The Good Life

hellywelly4 | 23:13 Sun 22nd Dec 2019 | Film, Media & TV

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Just watched this on BBC 4. I had forgotten how lovely it was. Penelope Keith was wonderful as Margo Leadbetter. (And there wasn’t a swear word in it).

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Mozz71

Was it the one with the homemade crackers?

marval

I really liked that programme, I loved the episode where Margo sent her whole Christmas delivery back, because the tree was not the right size.

gness

It was lovely, Helly...... and I had (and still have) a Margo type friend when I was a bit more of a Barbara..... :-)

-SharonA-

They certainly don't make then like this anymore.

andy-hughes

I know that TGL was, and still is, massively popular, but its appeal completely by-passed me, then and now.

I get the concept, but I simply saw Tom as a self-righteous bullying nobody, and his hamster-cheeked annoyingly voiced wife as the proverbial 'little woman', doing as she was told, and kidding herself that she enjoyed it.

Mozz71

Gness, if you were even slightly Felicity Kendall, I'd have been giving you my corniest lines! :-D

bluemoon1

No swear words, no gays, no lesbians, no black or Asian characters, dear, oh dear what were they thinking of?

hellywelly4

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Yes it was the one with the crackers.
I didn’t get that impression at all Andy, and I’m very much a ‘free woman’. I’m sure I would have picked up on any male chauvinism.

Old_Geezer

It was a great series. Very amusing.

gness

Mozz..... I have the shovel...the dungarees and the wellies....not to mention the boggy, rain sodden bit of land and the occasional visiting sheep and donkey.....so corn away..... :-)

Mozz71

//I get the concept, but I simply saw Tom as a self-righteous bullying nobody, and his hamster-cheeked annoyingly voiced wife as the proverbial 'little woman', doing as she was told, and kidding herself that she enjoyed it.//

I always saw them as equals, but even if that was so, Margot was definitely the alpha partner when compared to Jerry, so you had an example of each.

I still find Vyvyan's rant about TGL in The Young Ones hilarious though.

zebo

Would it be made today? Too white? Too middle class? Stereo-types of male/female roles?
We were talking the other morning about things that wouldn't be made today. Something as innocuous as our breakfast watching, Last of the Summer Wine would incur wrath because of Compo's sexual harressment of Nora Batty.

Mozz71

//I have the shovel...the dungarees and the wellies....not to mention the boggy, rain sodden bit of land and the occasional visiting sheep and donkey//

How you doin'....? Is it hot in here or is it just you? ;-D

zebo

harassment, obviously.

gness

Oh I think it must be me, Mozz... fan yourself with a copy of Women's Weekly...... :-)

zebo

Surely it should be 'hit me on the bottom with a Woman's Weekly', still miss Victoria Wood, every time I hear the words 'sash window' the visuals are amazing.

margarettom

It was a lovely series. I liked 'To the Manor Born' as well. In fact, I enjoyed lots of TV programs in those days. Now there's hardly anything new I watch, just lots of old repeats mainly. I'm afraid I don't find most modern comedy, drama etc. entertaining. I don't like modern versions of the Classics either. However with DVD's and less popular TV channels, I find lots I can enjoy.