Same, I havent gone a night in years without watching some old bbc comedy...I think it's probably one of my biggest fears is losing that particular part if my routine...about twice a year the power goes out and in up all night bc I wasn't able to watch one of my shows lol
The last segment where he Albert says I’m glad you’re home and Harold smiles and says so am I .. is just effortless and heartwarming, you could actually imagine these being father and son in real life that’s how good they were
vintage comedies like these remain classics to this day,....great writing and terrific character acting made this so popular and so endearing to so many people,....and it's a pity modern comedies aren't half as funny , and charming as these old sitcoms....
Brilliant I never saw this one , absolute classic comedy , what an acting partnership they were ,great to see Youther Joice before George and Mildred fame.
Yes she did as one of his aunties at Alberts "funeral". She says to Harold "he's only sleeping" to which Harold replies "I know he is......lazy bleeder".
I always enjoy episodes when at least Harold manages to walk away with something. Even though everything went to pot as usual, at least he didn't have to go crawling back to the old man on his hands and knees...he was able to put up something of a front. Not much I agree...but pretty good for Harold in this series.
I love the satisfactory "status-quo-is-god" in this series, especially the 60s episodes. You know what will happen per usual, but they did it in a not too contrived way. And yes, it was nice see Albert wanted Harold home more than he wanted to come home. It may have *actually* worked out for Harold if he did not have *such* a miserable old cow for a landlady.
The old sitcom routine. You know have to have them back at the yard for the start of next week's episode, so nothing ever does work out. The only time it only really does was in "A Perfect Christmas", where Harold tricks Albert into going abroad for Christmas on his own and leaving Harold to own devices back home. And that was the last ever episode.
I remember watching Steptoe & Son when I was 15 1973, loved the show when a kid, could be a bit risky sometimes especially when his son would bring a bird home, I would say lady though to be politically correct now. XX
Compared to today's comedy, this is incredibly tame. Heck, even "The Simpsons" is remarkably tame by today's standards, and you know how fuss parents made over that in the 90s.
Well, I suppose it would have been fairly easy for a scruffy shoebox with a view of the gasworks but I suspect probably there would have been checks for anyone wanting to rent a nicer place.
yes you could walk out of one job straight into another no reference .now the gov got council tax from everyone yet the country is worse off they waste money left right and center .theres house shortages people living on the streets soup kitchens 0 houre contracts nhs on last legs. drug abuse a broken justice system and it go s on and on and on .
Kaz Fleszar I work with a 73 year old man he mentions it now and again when he was a young man he walked out of umpteen jobs and walked into a new one just like that, you couldn't do that now not a hope in hell.
It's only weeks of referencing when applicants drag their heels completing simple online forms. Referencing is usually done and dusted inside a week if the proposed tenants get their fingers out,
I'm 25 and Blk American, this is timeless, well well written, dark and hilarious I grew up on the American adaption Sanford and Son, it was more of a happy un-pc comedy hosted by Redd Foxx, he was our Bernard Manning, they were just as talented as Corbett and Brambell were... everyone is "offensive" this is just the white version of Black comedy from the 70s; working class men having fun, making crude jokes but being smart about it
I suppose you know that Sandford and Son is Steptoe and Son adjusted for America? I watched the first episode of Sandford and Son out of interest and it follows the original Steptoe episode almost exactly. I think it is a shame really that America feels the need to re-write comedy from Britain or even Australia (e.g. Kath and Kim). I don't really understand quite why they do it.
Quite often, humor is the best way to highlight ignorance, and negative bias. If you watch "Love Thy Neighbor", it did more to defeat racism than it ever did encourage it, but it would be banned today.
Don't remember seeing this episode although always been a big fan of S&S but really enjoyed watching it. I assume from the amount of hair Wilfred Bramble has that it was quite an early one?
Another brilliant BBC comedy. This,Fawlty Towers,The Young Ones, Blackadder,Rab C Nesbitt,Only Fools,Bottom,etc etc etc. God Almighty,what has happened to the BBC???? There is no comedy these days.
It's funny, but this show doesn't make sense to me. I'm so accustomed to winning that I can't identify with people who lose no matter what - I can't root for people who do stupid things and then lose because of their stupidity.
Miss Pie Wackitt Your entitled to your opinion, however, I feel that Yootha was an exceptional actress she started in rep alongside her husband Glynn Edwards they hardly had any money as many actors found themselves in the sixties and put on plays just because they loved both the creativity and performance. I have always found Yootha an amazingly strong actor, she was fantastic in our mother's house with dirk bogarde and Pamela Franklin and in the Pumpkin Eaters against another powerhouse actor the late Anne Bancroft. Harry H Corbett was an extremely talented actor, due to the passion in his performance and that is where Yootha matched him line by line they were similar style performers..
