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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 439671" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh, that&#039;s a shame. As you said, though, one of them has to be at the bottom, and I can&#039;t disagree with your reasons for placing it last. Yes - it&#039;s a really nice and funny moment. One little moment I enjoy is when Sybill reels off a list of her mother&#039;s fears and phobias to the bored Mr Johnson. It may not be laugh out loud but it usually elicits at least somewhere between a large smile and a few sniggers (or snickers) for being as random as it is believable. On the subject of contempt, I find Sybill&#039;s description of Basil as &quot;an ageing, brilliantined stick insect&quot; to be absolutely perfect. Even if I had no idea what he looked like, I&#039;d be able to pick him out of a lineup based on this alone. I&#039;m glad you got and commented on this.&nbsp; This is another case where I&#039;ve seen some confused reactions to this aspect of the episode, due to the era and culture and how guarded and paranoid Basil was acting. Stiff upper lip Brits were very distrusting of psychiatry and psychology and very uncomfortable around practitioners (based on a conversation I had recently, some still are). I&#039;m sure that fear isn&#039;t specifically British, but I&#039;d say as a country Britain was far more resistant to the practice than many others. Basil&#039;s discomfiture at being in the same space was an extreme example of this, and I like that his fear of exposure became a self-fulfilling prophecy with the crossed wires over the questions about holidays (which he thought was about sex) and Basil ultimately being mistaken for a sex maniac. Would this be Gladstone and Baden-Powell and Earl Haig? I wouldn&#039;t say they&#039;re common references, even in Britain (and even less so today).They&#039;re mostly late-Nineteenth/early-Twentieth Century figures. Gladstone was Prime Minister four times, while the other two were military men (with Robert Baden-Powell also founding the Boy Scouts and co-founding the Girl Guides). Whenever you do get round to rewatching, I&#039;d be interested to know what this was. I can&#039;t think what it would be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 439671, member: 23"] Oh, that's a shame. As you said, though, one of them has to be at the bottom, and I can't disagree with your reasons for placing it last. Yes - it's a really nice and funny moment. One little moment I enjoy is when Sybill reels off a list of her mother's fears and phobias to the bored Mr Johnson. It may not be laugh out loud but it usually elicits at least somewhere between a large smile and a few sniggers (or snickers) for being as random as it is believable. On the subject of contempt, I find Sybill's description of Basil as "an ageing, brilliantined stick insect" to be absolutely perfect. Even if I had no idea what he looked like, I'd be able to pick him out of a lineup based on this alone. I'm glad you got and commented on this. This is another case where I've seen some confused reactions to this aspect of the episode, due to the era and culture and how guarded and paranoid Basil was acting. Stiff upper lip Brits were very distrusting of psychiatry and psychology and very uncomfortable around practitioners (based on a conversation I had recently, some still are). I'm sure that fear isn't specifically British, but I'd say as a country Britain was far more resistant to the practice than many others. Basil's discomfiture at being in the same space was an extreme example of this, and I like that his fear of exposure became a self-fulfilling prophecy with the crossed wires over the questions about holidays (which he thought was about sex) and Basil ultimately being mistaken for a sex maniac. Would this be Gladstone and Baden-Powell and Earl Haig? I wouldn't say they're common references, even in Britain (and even less so today). They're mostly late-Nineteenth/early-Twentieth Century figures. Gladstone was Prime Minister four times, while the other two were military men (with Robert Baden-Powell also founding the Boy Scouts and co-founding the Girl Guides). Whenever you do get round to rewatching, I'd be interested to know what this was. I can't think what it would be. [/QUOTE]

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