"Likely Lads" never played here. Outside of Python, you have to remember that U.S. public TV's most popular Britcoms remain "Are You Being Served?" and "Keeping Up Appearances."
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 3:31 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > In the last week, Rodney Bewes, an actor famous for being one of the two > stars of a BBC sitcom that aired 60s and 70s died*, and his co-star, James > Bolam, was asked to talk about him. At one point in the interview I heard, > the interviewer mentioned that there had been press reports 6 or 7 years > ago that the pair didn't really talk any longer. Bolam politely pointed out > that this is just the norm in acting and showbusiness. You do a gig for a > few years, and then when it ends, you mostly tend to walk away from it onto > other projects. > > Certainly with the rise of fandom in the form of conventions etc, some > actors especially from genre shows, might find themselves regularly meeting > up for panels and events. But it's the nature of the business that those > tight bonds tend to start and finish while the show's in production. > > > Adam > > > > * I really wouldn't expect many on this list to know this name, or > remember his big shows, The Likely Lads, and its sequel, Whatever Happened > to the Likely Lads, since they were incredibly British and of their time, > exploring the working man and class structure through comedy. Also, the > leads were Geordie (from the North East of England) meaning that the > accents might be a little tricky for an international audience. But let me > know if I'm wrong! > > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 5:14 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> After nearly 30 years together, LA morning duo Mark & Brian haven’t >> spoken since they signed off KLOS years ago >> >> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 6:21 PM Jay Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Penn & Teller (altho I understand they've been chummier off-stage after >>> Penn had his kids) >>> >>> Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman have had almost zero contact since their >>> Mythbusters: Live tour ended. >>> >>> >>> On 11/22/2017 9:59 PM, PGage wrote: >>> >>> “Fine” contextualized with this: >>> >>> “Even though Golic says the two are "fine," they were never really >>> friends off the air. People think that we did the show for 18 years and >>> hung out all the time. I remember Greenie saying years ago that he thought >>> it would be better that we didn’t hang out," >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ----- >>> My 6YO nephew needs a wheelchair van. 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