John Inman
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Topic: John Inman
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Subject: John Inman
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 14:32
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John Inman,famous for his role as Mr Humphries in the BBC sitcom Are You Being served? died today at age 71.
Me and my wife love British comedy and one of the first shows we started watching was AYBS?I just wanted to give a big RIP to a man who at times made me laugh so hard tears came to my eyes.
RIP John........
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 14:40
| Yes indeed Jody, one of British comedy's truly memorable characters. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 16:13
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Sad news. I was surprised to discover that AYBS was so popular in the US. I would have thought it was too "British" (but what do I know?). |
Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 17:14
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I'm floored.
Enjoyed Inman very much. AYBS had an excellent cast, but Inman truly shone.
Sadly missed. ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 17:20
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Wendy Richard was such a babe! ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 17:21
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According to one of the obituaries I read, one of his responses when people came up to him in the street and asked if he was free was "No, but I'm very reasonable...". I liked that.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 17:24
| But did he ever get to stroke Mrs Slocombe's pussy? |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 18:06
  I always loved the running jokes about Mrs. Slocombe's "pussy". ------------- |
chopper wrote:Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 18:08
Do you think she dyed it blue to match her hair? ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 21:08
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*moment of silence for Wilberforce Claiborne Humphries*
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 22:03
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Every day I find more and more hard to regret someone's death. Death is a part of life, and if a person lives a good life, there should be nothing but happiness and good memories, specially if you get to die at a very advanced age. I do, however, feel sad about infortunate deaths, as in innocent people being murdered in fuel wars, innocent people getting killed by arseholes drivers, etc. But if you get to live your life more or less in a good way, and you feel happy with what you acomplished, then a natural, peaceful death is exactly what you should expect, and no one should look at this as tragedy, just as a natural and quite logical event. ------------- ĦBeware of the Bee! |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: March 10 2007 at 03:56
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regarding "Are you being served?" i worked in various London department stores in the 80's and 90's and though the show is a caricature of department store life it is not so far from the truth - the characters were real - the snooty one, the posh lady with the pussy, the wise old ex-military manager, the fatherly old man who is useless but no one has the heart to sack him, the dolly bird, the gay man, the cheeky youngster, the grumpy storeman, i knew them all!
some of the situations were real though exaggerated, they could have made a good scene from was the fire/bomb evacuations, people standing in the park in various states of dress or in the middle of a hair do - the managers running round finding everyone and worrying if someone was locked in the loo!
happy memories when i see the show, and some stores are still like the one in the show!
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: March 10 2007 at 09:04
I worked - very briefly - in a department store in the North of England in my early 20s and the AYBS characters were all present and correct there as well. I never liked the show that much, but Inman was a real icon of British popular culture. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: March 11 2007 at 07:14
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John was great, as were the others. We get re-runs of AYBS every year or so over here, an somehow I always run into episodes I hadn't seen before. RIP ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 04:27
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I'm shocked -
I never expected a thread dealing with the late John Inman to be seen here, yet am glad it is 
The man, the legend, the master of the inside leg:  ------------- 
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 04:42
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Like Fred & Syzygy, I put in some time during 80's and early 90's in dept stores.......Are you being Served.... it was all so true to life!
It must be 20 years since the Grace Brothers closed it's doors..... I am sure John will be remembered fondly by many. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 08:28
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Captain Peacock: Are you free, Mr Humphries?
Mr Humphries: I'm a little busy at the moment Captain Peacock: There's a man here who would like to be measured for a dress Mr Humphries (leaving other customer immediately): I'm free! +++cue raucous hilarity from studio audience+++ British humour, eh? -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |