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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 70612" data-attributes="member: 23">After a month of easing myself back into British comedy with French And Saunders (and before that watching American drama for the best part of a year) I&#039;m feeling ready to visit a vintage British sitcom once again.Happy Ever After - the precursor to Terry &amp; June - is on my radar now that I have the box set on DVD. But I have watched it before, so first I&#039;ve chosen to dive into a show that&#039;s brand new to me... You&#039;re Only Young Twice.<img src="https://www.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/900x450/y/youre_only_young_twice_1977.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w780/o8vm6D7X3VgRSFzRkHn3RDvRiT9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Having just watched the first episode, it feels like pretty standard Seventies fare. I&#039;m familiar with Peggy Mount and Pat Coombs from other things, of course. And these two character actresses were part of the draw. The cast overall seems to gel well. There was a Golden Girls vibe to some of the scenes, with Mount as the Dorothy, Coombs as the Rose, the vain actress as Blanche and the Irish lady as Sophia. It&#039;s a bit naff of me to make that comparison since GG actually came more than half a decade after this, but like I said before, I haven&#039;t seen YOYT before. The retirement home setting also conjures up thoughts of another sitcom that would follow years down the line - Waiting For God. Anyway - I have all four series lined up to watch. I&#039;m not expecting it to be too demanding, or even too funny. But I&#039;m anticipating it will be a nice, safe, comforting little ride.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 70612, member: 23"] After a month of easing myself back into British comedy with [I]French And Saunders[/I] (and before that watching American drama for the best part of a year) I'm feeling ready to visit a vintage British sitcom once again. [I]Happy Ever After[/I] - the precursor to [I]Terry & June[/I] - is on my radar now that I have the box set on DVD. But I have watched it before, so first I've chosen to dive into a show that's brand new to me... [I]You're Only Young Twice.[/I] [IMG]https://www.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/900x450/y/youre_only_young_twice_1977.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w780/o8vm6D7X3VgRSFzRkHn3RDvRiT9.jpg[/IMG] Having just watched the first episode, it feels like pretty standard Seventies fare. I'm familiar with Peggy Mount and Pat Coombs from other things, of course. And these two character actresses were part of the draw. The cast overall seems to gel well. There was a [I]Golden Girls [/I]vibe to some of the scenes, with Mount as the Dorothy, Coombs as the Rose, the vain actress as Blanche and the Irish lady as Sophia. It's a bit naff of me to make that comparison since GG actually came more than half a decade after this, but like I said before, I haven't seen YOYT before. The retirement home setting also conjures up thoughts of another sitcom that would follow years down the line -[I] Waiting For God.[/I] Anyway - I have all four series lined up to watch. I'm not expecting it to be too demanding, or even too funny. But I'm anticipating it will be a nice, safe, comforting little ride. [/QUOTE]

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