Goodbye Miss Brahms

[erick (Eric)]

Sadly, Wendy Richard has died.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...27/2502725.htm

[stephenb (Stephen)]

noooooooo!

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

[Jen]

RIP Wendy

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

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

MISS BRAHMS: Mrs. Slocombe, that man's been hanging round our underwear counter for the past ten minutes.
MRS. SLOCOMBE: Oh dear. Do you think he's one of those?
MISS BRAHMS: One of what?
MRS. SLOCOMBE: A Bon Voyeur. Y'know, they're the people who look but don't touch.
MISS BRAHMS: Ooh, I've never been out with one of those.

[erick (Eric)]

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


Captain Stephen Peacock: Miss Brahms...?
Miss Shirley Brahms: Yes, I know, Captain Peacock. I'm late.
Captain Stephen Peacock: Not good enough, Miss Brahms. You are fifteen minutes late. What would happen if everybody else was fifteen minutes late?
Miss Shirley Brahms: The store would open at quarter past.
Captain Stephen Peacock: Have you an explanation?
Miss Shirley Brahms: 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: Well you should have left home earlier.
Miss Shirley Brahms: 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: What happened?
Miss Shirley Brahms: 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 (Odille)]

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 (Ron)]

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 (Eric)]

Goodbye Mrs Slocombe.

Mollie Sudgen has passed away.

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

[mozzie (Peter)]

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

[Enchilada]

Originally Posted by glenluceskies

That is sad news.
Any word on her pussy?

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

[Enchilada]

Originally Posted by erick

Goodbye Mrs Slocombe.

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".

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.