“Oh, you’re like me aren’t you?”
We laugh at our fake sponsor ads.
Don’t feel guilty for watching “Beane’s of Boston”.
Charlotte Rae was a busy lady.
Were BBC execuitives scared of Mr. Humphries’ camp in 2016?
Darren Litten of Benidorm wrote the script for the 2016 BBC reboot!
The reboot moves the AYBS Universe 3 years into the future from 1985 (when the original series ended) to 1988.
New actors playing the old characters (most well known in the UK).
John Challis as Captain Peacock! (From “Benidorm” and “Only Fools and Horses”)
Sherrie Hewson as Mrs. Slocombe (From “Benidorm” and “Loose Women”)
Roy Barraclough as Mr. Grainger (From “Coronation Street”)
Kayode Ewumi as the new Mr. Conway
Jason Watkins as Mr. Humphries
Justin Edwards as Mr. Rumbold
Mr. Conway’s “new” accent: MLE “Multi-cultural London English”. It’s a new accent that’s developed within the last few decades around London.
To be fit or not to be fit?
Mrs. Slocombe’s personal stock of wipes.
The Slocombe/Dame Everage grimace!
Young Mr. Grace’s framed portrait in Mr. Rumbold’s office.
Mimiced 1970s BBC camera angles.
The X-rated method to stop a dog from choking.
PSA’s on American television in the ‘80s.
Do you remember the Punky Brewster refrigerator episode?
A black actor!
Mr. Harmon’s still using CRS: Cockney rhyming slang.
Grainger has come out of retirement to escape his wife.
Mathew Horne plays Young Young Young Mr. Grace.
Essex is the New Jersey of the UK?
“It’s just a very low kitten heel, Captain Peacock…”
The “f-word” in the UK doesn’t mean what it means in the US.
What did -you- think about the lobster chocking scene?
Slocombe arrives back at work while covered in “sewage”.
Breaking the 4th wall with the p-word joke.
The 1957 time-warp bubble from the original series.
The BBC also made other pilots in 2016 like “Young Hyacinth” (a prequel of “Keeping Up Appearances”).
How would the LGBTQ community see a Mr. Humphries character on the airwaves today in a modern show?
How was the retro nature of AYBS part of the show’s appeal?
Next show: the “lost” episode of AYBS Australia called “Undesirable Alien”.
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