It's fiunny when you hear people say how original Blackadder was, they obviously never heard of Up Pompeii which had already created a historical comedy with a discontented servant as it's main character.
One of the "Carry On" series with a Roman setting equally accurate. The "Coccium in Cornovii" sounds marginally indecent but refers to Wigan, the butt of 1950s jokes.
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One of the great costume farces. Frankie Howard at his best, in command of the double entendre and punning with abandon. RIP Frankie and good old fashioned historically-laced farce.
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Frankie Howerd - absolute genius and master of saucy innuendo. I am now sixty years of age but never tire of his humour, and stage presence, a man who simply owned the screen and could work an audience like no other. R.I.P Sir Francis ❤
Absolutely!!...frankie was hilarious 🤣 major fan..the voice...the face...adlibs galore!!!!...-got boxset of up pompei...the way he looked into camera...cracks me up...brilliant in carry ons too...shame he didn't do more...so funny...😁👍gazzz
Yes, she played a role as Private Walker's sexy girlfriend in an episode of Dad's Army too. She was also a glamourous sales assistant to Mrs Slocombe in "Are you being served?"
Produced by David Croft, who also produced, directed and co-wrote It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Dad's Army and Are You Being Served (amongst others). Perhaps not surprising he remembered actors he'd worked with before when he came to cast those series.
Love when he says something towards a sexual innuendo and the audience starts laughing them he stops and gives a dirty look as if to say your filthy minds 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Great series. Frankie Howerd is just laugh out loud. He's perfect for this and made the most of Talbot Rothwell's scripts. If anyone has got a copy of the feature film to upload that would round off the collection nicely.
Is there a branch of Grace Brothers in Pompeii? Mr. Rum old and Miss Brahms are in this episode, and Mrs. Slocombe and Mr. Mash have been in others. :-)
If there were ever a competition for the highest number of innuendos in one episode, this one will be right up there. No pun intended. XD Btw, why did they give that Jeremy Young guy such an enormous fake nose?!?
Frankie Howerd was a comic genius in the and in other things and this Program was far better than Black adder because unlike Rowin akinson Frankie Howerd could act
I am avid fan of British Comedy, but unless your teaching a class in Greek or Roman History, this show absolutely, BORING. Now I, Claudius in the 1980s mini series, that was awesome...
