# Mrs. Slocum's Pussy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511 "2002-06-23T00:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/1 "2002-06-23T00:42:00Z")
Did Mrs. Slocum’s (_Are you being Served?_) pussy have a name? Was it ever mentioned on any episode? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/2 "2002-06-23T00:43:17Z")
I dunno, but it IS female, and had kittens (offstage) on one show. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/3 "2002-06-23T00:56:13Z")
I always found it funny that ribald low-brow British comedies were shown on PBS, the “educational” network. Do educational channels in Britain air 'Married With Children"? ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/4 "2002-06-23T00:56:32Z")
What was the name of Warren Oates’ cock in the movie [Cockfighter](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0071338)? [sub]Sorry if that seems rude, but the thread title made me laugh out loud…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/5 "2002-06-23T01:49:51Z")
I think it was “Tiddles” or something like that. Funny enough show for about the first three seasons (until Mr. Grainger left), then became a lame parody of itself. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/6 "2002-06-23T03:55:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sir Rhosis \* > **Funny enough show for about the first three seasons (until Mr. Grainger left), then became a lame parody of itself.** Such is the case with all of Jeremy Lloyd and/or David Croft’s creations. c.f.: Allo Allo, Dad’s Army, Hi De Hi, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, etc etc ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/7 "2002-06-23T04:15:34Z")
You mean it was funny at some time? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/8 "2002-06-23T15:52:28Z")
Yes, I would argue (not too forcefully) that for the first three years or so, it was pretty funny in, as one poster put it, its own low-brow way, but the jokes became stale, i. e. it was sort of amusing to hear about Mrs. Slocum’s pussy once, twice, or five times, but by 1985, when we had heard it 137 times, it was beyond wearing thin. YMMV. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/9 "2002-06-23T16:24:30Z")
Revtim wrote: > [@](#): > > I always found it funny that ribald low-brow British comedies were shown on PBS, the “educational” network. PBS seems to have this notion that if it’s British, it **must** be high-brow culture. I’ll wager they’re thinking about showing _Benny Hill_ reruns any day now… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/10 "2002-06-23T16:26:25Z")
I’ve ALWAYS watched Benny Hill on PBS. Where else can one see it in the US? ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/11 "2002-06-23T16:53:49Z")
It’s _Slocombe_ by the way, but I’m sure most British people feel a sense of humiliation that this crap (Hill included) was allowed to see the light of day at all, let alone be exported as an ambassador for our culture :rolleyes:. Judging by various threads in Café Society there’s a theme here - Britain’s most embarrassing shows seem among the most popular among an American audience. I wonder why. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/12 "2002-06-23T17:07:59Z")
If most British people feel that Benny Hill was crap, why was it on for 20 years? Soley for the American PBS market? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![blindboygrunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@blindboygrunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboygrunt)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/13 "2002-06-23T18:37:32Z")
It wasn’t till the sequel “Are You Being Served Again” did we get to see the cat whose name was Tiddles. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/14 "2002-06-23T20:36:54Z")
heh heh “Tiddles.” Wow, that _was_ an unfortunate spelling of ‘Slocombe’! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/15 "2002-06-23T22:30:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*If most British people feel that Benny Hill was crap, why was it on for 20 years? Soley for the American PBS market? :rolleyes: \*\* Well most British people didn’t watch it - you don’t need a majority of the population to watch a show for it to be a commercial success, and I concede that it _was_ a commercial success whether you (or I) watched or not. It’s not just America where it sold either - it was the single biggest export for the company that made it for years. Hill himself was a very bitter man when it got cancelled 'cos they couldn’t justify the decision on commercial grounds alone. I can’t be bothered to search for a link, but trust me there have been several threads like this one saying “I liked this British show” and I can just hear the teeth being clenched over here with people thinking “Aaagh, we didn’t send them _that_ did we?” I still say AYBS was crap, but it’s only an opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/16 "2002-06-23T22:55:42Z")
Perhaps it’s one of those things, like Jerry Lewis _shudder_ being extremely popular in France. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/17 "2002-06-23T23:10:38Z")
Since there’s a _Simpsons_ quote for everything: ```auto Bart: You're watching PBS? Homer: Hey, I'm as surprised as you, but I stumbled across the most delicious British sitcom. [the title of the show appears on the screen] Bart: [reading it] "Do Shut Up"? Homer: It's about a hard-drinking yet loving family of soccer hooligans. If they're not having a go with the birds, they're having a row with the wankers. Bart: Cheeky. ``` ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/18 "2002-06-23T23:13:09Z")
Is he? ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/19 "2002-06-23T23:14:54Z")
Is Jerry Lewis _really_ popular in France I mean? I never met a French person who game a damn about him. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/20 "2002-06-23T23:33:09Z")
Did anyone else ever ponder the subtext of the Captain Peacock character ? I vaguely recall having one of those late night pass-the-spliff conversations in my student days that hinged on whether his self-important military bent was, in fact, compensation for having a pea-sized cock. If memory serves, I believed we also entertained the notion that his unhealthy over-subservience to The Young Mr Grainger might have hidden deeper sexual tendencies. Nowadays, one assumes, it’s Mrs Bucket/Bouquet who captures students imagination [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511.md?page=2)