# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/61 "2002-06-27T12:45:11Z")
The Young Ones is hilarious - If you liked that, you’ll love ‘Bottom’ starring a number af characters from TYO The Goodies was a VERY surreal children’s show, starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie and Graham \ gardner? green? I dunno. It was superb - by far the best kid’s show aired! \Goodies… goody, goody yum yums…\ Does anyone remember a surreal comedy starring Robert Lindsay, about a bunch of Night Watchmen, called ‘Nightingales’ That was one of my favourites, but has, alas, never been repeated or released on tape ☹ ---
**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 27, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/62 "2002-06-27T12:48:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShadowWarrior \* > …thus making them ‘French & Saunders’, probably the most famous comedienne duo in England Mmmmm, maybe. However, anything by and with Victoria Wood and including Julie Walters is almost, by definition, superior. Or, at least, more inherently ‘English’. IMHO. BTW, I liked the French and Saunders film spoof stuff a lot - the ‘Misery’ thing, for example, was excellent. I quite liked ‘Silence of the Lambs’ as well. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/63 "2002-06-27T12:54:33Z")
Wood & Walters aren’t really a duo - they started out together, but Wood mostly does stand-up and Walters mostly does films/TV. They do often work together, and I would say that either one of them is 10 times funnier than F&S ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/64 "2002-06-27T13:05:41Z")
No **ShadowWarrior** , noooo! The Goodies was not a children’s show, it’s just been dismissed as one. It’s like calling the Simpsons a kid’s cartoon. Contemporaries of the Pythons, I tell you…Political Satire…Outraged Mary Whitehouse…BBC never respected them… ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/65 "2002-06-27T13:29:02Z")
As long as nobody minds the hijacks on this thread, a long time ago, I remember watching on PBS a 3-parter known as The Norman Conquests. Each episode took place in a different room of a country manor. Norman, the title chracter, manages to seduce his ex-wife and ex sisters-in-law, then get them mad at him again. I would love to see it again. That series was hilarious. Anybody else remember it? More info [here.](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078003) ---
**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:** [June 27, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/66 "2002-06-27T13:36:26Z")
Two favorites that I watched with my parents are _Good Neighbors_ (aka The Good Life) and _All Creatures Great and Small_. I haven’t seen those mentioned here yet. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/67 "2002-06-27T13:42:19Z")
My friend from Oz sent me a Mr. Squiggle (the man from the moon) postcard yesterday! - not sure if that was a Brit or Aussie show. Also, remember the Bugaloos??? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/68 "2002-06-27T13:45:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > **As long as nobody minds the hijacks on this thread** As the originator of this thread, I don’t mind at all! This is like a trip through memory lane! I’d forgotten about a lot of these shows! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/69 "2002-06-27T15:19:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kal \* > \*\*No **ShadowWarrior** , noooo! The Goodies was not a children’s show, it’s just been dismissed as one. It’s like calling the Simpsons a kid’s cartoon. > > Contemporaries of the Pythons, I tell you…Political Satire…Outraged Mary Whitehouse…BBC never respected them… \*\* I refer to it as a kid’s show because I was a kid when it was on - it was also, IIRC shown as part of the Children’s TV hour. I’d love to watch again as an adult, and hopefully understand all the subtle nuances that my youthful, innocent self would have missed ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/70 "2002-06-27T17:25:27Z")
My personal favorites were “Yes, Minister” and “Yes, Prime Minister”, absolutely fascinating to this Yank. I think of them as “The West Wing” of their day, topical yet able to stand the test of time, extremely well written and acted. My first exposure to British TV was in the early 70’s when we got “Monty Python” and “The Goodies” on PBS. Since then I’ve watched my share, mostly on PBS, including “Blackadder” and “Red Dwarf”. My biggest gripe is US networks taking British shows and completely bollocksing them up, such as “Men behaving badly” and the pilot for “Dr Who” and “Red Dwarf”. I hope the version of “Absolutely Fabulous” never gets off the ground. The US has a nasty habit of taking shows with horrible rotten characters and trying to find something redeeming about them. ---
**Author:** ![QueenAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/d26b3c/32.png) [@QueenAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenAl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/71 "2002-06-27T21:52:02Z")
Nightingales! Yes, **ShadowWarrior** , someone else remembers that. ‘There’s no-one in here but us chickens.’ (I know, originally from Rebel Without a Cause, but I first heard it in Nightingales). A very underrated comedy, IMHO. The Goodies wasn’t a kids’ show though. What little I’ve seen of it was VERY funny. It was just overshadowed (npi) by Python. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/72 "2002-06-27T22:26:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShadowWarrior \* > \*\* > > Well, this sounds like [Girls on Top](http://www.gurlpages.com/abfabgurl/GirlsOnTop.html) to me. The Vicar of DIbley is Dawn French, and the ‘abfab’ woman is Jennifer Saunders, thus making them ‘French & Saunders’, probably the most famous comedienne duo in England \*\* YES! Thank you so much…I found this show by accident on the British equivalent of AFN TV in Berlin years ago. It was great!..and the Girls On Top certainly went on to be girls on top of their careers! Wish they would show it on PBS here. ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/73 "2002-06-28T00:08:13Z")
This is REALLY taking me down memory lane… The Goodies! With their black puddings! The Young Ones! My brother and I bought a video of them for my dad one year for his birthday, just so we could see it! Did anyone else watch the Kenny Everett Video Cassette? It was extremely lewd, but terribly funny! ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/74 "2002-06-28T00:10:51Z")
And **London\_Calling** and **QueenAl** , thanks for the answer! Open All Hours! ---
**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/75 "2002-06-28T07:42:56Z")
I watched the young ones on mtv so much, I have parts memorized. I adored Neil, I wanted to _be_ Vyvyan, but I’m probably more like Rik, the uncoolest of the uncool. “Darling facist bully-boy, please give me some more money, you bastard. Boom-shanka (may the seed of your loins be fertile in the belly of your woman), Neil” I love it when everyone was sick and vyv looked at himself in the mirror and said, “Feel better you bastard!” I say that to my reflection all the time, especially when I am depressed. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/76 "2002-06-28T08:07:28Z")
Kenny Everett was without doubt one of the funniest men on TV (“It’s all done in the best possible taste!”) I still maintain that Bottom is far superior to Young Ones. And Goodies was INTENDED as a children’s show, even though it wasn’t one really ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/77 "2002-06-28T10:08:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShadowWarrior \* > \*\*And Goodies was INTENDED as a children’s show, even though it wasn’t one really \*\* _Ahem_ Cite? I think that Oddie, Garden and Brooke-Taylor would disagree with you. The BBC wanted to turn it into a family show, the writers fought to do things their way. Anyway, I’ve found the original transmission times in a book called “The Complete Goodies” by Robert Ross. Seasons 1-2 were shown around 10-10:30pm. Season 3 was shown at 8:15 (apart from a special edition - “Superstar” which was shown at 9:50pm). Season 4 was shown a little earlier. Most episodes were shown at 8pm, the Christmas special “The Goodies and the Beanstalk” was shown at 5:15 and the final two episodes of that season were shown at 6:30 and 6:45. Seasons 5-7 were shown at 9pm. Season 8, the final BBC2 series was shown at 8:10pm Then there was the failed move to ITV, where the show was broadcast around 6:45 on Saturdays. BTW: I seem to recall that the ‘watershed’ was 8pm in the 1970’s, pushed back to 9pm sometime in the 1980’s - Is that right? Kal - Who is off to practice Ecky Thump 😃 And maybe get a life… ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/78 "2002-06-28T10:34:05Z")
[Bill Oddie on whether _The Goodies_ was a kid’s show or not](http://www.billoddie.net/tvradio70.shtml). I knew how to search for the link 'cos I remember the Cleese cameo - how sad is that? [sub]BTW my earlier reference to The Waltons being a comedy was intended sarcastically. Sorry if it wooshed you.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Stimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Stimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/79 "2002-06-28T12:50:04Z")
this one probably didn’t make it across the pond, but i’d love to know if it did. it was called (because that helps!) “Dear John…” and it was about a bunch of no-hopers attending a night-school class for no-hopers. there was the title character who was trying to come to terms with his wife leaving him, a rick-moranis-in-ghostbusters-type, an ultral-cool guy who was “there to pick up chicks” but who was really just putting on an act to hide the fact that he lived with his mum (remember “Sorry!” with ronnie corbet?), a fridged woman, and the consellor who was sex-mad. her favourite request went something along the lines of “tell me about in the bedroom.” i found all this to be, in turns and as a kid, hilarious and disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![QueenAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/d26b3c/32.png) [@QueenAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenAl)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511/80 "2002-06-28T13:09:29Z")
I obviously watched way too much TV as a kid. **Stimpy** , I do remember Dear John too, with that wistful theme tune, and I have the lead actor’s face in my mind but can’t think of his name. I always wanted him to get together with the ‘frigid’ woman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-slocums-pussy/115511.md?page=5)