All Things Conan Doyle & Holmes

[Robert]

Hi Zodiac

Yes, Wendy went on to a major part in AYBS.

I found out recently that the "don't like it up 'em" line was used in "Bootsie and Snudge" which was a programme I used to watch but have since almost totally forgotten. Clive Dunn played an old man in that too, and apparently he used to say that line.

Also, in "Whiskey Galore" there's a scene where the Home Guard are building a roadblock on the Scottish island the film is set on. The sergeant says "Hang on, sir. What if the Germans come the other way round?" and the captain (played by Basil Radford) says "I was wondering who'd spot that."

[Zodiac]

They don't like it up 'em!!!

Harold Bennett, who played Young Mr Grace, appeared a few times in "Dad's Army" as Mr Blewett. At one point Mainwaring says to him, "In the name of the King, I demand to see your chicken."

Perry and Croft would sometimes do that, use an actor in a small role in one show and then promote him to a bigger role in a subsequent one.

What??? Oh..arr..yes. Well done Wilson, I wondered who'd be the first to spot that!

Hi Rob,

Yes, and Wendy Richards made an appearnce, as one of Pvt. Walkers lady-friends!!!

Best wishes,

Zodiac.

[Robert]

Harold Bennett, who played Young Mr Grace, appeared a few times in "Dad's Army" as Mr Blewett. At one point Mainwaring says to him, "In the name of the King, I demand to see your chicken."

Perry and Croft would sometimes do that, use an actor in a small role in one show and then promote him to a bigger role in a subsequent one.

[Robert]

"Captain Peacock, I do not respond to any man's finger."

[Zodiac]

Are you free Mr Humphries???

Zodiac:

LOL! You know, I think you must have been born in the wrong generation. You would have been fantastic on "Are You Being Served?"!

P.S. George Bernard who???

THANK YOU!

Cheers,
Adam.

Hi Adam,

I'M FREE!!! I used to love that show! Sadly many of the cast are now no longer with us, so here is a little jaunt down memory lane. Just make sure you don't sit on Mrs. Slocombe's LOL!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOmS3sb9oxE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmkX15AeN8&feature=related

And finally, as a special treat, seeing as "You've all done very well", as 'young' Mr Grace would say. Here is an outtake from the Australian version of AYBS? The cast is just messing about waiting for the next take to be set up. John Inman shows he was just as sharp without a script as he was with one!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_25R4BBHYyc&feature=related

Best wishes,

Zodiac.

[cappuccina]

Love it! I miss that program terribly, and watch reruns when I can find them... (Favorite Mrs. Slocombe line: "I've got a sculptor coming this evening. He's going to do my ***** in clay.")

[Adam Went]

Zodiac:

LOL! You know, I think you must have been born in the wrong generation. You would have been fantastic on "Are You Being Served?"!

P.S. George Bernard who???

THANK YOU!

Cheers,
Adam.

[Zodiac]

Is that a pistol in your pocket???

I can remember hearing that phrase before too....a quick search tells me that a bloke by the name of Tom Lehrer was responsible for it.

http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/tom-lehrer/105825

Graham, yes, Lestrade wasn't of great help even as the fog was rolling in and there was a matter of minutes, possibly seconds left to get the mutt - as with most great cliffhanger stories.

Meanwhile, i'm engaged in a rather ridiculous debate on another forum about who's better, Conan Doyle or George Bernard Shaw. Bah....honestly, some people have no idea. I'm fighting the good fight though!

Cheers,
Adam.

Hi Adam,

Yes, and we were robbed of our chance to find out what the Inspector kept in his trousers! Perhaps Lestrade bottled it when he saw the size of Holmes and Watson's large caliber weapons. I believe that the condition is known as "Pistol Envy"!

Best Wishes,

Zodiac.

P.S. George Bernard who???

[Adam Went]

I can remember hearing that phrase before too....a quick search tells me that a bloke by the name of Tom Lehrer was responsible for it.

http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/tom-lehrer/105825

Graham, yes, Lestrade wasn't of great help even as the fog was rolling in and there was a matter of minutes, possibly seconds left to get the mutt - as with most great cliffhanger stories.

Meanwhile, i'm engaged in a rather ridiculous debate on another forum about who's better, Conan Doyle or George Bernard Shaw. Bah....honestly, some people have no idea. I'm fighting the good fight though!

Cheers,
Adam.

[Graham]

OMG, Graham, you are naughty!!

I think that was originally said by an American humorist, whose name unfortunately I can't remember.

By all accounts, Mrs L wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, and may well have been somewhat miffed that her enjoyment of 'Our American Cousin' was so abruptly disturbed.

Graham

[cappuccina]

OMG, Graham, you are naughty!!

[Graham]

Yes, you are correct, Graham, a Philadelphia Derringer pistol with a .41-caliber bullet...

"Apart from all that, Mrs Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?"

Graham

[cappuccina]

Yes, you are correct, Graham, a Philadelphia Derringer pistol with a .41-caliber bullet...

[Graham]

Hey Zodiac,

Well spotted about the barrels/chambers! Perhaps Doyle got confused between a pistol and a full blown shotgun, as they of course have "shotgun barrels"....

As for Lestrade's firearm....could it perhaps be a Derringer?

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

Wasn't sure if they would have been around in Holmes's time but apparently they were.....

Cheers,
Adam.

1] Poor old Lestrade bottled out as soon as he saw the phantastical phantasmagorical phosphorus-physiognomied mutt, and never got to shoot off the contents of his trouser-pocket.

2] I believe a Derringer-type pistol was used by J W Booth to bump off President Lincoln.

Graham

[Adam Went]

Hey Zodiac,

Well spotted about the barrels/chambers! Perhaps Doyle got confused between a pistol and a full blown shotgun, as they of course have "shotgun barrels"....

As for Lestrade's firearm....could it perhaps be a Derringer?

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

Wasn't sure if they would have been around in Holmes's time but apparently they were.....

Cheers,
Adam.