John Inman dies

[AMER]

Actor John Inman, most famous for the comedy Are You Being Served?, has died in London aged 71.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6429425.stm

[LR89]

Do you think he'll have "I'm free!" on his tombstone?

[CassandraC]

Heh, we can only hope!

[IvyN]

Wow, thats sad, I love that show. It drives my wife nuts, she does not get British humor. Course Mrs. Slokum and her pussy are my favorites

[Delgarits]

I always liked Miss Brahms

Same about John though

[Lala11]

I loved the show and still look for the re-runs here. RIP John.

[spicy]

There can't be many of us here who are old enough to think of Wendy Richards as a sex symbol, rather than a miserable old bag on 'Eastenders'!

[Flat_out_Bob]

Me!

[Chantill]

I get the impression that you American types get to see far more old British TV than we do!

Over here, some things get repeated ad nausaem, while some real classics never get repeated at all. It's bizarre!

But some of the British TV which you guys love isn't really rated very highly over here any more. Like 'Are You Being Served' for example! We might chuckle when we are reminded about it, but I suspect most people would cringe if they had to sit through it all again nowadays.

[pixiecatfish93]

I'm not sure but I think it may be because we only get it randomly and after it is already done over there. I am sure even as much as I love the show and try to find it as often as I can that have only seen a quater to half of the episodes. Most of the current shows you guys discus I have never even heard of but will probably see 3 to 5 years from now. I got a few tapes from my dad when he lived in Scotland a few years back but that has been the only time I have seen anything current.