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Topic History of: Christmas TV Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Green Man
Jack Smethurst loved it also. Has there was good chemistry off camera. Both actors spent a great deal of time at eachother house's if I remember correctly.
robbiex
Interesting to note that 2 of the few actors of the time still very much working actors are Don Warrington from Rising damp and now "Death in Paradise", and Rudolph Walker from "Lovey Thy Neighbour" and now Eastenders. If you watched last weeks My life at Christmas www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0025x99/m...ani-series-1-2-rudol. He's proud of doing "love thy Neighbour". I remember it as a child and loved it. Watching it back now the comedy is pretty lame and I have the dvd of the film, and it isn't one that stands the test of time. Interesting to see that the White bigot (Eddie) is a big labour fan, putting Harold Wilson posters on his window and the black guy is a tory with pictures of Edward Heath on his window. He doesn't regret the show, although accepts it was of its time.
Green Man
Downing Street Cat wrote: Christopher Strauli recalls having a terrible time with Leonard Rossiter during the shooting of the film version. Len Rossiter wanted Strauli to play the part like Richard Beckinsale, but Strauli insisted he couldn't and wanted to play it his own way. This angered Rossiter and he was deeply unpleasant to Strauli throughout the 6 week shoot. I think if you watch the film now you can even sense there is a tension. It truly is appallingly bad. Should never have been made.
Rossiter was nasty piece of work and was very narcisttic. Yet he was a good character actor with pristine comedic timing. It's been a long time since I have watched the Rising Damp film. You can see resentment on Leonard's forehead. It reads like "Let's just get this scene over and done with"
Strauli was great in Only When I Laugh, even the Yanks loved it. It was James Bolam who fell out with Richard Wilson about comedy. I still love the episode about bed next to the window for the daffodils. It would have worked for radio also.
Downing Street Cat
Christopher Strauli recalls having a terrible time with Leonard Rossiter during the shooting of the film version. Len Rossiter wanted Strauli to play the part like Richard Beckinsale, but Strauli insisted he couldn't and wanted to play it his own way. This angered Rossiter and he was deeply unpleasant to Strauli throughout the 6 week shoot. I think if you watch the film now you can even sense there is a tension. It truly is appallingly bad. Should never have been made.
Green Man
Most movie spin-offs were bad and some are forgotten and rarely shown on TV.
The only ones I watch every year are Likely Lads, Please Sir, both Steptoe films.
Father, Dear Father...no comment.
Rising Damp was done for a quick cash-in and it shows. Both Man About The House and George and Mildred were an utter mess. Love Thy Neighbour film was crap but I liked the twist at the end.
Are You Being Served? Starts well but the scenes go on far too long. You can tell they didn't have a budget, what budget they did have went towards paying the cast and crew.
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