myinspiration
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Post by myinspiration on Sept 22, 2020 21:26:16 GMT
"Have you been to a wedding, Daley?"
Once again, George Cole provides a comic high point of the whole show with his drunken speech. Not only is it a car crash, but he shows off real bitterness about his 40 years in business: "Not a sausage."
I assume Terry's attitude to his role is because he is fed up of humping boxes for Arthur and being put upon, and perhaps he dislikes Norma Bates and senses something 'dodgy' going on in the hotel. As someone says above, this 'dodgy' dealing is never fully explained.
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Post by steve74 on Dec 13, 2020 12:51:35 GMT
I do like the setting of this episode, getting to see the people staying at or working at the hotel but there is no better character than Pongo (how many shirts like that have you got?) Harris brilliantly played by William Simons. Minder is so good at creating such memorable characters. The hotel setting gave the episode a different feel and it had the potential to be top drawer Minder but doesn't quite live up to it. Terry doesn't seem his usual self until the scrap at the end (I would have liked him to give the photographer a dig as well). But as always there is lots to enjoy, not least Arthur's drunken speech. Plus I have always had a soft spot for Sue and enjoyed her banter with Terry. 4 out of 5.
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Post by bigaitch on Mar 1, 2021 22:53:32 GMT
Just watched this one again and loved it. Pongo was brilliant and comes out with a great line early on; Arthur “...I will make your life a misery Pongo” Pongo “No point Arthur, it already is”....
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Post by barrythebook on Mar 1, 2021 23:38:37 GMT
Just watched this one again and loved it. Pongo was brilliant and comes out with a great line early on; Arthur “...I will make your life a misery Pongo” Pongo “No point Arthur, it already is”.... Pongo certainly looked like his life was a misery. He didn't appear to have much to smile about.
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Post by bigaitch on Mar 2, 2021 8:25:38 GMT
Just watched this one again and loved it. Pongo was brilliant and comes out with a great line early on; Arthur “...I will make your life a misery Pongo” Pongo “No point Arthur, it already is”.... Pongo certainly looked like his life was a misery. He didn't appear to have much to smile about. Yet another character I wish they had developed a bit. Brilliantly played too by William Simons. It must be something about him playing characters with cigarettes always on the go....as another one of his, PC Alf Ventris in heartbeat was the same.
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kettle
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Post by kettle on Apr 10, 2021 5:41:56 GMT
Also liked the 'Bates Motel' reference.
Bates: "Daley's eating out of the palm of my hand; and as for this bouncer person of his, it will probably take him the entire weekend to figure out how to use the lifts."
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BMW
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Post by BMW on May 26, 2021 11:12:16 GMT
Some top comedy moments:
Arthur on the phone: ‘Pongo, you walking health hazard...’ ‘what... Oh Mrs Harris. Sorry about that love!’
Arrives late and flustered at lunch, sits down during grace then as they finish and the rest sit down, he stands up, beautiful.
This butter, British rail travellers fare...?’
And making his speech to the Rotarians ‘a blunch of bokes like you rotorarians” ...’ I’ve been knocking my pipe out for forty years, and not a sausage....!
🤣🤣🤣
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Nov 15, 2021 1:29:45 GMT
Excellent episode for me. It had everything. The fight with the 2 " vicars" I almost died laughing especially when the older man of the cloth kicks Terry in the crown jewels. The posh rotation stating " British Rail Butter" and Arthur almost spraying out his wine was another great comedy moment.I liked the interplay between the school girl Scouse model and Terry and Arthur at the end. Terrys Green velvet jacket suited him but I also found his behaviour arriving at the job quite unusual. Rather than concentrating on his job he was a bit gossipy and troublemakery wanting to know " What really goes on here" and when he didn't get a reply he made out " I've been asked to spy on the staff"
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Post by ltd on Feb 17, 2023 20:36:22 GMT
The posh rotation stating " British Rail Butter" and Arthur almost spraying out his wine was another great comedy moment. Watched it again last night and I laughed out loud at that bit, even though I've seen it a few times before. Testament to Mr Cole's comic timing, he can even make gurgling funny.
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Post by metro1962 on Mar 9, 2023 14:42:29 GMT
Watched this last night and was a good episode,the dubbing of RD was indeed awful and the hotel's receptionist acting was awful imo where did they get her from!!
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denzel
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Post by denzel on Mar 9, 2023 17:52:39 GMT
the hotel's receptionist acting was awful imo where did they get her from!! Dunno metro, mate..but I believe I've seen her in 'Allo 'Allo, too. Not Minder for you'se..hehe
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Post by metro1962 on Mar 9, 2023 19:11:24 GMT
Maybe she had an off day or summit or its just me.
Looked at her CV and she's been in quite a bit including Dance with a Stranger film and the soap opera Constipation Street amongst other things.
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Post by Terry on Apr 6, 2023 16:14:20 GMT
Guess what, Pongo 'arris was 'ere....'e put them over by the bogrolls and the Ketchup in sachets....nice one Cheers jno....
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denzel
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Post by denzel on Apr 12, 2023 22:37:15 GMT
Guess what, Pongo 'arris was 'ere.... HP Sauce...among the Best Of British things.. And I'll stick that on a flagpole, anytime
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Post by azza200 on Apr 13, 2023 8:53:56 GMT
shame they changed the recipe for brown sauce several years ago
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Post by simon316 on Oct 12, 2023 18:12:07 GMT
Saw this yesterday..I've always liked the fourth series, as with most all Terry episodes..but this is one I rush to see a little less often..still, not bad, with a few noteworthy characters and moments, some of which people have noted. - Saw that this was written by Andrew Payne, and not by someone like Tony Hoare, by whom great gimmicks, one liners and even the odd continuity seem more present. Nor was it done by series creator Leon Griffiths, in his generally gritty style. What we were left with was a very different Terry episode, at least for me..but I then saw that Payne had penned a handful of other Minder episodes, including Minder on the Orient Express, and a bunch of my favourites..so I take this, happily.
- Kind of liked the Sue character, at least her line when she told Terry, "I've got form", and his reaction.
- People seemed to be acting out of order toward Pongo in this..how about Arthur, upon hearing he'd just been nicked, "That's a fly in the ointment, I only hope it's something very serious, and nothing to do with me".
- Dave reading Arthur's notes is great...this goes on a bit, he says..Rotarary club..a pleasure, nay, an honour..blah blah...bit more bleedin' honour..simply great delivery from Glynn Edwards as usual.
- Great moment with Terry the shocked recipient of a century, up front, from Arthur....rare times indeed.
- Obviously the Dinsdale dubbing was poor, but I did enjoy the singing, with forgetting the words and all..think the same song was sung, in the same humorous fashion by Roddy Allan's relatives in the very next episode.
- George Cole plays the drunk role greatly again..can't help but feel that Arthur'd have slurred up something even more spectacular, had he not been interrupted.
- And another great Arthur feature, is how he cringes at people mentioning anything too sexual, such as Karen here, and her "stick your bum out", etc..a fun trait of Arthur's to see.
I need to keep an eye out for yur synopsises - they are spot on. Dave is great, esp regaling the after-dinner speechs. Arthur as a drunk - brilliant. Dinsdale - could have been better. I loved Pongp. I thought he was brilliant I thought Karen was very pretty, btw. One of my top faves...
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denzel
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Post by denzel on Oct 16, 2023 1:47:18 GMT
Saw this yesterday..I've always liked the fourth series, as with most all Terry episodes..but this is one I rush to see a little less often..still, not bad, with a few noteworthy characters and moments, some of which people have noted. I need to keep an eye out for your synopsises - they are spot on. Oh hey, thanks Simon.. Glad you enjoyed it. I did a bunch such reviews for Terry years episodes..but have been unable to do anything quite that detailed for a while, due to various issues. I hope to be able to get back on track with them, and with the Ray years, and more, sometime. Found Karen Bradley to be very pretty, you say. Well okay...fair enough, son
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Post by simon316 on Oct 17, 2023 18:02:06 GMT
"Have you been to a wedding, Daley?" Once again, George Cole provides a comic high point of the whole show with his drunken speech. Not only is it a car crash, but he shows off real bitterness about his 40 years in business: "Not a sausage." I'm glad when I see a post like this that what I noticed has been noticed others - indeed, real bitterness...
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Post by simon316 on Oct 17, 2023 18:05:16 GMT
I need to keep an eye out for your synopsises - they are spot on. Oh hey, thanks Simon.. Glad you enjoyed it. I did a bunch such reviews for Terry years episodes..but have been unable to do anything quite that detailed for a while, due to various issues. I hope to be able to get back on track with them, and with the Ray years, and more, sometime. Found Karen Bradley to be very pretty, you say. Well okay...fair enough, son Looking for your others, now - very enlightening...
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