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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 87305" data-attributes="member: 23">Approaching as I am the end of Pardon The Expression it&#039;s turned into quite an enjoyable ride. The best episodes are the ones that revolve around the classic sitcom themes of crossed wires and misunderstanding, such as the episode where a thrilled young employee misunderstood a conversation and believed that Swindley wanted to marry her where in reality he just wanted a dog. Which led to a really funny, equally confused, conversation with the girl&#039;s father (whom Swindley believed had found him a dog) in which Swindley explained that he would keep his companion in line with a smack on the nose every once in a while, but was undecided about whether his companion should sleep at the foot of his bed or in the garden. The show&#039;s also delved into some enjoyable drawing room farce featuring a trigamist, staying with Swindley in his new company show apartment whose wives descend individually, blissfully unaware of each other. The set was full of glorious Sixties furniture and presumably specially built to accommodate the action of having different wives behind different doors appearing just as the other left. Arthur Lowe does increasing befuddlement brilliantly. The last episode I watched was a special two-parter called Thunderfinger which as you will have guessed served as a James Bond satire. It&#039;s perhaps the most Sixties feeling episode, what with miniskirted, go-go booted Pauline Collins and her Lulu hairdo. A couple of nice twists, but it was ultimately a bit far from the mothership to be much more than a novelty. Future soap stars have included Amanda Barrie, Shirley Stelfox, Marji Campi, Wendy Richard and further appearances from Julie Goodyear (she&#039;s played at least three very different characters now. Perhaps four). I have just three more episodes left and an unaired Christmas special. Then there&#039;ll be a Swindley shaped hole in my viewing schedule.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 87305, member: 23"] Approaching as I am the end of [I]Pardon The Expression [/I]it's turned into quite an enjoyable ride. The best episodes are the ones that revolve around the classic sitcom themes of crossed wires and misunderstanding, such as the episode where a thrilled young employee misunderstood a conversation and believed that Swindley wanted to marry her where in reality he just wanted a dog. Which led to a really funny, equally confused, conversation with the girl's father (whom Swindley believed had found him a dog) in which Swindley explained that he would keep his companion in line with a smack on the nose every once in a while, but was undecided about whether his companion should sleep at the foot of his bed or in the garden. The show's also delved into some enjoyable drawing room farce featuring a trigamist, staying with Swindley in his new company show apartment whose wives descend individually, blissfully unaware of each other. The set was full of glorious Sixties furniture and presumably specially built to accommodate the action of having different wives behind different doors appearing just as the other left. Arthur Lowe does increasing befuddlement brilliantly. The last episode I watched was a special two-parter called [I]Thunderfinger[/I] which as you will have guessed served as a James Bond satire. It's perhaps the most Sixties feeling episode, what with miniskirted, go-go booted Pauline Collins and her Lulu hairdo. A couple of nice twists, but it was ultimately a bit far from the mothership to be much more than a novelty. Future soap stars have included Amanda Barrie, Shirley Stelfox, Marji Campi, Wendy Richard and further appearances from Julie Goodyear (she's played at least three very different characters now. Perhaps four). I have just three more episodes left and an unaired Christmas special. Then there'll be a Swindley shaped hole in my viewing schedule. [/QUOTE]

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