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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 428401" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Last night, to add the final flourish to my viewing of<em> Love Thy Neighbour,</em> I watched 1974's big screen version of <em>Man About The House</em>.</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BNzg2NjM2OGYtNGZlMi00NzgzLTg5ODItMjdmYjFmMzhjNzEwXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=783b87ce25da279d7c992491991174cbbd4afb8d43a28ba85a09c97e6cae7e72" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 781px" /></p><p></p><p>Despite the high billing of Jack Smethurst and Rudolph Walker, I kept anticipations right-sized since I remembered them just having a brief scene towards the end. And I think this is the <em>only</em> thing I remembered clearly about the film. Some things - the plot to buy up the street or the strip poker and Monopoly games - quickly came back to me as I watched, but I'd completely misremembered what the film was about. I was convinced it was more of a romantic comedy and ended with Robin getting married. I know I'm not thinking of <em>Robin's Nest,</em> but I must be confusing this with another big screen adaption. I didn't think it was <em>Bless This House </em>either, even though I'm almost certain ends with a wedding, but perhaps it was.</p><p></p><p>There are familiar faces fromthe<em> Love Thy Neighbour</em> film. In addition to that film's two leads, there's Melvyn Hayes, Andria Lawrence (who cropped up in both the LTN film ands series. She's easily recognisable because she's the same oversexed ready and willing character in everything) and even Bill Pertwee as the postman (the same one? I like to think so).</p><p></p><p>Outside that, it's a who's who of British entertainment of the era. There's Arthur Lowe; Peter Cellier; Michael Ward and Julian Orchard (whom I sometimes confuse with one another due to their invariably fey appearances in the <em>Carry Ons</em>); Norman Mitchell (as an old love of Mildred); Bill Maynard; and Spike Milligan as himself (the visit to the Thames TV studios giving them the chance to wheel on a few names) .</p><p></p><p>The previous time I watched this film was directly after watching the <em>MATH</em> series. Even then I thought it was one of the best from its stable. Watching it in isolation possibly does it even more justice, since there's none of the comparing it directly with its small screen counterpart. On its own, it's a sparkling gem. The energy was good. The story was cohesive and entertaining and never dragged or felt repetitive. And there was no sense of this being a "greatest hits" from the series, even though I'm sure some lines and moments might have been.</p><p></p><p>Richard O'Sullivan and Paula Wilcox are so good, and the more I see of them - here, in other projects and in interviews - the more I realise how talented they are. Sally Thomsett has a sweetness to her, but her role in proceedings is probably best encapsulated by the poker game, which is essentially a two-hander between O'Sullivan and Wilcox. with Thomsett on the sidelines saying "I'll pass" as required, without seeming to fully understand what's going on. Brian and Yootha are magic together. I'd forgotten how truly magnetic Yootha is as a screen presence. I couldn't take my eyes off her.</p><p></p><p>Oh, one other thing that's never left my consciousness after my previous viewing of this film is the theme song, with music by Christopher Gunning (who immediately makes me think "<em>Poirot</em>"), lyrics by Annie Farrow and sung by Jane Christie.</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=youtube]FUTUARfmOj8[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 428401, member: 23"] Last night, to add the final flourish to my viewing of[I] Love Thy Neighbour,[/I] I watched 1974's big screen version of [I]Man About The House[/I]. [CENTER] [IMG width="781px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BNzg2NjM2OGYtNGZlMi00NzgzLTg5ODItMjdmYjFmMzhjNzEwXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=783b87ce25da279d7c992491991174cbbd4afb8d43a28ba85a09c97e6cae7e72[/IMG][/CENTER] Despite the high billing of Jack Smethurst and Rudolph Walker, I kept anticipations right-sized since I remembered them just having a brief scene towards the end. And I think this is the [I]only[/I] thing I remembered clearly about the film. Some things - the plot to buy up the street or the strip poker and Monopoly games - quickly came back to me as I watched, but I'd completely misremembered what the film was about. I was convinced it was more of a romantic comedy and ended with Robin getting married. I know I'm not thinking of [I]Robin's Nest,[/I] but I must be confusing this with another big screen adaption. I didn't think it was [I]Bless This House [/I]either, even though I'm almost certain ends with a wedding, but perhaps it was. There are familiar faces fromthe[I] Love Thy Neighbour[/I] film. In addition to that film's two leads, there's Melvyn Hayes, Andria Lawrence (who cropped up in both the LTN film ands series. She's easily recognisable because she's the same oversexed ready and willing character in everything) and even Bill Pertwee as the postman (the same one? I like to think so). Outside that, it's a who's who of British entertainment of the era. There's Arthur Lowe; Peter Cellier; Michael Ward and Julian Orchard (whom I sometimes confuse with one another due to their invariably fey appearances in the [I]Carry Ons[/I]); Norman Mitchell (as an old love of Mildred); Bill Maynard; and Spike Milligan as himself (the visit to the Thames TV studios giving them the chance to wheel on a few names) . The previous time I watched this film was directly after watching the [I]MATH[/I] series. Even then I thought it was one of the best from its stable. Watching it in isolation possibly does it even more justice, since there's none of the comparing it directly with its small screen counterpart. On its own, it's a sparkling gem. The energy was good. The story was cohesive and entertaining and never dragged or felt repetitive. And there was no sense of this being a "greatest hits" from the series, even though I'm sure some lines and moments might have been. Richard O'Sullivan and Paula Wilcox are so good, and the more I see of them - here, in other projects and in interviews - the more I realise how talented they are. Sally Thomsett has a sweetness to her, but her role in proceedings is probably best encapsulated by the poker game, which is essentially a two-hander between O'Sullivan and Wilcox. with Thomsett on the sidelines saying "I'll pass" as required, without seeming to fully understand what's going on. Brian and Yootha are magic together. I'd forgotten how truly magnetic Yootha is as a screen presence. I couldn't take my eyes off her. Oh, one other thing that's never left my consciousness after my previous viewing of this film is the theme song, with music by Christopher Gunning (who immediately makes me think "[I]Poirot[/I]"), lyrics by Annie Farrow and sung by Jane Christie. [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]FUTUARfmOj8[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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