That’s definitely no overstatement. Although *1600 Pennsylvania Avenue* turned out a complete flop. The entire production came crashing down on poor Leonard Bernstein’s head - all except for Routledge’s performance. She stunned everyone, and was the bright light of the entire production.
They wouldn't have been able to use the character for commercial purposes, keeping up appearances was produced by the BBC (A publicly funded non commercial network).. It's not "hyacinth" per se.. Perhaps at most a close homage to the character she was famous playing at the time.
I love Patricia in Keeping Up Appearances. I first discovered the show I think as a kid in the 90s and then later got the whole show on DVD I can never stop laughing it's so funny.
For years I've been saying "I wouldn't use it to grout the bathroom" disparagingly and knew it was from somewhere, here it is! The things that stick in your mind, eh? :D
Year was 1992...Patricia was doing an advertisement for a British gas vendor. I found it quite amusing...Hyacinth finally having one of her famous dinner parties.
Oh I so miss these programmes.uve watched them so many times and never tire of them.i think I'd like then at my finally. The parody is superb..more please!
@@AstrosElectronicsLab Maybe you should take another look at Keeping up appearances, especially the telephone calls with Sheridan (their son). "Now you're not spending it on girls, are you, dear? You promised Mummy. We agreed not until after you've finished your education. [she listens] Oh, you and Tarquin (his "roommate") aren't interested in girls. What a comfort that is to a mother's heart, dear." As much as I hate to explain humor, its a running joke in the series that Sheridan is gay, and everybody except Hyacinth knows this.
Do you make your own curtains and travel to Iceland? Well done to the writers who developed a most interesting character thru 1-sided phone conversations!
@@AstrosElectronicsLab Hyacinths son in the series or though you never saw him was clearly stereotypically gay and clearly very effeminate, but part of the comedy was everyone knew but she was oblivious to it.
Must've been Elizabeth at the door. Hyacinth always makes her and Emmett come early for her candlelight suppers. Just she can torture, I mean entertain them with a musical sware.
Emmett: Ah yes, Hyacinth's famous musical SWEARS. Elizabeth: It's pronounced "soiree". Emmett: According to Google, it's pronounced "swear", but I don't blame them for the mistake. Hyacinth's musical soirees always make me want to swear.
here it is! Having the WI round for a soiree Trisha Simpson's been acting like Egon Ronay since she got fondue set So I'm putting the stall out *coughs* Popped into the British Gas showroom last week Very struck with their range of new gas cookers! A young man signed us up: "No interest right now!" he says "No interest?" I said "I'm not surprised, but that's the economy for you" Turns out he meant no interest if I had it on credit So here I am! *doorbell rings* Trisha Simpson's butter-bean whip I wouldn't use it for grouting the bathroom Don't you just love being in control? *flicks flame*
It's a reference to the character this is based on: Kitty from Victoria Wood as Seen on TV. She was a local celebrity (after walking the Penine Way in slingbacks to promote mental health). In her final appearance she was doing her programme while getting progressively drunk at the end of series party, to which the crew had all brought something. Kitty brought her butterbean whip "It's over there in a bucket".
@@mplwy Yes, looks like she's moved out of the maisonette that backs onto a biscuit factory. Probably bought this place with compensation off Helen Murchison's insurance for that cracked tooth.
I think it's a clever blend between Hyacinth Bouquet and Kitty Bartholomew, hence the candle light suppers on the table, reference to Trisha Simpson (Keeping Up), the butterbean whip (Kitty's Diarys) a more tolerable Mrs Bouquet
To big to be her kitchen. In her house you would never see the bright sun shining through the window. The woman at the door looked like the one who played the high society woman she tried to impress in one of the episodes. I suppose they were trying to sale a gas range. If you use a gas range like this your food would turn out so delicious you to can attract high society people.
That little dig at the then Government - "that's the economy for you" - love it! Hyacinth always struck me as a Lib Dem (or possible New Labour). As Middle English as she liked to think she was, she always seemed pro-helping others less fortunate hence I can't see her caring much for Mrs T ... don't you agree?
God, I always wondered what exactly a Butterbean Whip was.. Butterbeans are savoury (similar to kidney beans). Whip is usually a dessert, like a cream. So HOW can you have a BUTTERBEAN - WHIP?!
@@rexco2700 they dressed her as Hyacinth but the character is definitely Kitty from Victoria Wood as Seen on TV. They sort of acknowledge that with the butterbean whip reference.
"Don't you just love being in control" was the slogan of British Gas. The company were aware that people were switching to electricity to save money. The only thing they could claim as an advantage over electricity was greater controllability. In those days to heat a house electrically involved using storage heaters (basically a massive brick that was heated up overnight on a cheaper than day electricity tariff). These heaters would then stay hot through the whole if the next day, even if there was a sudden heatwave and was therefore a mixed blessing. Electric jobs used to take a while to cool down as well, so.if something boiled over or burned you'd have to physically move the pan away from the heat, unlike gas that "when it's turned off, it's really off."
