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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 305558" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><strong>Six Dates With Barker</strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>1899: The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town</em></span></strong></p><p></p><p>Another that had a reprise, this will probably be more familiar to most for its later serialisation during Series Five of <em>The Two Ronnies</em>. Much as I enjoyed the serialised version my main complaint when watching it in September was that there were some repetitive gags and silliness involving Seventies comedy speedup. In short, padding out the story to over an hour simply stretched it too thin. The brevity of this one-off original version definitely works in its favour.</p><p></p><p>Watching the two in close succession it's interesting to see how closely it's followed. Not just the script, but the stage directions and even set details such as "The Sebastopol Ward" signage in the hospital. It all suggests Spike Milligan really had it all there in his screenplay. Some of the differences also gained my interest, including the first scene at 10 Downing Street in which a different actor plays the PM's aide, a role that would be hilariously taken by Barker himself in the re-shot <em>Ronnies</em> version.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 305558, member: 23"] [B]Six Dates With Barker [SIZE=4][I]1899: The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town[/I][/SIZE][/B] Another that had a reprise, this will probably be more familiar to most for its later serialisation during Series Five of [I]The Two Ronnies[/I]. Much as I enjoyed the serialised version my main complaint when watching it in September was that there were some repetitive gags and silliness involving Seventies comedy speedup. In short, padding out the story to over an hour simply stretched it too thin. The brevity of this one-off original version definitely works in its favour. Watching the two in close succession it's interesting to see how closely it's followed. Not just the script, but the stage directions and even set details such as "The Sebastopol Ward" signage in the hospital. It all suggests Spike Milligan really had it all there in his screenplay. Some of the differences also gained my interest, including the first scene at 10 Downing Street in which a different actor plays the PM's aide, a role that would be hilariously taken by Barker himself in the re-shot [I]Ronnies[/I] version. [/QUOTE]
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