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Post by running16 on Jan 30, 2021 21:02:13 GMT
Surely one of the greatest episodes ever of any series. So many hilarious one-liners and memorable moments and characters. The expression on Rycott's boat when he has to release Arthur from custody following Dyer's intervention. Can only agree 100% with other posts regarding Ken Campbell as the seedy customer. 5/5 for me.
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Post by barrythebook on Jan 31, 2021 21:08:37 GMT
This is probably my favourite episode of Minder. Ken Campbell really stoke the show for me as the ‘Seedy customer’. His portraying of the character made me feel dirty once the episode had finished... Regarding the various video outlets, we had an independent one near us (Essex) who had an extensive catalogue of titles. In addition they had a considerable number of others that were stored ‘Under the counter’ for those in the know. Very impressive they were too. A friend of mine, who was a serving police officer told me of a local mobile video library that did the rounds in the neighbourhood. Likewise this one had a few ‘Under the counter’ titles that were available if you asked the right questions. My mate got involved when the proprietor took a slap from a woman who had caught her 15 year old watching one of the ‘Stronger’ titles that had been hired to him, no questions asked. My mate managed to smooth it all over although the owner tried justifying knocking out hardcore you know what to a child by saying trade had been a little slack and he was ‘Only trying to put food on the table’.... good stuff 'aitch', plenty of young lads 'cut their teeth' this way I reckon .
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Post by wayne2467 on Feb 1, 2021 22:36:02 GMT
I think it’s time for me to watch this one again
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on Feb 18, 2021 22:55:32 GMT
I watched an episode of Pie in the Sky - the Richard Griffiths detective show (the episode is Squashed Tomatoes). A video in it was called Stormtroopers in Suspenders. Pie in the Sky was created by Andrew Payne, the writer of The Last Video Show, and he wrote the Pie in the Sky episode. Stormtroopers in Suspenders must be one of his favourite jokes!
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Post by denzel on Mar 22, 2021 10:33:42 GMT
I think I know what you mean, Birdman, at least kind of. At least, I've felt the same way about this episode. Excellent Minder, but not necessarily the best Minder.
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Post by VAT on Mar 26, 2021 15:49:26 GMT
Some info I've picked up recently - also got a bit more for this episode (will post later)
Tea for 70 :
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Post by Albert Wendell on Jul 30, 2021 21:01:05 GMT
Although I've seen the episode many times only today have I realised the connection between the title 'The Last Video Show' and the character Jack Last, I knew Ian Mcshanes character but couldn't remember his name until I watched it earlier. As others have mentioned Ken Campbell did a great job in this as 'seedy customer'. In real life he had an eye for the younger lady as when he was in his 60's he was dating the ventriloquist Nina Conti who was in her mid 20's at the time. Nina Conti (on the right)
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Post by yoyopickles on Feb 18, 2022 10:29:03 GMT
I remember my local video shop had the rental only star trek next generation videos on hire around the time. I never hired or watched any,but remember in the pre satellite TV and internet days,it was our first glimpse at this "new star trek" ,as the BBC didn't show it here until 1990...
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Post by felixdeburgh on Feb 18, 2022 11:11:16 GMT
Nina Conti (on the right)
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Post by Barrel on Feb 20, 2022 0:38:26 GMT
My high respect for Ken Campbell just went even higher
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Post by raymond on Dec 21, 2022 17:15:19 GMT
Just watched it again last night as I came to the end of my McCann series re-watch. It was cool to see Ian McShane in it a great actor. I was disappointed at the way Terry exited the show as a poignant send off in the Winchester would have done me but it was not to be. I too loved when Arthur seems to lick his lips looking at Maggies picture just little moments like that make Minder special.
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Post by manta on Feb 23, 2023 9:44:39 GMT
A magnificent episode. Top notch from start to finish. A couple of plots nicely intertwined, with a pile of outstanding cast members. Arnie plays it great, with his sidekick on echo, our yuppie very much of the time ("you can't arrest me, I'm an architect" - brilliant line), Emma Wray does her bit great and Ken Campbell is suitably disgusting. We get to see Garfield Morgan again and Rula on her third outing. I do like the way Jack Last plays it, smooth and nice until he gets the tape and then "be my guest" - and then of course, Terry shows us he's still got it taking them both out - "just a bit of public relations". Brian Blessed is truly great - and so menacing when he fingers Arthur's lapels - a very nice touch. And Maggie's picture on Arthur's wall - "you're disgusting". And it doesn't matter that you can see it coming - you know Arthur has messed up the video re-recording, you know they are going to get off, but Rycott's face is such SUCH a picture. He has to bang his head against the wall - anything less would be unreasonable. (And in answer to what would Chisholm have done - simple - his head would have exploded.) And it's Terry who makes the phone call and Arthur who takes the glory. Summing it up as they sup their champagne - how long was he in for - hour and 'arf! In a way, both Terry and Arthur had less to do because of such a strong cast - of course it was impossible without them but it demonstrates (doesn't it?) that the show was held in such esteem that it could bring in such talent and all at the same time. Brilliant stuff.
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Post by AlanH on Mar 9, 2023 10:26:03 GMT
Splendid episode. Somehow a video rental shop seems very Daley, particularly as he's pirating copies back at base. And what a cast... Ian McShane is inch perfect as a swaggery gangland boss, Brian Blessed is similarly excellent in the role of a cop who tiptoes along the line of good/bad guy, and Ken Campbell surprisingly underplays a character for a change, and it's right on the nose. A very entertaining episode, even if it disappointingly doesn't follow up on the end of the previous episode (Terry getting that job at the car showroom).
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Post by denzel on Mar 9, 2023 17:04:15 GMT
Splendid episode. Somehow a video rental shop seems very Daley, particularly as he's pirating copies back at base. Yeah, I see that too, Alan..and agree with your other points too, I guess. Fine episode, for sure.
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Post by barrythebook on Mar 11, 2023 18:18:07 GMT
Splendid episode. Somehow a video rental shop seems very Daley, particularly as he's pirating copies back at base. Yeah, I see that too, Alan..and agree with your other points too, I guess. Fine episode, for sure. Yep, all cash transactions and you just know Arthur's getting his stock of videos somewhere dodgy so i agree, a video hire shop is right up Arthur' street.
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Post by metro1962 on Mar 11, 2023 18:25:12 GMT
Splendid episode. Somehow a video rental shop seems very Daley, particularly as he's pirating copies back at base. Back in the early 80s this was the norm for a lot of the small independent shops as they were up against the big boys so it cost a lot of money to buy those 1st releases so 2nd generation copies were made to keep costs down.
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Post by AlanH on Mar 11, 2023 22:25:19 GMT
I used to work in a newsagent's, doing the marking up and a round (paid for my first VHS recorder in 1980!), and the manager was also a video pirate, running off bootleg copies of the latest films (the source was generally shot off a screen). He'd lend them to me for free and I remember seeing Octopussy for the first time in this way.
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Post by chopper on Mar 12, 2023 21:54:16 GMT
Splendid episode. Somehow a video rental shop seems very Daley, particularly as he's pirating copies back at base. And what a cast... Ian McShane is inch perfect as a swaggery gangland boss, Brian Blessed is similarly excellent in the role of a cop who tiptoes along the line of good/bad guy, and Ken Campbell surprisingly underplays a character for a change, and it's right on the nose. A very entertaining episode, even if it disappointingly doesn't follow up on the end of the previous episode (Terry getting that job at the car showroom). Should have been the way Terry left the show really, walking away from 10 years working for Arthur, rather than going to Australia, especially with him going to a more prestigious job at a proper dealership and an easier time than his role under Arthur.
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Post by gustav on Mar 13, 2023 12:51:27 GMT
Although I've seen the episode many times only today have I realised the connection between the title 'The Last Video Show' and the character Jack Last, I knew Ian Mcshanes character but couldn't remember his name until I watched it earlier. As others have mentioned Ken Campbell did a great job in this as 'seedy customer'. In real life he had an eye for the younger lady as when he was in his 60's he was dating the ventriloquist Nina Conti who was in her mid 20's at the time. Nina Conti (on the right) Nina Conti is an excellent ventriloquist if you have never seen her. She learned this trade from Ken Campbell, who she lived with until he died. Recently I caught a film made by her on a tatty channel called That's TV in which she deposited some of his puppets in a home for retired puppets in America. Although the show was a bit home made it was quite interesting. Tom Conti is her father. Ken Campbell was primarily a fairly avant garde theatre performer although he did a fair bit of TV and films and, perhaps most famously, turns up in Fawlty Towers. But he is great in this episode which must be one of the best itself.
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Post by ontheslate on Mar 13, 2023 14:45:07 GMT
Although I've seen the episode many times only today have I realised the connection between the title 'The Last Video Show' and the character Jack Last, I knew Ian Mcshanes character but couldn't remember his name until I watched it earlier. As others have mentioned Ken Campbell did a great job in this as 'seedy customer'. In real life he had an eye for the younger lady as when he was in his 60's he was dating the ventriloquist Nina Conti who was in her mid 20's at the time. Nina Conti (on the right) Nina Conti is an excellent ventriloquist if you have never seen her. She learned this trade from Ken Campbell, who she lived with until he died. Recently I caught a film made by her on a tatty channel called That's TV in which she deposited some of his puppets in a home for retired puppets in America. Although the show was a bit home made it was quite interesting. Tom Conti is her father. Ken Campbell was primarily a fairly avant garde theatre performer although he did a fair bit of TV and films and, perhaps most famously, turns up in Fawlty Towers. But he is great in this episode which must be one of the best itself. Campbells tv appearances were always worth watching he was also in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, I think he made history or broke some record in the 70s for a play that lasted 24 hours. He was great as the seedy viewer in this episode.
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Post by Albert Wendell on Mar 13, 2023 22:58:04 GMT
Ken Campbell was often cast in a similar role normally a scruffy or seedy type, he was cast in Law & Order (1978) which looks at a crime from the criminal, his solicitor and the detectives perspectives, in the extras on the DVD Ken gives an interview saying when they told him about the show and that they wanted to cast him he presumed he'd be playing the criminal but was pleasantly surprised when they said the solicitor was what they had in mind for him to play however his surprise was short lived as they said if we smartened you up a bit put a half decent suit on you you'd look like "a solicitor" he then realised it was just another seedy type role.
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Post by barrythebook on Mar 14, 2023 19:53:36 GMT
He also played a great role in an episode of 'Prospects' - 'Frying Tonight'.
He played George, the owner of a fish & chip shop who slowly lost the plot as he discovered his wife had been having a long term affair and he turned to the bottle.
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Post by chopper on Mar 14, 2023 20:18:23 GMT
He also played a great role in an episode of 'Prospects' - 'Frying Tonight'. He played George, the owner of a fish & chip shop who slowly lost the plot as he discovered his wife had been having a long term affair and he turned to the bottle. Absolute classic, probably the best episode of Prospects.
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Post by kelotoph on Apr 10, 2024 10:09:55 GMT
Brilliant episode with a very strong supporting cast. Ian McShane oozed villainry as Jack Last and Brian Blessed was as threatening as ever as the bent detective. His assistant looked menacing as well. The video store was so reminiscent of the 1980s, a "here today, gone tomorrow" industry as it turned out. Terry, perhaps realising that he's not the spring chicken he once was, seemed resigned to moving on, a theme that endured through series 7. Was that a Ford Fiesta he was driving??? My favourite character by far in this was the seedy customer played by the magnificent Ken Campbell - just by watching him I felt I needed to have a shower. Nice little sub-plot about Arthur's desires to move his business into artistic quarters, and the yuppie architect was superb, very much catching the zeitgeist of the 1980s, when money was so prominent following deregulation of the financial markets. Nice to see Arnie, who even had support of his own. I thought that using Rula Lenska for the second time in the series was maybe a bit too close, time-wise. The denouement of the plot was obvious very early on, but that did not mar the enjoyment of the episode. I particularly liked Arthur breathing the fresh air of freedom after an hour and a half in the nick.
All in all, an excellent episode, up there amongst the best.
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Post by jjmolloy on Apr 10, 2024 11:40:51 GMT
Brilliant episode with a very strong supporting cast. Ian McShane oozed villainry as Jack Last and Brian Blessed was as threatening as ever as the bent detective. His assistant looked menacing as well. The video store was so reminiscent of the 1980s, a "here today, gone tomorrow" industry as it turned out. Terry, perhaps realising that he's not the spring chicken he once was, seemed resigned to moving on, a theme that endured through series 7. Was that a Ford Fiesta he was driving??? My favourite character by far in this was the seedy customer played by the magnificent Ken Campbell - just by watching him I felt I needed to have a shower. Nice little sub-plot about Arthur's desires to move his business into artistic quarters, and the yuppie architect was superb, very much catching the zeitgeist of the 1980s, when money was so prominent following deregulation of the financial markets. Nice to see Arnie, who even had support of his own. I thought that using Rula Lenska for the second time in the series was maybe a bit too close, time-wise. The denouement of the plot was obvious very early on, but that did not mar the enjoyment of the episode. I particularly liked Arthur breathing the fresh air of freedom after an hour and a half in the nick. All in all, an excellent episode, up there amongst the best. Think it was Rula's 3rd appearance in Minder. Yes a Fiesta for Tel! And with his blouson jacket he looked as he ought to be on the schoolrun! Could still handle himself in a ruck though, so fair dues.
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