Dad's Army - They don't like it up 'em, etc.

Discussion in 'Books, Films, TV, Radio' started by von Poop, Mar 22, 2008.

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'Dad's Army', a fine programme?

  1. Yes Mr Wilson.

    21.4%
  2. No, you stupid Boy...

    75.3%
  3. What is this 'Dads Army' of which you speak?

    3.2%
  1. NickFenton

    NickFenton Well-Known Member

    Love this thread. Still my favourite programme.

    Peter Butterworth was a frequent escaper. He escaped from Dulag Luft by tunnel with 18 others, including Roger Bussell and Wings Day in June 1941, just before my Father arrived. Wings Day up to that point, together with quite a few others, were thought to have been in collaboration with the Germans! There is a famous picture of Roger Bussell out skiing whilst a POW.

    I also have a recollection that Jimmy Edwards appeared in Dad's Army? But l think l must be wrong. He was a Dakota Pilot at Arnhem, being shot down and recovering as a member of the Guinea Pig club, growing his moustache to hide the scares. I remember him, as a kid, visiting friends in Sussex, a real life character .

    Regards,

    Nick
    KenFentonsWar.comyrw
     
  2. Bernard85

    Bernard85 WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    good day von poop administrator,22 march,2008.10:14pm.re:dad's army,'they dont like it up "em" a great show.i have several episodes,the whole family like it.that includes the grand chidren,thank you for posting a happy post,regards bernard85 :indexCAGHJY15:
     
  3. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Any attempt to re-make Dad's Army is surely doomed to failure ?

    I am a hopeless addict and any re-hash to sully it's memory will result in many letters to The Times !

    Ron
     
  4. STAN50

    STAN50 Senior Member

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7RIgs3eygo
     
  5. STAN50

    STAN50 Senior Member

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr_v_SqJNjA
     
  6. papiermache

    papiermache Well-Known Member

    A new film would be a waste of time. The film spin-offs of the original TV series were lame affairs, even with some of the original cast members. It needed a studio audience and the half-hour format suited it perfectly.

    Apart from that, the late John Le Mesurier was a far better actor than Bill Nighy, who would be completely miscast in the role of Sergeant Wilson.
     
  7. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    We're all Doomed
     
  8. DavidW

    DavidW Well-Known Member

    Only a "stupid boy" would attempt a re-make in a film format.
     
  9. STAN50

    STAN50 Senior Member

    And vee dunt vant ani shoggee vilm vade ohz shadz sharmy, danke.



    (pic taken 19.6.10 Thetford - Dads Army Statue unveiling)
     

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  10. STAN50

    STAN50 Senior Member

    "A new Dads' Army film? Oh no, no, no, I think you're entering into the realms of fantasy there Jones."
     

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  11. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    New Film
    Don't tell him Pike

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V3SqxUomwk
     
  12. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Just another attempt to cash in on another persons idea. Really love the series and have all episodes & watched them all again about 6 months ago.

    Cheers
    Paul
     
  13. STAN50

    STAN50 Senior Member

    Having been to Thetford today we had another look at the statue in the town mentioned in my posts 93 and 97. This looked in pretty good condition and is much the same as it was when it was unveiled four years ago now. No signs of graffiti or vandalism. However, the bench Capt. Mainwaring is sitting on has lost most of its varnish and the brick work surrounding it would have benefitted from a power wash. Also the nearby information boards wooden surround is also losing most if its varnish as well and the frame is beginning to fall apart. This was a bit of a shame.

    But in the time we were there many people were having their photos taken with the Captain which was what the designer had planned for and it was nice to see people still doing this four years on.

    Walking around the town we noticed a butchers shop and it was called 'J.Jones butchers.' The shop frontage was coloured blue similar to that on the Dads Army van. The shop owner obviously has a sense of humour. I didn't have a camera with me unfortunately.
     
  14. Theobob

    Theobob Senior Member

    I found this episode very moving,
    English pathos at it very best.
     
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  15. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Today is apparently the anniversary of Episode 1 being aired, 46 years ago:

    BBC Archive Article:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/dadsarmy/
     
  16. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Nice little charity shop find.
    Episode guide, and page after page of associated trivia, from lead characters to passing extras.

    I partly bought it for sprog alpha, who, perhaps strangely for a 14 year old in 2015, absolutely loves the programme...

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  17. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Just watched the trailer for the film.

    ''The Year is 1944 ...on the brink of defeat...''

    WTF? Why set the film in 44?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nig2SQk6jx4
     
  18. Drusus Nero

    Drusus Nero Banned

    The poster all the way back at the beginning of the thread suggested that Spike milligan got his sense of humour from the war..

    I beg to differ.

    Spikes family were just insane. His brother Desmond was the only one of the crowd to show anything like a 'normal' personality.

    Terry's, (that is Spike's name) father, Leo, used to have an obsession with the Wild West. He would walk Terry home, and approaching their doorway, suddenly crouch into a 'cowboy with a gun' type pose......"Cover me while I switch the hall light on", he would say to Terry.
    For Leo, "Red Indians lurked in every corner", and the first photo of him in Terry's book is Leo standing in his long underwear in India, with a gunbelt slung around his hips.

    Terry said that after chamberlain resigned, Leo "wrote off for the job".
    The very first lines from "Adolf Hitler - My Part in his Downfall" are special,

    "September 3rd, 1939....The last minutes of peace ticking away. Father and I are watching mother dig our air-raid shelter. "Shes a great little women," said Father, "and getting smaller all the time, " I added. Two minutes later, a man called chamberlain who did Prime minister impressions spoke on the wireless. He said, "As from 11 o'clock, we are at war with germany." (I loved the WE). "War?", said mother. "It must have been something we said", said father

    Brother desmond shows artistic talent. His imagination fueled by wartime events, he draws pictures of fantastic machines, (troop carrying airships, troop carrying submarines, 266 ton land cruisers) all oversized and drawn on the back of old dinner menu's. Father examines them. "Son, these inventions will be the salvation of England.'

    Leo, Florence, Uncle Willie.......all passed on their irreverent humor through their genes.

    The war nearly destroyed Milligan as a personality. But he recovered, and got his first 'breaks' in showbiz, as well as an introduction to Harry Secombe, (Peter Sellars was in the RAF, I'm not sure where micheal Benteen was)

    Ah.....all those brilliant people.....gone forever.

    Sorry....much off topic.

    My only criticism of "Dad's Army" is that it's so very "nice". Everyone falls over themselves to be polite to one another, with the exception of Hodges, whose "ARPeeing" is hated by all. I prefer Brit comedy with a bit of bite.....(e,g.)

    "Baldrick.....the middle ages are something that happened to other people, aren't they?".....or

    "You are to be congratulated, my friend. We live in an age where illness and deformity are commonplace, and yet, Ploppy, you are, without a doubt, the most repulsive individual j have ever met. I would shake your hand, but i fear it would fall off."

    I still voted "Yes"...but with reservations.
     
  19. Drusus Nero

    Drusus Nero Banned

    Have you ever noticed the opening credits of the television series? The German arrow track the exact path of the three German Army's that surrounded Frano British forces at dunkirk. i always thought that was a little bit of historicity that went un-noticed.

    I blieve the title song was an actual wartime ditty, modified for the series.

    Personally, my fav wartime "ditty" is George Formby's ...

    Now imagine me in the Maginot line,
    Sitting on a mine in the maginot line,
    Things have turned out nice again,
    The army life is fine

    Never heard it all the way through.......but I think it ends with George mentioning his tin hat, "I have to use it now for everything, sitting on the maginot line...!"

    Of course, who remembers George Formby now? Or Gracie Fields? or ITMA? or radio shows like "Community Whistling"

    Gone forever.
     
  20. DavidW

    DavidW Well-Known Member

    Why 1944 indeed. No threat of invasion then. Home Guard practically "stood down".
     

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