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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2006 14:59:44 GMT
Anyone seen this 70's spoof/series? follows the life of bus men and ticket men, working in pairs. Mainly around the character Stan who is a bit of a rule breaker. The setting is in London. The logo I spotted on the bus stop is a diamond version of the LU sign. Is quite funny at times ;D LINK: www.imdb.com/title/tt0067528/ |
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Post by agoodcuppa on Apr 22, 2006 15:15:24 GMT
I'm told (but don't necessarily believe it mind) that there are people around who can actually remember it being broadcast for the first time!!
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Post by Phil on Apr 22, 2006 15:28:42 GMT
I'm told (but don't necessarily believe it mind) that there are people around who can actually remember it being broadcast for the first time!! Including you..  It was filmed just outside london using locations etc from the Thames valley area (Windsor, Slough etc) painted to look like London. LT never owned crash gearbox, hinged cab door buses in that era. the buses themselves were ex Eastern National (Essex area). |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2006 15:36:25 GMT
Also the name of the town was a take - off of London - the bus company was in fact 'Luxton and District'. I must admit it is quite funny, but I did feel sorry for Stan in the episode where the bottle of paint stripper broke in his cab and he had running eyes. Unfortunately for him, Blakey was stood next to the cab and the bottle had just been pilfered from the depot paint store.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2006 15:39:27 GMT
Come to think of it, the episode where the whole bus depot gets struck down with 'Hong Kong Flu' springs to mind as well, as Stan and Jack desperately try to avoid getting ill so they can have all the overtime in the depot while they're short staffed.
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Post by Tubeboy on Apr 22, 2006 16:21:53 GMT
yes i remember this[ going dewy eyed ] it wasnt very pc was it? I remember sitting in front of the box on a friday night watching lwt[even more dewy eyed] eating my tea and laughing for every second it was on. Incidentally the bus conductor [jack] played by bob grant was a conductor in real life when he was a student to help pay for his studies, sadly he died a couple of years ago and suffered with depression for many years[ a paradox in itself]. Reg varney[played stan the bus driver] lives in australia and is quite popular out there. stans mum played by doris hare also died a while ago. I just read in the radio times that mutiny on the buses was on the tv today, not as good as the first film "on the buses". I didnt think holiday on the buses[last one i think] was that good.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2006 17:18:40 GMT
I love On the buses, it is so cool, although abit dated it comes from the time good programmes were on TV sadly before my time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2006 19:09:07 GMT
One of the ex-Eastern National Bristol KSW buses used in the films is kept at the Lincolnshire Vitage Vehicle Society depot in Lincoln. It is in an unrestored state.
Did you know that Reg Varney (Stan) had to take his PSV test for real to drive buses in the films! When a friend of mine worked for the Driving Standards Agency, there was a display of official pictures from the past, one of which was Reg on a bus with his pass certificate.
Most of the locations were (for the films) in the area around Pinewood Studios, so they mainly used places like Elstree for filming. In the closing credits of one of the films, Stan's bus is passed by a London Country RF bus.
The garage (seen a lot in 'Holiday On The Buses') was just a studio building at Pinewood.
The TV series used Wood Green (Eastern National) depot as the bus station. They would borrow one of Wood Green's semi-automatic Bristol Lodekkas, which were normally used on the 251 Southend - London service.
For the TV series, as well as a fake garage, they had a fake (but good) Lodekka interior set.
Hope this helps.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2006 22:07:17 GMT
[Mum] "ARTHUR! Is Olive alright, I thought she was having one of her turns!"
[Arthur] "No, mum, Olives lost a pickled onion in the bed and shes trying to find it"
Classic series! Got the lot on DVD. Best one I think, is where Stan tries the Home Brewing [Brew it Yourself], fails to realise how strong it is, and goes to work absolutely sozzled.
Or Mum wants the seats recovered in the front room, so Stan gets hold of some fabric which just happens to be the same as what the bus seats are covered in. All OK, until he tries to get it out of the Depot, avoiding 'the One they call Hitler'.
The character who played Jack, sadly passed away last year.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2006 5:36:44 GMT
I can't think of the best way to describe Blakeys laugh: urghahahaguuggggg is about the closest I can think of. It is a funny programme. Like Tubeboy, I first saw it on LWT on a Friday night around teatime, but these were repeats around 1991.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2006 9:58:48 GMT
LT never owned crash gearbox, hinged cab door buses in that era. LT never owned crash gearbox, hinged cab door buses at any time. |
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Post by Phil on Apr 23, 2006 13:46:33 GMT
LT never owned crash gearbox, hinged cab door buses in that era. LT never owned crash gearbox, hinged cab door buses at any time. Don't quibble Syndeynick! I was well aware of that but was forestalling you: if I had said anything else you would have pointed out that LT did indeed RUN crash gearbox, hinged cab door buses for quite a time after the last War. Indeed, even in 1950 the stockbook lists Bristol K series from several Tilling companies (Bristol Omnibus etc) on longterm hire. I was very careful with my words: my statement is absolutely true in every detail, even if over-prescriptive.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2006 7:33:47 GMT
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Post by Tubeboy on Apr 24, 2006 11:02:25 GMT
cheers matey, i didnt know about this site. In a similar vein what was the name of the [dire] comedy??? which was about a family who had a couple of members who work on the tube. It starred the excellent rudolph walker [patrick in eastenders] but sadly this wasnt his greatest performance. It was the awful scripts that made it unwatchable. I think the bbc wanted a modern comedy with black actors, and were trying to emulate the wonderful desmonds [starring the great norman beaton] which surely deserves a dvd release. Comedy on tv nowadays is indeed a rare commodity. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2006 23:03:24 GMT
Loved On the Buses! Was only watching one of the films a week or so ago on ITV 1. Excellent! tubeboy, the program you are referring to is "The Crouches" www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/c/crouchesthe_999030909.shtmlI watched most of both series' and thought series 1 was better. It was a family orientated sitcom, like My Family ( www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/myfamily ), except they were black. It did quite well, well enough to get a second series commissioned! However, with series 2, they decided to "blacken" it up, with all the stereotyping like kissing the teeth and just basic dumbing down, which just made it look cheap and, what it really was, the BBC trying to show that it can expand into black comedy. I went to see this filmed, a second series episode, and the acting was quite frankly, DREADFUL! And it was definatly targeted at a black audience because I didn't get ONE of the jokes, where as the rest of the audience, being mostly black, did. Think is, the BBC can try putting a black/asian/ethnic orientated show on, but the targeted audience, don't actually know it exists, and don't tend to watch the BBC much, because they feel that the type of show they will always watch, is like "On the Buses", which wont exactly have them tuning in every time its on!   |
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