Cyclechat investigates...soaps

[SpokeyDokey]

Posted at 09.23, and it has taken me all this time to 'get it'

That's ok - as long as you were asleep in the intervening period.

Otherwise...

 

[classic33]

Emmerdale should be Emmerdale Farm but was renamed after the plane hit the pub. In reality, the landlord & owner of the one where the interior was used, fell out with the company making it.

Relocated further south, with a new pub interior and renamed Emmerdale.

 

[Drago]

Emmerdale Farm,
It's no longer called Emmerdale Farm,
Emmerdale Farm,
If you live there you will come to harm,
Emmerdale Farm,
Lots of sexiness in an old barn,
It all happens in Emmerdale Farm.

(To bending to the Emmerdale theme tune)

 

[NorthernDave]

That's the one - was he a 'comedy' character, or have it constructed a memory of him from one event? (I didn't really watch it, but my parents did, so I was only vaguely aware of what was going on)

I don't recall him being an out and out comedy character, but there were some language / accent based jolly japes (think Mind Your Language). I don't think the Beeb would tolerate such things nowadays...

In a similar vein we were talking about Annie Sugden still being alive, actually the actress who played her is still alive, Sheila Mercier who turned 100 on the 1st of January this year.

Nay Mr Wilks!

And although my knowledge of Scottish soaps is not that great was there not one called Take The High Road?

Don't forget the greatest Scottish soap of all - River City (available on the iPlayer for non- Scots)

I stopped watching soaps when someone cut off Derek's gnome's ear. I couldn't cope with such an unprovoked, despicable and sick act of violence against an innocent garden ornament.

I blame Victor Pendlebury.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Here, what about the wobbliest studio set of all time: Crossroads?!

 

[Drago]

Crossroads was indeed wobbly. The brief attempt at a remake was every bit as dire as the original, Miss Diane.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

What about the American comedy 'Soap' itself, if anyone remembers it??
As odd as it was


And, as a follow-on from my questioning whether M*A*S*H was a soap, what about the Star-Trek varients??
I enjoyed this evenings Deep Space 9

 

[lane]

I remember Soap thought it was extremely funny Friday night viewing. Suspect it won't have aged well.

 

[Slow But Determined]

I remember Soap thought it was extremely funny Friday night viewing. Suspect it won't have aged well.

The episode with the dummy springs to mind, hilarious.

 

[classic33]

Ah; that brings back memories of wobbly scenery.

Within these walls, on which Prisioner Cell Block H was based.

 

[i hate hills]

I used to like that blue one ....Shield i think they called it . More of a Dove man now .

 

[Accy cyclist]

I must admit, I'm partial to a bit of Corrie. I like the way they keep things light with a bit of humour, no matter how many people have been murdered this week.

Mrs Mrs D, in her usual contrary manner, prefers EastEnders, and opines that when it was running Brookside was the best of them all.

So which is the best soap?

" Eldorado, Accy's favourite" I voted for! Such simple, viewer friendly storylines and as many said when the BBC binned It, it brought a bit of Spanish sunshine into your living room every evening.

 

[Threevok]

Ena's dead you say? I didn't know that!

Ena is not dead. She just sailed away

Hang on - that was Enya

Sorry. My mistake

 

[Drago]

I see Phill Mitchell has had another brush with death. Hes got more lives than a cats home.

 

[Julia9054]

I see Phill Mitchell has had another brush with death. Hes got more lives than a cats home.

And they've brought Ben back with a personality transplant as well as a head transplant