The ability to switch laugh tracks off is a wonderful invention - when it is a 'laugh track' that is and not a live audience! You then feel free to laugh when YOU find it funny.
Dad's Army never resorted to a laughter track. The nearest they got was when two of the lost episodes were found and the BBC invited DA fans to the BBC to watch them and to record a new laughter track in case the old one wasn't up to much.
Luckily, it was.
In fact DA shows had to fade out the laughter as it went on too long and made the programmes over run! This was done mainly when location footage was shown.
In 'The Day the Balloon Went Up' the audience bursts into appreciative applause when Mainwaring is hauled onto the railway bridge at the end of his balloon trip. This is rapidly faded out! _________________ We're all dead, but alive for a very short time...
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My God, Mainwaring, you can hit pretty low when it suits you..."
I'd have to say that is one of my favourite lines - a completely uncharacteristic retort from Wilson. _________________ "I was a Conscientious objector..."
"Oh, I see.. ...You were a WHAT?"
One that I keep forgetting to post and it annoys the hell out of me because I think its very funny but on both the television AND radio episodes the audience hardly laugh at all!
In Museum Piece when Jonsey is talking about taking a spear and Mainwaring says "...... and anyway they are Halberds." Jonsey replies' "I dont suppose he'd mind!"
There's another bit like that in an episode (name escapes me currently) where Walker says something pretty funny, and all you hear is Wilson go 'Tt, Lord!' quietly in the background, and no reaction from the audience. If I recall more details, I'll add 'em in. _________________ "I was a Conscientious objector..."
"Oh, I see.. ...You were a WHAT?"
Hi all, what a great site, and I hope to have many happy postings here!
Quote:
My God, Mainwaring, you can hit pretty low when it suits you..."
I'd have to say that is one of my favourite lines - a completely uncharacteristic retort from Wilson.
That's from War Dance and yes, that comment was uncharacteristic of Wilson. Wilson often lets Mainwaring's jibes go, but when he mentions Pike (the 'Peter Pan' comment), as he does in this episode, Wilson does tend respond - but usually he goes on the defensive, not the offensive as he does here. _________________ The Dad's Army podcast - a fortnightly downloadable radio show about Dad's Army www.dadsarmy.podomatic.com
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Posted: Tue 18 Sep 2007 21:40 pm Post subject: Favourite moment
I think one of my favourite (and one of the most underrated) moments is in 'War Dance', when Mainwaring says, and I quote:
'You've never really grown up have you Wilson? You're not a middle-aged bank clerk. You're a sort of...Peter Pan.'
And later in that same episode when Wilson says, 'My god Mainwaring, you can hit pretty low when it suits you.'
I love the scene in Jonesy`s meat fridge where he takes Walker for a "private word" in The Armoured Might of Lance Corporal Jones. I could watch it again and again and it`d never get stale!
One of my favourites is in the episode when Pike finally gets called up. He's thrown a fish supper by the platoon and then has to tell them the news that he's not going after all.
"Why didn't you say something?" asks Mainwaring
"No-one's ever thrown me a fish supper before" replies Pike
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