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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 72254" data-attributes="member: 23">Next up on my viewing calendar is a series I haven&#039;t watched in perhaps quarter of a century: Happy Ever After<img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p037r6nx.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Tonight I watched the Pilot followed by the first two regular episodes and I&#039;m already looking forward to the next.The scenes feel very long after those in You&#039;re Only Young Twice. In fact they&#039;re like little plays, with much of the episodes feeling like a two-hander. And handled by two real pros. Terry Scott is such a wonderful comedian. His facial expressions alone are worth the entry fee. June Whitfield is as reliable as ever and the chemistry is already so good between the two of them.Enjoyable as the Comedy Playhouse Pilot episode was, most of the little tweaks for the regular series feel like they&#039;re for the better. The title sequence is slightly improved, the sets are better and it&#039;s definitely a wise move not to have their daughters dropping in regularly. In fact I could do without seeing them again. But the jury&#039;s out on whether the replacement Aunt Lucy is better than the Pilot version whom I really liked. The series is a little edgier than I&#039;d remembered, which is a nice surprise. The first regular episode had the main characters arguing over politics when Terry - a staunch Conservative - discovered June had been voting Liberal. Terry&#039;s almost-expletive, too, was a nice moment (&quot;What the f...&quot;, he ejaculated before being interrupted by June). Ronnie Hazlehurst&#039;s catchy theme music is quite the earworm. I&#039;ll be taking it to bed with me tonight and quite probably waking up with it in the morning.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 72254, member: 23"] Next up on my viewing calendar is a series I haven't watched in perhaps quarter of a century: [B][I]Happy Ever After[/I][/B] [img]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p037r6nx.jpg[/img] Tonight I watched the Pilot followed by the first two regular episodes and I'm already looking forward to the next. The scenes feel very long after those in [I]You're Only Young Twice.[/I] In fact they're like little plays, with much of the episodes feeling like a two-hander. And handled by two real pros. Terry Scott is such a wonderful comedian. His facial expressions alone are worth the entry fee. June Whitfield is as reliable as ever and the chemistry is already so good between the two of them. Enjoyable as the Comedy Playhouse Pilot episode was, most of the little tweaks for the regular series feel like they're for the better. The title sequence is slightly improved, the sets are better and it's definitely a wise move not to have their daughters dropping in regularly. In fact I could do without seeing them again. But the jury's out on whether the replacement Aunt Lucy is better than the Pilot version whom I really liked. The series is a little edgier than I'd remembered, which is a nice surprise. The first regular episode had the main characters arguing over politics when Terry - a staunch Conservative - discovered June had been voting Liberal. Terry's almost-expletive, too, was a nice moment ("What the f...", he ejaculated before being interrupted by June). Ronnie Hazlehurst's catchy theme music is quite the earworm. I'll be taking it to bed with me tonight and quite probably waking up with it in the morning. [/QUOTE]

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