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Bob Larby dies.
valkay
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Bob Larby has died aged 79, the name didn't mean much to me but he was the writer of The Good Life, Ever Decreasing Circles, Please Sir, Brush Strokes, A Fine Romance and many others. Some of the best and funniest sit coms, there doesn't seem to be anyone nowadays with his talent. R.I.P.
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we can forget the awful please sir though, evertone is allowed to err ocassionaly .
Please Sir has its fans-me for a start -though I was under ten and maybe that says something.
Particularly fond of the film version which kind of sums up a particular era, and my childhood to an extent-the scene where Erics Mum cooks everyone egg and chips is just so seventies. Seemingly everyones mum cooked egg and chips. A few dodgy scenes by todays standards but it was very much of its time and reflected the time.
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He certainly was and 79 is a grand age to reach.
Very sad to hear of Mr Larbys passing.
That film always reminds me of the school trip we made as 5th formers back in 73. We spent a week up in Derbyshire and during one outing to a small village a few of us were caught having a pint in the local pub.
Depends on how you define cult. Young Ones had a keen audience but not a massive one by the standards of the time. On the Buses was a national favourite and had huge audiences, regularly number one in the ratings during most of its series.
OtB isn't going to win any best ever comedy awards but its popularity should not be underestimated.
He did indeed.
RIP Bob
Sublime.:)
Agreed. And Brush Strokes is also one of my all time favorites, I'm just working my way through the boxset as I hadn't seen it for years as it has not been repeated for a long time... luckily for those who haven't got the DVDs, the series is starting from the beginning on Drama from Monday at 7pm.
The reason that I remember it well, was in the opening scenes from The Good Life where the bee flew around the writers' credits ... Esmonde seemed to have an extra "E" too!
If I had been those two, I'd have quit at The Good Life - probably the best sitcom ever.
However, they went on to produce many, many other fine programmes.
Best wishes to his family and the others he has left behind