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Late 60's and 70's were the heyday for proper british comedy. Nothing at all comes close now.Rising Damp...Reggie Perrin...Porridge....Open all hours...Steptoe and Son...Love Thy Neighbour...On the Bu

I don't think its there's not the good comic actors I thinks its that most comedy sitcoms have there hands tied as to what they can say and can't say. Most sitcoms today seem to be political correct a

Fair point malt but I didn't just mean mild rascism and sexism though .I once had to go on a writing course and they had a guest speaker, basically a bloke that got hes script commissioned and it made

Yootha Joyce was a very good female comic actor, from Man About The House to George and Mildred. As was Penelope Keith, Margo's character in The Goodlife was, IMO, better than Richard Briars and she both made and stole the show (and I always has a secret crush on her as a kid!).

Anyone remember Hilda Baker as Nelly Pickles?

One other, Jean Alexander as Hilda Ogden, not in a comedy but a comic actress in a soap, her and Stan, the stuff of legend....

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Yootha Joyce was a very good female comic actor, from Man About The House to George and Mildred. As was Penelope Keith, Margo's character in The Goodlife was, IMO, better than Richard Briars and both made and stole the show (and I always has a secret crush on her as a kid!).

Anyone remember Hilda Baker as Nelly Pickles?

One other, Jean Alexander as Hilda Ogden, not in a comedy but a comic actress in a soap, her and Stan, the stuff of legend....

Nearest and Dearest who could forget Walter. :laugh:

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