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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 311378" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>My next sojourn is a logical one:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F71xCz6lgwIL._AC_SL1448_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 615px" /></p><p></p><p><em>The Magnificent Evans</em> once again pairs Roy Clarke's writing with Ronnie Barker's note-perfect performance: a match made in heaven.</p><p></p><p>We return to the Welsh setting Ronnie so loved in his earlier pilot <em>I'll Fly You For A Quid.</em> He does a great Welsh accent and it's clear he enjoys getting stuck into this character who comes with his own straight-talking eccentricities.</p><p></p><p>The combination of locals - randy men, women in short skirts, tight-lipped gossiping prudes, henpecked husbands - feels typical for Clarke of the era. Paired with the rugged village set in the scenic valley,<em> Last Of The Summer Wine</em> springs to mind.</p><p></p><p>There are also Clarke's running gags: Sharon Morgan making sure everyone knows she has her "own apartment" in the house she sinfully shares with her lover; the ever-stuck door on the car which forces Sharon to hike up her skirt in order to climb in and out under the appreciative gaze of Plantagenet and Willie; Plantagenet upsetting some local with his brutal honesty; the creaking step making a farting sound every time someone exits the shop. It's a format that feels very Roy Clarke. It's also yielded some nice, pithy one-liners which have his stamp all over.</p><p></p><p>Either the first few episodes lacked sparkle or it's taken a while for me to settle into the format, but it seems to be getting a little funnier as it goes along. Not side-splittingly funny, but enough to make the brief visit enjoyable.Already I'm two thirds of the way through its six episodes. At this point I can understand why it didn't continue past the sixth episode, but at the same time it feels as though it hasn't reached its full potential and I'm looking forward to rounding the series off, even though the episodes will be formulaic and predictable - in the best kind of way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 311378, member: 23"] My next sojourn is a logical one: [CENTER][IMG width="615px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F71xCz6lgwIL._AC_SL1448_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1[/IMG][/CENTER] [I]The Magnificent Evans[/I] once again pairs Roy Clarke's writing with Ronnie Barker's note-perfect performance: a match made in heaven. We return to the Welsh setting Ronnie so loved in his earlier pilot [I]I'll Fly You For A Quid.[/I] He does a great Welsh accent and it's clear he enjoys getting stuck into this character who comes with his own straight-talking eccentricities. The combination of locals - randy men, women in short skirts, tight-lipped gossiping prudes, henpecked husbands - feels typical for Clarke of the era. Paired with the rugged village set in the scenic valley,[I] Last Of The Summer Wine[/I] springs to mind. There are also Clarke's running gags: Sharon Morgan making sure everyone knows she has her "own apartment" in the house she sinfully shares with her lover; the ever-stuck door on the car which forces Sharon to hike up her skirt in order to climb in and out under the appreciative gaze of Plantagenet and Willie; Plantagenet upsetting some local with his brutal honesty; the creaking step making a farting sound every time someone exits the shop. It's a format that feels very Roy Clarke. It's also yielded some nice, pithy one-liners which have his stamp all over. Either the first few episodes lacked sparkle or it's taken a while for me to settle into the format, but it seems to be getting a little funnier as it goes along. Not side-splittingly funny, but enough to make the brief visit enjoyable.Already I'm two thirds of the way through its six episodes. At this point I can understand why it didn't continue past the sixth episode, but at the same time it feels as though it hasn't reached its full potential and I'm looking forward to rounding the series off, even though the episodes will be formulaic and predictable - in the best kind of way. [/QUOTE]
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