See people - it's fine to laugh at a person's disability!!!!

* Note - NOT a comment on Rik's post

Yes - I speak with a lisp, and I have trouble pronouncing the letter 'R'. I'm glad that people have picked up on it over my life. Especially when I was at school. How-I-laughed!!!!

Hey, I only have one bollock as a result of having cancer, and I'm the first person to take the piss outta myself and have done since having it removed in 2005! I even named the remaining one The Pendulum :lol:

I'm a ginger-minger and have autism, and i'm always first in line to poke fun at myself. Comedy if the last true medium of free speech, and the truly open people will take light humour as it is.

I consider OAH to be the lesser of the two Barker legends, Porridge being undoubtably the greatest comedy of all time. But for me, OAH is hilarious in it's depiction of British life. In a way the shop stood for what Britain was like and still is. Dilapidated, old and stubborn, while the rest of the world (or the rest of the street) advance and change, both technically and morally.

What are you on about Hawk. You weren't even born when it aired. Life was actually like this in the late seventies / early eighties northern England. Perhaps not in the cities, but certainly in the towns and villages.

This may be a controversial viewpoint, but the north west, possibly the whole north of England was in a steep decline, a state of decay, until the Manchester bombings in 1996 meant the whole city centre had to be rebuilt and the rest of the north followed on.

Anyway, apologies, this has nothing to do with the rebirth of Open All Hours. :focus:

Completely agree with this point :nod:

Personally I preferred it before it was all modernised, I really find Manchester a bit empty now.

I think Open All Hours has aged fairly well, I liked it when I was little but right now, especially in the colder months I can't get enough of it.

Think about it. All the young, hip people in the street where mentioned (and occasionally seen) living more liberal lifestyles throughout the series. Buying goods from corporate organisations, practicing increasingly odd sexual acts (often considered the norm today) and generally showing typical early stage X-generations symptoms such as a more casual disregard for older generations and more rebellious attitudes. All the while this little shop keeper and his elderly customers are still stuck in the 50's, in a dinky little shop in a dinky little street. It kind of showed how Barker viewed the changing world around him and is often overlooked by people, but I think it's quite clever.

Anyone any idea when this is getting shown on tv ?

Like the Poe story...The Dick and the Pendulum!

Post of the ****ing year! :pound: