'Allo, 'Allo Set To Return

[tim]

Not quite! I think a scaffold board came flying through his windscreen and embedded itself in his skull during one of those big storms

It happened in Hounslow (think on the Hanworth Road), he was our only famous local resident at the time, although Johnny (and daugheter Zoe - who went to Mrs Garret's dance school with my sister) Ball lived in Heston which is up the road from Hounslow proper and in the Borough.

 

[Calva dosser]

Well it was certainly as camp as a row of tents. But I loved it and to the best of my knowledge -not.

 

[Roadkill]

not wishing to be controversial or anything, but i'm beginning to wonder if Allo Allo is a 'gay thing', if you see what i mean..

I mean, i don't tend to divide things up like that - chicklit / bloke lit, gay music / straight music, is all pretty dumb. but..

No idea. I've seen one or two gay people say they think it's offensive, with all the innuendo about Gruber, but it's a whole lot less so than a lot of other programmes of its time. Besides, Gorden Kaye (Rene) is gay, and the whole thing is as camp as a row of pink tents.

A German mate of mine says he really likes it as well, because unlike a lot of sitcoms which laugh at the German characters, in 'Allo 'Allo they're in on the joke too.

Incidentally, anyone recognise this scene and actor...?

 

[Orang Utan]

That's Herr Flick innit?

 

[Roadkill]

Nope.

I only just found out about it: when I saw the film in question I didn't realise who he was. For some inane reason it rather amuses me...

 

[Calva dosser]

Nah. Gruber. Guy Siner?

 

[Orang Utan]

Ah, Gruber then?

 

[Balbi]

That's your man with the little tank

 

[Roadkill]

The very same

... in Pirates of the Caribbean, of all movies.

 

[Balbi]

Probably passed on a few tips to Depp, Pryce etc

 

[Reno]

No idea. I've seen one or two gay people say they think it's offensive, with all the innuendo about Gruber, but it's a whole lot less so than a lot of other programmes of its time. Besides, Gorden Kaye (Rene) is gay, and the whole thing is as camp as a row of pink tents.

A German mate of mine says he really likes it as well, because unlike a lot of sitcoms which laugh at the German characters, in 'Allo 'Allo they're in on the joke too.

..and I'm gay and German, so I was pretty much born to like it.

 

[Jim2k5]

haha thats hilarious, i had no idea he was still around

 

[fudgefactorfive]

my gay German bf couldn't believe it existed when he first saw it - comedy Nazis aren't common over there - but loves it

i went off it once the Italian character showed up, that guy who showed up in EastEnders later whose name I can't be bothered to look up

 

[fudgefactorfive]

fascinating factoid that will enthrall all:

the barber I used in my teenage years also cut the hair of the actor who plays the policeman who said Good Moaning

 

[Fledgling]

not wishing to be controversial or anything, but i'm beginning to wonder if Allo Allo is a 'gay thing', if you see what i mean..

I mean, i don't tend to divide things up like that - chicklit / bloke lit, gay music / straight music, is all pretty dumb. but..

Each time you wathc it you're wading through innuendos and nudges n winks. I'm putting it in the seaside postcard category along with Are you being served? Apart from Gruber there isn't any obviously gay reference BUT if you only watched the German scenes I could see why it would seem v. gay.

Remakes would be pointelss, I can still rememeber the last episode which ended things pretty well, I think it was set in the 50s with Renee running off with Evette. Perhaps just showing a few re runs would be better.

 

[DJ Squelch]

All two of them? (exc. Hodges, the Vicar and Mrs. Fox)

The sheer logistics of it...

Amazingly Clive Dunn is still alive. He was playing doddering old men when I was a kid & every time I see him on TV he looks like he's got younger. I think he has made some pact to gain the secret of eternal life.

 

[tim]

Amazingly Clive Dunn is still alive. He was playing doddering old men when I was a kid & every time I see him on TV he looks like he's got younger. I think he has made some pact to gain the secret of eternal life.

He was fairly young at the time, and well made-up, but they needed an actor capable being old and doddery but still capable of doing dangerous things: hanging of bridges over fast flowing water, hanging off telegraph poles etc. They couldn't have expected "Frasier" or "Godfrey" to do that and survive.

I believe that David Jason, who went on to play the similarly aged Blanco in porridge was at one point considerd for the role.

Does anyone else have nightmares about Clive Dunn singing "Grandad? Here are the lyrics if you've been lucky enough to forget

I've been sitting here all day thinking
Same old dream ten years away thinking
Now my days are gone, memories linger on
Thoughts of when I was boy
Penny farthings on the street riding
Motorcars were funny things, frightening
Bow and hoops and spinning tops
Annie gretzel's lollipops
Comic cuts, all different things

Grandad, grandad you're lovely
That's what we all think of you
Grandad, grandad you're lovely
That's what we all think of you
Grandad grandad

Aeroplanes tied up with string flying
Telephones and talking things sighing
A radio and phonograph, Charlie Chaplin made us laugh
Silently falling about
Familiar things I keep around, near me
Memories of my younger days, clearly
Come into my mind
Everyday I find, thoughts of when I was boy

Grandad, grandad you're lovely
That's what we all think of you
Grandad, grandad you're lovely
That's what we all think of you

Grandad, Grandad..

 

[WouldBe]

Perhaps just showing a few re runs would be better.

Early Sunday afternoon on BBC1.

 

[wishface]

Why not!

Got to be better than Two Pints of Lager.

I'd rather watch the entirety of Allo Allo than a single second of Two pints or anything that has that Ralf Little twat in.

Despite it's anachronistic total lack of political correctness and despite the bad jokes and utter lack of sophistication, it did had a certain innocent charm. The idea with the accents was genius.

Although what was that creature who played Mimi? Was she actually a human woman or a meerkat?

 

[goldenecitrone]

The very idea that even one person found something to laugh at in 'allo 'allo is completely baffling to me. Still, takes all sorts I suppose. I bet you all loved Hi de Hi as well, didn't you?

 

[Allan]

Yeah. Anything that has Hilarious Consequences (TM) is cool.

 

[Roadkill]

Apart from Gruber there isn't any obviously gay reference BUT if you only watched the German scenes I could see why it would seem v. gay.

No obvious gay references - except for all the cross-dressing, Herr Flick in suspenders, the resistance girls kissing all the time... The whole thing is one big long innuendo and it's as camp as a field of pink tents. That's one reason I like it so much.

 

[scifisam]

I LOVE Allo Allo! I bet the update will be the few remaining living people at the funeral of someone or other - Edith perhaps? With lots of clips as memories. You know, like the clip shows they occasionally do on American sitcoms when they can't be arsed making a real episode.

My GF is apalled at my taste, but not surprised; I like Carry Ons too.

Michelle was very sexy. Apart from Mimi, all the women were. I'd say Mimi was more of an aye-aye than a meerkat, though.

 

[wishface]

The very idea that even one person found something to laugh at in 'allo 'allo is completely baffling to me. Still, takes all sorts I suppose. I bet you all loved Hi de Hi as well, didn't you?

no. there are lots of things that aren't funny in allo allo either.

pompous twit.

 

[goldenecitrone]

no. there are lots of things that aren't funny in allo allo either.

pompous twit.

From someone who finds comedy foreign accents a stroke of genius, I'll take that as a compliment.

shit for brains.

 

[Kripcat]

I'd rather have more Hogan's Heroes.

 

[wishface]

From someone who finds comedy foreign accents a stroke of genius, I'll take that as a compliment.

shit for brains.

the accents werent; the fact that we, the viewer, knew they were all speaking english with bad regional accents was. Excellent self awareness and far funnier than Extras for instance.

 

[scifisam]

No obvious gay references - except for all the cross-dressing, Herr Flick in suspenders, the resistance girls kissing all the time... The whole thing is one big long innuendo and it's as camp as a field of pink tents. That's one reason I like it so much.

Plus the gay German officer who fancied the arse off Rene.

I just watched an ep. Silly, comforting, a proper plot, likeable characters. Had to wait till my GF had gone to bed before I could watch it, though.

 

[Cadmus]

It's funny how they never aired it in France. I recently bought a DVD set for a French mate after he saw it for the first time last summer on cable (and loved it) so he smuggled it into France.

Making fun of the resistance is considered very bad taste there.

 

[CyberRose]

I love 'Allo 'Allo

I agree! Love it!!