On The Buses

[Rondadoronron]

[Vampix]

Loved Stephen Lewis as Blakey (aka Dracula)
Apparently, he was younger than both Bob Grant and Reg Varney.

[Rondadoronron]

[Maxsimmus]

Absolute classic TV . The films are excellent too,love em. Have to say , Jacks teeth make me wince lol.

[mark meakin]

Originally Posted by Vampix

Loved Stephen Lewis as Blakey (aka Dracula)
Apparently, he was younger than both Bob Grant and Reg Varney.

Always loved the series,the underrated movies & own the lot.In fact even my 18 year old daughter has it too having enjoyed it since she was in her early teens.The cast was perfect after Doris Hare replaced Cicely Courtneidge for series 3.Reg was around 53 when the series started in 1969 but Lewis was only about 33 !.

[Dave Boy]

Notice the Lambs Navy Rum posters outside the Bus Garage. Cult star Caroline Munro was picked by Hammer after seeing these posters.

[Rondadoronron]

Been re-watching the entire On the Buses TV show over the last few weeks,in fact ive watched it so much so i have started to wake up in the morning thinking it is the 1970's ans where's me chopper ( no not my penis or my axe,but the greatest bike ever made).
Im in a love or hate situation at the moment,it was genuinely funny programme,although I think the films were marginally better (Hammer Box office smash people) ,but after 7 series it did go downnhill with a couple of major cast members leaving towards the end.
Thre only major criticism aside from the sexism (im not a lady so ill skip that hot potatoe) is that the only black character was called Chalkie,totally unnesesary but those were the times im afraid.
Overall a great box set a few nice extras and highly recommended for 70's Tv nostalgia fans,now where did I put my Curry and Chips dvd,Oh yes I remember in the bin where it belongs.

[Sam]

I embarked on a similar pursuit a few years ago and watched all 7 series in order . It's a shame the series took a bit of a nosedive after series 5. Some of the later episodes, like 'On the Omnibuses' are truly awful and difficult to get through! It was only when Stan left and they brought Olive's character to the fore that you realised how irritating she was and started to sympathise with old 'Arfur's plight!

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[Rondadoronron]

Originally Posted by Sam

I embarked on a similar pursuit a few years ago and watched all 7 series in order . It's a shame the series took a bit of a nosedive after series 5. Some of the later episodes, like 'On the Omnibuses' are truly awful and difficult to get through! It was only when Stan left and they brought Olive's character to the fore that you realised how irritating she was and started to sympathise with old 'Arfur's plight!

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The lose of Michael Robbins after series 6 was definately a downward turn,then to have Stan (Reg Varney) leave in the middle of series 7 was truly odd.Also the whole series in general missed an oppurtunity to add pathos to stan's character after he gets twarted by family/Blakey/women in general,which Galton And Simpson did with Harold steptoe.Still it was nice to see stephen Lewis and Bob Grant write some episodes.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Sam

. It's a shame the series took a bit of a nosedive after series 5.

I felt it took a nosedive just after the opening credits of the first episode.