Dads Army

mercury_redstone7 said:
Quite a comforting and warming mild comedy show, the laugh out loud quirkiness of the ordinary British working and middle class, in just war -time setting.
Love it and always have.

Somewhere along the line we have forgotten to laugh at ourselves, we no longer smile recognising the stuffiness and the chip on the shoulder to and fro.

Sadly it reminds me of that Lad who passed away a few years gone now, he used to post on here, he was a huge fan of the show. embarrassingly I've forgotten his poster name for the minute?
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Lion hunter.
Good poster RIP.
 
It's of its time, very funny back then and still makes me laugh now.
If it was to come out now as a new show it would be cancelled pretty quickly.
 
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Wow - don't like Dad's Army, its like saying I don't like fish and chips.

Everybody liked it in the 1970s....

"Whistle while you work,
Hitler is a twerp
He is a barmy
So is his army
Whistle while you work"

I remember kids in my class singing at school, while waiting outside a class room, the day after a episode in 1973.

It was really about the funny side of the Home Guard - men aged 45 to 75 who were going the save us with broom sticks if invaded in 1940/41.

The characters were so well written and acted and the same for most of the stories. Some the stories were written by a guy who had been the real 17 year old Pike and the material was partly real. As were some of the early Only Fools and Horses episodes.
 
Rarely has a sitcom had so many strong characters in it, and Dads Army probably has more than any other - some of the well known lines and catchphrases have become engrained into British culture. YOU STUPID BOY !
 
Merlin said:
Rarely has a sitcom had so many strong characters in it, and Dads Army probably has more than any other - some of the well known lines and catchphrases have become engrained into British culture. YOU STUPID BOY !
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Don't panic!
We're doomed.
They don't like it up 'em.
Put that light out.

Actually I can't think of anymore.
 
Gen X should understand back when Dads Army first hit the TV screens we only had 3 TV channels so it wasn’t a case back then whether or not you liked it, you watched it because there was no other choices. Fast forward 50 years later and now TV is like walking into a supermarket, where you can basically pick and choose what you want.

The TV series probably helped a lot of people who were afflicted by WW2 by offering a certain comedic view of the war — and let’s face it people needed a wayout to laugh about the post war Britain back then. Personally I think the BBC did a heck of a job with 20th Century TV— maybe they probably still do despite the other choices the armchair viewer has these days.
 
Expat Smoggie said:
Gen X should understand back when Dads Army first hit the TV screens we only had 3 TV channels so it wasn’t a case back then whether or not you liked it, you watched it because there was no other choices. Fast forward 50 years later and now TV is like walking into a supermarket, where you can basically pick and choose what you want.

The TV series probably helped a lot of people who were afflicted by WW2 by offering a certain comedic view of the war — and let’s face it people needed a wayout to laugh about the post war Britain back then. Personally I think the BBC did a heck of a job with 20th Century TV— maybe they probably still do despite the other choices the armchair viewer has these days.
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Gen X are people born 1965-1980 - they know we had 3 channels & instructed their parents how to use those new fangled top loading pneumatic video recording devices ;-)

Was a cracking show & like Porridge, Rising Damp, Fawlty & probably a good few others have stood the test of time, even if they challenge the thinking of many a modern influenced.. 1713676805436.png
 
asredastheycome said:
Brilliant but of its time. If you can adjust your mind to that you will like it.
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Brilliant now not of it’s time. It stands the test of time hence why it gets repeated often and many others just don’t. An example of a sitcom that was of its time but hasn’t aged well is Citizen Smith or Brushstrokes.
 
Of course humour is subjective but I’ve never found Dads Army funny. Even when I was a kid.

Sorry.

Only thing by Perry and Croft I can still find funny is Are You Being Served, mainly because it’s just a load of camp nonsense and double entendres.

Horses for courses and all that
 
BobUpnDown said:
Gen X are people born 1965-1980 - they know we had 3 channels & instructed their parents how to use those new fangled top loading pneumatic video recording devices ;-)

Was a cracking show & like Porridge, Rising Damp, Fawlty & probably a good few others have stood the test of time, even if they challenge the thinking of many a modern influenced.. View attachment 75404
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We only had two channels when I was a lad and in black n white
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