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Offline Mince

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Good Life
« on: June 06, 2011, 06:38:39 PM »
Does anyone here enjoy The Good Life with Richard Briers?
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Fyodor

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2011, 06:55:02 PM »
Did way back when.
Haven't seen it since.
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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2011, 07:04:18 PM »
Love it - I have it on DVD.  ;D
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2011, 07:53:55 PM »
Quote from: Mince on June 06, 2011, 06:38:39 PM
Does anyone here enjoy The Good Life with Richard Briers?

I used to, but he doesn't invite me round so often these days. He's also quite a bit older than me so I'd probably refuse any invitation that came my way now.
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Jerry Attrick

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2011, 07:55:42 PM »
I enjoyed it but I was (am!) more of a Felicity Kendal fan myself... :)
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Jerry Attrick

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2011, 07:58:07 PM »
Quote from: Mince on Today at 06:38:39 PM
Does anyone here enjoy The Good Life with Richard Briers?

I used to, but he doesn't invite me round so often these days. He's also quite a bit older than me so I'd probably refuse any invitation that came my way now.

Nope, my previous reply still stands, if Felicity invited me round now I'd still be there...
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2011, 08:25:00 PM »
The most awful, twee example of British sitcom-writing you could ever imagine and a total waste of Richard Briers' talent. Watch "Ever Decreasing Circles" , with the same actor, to see how a similarly suburban format SHOULD be written.
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2011, 08:37:00 PM »
Quote from: Roger Kettle on June 06, 2011, 08:25:00 PM
The most awful, twee example of British sitcom-writing you could ever imagine and a total waste of Richard Briers' talent. Watch "Ever Decreasing Circles" , with the same actor, to see how a similarly suburban format SHOULD be written.

I used to love "Ever Decreasing Circles". I also admit to enjoying "The Good Life", but it was no "Terry & June", let's be honest.
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Offline Mince

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2011, 08:42:38 PM »
Quote from: Roger Kettle on June 06, 2011, 08:25:00 PM
The most awful, twee example of British sitcom-writing you could ever imagine and a total waste of Richard Briers' talent. Watch "Ever Decreasing Circles" , with the same actor, to see how a similarly suburban format SHOULD be written.

Except that Ever Decreasing Circles was utterly boring and Good Life wasn't.
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Bog

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2011, 04:34:43 PM »
I'm with Roger on this one, Ever decreasing cirlces was a masterpeice!

Howard and Hilda, fab!
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2011, 06:26:38 PM »
Thanks, Bog---you're obviously a man of taste.
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Offline Bilthehut

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2011, 10:38:05 PM »
I liked the 'Good Life', and have never seen the other programme.
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Offline Mince

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2011, 10:41:42 PM »
Quote from: Bilthehut on June 07, 2011, 10:38:05 PM
I liked the 'Good Life', and have never seen the other programme.

Few other people have either.
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Joan

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2011, 08:07:08 AM »
The Good Life seems to be running continuously on one of the channels here at the moment. I switched to it last night and it was the first episode again.  I do like it, but have seen it so many times I've (almost) had enough.  It's Penelope Keith (Margo) who shines in this for me.  :)
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Malc

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Re: Good Life
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2011, 08:42:41 AM »
The Good Life was Andrew Lloyd Webber

Ever Decreasing Circles was Elgar

Both have their markets. Only one of them was any good.
I'm not surprised Good Life was successful, it was a Not The Nine O Clock News parody of a British sit-com, just before Not The Nine O Clock News actually started.
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