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| 8.1 | Mrs. Slocombe, part 3 last (finally!) | MCIS5::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Thu Jul 01 1993 03:51 | 208 |
| Notes: D = David Ives, [Chairman?] of WGBH, Channel 2
(PBS) in Boston
M = Mollie Sugden
[Editorial comments in brackets]
D: ...and I want to say that if you're gonna ask a question
you oughta be man or woman enough to come up with a
pledge too. Shouldn't you?
M: Ooh yes, I'm not answering anything if you haven't put
your money where your mouth is.
D: Well here's one. Mollie, the Federal Court of Rhode
Island watches you so much that all the employees ask the
customers "Are you being served?" Many of the customers
answer "Are you free?" The whole Federal Court is an
addicted audience of AYBS.
M: Oh, well next time I hit a policeman with my handbag I
shall expect you to remember how much you *love me...*
D: Are Mr. Rumbold's ears real?
M: Yes! They are! Yes--"Jug Ears"!
D: Is there a fan club one can write to, to Mrs. Slocombe
and the cast? --Probably not.
M: [looks perplexed]
D: You have fan clubs in Britain, don't you? People who
write in, and uh...
M: No, *I* haven't.
D: You should have, you deserve one.
M: The first fan club I had was in Florida, ooh I was so
proud!
D: Here's one: John and Cathy Barton say you're the best
thing to happen to British television.
M: Aw.
D: And little boy Jimmy Rodriguez thinks your hair is
"awesome"!
M: Oh ha ha ha! You're so right, Jimmy!
D: That's just short of saying "wicked awesome," which is
what the kids say these days. Remember folks, we're here
not just to entertain you, as Mollie is doing so
wonderfully, BUT to get your pledges, so there are a lot
of people I can see at that table right now who have
nobody calling them, and I wish you'd get them busy right
this minute.
M: Get on with it! Hurry up!
[pledge tape]
D: A few more fun words while Mollie reads [some pledgers'
names]
M: Yes and this would you believe is from Sherlock Holmes,
and that is for real, and he comes from Woo-sta. And
there's Debbie Murphy from South Boston, and Keith Brown,
Quinssy. And Eleanor Melanson from... Billerica?
D: Bill-ricka, right, well done.
M: Alice Hegstrom from Warrick, Jean L. Kestner from
Riverside, Cynthia Elno, Somerville and-- hang about, I
might be in danger of missing a good one-- Will Fluger
from Vineyard Haven. And Margerie Palleccio from
Burlington, Russlyn Malaise from Lynn, Sylvia Settevenio,
Ashburnham.
[pledge break]
D: Tell the audience why you think they ought to contribute
to this station and this whole system.
M: Well, I think because it's a wonderful station in a
wonderful town, and I've come specially to ask you! And
if you don't contribute, I'll be a total failure! So
please, please do pick up the phone and make your
pledges, and apart from anything else it's lovely for me
to be here in the States, especially in Boston. You've
got a great town here! But please remember you've got a
great station, so keep pitching, keep putting in those
pledges. And I'd like to hear more phones ringing behind
here. You can still look at me while you go and pick up
the phone, you won't miss anything, I'm not gonna say
anything IMPORTANT, so go and pick up the phones now!
D: I've been doing this for almost 30 years, and I've never
heard a better pitch than that. Incredible. Now Mollie
I've got a question for you. Somebody says you've
lighted up the Colonies--from a transplanted Londoner.
Rushes home every night to watch you bring such joy. Her
name is June Moore, lives in Braintree.
M: Oh June Moore! D'you know my married name is Moore.
D: Oh my God!
M: Yeah, "Don't have any MORE, Mrs. Moore"!
D: And here's another Brit, just moved from England.
Program makes her less homesick. Did I read this to you?
M: Yes, that's--
D: Did we read it on the air?
M: Read it now, what does it say?
D: It says the program makes her less homesick.
M: Oh, that's lovely.
D: And she says that they were neighbors of old Mr.
Grainger.
M: Oh, were you? Did you live in Worthing? Oh it's a
lovely place--what made ya leave?
D: [laughs] She likes Boston. And here's one--I don't
think this is right, is this right? "From one Yorkshire
girl to another."
M: Well it could be, yes.
D: You're Yorkshire, are you?
M: I am indeed Yorkshire, yes.
D: All right. Well, she knows it.
M: [peeking at the card] Oh and you're from Hull! Oh well
you know what they say, "Hell, Hull and Halifax"--I know
why *you* left!
D: [laughs] Keep on calling, folks--you don't get things
like that very often! Deb Clark says you are *so* young,
you look *so* beautiful.
M: [shrugs with hands out] Say it louder!
D: And this is one--I don't get this one really. "Some
episodes your name is Betty, and one episode your name is
Rachel. Why is that?"
M: I dunno! I was always Betty, and all of a sudden Trevor
Bannister when we did Young Mr. Grace's "This is Your
Life" suddenly came up with Rachel Yiddel. But I am here
to tell you that in the new series of Are You Being
Served *Again*, when I get down to Millstone Manor there
is a farm attached to the manor house, and on the farm
there is a most *awful* man called Mr. Moleturn...
[it sounded like she said Mole-turd, but I'll give them
the benefit of the doubt! :-} ]
...and he remembers Mrs. Slocombe way back in the days
when she was evacuated to Tiverton in Devon, and then he
remembers her as Rachel Yiddel! She didn't like that at
all, and you'll see why when you see Mr. Moleturn. He is
not very nice at all.
D: OK, that's the answer to that one. Your neighbors from
the Isle of Man called, the Lancasters.
M: Oh how lovely! How lovely, hello! We hope to be going
there for a little rest when we get back from here. An'
oh great, how lovely of you to talk. Isn't Port St. Mary
wonderful?
D: Please say hello to Jen Dickman, she's 5 years old and
loves your hair, all of the colors.
M: Oh Jen, 5 years old, God bless you, pet!
D: And one last question...: Are you free?!
M: [slyly] No but I'm not too expensive....
D: Mollie, how wonderful of you to be here for this occasion
- you've done wonders for us - there've been an awful lot
of calls tonight and we're really deeply grateful for all
you've done for us, and I hope you'll take back our
thanks to every member of the cast.
M: There's just one more reason why you should all pledge,
because all these people around me are giving up their
time voluntarily - they're wonderful people, so just make
their night and let the phone ring.
D: Any last words of encouragement for people before we go
on to the program?
M: I'm sure they don't NEED nay encouragement because you
know where the phone is, you know what the number is, and
you know there are all these lovely people waiting to
take your calls. God bless you all!
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| 8.2 | Thanks for entering those, Leslie. | LANDO::NIEMI | | Fri Jul 02 1993 03:38 | 1 |
| Leslie - thank you for taking the time to type in the transcript.
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| 8.3 | Red Dwarf | MVDS00::BELFORTI | Mrs. Frank N. Furter | Tue Jul 20 1993 04:01 | 11 |
| Has anyone been watching Red Dwarf, on Ch. 11?
I love this show!!! Cat is so much like the cats I've had... so full
of himself!!! Everything is for Cat!
I've been taping it every Sunday night. Plus they had a marathon a few
weeks back and I taped all of those as well!!!
Great humor!
M-L
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| 8.4 | Cat w/vending machine: Fish. Fish. Fish... | MCIS5::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Thu Jul 22 1993 05:52 | 11 |
| Yup, every Sunday *I'm* "shipwrecked and comatose"; not only that, my 8
year old daughter is mad about RD and MUST see the tape repeatedly
during the week (I won't let her stay up that late on a school/camp
night).
I don't have a favorite character--they ALL kill me--but I'm looking
forward to when they find? create? Kryton. I intend to get every
single sm**in' episode on tape (I think there are 5 seasons, and
Channel 11 [NH] is giving us the first season now).
Leslie
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| 8.5 | I love Cat! | MVDS00::BELFORTI | Mrs. Frank N. Furter | Fri Jul 23 1993 12:29 | 3 |
| Hey Leslie...
pist, MINE... pist, MINE...pist, MINE!!!! Mine... all mine!!!!
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| 8.6 | Kochanski missed out on a nice guy | MCIS5::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Sat Jul 24 1993 03:54 | 37 |
| YES!!
For the uninitiated, Red Dwarf is a... umm... sci-fi space farce, I
guess. The Red Dwarf is a spaceship which functioned as a garbage
scow, basically, in the "near future" (I get the impression that it was
before the year 2000). Dave Lister holds the lowest rank on the ship and
is punished, for having smuggled a (pregnant) cat on board, by being
put in a suspended-animation chamber. (Oh sm*g, I forgot what it's
called on the program.)
Meanwhile Arnold Rimmer, second-lowest-ranking person on board, makes a
mistake in the control room which releases a substance that kills
everyone on board. Millions of years pass.
Holly, the on board computer, decides it's safe for Lister to emerge;
his only companions now are a hologram of Rimmer (unfortunately
retaining the same obnoxious personality) and a lifeform, "Cat",
descended from Lister's contraband kitty. Cat thinks Rimmer and Lister
are monkeys, believes in the cat god "Cloister" (evolved from cat
legends of Lister) and spends all his time preening, complimenting
himself, eating and sleeping.... The "pist, MINE..." from .15 is when
Cat is walking around with a spray bottle marking stuff as his
territory!
Great casting throughout. Every once in a while there'll be a
distinctly American accent (1st episode, the captain of the ship; most
recently, the incarnation of Lister's confidence!), and in one of the
later seasons' episodes Koo Stark had a role.
I dunno, I *love* Cat (the latest episode had him faking out Rimmer
repeatedly: Cat was eating, Rimmer wanted him to follow, so Cat would
just slap the table and pretend to get up, only to dig in again as soon
as Rimmer turned his back) but Lister, after all, is Our Hero... and
Holly is very appealing in his/her dim loneliness (Holly changes his
video image to a female later on in the series)!
Leslie
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| 8.7 | I think Lister was in suspended anamation for 3 Billion years | MVDS00::BELFORTI | Poor Ben, has no life! | Sat Jul 24 1993 07:18 | 13 |
| Cat is American, isn't he???? I don't hear the accent at all!
(whipping out mirror from pocket)
Let's see how I look now..... Yup, good, real good!
(puts mirror back in pocket)
(takes about 5 steps)
Now let's see how I look
(whips mirror out)
Yup, still looking good
He is the epitome of every cat I have ever seen!
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| 8.8 | | MCIS5::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Tue Jul 27 1993 03:33 | 11 |
| You're right about Cat--I never thought about it til last night, when I
reviewed "The End" (episode 1), and his accent seems to be "jive"
American... Also, they do call it suspended animation, but thereafter
they refer to it as "stasis." And Holly said 3 *million* years (then
Lister, stricken, remembers that he still has a library book due!).
I liked Holly's distress call in the opener last night: there is
sufficient food on board to last 30,000 years, but there's only one
After Eight and nobody wants to take it :-)
Leslie
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| 8.9 | RD broadcast glitches/AYBS treat | MCIS5::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Fri Aug 13 1993 03:29 | 17 |
| Hey M-L, did you see Red Dwarf last Sunday, 8/8? During the first
minute or two, I only got static (and it wasn't my cable box, since
other channels were fine); it came on for a while, then another period
of static from about the 5-minute to the 8-minute point. (Sm*g!) I'll
have to retape that episode the next time they run the whole 1st
series. BTW, due to pledging stuff they (Ch. 11 in NH) won't show the
next RD til 9/5.
Speaking of pledging, WGBH next week (I forget which night, but I
dogeared the TV guide) will be doing another AYBS marathon, and the
guest LIVE IN THEIR STUDIOS will be....
[drum roll...]
Mr. Humphries!!!
I guess that means I just volunteered to type in another transcript :-}
Leslie
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| 8.10 | Keeping Up Appearances | JUNCO::RUDMAN | Always the Black Knight | Thu Aug 19 1993 06:51 | 36 |
| Surprised no one's mentioned this one. When we were in Scotland last
year we caught most of the latest set. Channel 11 (N.H.) began showing
it ~ a month ago, Tuesday nights at 9:30. (11 did a K.U.P. marathon last
night as part of this month's fund raiser, so this gives you an idea of
how popular it is here as well as in the U.K.)
Stars Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket ("That's 'Boo-kay', Dear."),
a social wanna-be, who drops names found on the social register at every
opportunity, and [whats-his-name, the one who played Arthur's foster-father
in EXCALIBUR] as her long-suffering husband Richard, who manages to get
victimized nearly every show.
Then there's man-hungry sister Rose, who lives with slovenly sister Daisy
and unemployed husband Onslow; these three have the knack of showing up
during most of Hyacinth's social climbing efforts. Rounding out the cast
is a brother & sister living next door; the former is nervous and all
thumbs around Hyacinth, who breaks into song each time she sees the latter
(the brother is a pianist, you see...). Generally, both are terrified of
their single-minded neighbor.
There's yet another sister: Violet, who married well (who's husband Bruce
takes very good care of her financially, but has various "quirks", like
dressing up in women's clothes, etc.) Hyacinth manages to speak to
Violet on the phone ("Boo-kay residence; lady of the house speaking.") at
least once a show, and gets the latest installment of Bruce's adventures.
Occaisionally we see Violet and/or Bruce in person, but usually its not
a speaking role.
As you can well imagine, with this cast of supporting characters ranged
against her, you can almost sympathize with her as you watch Hyacinth's
social cons go awry. But she usually bulls her way through each dilemma,
staying true to her upper-class aspirations no matter what; after all,
you have to persevere when you're keeping up appearances.
Don
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| 8.11 | | MCIS5::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Fri Aug 20 1993 03:47 | 10 |
| Yes, I've seen a few episodes of Keeping Up Appearances and it is very
good. The neighbor lady was "Mrs. H." in "Shelley".
I like the subplot about slightly daft, tippling Dad of the 4 sisters
living upstairs in Rose, Daisy and Onslow's house - he's always
escaping, streaking the neighborhood, proposing marriage to strangers,
etc. Of course Hyacinth always shows up at the nadir of his
shenanigans!
Leslie
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| 8.12 | | MVDS00::BELFORTI | Ferroequinologists Unite! | Fri Aug 20 1993 05:35 | 23 |
| Yup.... I have seen KUA... funny show. Unfortunately I know too many
people like that.. including my MIL.
RD, I taped the last episode, but missed the first few minutes (forgot
it was on, thought it was a pledge night) but haven't seen it yet...
AYBS... Steven, my husband, finally got the rotor put on the new
antenna, so now we can get Boston's PBS station... and I have finally
been able to see this show. A friend of mine is ALWAYS telling me
about it... it is GREAT!!!!! Soooooo, where are the transcripts???
(Just kidding)
I have started saying "And I am unanimous in this" to my family.... I
think they are getting ready to drown me. At least my hair isn't
purple, or yellow (not blond.. YELLOW), or green, or blue, or orange...
it's just plain ol' mousy brown and gray!!! And I don't go round
talking about my........ um, my...... cat!
(BTW, I have been out of most of the files lately.. sorry for not
responding sooner... I am in the process of cleaning out offices from
people who either went to other jobs or were TFSOed, and what a time I
am having... I've come across paperwork from 1974, and some earlier
too..... this is not my idea of fun, And I am unanimous in this!
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| 8.13 | Are You Being Served? Again! Boston 12/6, 7pm | LANDO::NIEMI | | Sat Dec 04 1993 01:17 | 11 |
| Boston's 'GBH Magazine has an announcement that Are You Being Served?
Again! will begin on December 6th at 7:00 pm on Channel 2. "When
Grace Brothers department store closes, the staff discovers their
pension funds have been invested in a Tudor manor that's been turned
into a hotel. Realizing that the house is their only source of income,
Mrs. Slocombe, Mr. Humphries, Captain Peacock, and Miss Brahms decide
to settle in an permanent guests. The fun begins, in 12 all-new
episodes." Mr. Rumbold is in the photo, so apparently he's in the
series also.
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| 8.14 | Mulberry | DOCTP::GRAVES | crafters do it with style | Fri Mar 03 1995 07:17 | 26 |
| A usual "read-only" noter here, but I have a question so I will bite
the bullet and enter a note.
This topic hasn't been written in for a long time. But my question
belongs here I believe.
Has anyone been watching "Mulberry" on PBS lately? I'm not sure if it
has been on CH 2 (Boston) or CH 11 (NH). I catch it on Tuesday night at
10, I think right before Red Dwarf. It was on before and I only caught a
couple of episodes. I like it!
Finally my question...are we suppose to know who the person is that
keeps visiting Mulberry once an episode? If so I missed that part. Can
someone fill me in? Or does it all become clear in the end. My husband
and I have some guesses on who the stranger is.
Another question is the cook on Mulberry the same actress who is
Onslow's wife on Keeping up Appearances?
Mulberry is not going to be on for the next couple of weeks because of
"special programming" hope I remember to start watching it again.
I really enjoy all the shows that have been mentioned in this topic.
Thanks!
Betsy
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| 8.15 | Mulberry Note | BRAT::SCHULTZ | | Sat Mar 04 1995 03:09 | 8 |
| If you haven't already got the UK TV conference in your notebook, add:
ROCKS::UK_TV
The Mulberry note is #519.
Linda
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| 8.16 | y | DOCTP::GRAVES | crafters do it with style | Sat Mar 04 1995 03:22 | 5 |
| Thanks Linda!
I've added it and will definitely check it out!
Betsy
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