Goodbye Miss Brahms

[erick]

Sadly, Wendy Richard has died.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/27/2502725.htm

[stephenb]

noooooooo!

Sad news. What a wonderful show, from an era when the evils of political correctness had not entered our lives.

[Jen]

:sadeyes: RIP Wendy

[Omaroo]

Camp as a row of tents, but a great series. Archetypal British comedy. Sad to see her pass.

[erick]

http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0029144/quotes


Captain Stephen Peacock (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861530/): Miss Brahms...?
Miss Shirley Brahms (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723910/): Yes, I know, Captain Peacock. I'm late.
Captain Stephen Peacock (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861530/): Not good enough, Miss Brahms. You are fifteen minutes late. What would happen if everybody else was fifteen minutes late?
Miss Shirley Brahms (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723910/): The store would open at quarter past.
Captain Stephen Peacock (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861530/): Have you an explanation?
Miss Shirley Brahms (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723910/): Yes. It's Friday. I haven't got any money. And I couldn't afford the bus fare. I had to hitchhike.
Captain Stephen Peacock (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861530/): Well you should have left home earlier.
Miss Shirley Brahms (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723910/): I did. I stood on the corner, and lifted my skirt and showed a bit of stocking like Marilyn Monroe did in "Bus Stop".
Captain Stephen Peacock (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861530/): What happened?
Miss Shirley Brahms (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723910/): The bus crashed and I had to make a statement.

[johnno]

Very Sad News.

She was a great British Comedian,from an era where Funny WAS Funny.
What a Great Loss to the World.
John

[Analog6]

She was great. I never saw Eastenders but loved her in Are You Being Served. It is still a favourite with us and as already said, does not suffer from the current era's stifling political correctness, so it can be genuinely funny.

[astroron]

I never watched East Enders but I was a fan of are you being served:)
We lost John Inman in the last couple of years, and now Wendy, sad loss at a reasonably young age:(

[Ric]

RIP Wendy, a great comedian.

I noticed That "Are you being served" ran for 13 years which means I have only seen less than half of them.

[erick]

Goodbye Mrs Slocombe.

Mollie Sudgen has passed away. :sadeyes:

"...and I am unanimous in this! "

[mozzie]

sad news
on the other hand what a funny thread thanks for the laugh it was a great show

[Enchilada]

You got to watch this then;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19AQgpsIMVY :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Enchilada]

Agreed. I still love her character's full name;
Mary Elizabeth Jennifer Rachel Yiddell Abergavenny Slocombe

I loved the way the character mixes up words and meaning with all masterful double entendres. I.e. Like when talking about "having sex", she always called it "committing misconduct". :rofl:

Many of the words and phrases she keep deliberately 'strangling the language' and mixing them up, as if she had kind of dyslexia. The script writers were found a gem in being able to act it out the comedy.

By the way, her bundle of fluff, the cat, was named Tiddles

She sure did bring a lot of pleasure to this world. :thumbsup: