GAF Eppy #4 - The Staff Is Staff (The Wibsters name for it)

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Title: The Staff Is Staff
Season: 1
Eppy: 4
Year: 1992
Show Run: 4

With the court case behind them, the ex-staff of Grace Brothers are in the realization that a group of Americans are on their way to Millstone Manor and they have no staff. So the former salespersons take up the responsiblity of cleaning the place up for their visitors and hope they can get someone else to do it in the future.

We've all seen this eppy, now let's discuss !!!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I love the whole bit of Humphries rudding the drain. It just looks so dirty !!!
Then, we find out that Miss Brahms had a sorted past. The type of past that I, honestly, was shocked the writers wrote for her. :shock:

[offthefloor]

i agree with you greg, what were the writers thinking, guess they had to do something to stir up the pot a bit

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

They did and I guess it was maybe to put the show in "Modern" standards and very much like a soap opera that Wendy was on at the time ???

[offthefloor]

i think you hit the nail on the head greg

[Sir Humphries]

I thought this episode was hilarious as it had so many funny scenes and jokes.

Captain Peacock going through the hedge and along the highway.

Mr. Humphries rodding the drain.

Miss Brahms complaining about the vacuum losing its suction and having the same dead moth up the nozzle three times and continuing to fall out.

Miss Brahms: "Oh, you're looking in blooming health today, Mrs. Slocombe."

Mrs. Slocombe: "Well, this country air agrees with me, Miss Brahms. Between you and me, I left off my foundation. It's given my skin a chance to breathe."

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I like Brahms confronting Slocombe about having to do all the work. Very remanisant of Grace Brothers.

[minki]

Then, we find out that Miss Brahms had a sorted past. The type of past that I, honestly, was shocked the writers wrote for her. :shock:

Well, I liked that they did that. You always hear about the sordid pasts/presents of Capt. Peacock, Mrs. Slocombe and the male juniors, and of course Mr. Humphries is an entire other story in himself...so I thought it was nice that they fleshed Miss Brahms out a bit...also, they made her as an older woman having those dalliances, which was also cool. Love lives don't end at 40, you know? ;)

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

Not that her love life should have ended..... no, no, no, no.....no. I was suprised that it was a married man they shacked her up with. On AYBS?, they always played it out that she was such a "good girl". I guess though, in the end, love is love, no matter who it's with. Let's just be happy her face wasn't in the scandal magazine !!!! :lol:

[minki]

On AYBS?, they always played it out that she was such a "good girl".

I guess when the store closed, she had all this free time on her hands and she discovered her wild side :D

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I guess when the store closed, she had all this free time on her hands and she discovered her wild side :D

:devil: Idle hands are the devil's playthings..... :lol: :lol:

[sirrichard]

:humphries01: I wish they did more shows!

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

:humphries01: I wish they did more shows!

I so agree with you Sir Richard. Just when you start getting into the characters "new found" freedom, they pulled the plug.

[sirrichard]

:thumbup: Heywood, Bennett and Burden were smashing, wonderful job, I can't say enough good things about them! The whole cast, just perfect! Mavis can "Bunk up" with me anytime, and I have falling in love with Miss Lovelock!

[Jeff Humphries]

I also agree with you both !