told to do otherwise, it's no problem) then give everyone a chance all week to respond to it before starting on another episode? That ought to fit everyone's work schedule, no?
In case you are new and missed the idea behind this, several people were wishing to share comments on the show, some wanted to share the viewing experience, some were wondering the meaning of various phrases within the show. There was a short chat here about collectively viewing an episode a week where we could share these things and talk about our favorite comedy.
Who's with us?
Comments? Questions? Opinions? Ideas? A small fortune to give away? No on the last one huh? Story of my life. ;)
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| Hello |
[18 Mar 2008|04:53pm] |
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Hello :) I've been a huge fan of Are You Being Served for as long as I can remember (i'm 17). It's my favorite british comedy (followed closely by Monty Python). It's the first one I can remember watching on our PBS station, but then they took it off :( I was so glad when they decided to show it again and they still are.
I have the entire series on dvd, Are you Being Served? Again!, and the movie. I really want to buy the companion guide.
Favorite characters: it's a tie between Mr. Humphries and Mr. Lucas for the men.
Mrs. Slocombe for the ladies.
I'm happy I found this community! :^D
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[09 Mar 2008|05:22pm] |
I've been a huge fan of AYBS for a while now (since I discovered the show on PBS in the US). I just recently bought the "Are You Being Served? : The Complete Series 1-10" on DVD & am in the process of watching the specials with Mr. Humphries & his mom (who is visiting in Hollywood) & the tribute to the indefatigable Mollie Sugden on the occasion of her 80th birthday!
I realize that I am preaching to the choir here, but I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this program! It is comedy at its very best. I say this while admitting that, being at a distinct disadvantage due to my "American-ness", I am at a loss as to what the characters are actually saying about a quarter of the time. I intend, however, to brush up on my British colloquialisms & history so as to become a more literate Brit-com fan!
As an aside, Mr. Humphries & Ms. Slocombe are my most very favorite AYBS characters, but I could not imagine this program without all the beyond-wonderful characters that make this series the honest-to-goodness treasure that it is!
I am so happy to find a place like this to share in all the AYBS love!!
:-)
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