"I'd say this was written by an elderly person, say, someone between thirty and fifty..." Good grief. Even in 1890, 30 wasn't considered elderly. Still, a good episode. John Barrie (Cork) was 46 when this was filmed, and Cicely Courtneidge (Mrs. Seymour) was about 70.
@vbt1957 I, for one, would be grateful for your effort and your time. Just as, I'm sure, all your followers. Even from South America, from where I am writing.
That's not a good version of Hobsons Choice. Watch the original with the amazing Charles Laughton, much less yelling, a less hostile tone and lots of comedy.
I recently viewed the Michael Caine version of Hobson's Choice! I was actually impressed. I love the Laughton version most, but I thought the Caine versions' diction was more realistic. Patricia Routledge ran Brenda de Banzie a very close second!
It's King Arthur from Monty Python and the holy grail playing the blonde-haired toff. One of my favourite lines from that film is as follows: first shit shoveler to the second shit shoveler 'There goes the King', Second shoveler to first shoveler, 'how do you know he's a King?'. First shoveler to second shoveler, 'coz he's not covered in shit!'.
That may look somewhat like Graham Chapman but it's not. In 1963 Graham was writing for David Frost on the show That Was The Week That Was. He continued to work as a writer for the BBC both for radio shows and TV including shows for Cilia Black and Tom Jones. In 1967 he joined John Cleese to write and perform on Marty Feldman's At Last the 1948 Show. This was his first time as a performer on TV. He also continued his medical studies throughout this time at St Bartholomew's and became professionally registered as a doctor. The actor you are mistaking for Graham is Jeremy Longhurst who played Jimmy's pal Sir George Creighton. You can find his credit for this episode on IMDb and pictures of him that show a resemblance to Graham but they are two different people.
@@kkjhn41 It's him, just listen to the timbre of his voice and his voice modulations, also body language, unless it's his twin brother. Besides which, I know he acted under a nom de plume because I read an article by John Cleese back in the 70's where he opined on it. He used the nom de plume so his acting work wouldn't overlap his comedy work so diluting it.
@@kkjhn41 Yes, neither Jeremy Longhurst nor Michael Meacham look like Graham Chapman to me and are very definitely completely different actors with their own credits on IMDb.
Nice episode. Thanks for posting.
60plus years ago this was regular Saturday night TV viewing for me....Happier days.
Excellent series thank you
This series is new to me, quite good. I intend to follow these episodes. 🎉
And this is a very young David Burke (Dr Watson). A very good episode. 😊
"I'd say this was written by an elderly person, say, someone between thirty and fifty..." Good grief. Even in 1890, 30 wasn't considered elderly. Still, a good episode. John Barrie (Cork) was 46 when this was filmed, and Cicely Courtneidge (Mrs. Seymour) was about 70.
Clever well written show. Exposing the upper class Victorian snobbery. Still applies
Can you try and upload the other 61 episodes of this series.
That's a big ask but I'll do my best over the coming weeks.
@vbt1957 I, for one, would be grateful for your effort and your time. Just as, I'm sure, all your followers. Even from South America, from where I am writing.
Inspector Cork is the father in the "Hubson's choice" with Micheal Caine😊
That's not a good version of Hobsons Choice. Watch the original with the amazing Charles Laughton, much less yelling, a less hostile tone and lots of comedy.
I recently viewed the Michael Caine version of Hobson's Choice! I was actually impressed. I love the Laughton version most, but I thought the Caine versions' diction was more realistic. Patricia Routledge ran Brenda de Banzie a very close second!
I don't understand why Cork treats Chaulky like shit. Make your own damn tea !!!
It's King Arthur from Monty Python and the holy grail playing the blonde-haired toff.
One of my favourite lines from that film is as follows: first shit shoveler to the second shit shoveler 'There goes the King', Second shoveler to first shoveler, 'how do you know he's a King?'.
First shoveler to second shoveler, 'coz he's not covered in shit!'.
@ros8986 Yes, he used a nom de plume.
That may look somewhat like Graham Chapman but it's not. In 1963 Graham was writing for David Frost on the show That Was The Week That Was. He continued to work as a writer for the BBC both for radio shows and TV including shows for Cilia Black and Tom Jones. In 1967 he joined John Cleese to write and perform on Marty Feldman's At Last the 1948 Show. This was his first time as a performer on TV. He also continued his medical studies throughout this time at St Bartholomew's and became professionally registered as a doctor. The actor you are mistaking for Graham is Jeremy Longhurst who played Jimmy's pal Sir George Creighton. You can find his credit for this episode on IMDb and pictures of him that show a resemblance to Graham but they are two different people.
@@kkjhn41 It's him, just listen to the timbre of his voice and his voice modulations, also body language, unless it's his twin brother.
Besides which, I know he acted under a nom de plume because I read an article by John Cleese back in the 70's where he opined on it. He used the nom de plume so his acting work wouldn't overlap his comedy work so diluting it.
@ros8986 Also, I think he could walk and chew gum at the same time, as my American cousins say.
@@kkjhn41 Yes, neither Jeremy Longhurst nor Michael Meacham look like Graham Chapman to me and are very definitely completely different actors with their own credits on IMDb.