# Chekov's Liz Fraser **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215 "2019-10-24T05:15:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215/1 "2019-10-24T05:15:14Z")
Anton Chekhov formulated the principle that there should be no extraneous elements in a dramatic presentation: That if you show the audience a gun in the first act, it ought to be fired before the end of the show. I’ve been watching a lot of B-level British comedies of the Sixties lately, and I’ve formulated a similar principle. Many of the movies I’ve been watching star actress Liz Fraser, a big-eyed blonde with a va-va-voom figure. My new principle, which I’m calling _ **"Chekhov’s Liz Fraser"** _, states that if Liz Fraser appears in the first act of a movie, she’s going to appear in a state of partial undress before the movie ends. 🙂 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215/2 "2019-10-24T05:28:11Z")
What’s that about Chekhov’s Fizz Laser? O wait… Carry On! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215/3 "2019-10-24T07:18:38Z")
So, not a Cocteau Twins thread, then… ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215/4 "2019-10-24T14:51:30Z")
[Very minor nudity warning] [Significant terrible movie footage warning] How many movies have you got through? Sooner or later you’re going to have consider renaming the principle to “\*\*Chekhov’s [Barbara Windsor\*\*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdtb2KONpUQ)” j ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215/5 "2019-10-24T15:37:38Z")
I can’t be bothered to double-check but I’m reasonably certain Liz Fraser kept her kit on in I’m All Right Jack. As she did - though you could be forgiven for not knowing this - in the episode of Last of the Summer Wine (aka the Elderly Actors’ Supplementary Pension Fund) where she turned up at Compo’s funeral as his Thursday afternoon interest. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215/6 "2019-10-24T16:27:16Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > So, not a Cocteau Twins thread, then… Yeah, I briefly thought that Liz Fraser was now in a band called “Chekov.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215/7 "2019-10-24T16:30:43Z")
Is this similar to Checkov’s Phaser? ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215/8 "2019-10-24T16:38:18Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > I can’t be bothered to double-check but I’m reasonably certain Liz Fraser kept her kit on in I’m All Right Jack. > > As she did - though you could be forgiven for not knowing this - in the episode of Last of the Summer Wine (aka the Elderly Actors’ Supplementary Pension Fund) where she turned up at Compo’s funeral as his Thursday afternoon interest. Ah, but, you see, these are shows which violate the principle, and hence are sub-optimal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215/9 "2019-10-24T16:54:46Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > So, not a Cocteau Twins thread, then… Or _Star Trek_, since it’s spelled “Chekov” in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-liz-fraser/842215/10 "2019-10-24T17:22:58Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > …it’s spelled “Chekov” in the title. Oops! :smack: Well, at least I got it right in the body of the post.