Strange, I have seen this funny sketch several times on Dutch TV many years ago.
Henk Op ma 3 jan. 2022 om 09:26 schreef mike wilson <[email protected]>: > > "The sketch is almost completely unknown in the United Kingdom, and its first > national British television airing did not come until Sky Arts broadcast the > film on New Year's Eve 2018 (although a year before, the film had been > screened on Grimsby local channel Estuary TV).[16] The Sky Arts broadcast > included English subtitles for the German-language introduction, the end of > which briefly faded out followed by a fade in on Frinton, cutting out the > moment when the German announcer introduces James." > > It may be that you saw a news report on the continental phenomenon or maybe > even a broadcast of (or were present at) a stage production. My first > knowledge of it was from Youtube. > > > On 03 January 2022 at 03:49 [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Not sure about that, Mike - I seem to recall seeing it in the UK before I > > left, in 1981, thus it was familiar to me when > > it showed in OZ > > > > John in Brisbane > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mike wilson <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, 2 January 2022 7:08 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: PESO: Cheerio, Miss Sophie! > > > > Never broadcast on British TV until 2018. Frinton's drunks were a regular > > appearance in other shows. I particularly > > liked his snapped cigarette prop. > > > > > On 02 January 2022 at 03:00 [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > Happy New Year to all - and the Miss Sophie sketch featured for years on > > > both British and Australian TV! I find it > > hilarious still. > > > > > > John in Brisbane > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ralf R Radermacher <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Saturday, 1 January 2022 8:39 AM > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > > Subject: PESO: Cheerio, Miss Sophie! > > > > > > One of the many very discrete outlets in Calais, catering for the needs > > > of their customers from across the Channel: > > > > > > https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/cheerio-miss-sophie-fotoralfbe/459 > > > 34356 > > > > > > There's a story behind the title of the photo and everybody in Germany > > > knows it. As long as I can remember, the > > following sketch has been a fixture on many German TV channels, on New > > Year's Eve. Miss Sophie celebrates her 90th > > birthday with her dearest friends. There's just one little problem: she has > > outlived them all by decades. So, her Butler > > James has to stand in... > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n7VI0rC8ZA > > > > > > A happy new year to all of you. > > > > > > Ralf > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the > > PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
