# Mrs. Slocome's Pussy (The Are You Being Served? thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocomes-pussy-the-are-you-being-served-thread/601925 "2011-11-05T02:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocomes-pussy-the-are-you-being-served-thread/601925/41 "2011-11-08T01:43:18Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > They never should have done the series where the group is trying to manage a B&B farm. Any idea why they didn’t just write another series at Grace Brothers? Word is Lloyd & Croft felt that there were no more interesting plots in store. ---
**Author:** ![You\_re\_right\_but](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/22d042/32.png) [@You\_re\_right\_but](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/You_re_right_but)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocomes-pussy-the-are-you-being-served-thread/601925/42 "2012-08-25T22:54:25Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m pretty sure we knew it was just a sitcom. 😃 > > Although I have wondered over the years what the Germans must have thought of Hogan’s Heroes. A German friend living in North America, born during the war, told me once that she loved Hogan’s Heroes and did not see why she should take offence. She was surprised to learn that to many people who grew up with the show, Klink and Schultz represented typical Germans. The racial stereotyping in Are You Being Served (a show I love, notwithstanding) probably seemed harmless enough at the time, but it was unworthy of the show and its actors. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocomes-pussy-the-are-you-being-served-thread/601925/43 "2012-08-25T23:15:19Z")
How appropriate. A zombie thread for this zombie of a show that continues to eat the brains of PBS viewers long, long after it mercifully died in its native land. > [@nudgenudge](#): > > It’s really quite similar to Dad’s Army, and that show is considered a classic. Yes, they from the same genre (and with one of the same writers). The difference is that _Dad’s Army_ was actually very good. It was perhaps the best example of the genre; AYBS was close to being the worst. But how often is Dad’s Army shown on PBS? Never as far as I am aware, yet AYBS is on constantly. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocomes-pussy-the-are-you-being-served-thread/601925/44 "2012-08-26T00:50:59Z")
> [@nudgenudge](#): > > It’s probably a fair point that, from the point of view of a British viewer, AYBS was not particularly noteworthy. Yeah, having grown up on Python and other British fare, I never considered _AYBS_ any more than a snappy, cheeky comedy. Certainly not great artistic TV, and definitely not a specialty gay interest, even though John Inman got first billing and Mr. Humphries was obviously the sharpest salesman on Grace Bros’ staff. Then again, you never know how one culture will reposition and repurpose what comes from another culture, loading it up with new significance. I’d been listening to 1920s and 30s pop music for years before it dawned on me that its single biggest fan base was gay men. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocomes-pussy-the-are-you-being-served-thread/601925/45 "2012-08-26T01:21:13Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Word is Lloyd & Croft felt that there were no more interesting plots in store. (ignoring the pun) _Are You Being Served_ had PLOTS? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocomes-pussy-the-are-you-being-served-thread/601925/46 "2012-08-26T01:31:38Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > It’s cheesy, badly dated, and chock full of racism, sexism, & homophobia. I’ve loved it since I was a kid and saw it on PBS. 🙂 I loved it. I first started watching Dr Who in about 1974, the PBS station in Rochester probably did some sort of broadcast upgrade as we had not previously been able to get the channel. Shortly after that I also started watching Monty Python, The Goodies, The Pursuaders, To the Manor Born, Butterflies, Space 1999, Supernatural and another SF one I am pretty sure was not an animation/puppet one but I can’t seem to find anything that sounds familiar online. After I got netflix instant access a couple years ago I watched all of Red Dwarf, and thought it hysterically funny. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocomes-pussy-the-are-you-being-served-thread/601925/47 "2012-08-26T18:27:49Z")
I enjoyed this show too. My favorite episode was the one in which they were helping in the toy department. (Maybe it was around Christmas.) Mr. Grainger was doing a terrific job. Someone said, “I thought he didn’t like children.” Someone else answered, “Oh, he doesn’t, but he loves toy trains!” I thought of that when I was watching the Doctor selling toys in the “Closing Time” episode on _Doctor Who_. Actually, Eleven might’ve fit right in on AYBS. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocomes-pussy-the-are-you-being-served-thread/601925.md?page=2)