Rupert Rigsby the ex war hero with shrapnel that moves around his body, the ex boxing chamo, the wine and food connousier, the perfect gentleman in a unruly permissive society, the best sitcom character in british comedy
I absolutely loved this series the first time it was shown on television in the 1970s. It is just as funny today with the incomparable Leonard Rossiter as Rigsby. Priceless.
Another great scouse actor ...serious player doing expert comedy....timing...absolutely spot on.....the looks...innuendo...sly asides..Rossiter had it all
Mojo, you will be rewarded for uploading this work of genius. Bless you. Sometimes I could cry for the kids I see in the streets who'll never understand the significance of Rossiter in his prime.
Spot on Colin. Leonard Rossiter definitely a top notch actor, he did his apprenticeship in regional theatrical companies, like many did years ago, that's where they learned the craft, I'm sad to say most actors these days don't have that background, that's why they're not in the same class. 👍
The range and depth of the sitcoms made by the Beeb and the various ITV companies in the 60s,70 and 80s was extraordinary. Rising Damp cast were giants. Funny and witty. Better days. Nowadays, utter crap on tv.
Imagine being given the task of writing the script and being told it's a comedy set in a boarding house? Where would you even start? And yet it was, in my ignorant opinion, an absolute masterclass of the best of British comedy that encapsulates all of the nuances of English society and social values and brought to life by the genius of the casting and their acting talent. My wife and I still banter with the dialogue fifty years later.
I saw all those American sitcoms of the seventies and they were bloody boring and not funny and were really PC even back then. Archie Bunker was a bad rip off of Alf Garnett.
TRIVIA : Rigsby and miss Jones didn't get on with each other in real life (opposite political beliefs) and Ironically the night leonard Rossiter had his fatal heart attack in the theatre he was performing 🎭 she was in the audience ! A 40year anniversary tribute documentary has since been made for TV including a Reunion for the Surviving cast Members ! But Frances de la tour Didnt participate ! R.I.P. Richard Beckinsdale Leonard Rossiter ! And Vienna ❤🙏
Yeah, poor fella. I saw an interview with his daughter recently and she was still so upset at the fact her dad died so soon. I think he was about 36 but I could be wrong. Richard would have went on to great roles as he was a very talented actor. God bless mate.
@@davidpollard4051 The film was, but the series were set a good 20 miles from where I come from up north, in Leeds. In fact, my great auntie used to live in nearby Holmfirth too, which we used to visit when I was really young, and which I dreaded, due to the enormous hill we had to walk up to get there, as she must have lived close to where Nora Batty was purported to live in the series Last of the Summer Wine. As for smells, well S Yorks could stink, especially when the biggest coking plant in Europe at Manvers In Wath was throwing out its variety of sulphurous compounds, which stunk like bad eggs. I reckon that was worse than any sewerage smell, but it would be probably be down personal preference, or should I say indifference, even repugnance. GREAT show by the way!
@@nialloneill5097 I know - there are frequent references to the M62 motorway during the series so no idea why you mentioned anything about London ? It's clearly set against a Northern backdrop.
What genius so funny everyone plays their parts fantastically well only with there were a Christmas episode for every series and a few more series aswell just got into this show properly what a treat
@@donnn-ow4rj yes saw the film to it was good beckinsales character was amiss but I truly love it all currently watching one foot in the grave having just binge watched only when I laugh also amazing
@@rra8973 yes I love one for in grave and recently binged watched them all r on bbc. I have every episode on dvd but not watched them in a few years so nice to catch up with them all again.. one for in grave is unique comedy cause it has dark serioues iissues mixed in with it. I do like only when I laugh but not as much as I want too if tjat makes sense?? lol notice peter bowles plays archie in it exactly the same as hilary in his rising dano episode it might as well be the same chracter .
@@donnn-ow4rj yeah there is alot of good british comedy we have that is true it's sad to say I'm just a recent fan of peter Bowles just watched him in bounders and fell in love I'm trying to find a copy of the complete series of perfect scoundrels but cant find it anywhere such a shame.just purchased to the manor born lyttons diary and the irish r.m and his autobiography!lol
@@rra8973 does he mention his experience in rising damp in his autobiography? I know Leonard rooster was very difficult to work with. Also if you are a fan of him, he is in a tales of the unexpected with Joan Colin's called neck. It's a great sinister episode. Filmed in about 1980 just before she got her big dynasty role.
I clicked SUBSCRIBE just by looking at the title and the color pallete hues popular for that decade. Just a few seconds into the show and --BULLSEYE! Excellent Show. Ohhj, to meet and have as a friend someone like the older Gent. Where are the good People these days? He's the Pillar of Society. Some cultures, the single mother is a glorification. Sad. Those Types of Social Circles are also T.R.O.U.B.L.E. I'm here in Los Angeles, so you might understand what i mean. A society doesn't long endure built on fatherless homes. Tragically, some women ONLY care to be mothers without providing for their child, a Father in the Home. That's SELFISHNESS, NARCISCISM, HEDONISM.
That's something that started in the late 70's, early 80's over in the UK, often inspired by the desire for a free flat, freedom from parents, freedom from partners, and ability to have a sh_g. These women usually preferred not to declare their men, even if they had a regular one, as it interfered with the maximisation of their benefits. I never criticised it but plenty of people did, but it was the way the poorer half of the populous got by, especially women who didn't want to work. It was then though that the honesty, and sincerity of our society began to decline, as feminism began to expand, and men generally became rats, and relationships are much more superficial. I recall my father's generation who were really chivalrous, but now they'd think you were an unscrupulous sex abuser and after something if you went to help a damsel in distress..I don't know whether it is true or not, but a chap told me older women are a nightmare over here, as they split with husband, take lion's share of home, obtain a job with lots of money in bank, then have own place with car, and holidays etc, and go around pulling younger men. So whatever the reasons for all this moral decline and decay , the result is a fractured society, with no strong father, or mother figures, that are capable of moulding genuine human beings for our societies. However, politicians as role models have a lot to account for too, and just in the last week over here, the ridiculous budget that is rewarding the greediest, and most crooked segments of society sums our society up really, we're f'd. And this won't be fixed overnight, but it will end in conflicts, and wars, that are wrose than anything we have seen thus far, sadly.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
