Did you see AYBS when it was on TV first time or as a re-run

[Mrs Featherstone]

Hi,

Have we ever tried to find out how old current fans of AYBS are ? I get the impression that most people posting to this site are too young to have seen the programme when it was on TV for the first time.

At 39, I first remember the programme with Mr Mash and Mr Ernest Grainger, but probably didn't see the very first episodes when they were on TV for the first time.

Regards,


Mrs F

[Lucas The Tucas]

Oh !

I'm old enough to have seen it, the first time.

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But have you heard of the Atlantic Ocean ?

What is in England doesn't swim well to the U.S. and the same way from here to England.

The {internet} has helped things across.

The only show that comes to my mind as crossing in its form was "The Avengers"...

Everything else was changed and remade in the U.S. or in England.

MMMMM_____Charles first wedding and the Super Bowl.

Lucas

[Mrs Featherstone]

Good point !

Sitcoms were best remade in the US for the American audience.

The avengers would have been hard to remake, as would have The Prisoner (Pactrick McGoohan), and Dr Who (William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, etc) as they were VERY English programmes.

Regards,


Mrs F

[Tiddles]

I am 46 and old enough to have viewed it in England when I was there in '75 but I can't remember if I did. I began watching reruns on Public TV here in the USA around 1991. I've not stopped yet! BTW...they DID make an American Version of "AYBS" but it supposedly never aired even though I have a vague recall of it. It was called "Beanes of Boston." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164386/ I bet if they gave something like this a go now, it'd work pretty well. Off the top of my head I can't think of any USA sitcoms that take place in a dept. store. Nothing is funnier here than the people who work in retail.

[Tiddles]

Good point !

Sitcoms were best remade in the US for the American audience.



It gave us "All In The Family" so I am eternally grateful!! This was "Til Death Us Do Part" in England. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060035/

[sonosun]

All we are able to see in the US are the re-runs of AYBS? and G&F.
I began watching AYBS? Soon after it was introducd in my area as a means to avoid the ten o'clock news. I liked it immediately.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I caught it on PBS in the early 90's.

[minki]

...you know, I have no idea when I first saw AYBS! All I remember about that first episode is that Mrs. Slocombe had pink hair :D

I can nail it down to the late 80s, possibly 1990...I think. I do know that by the time I was in college I was watching it before I'd go out on Thursday nights.

[Tiddles]

I caught it on PBS in the early 90's.

Greg...I forgot to mention that to you. We probably literally began watching AYBS? on the same night! It was the night after my Nana's funeral and I was channel surfing up at Mom's. The pilot came on...and frankly I didn't like it! She has, of course, PBS carried on WVIA from PA. And that's when it all began for me!! When I got back to Boston, AYBS? was carried nightly and I ended up falling in love with it.

[Assistant 134]

AYBS? was still airing when I was born, but I seen the re-runs. I was six or seven when I started. I didn't start copying them from PBS until 1992.

[Very Young Mr Grace]

I caught it on PBS in the early 90's.

Same here. It was pretty bizarre at first but soon became a staple in my weekend viewing.

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I caught it on PBS in the early 90's.

Greg...I forgot to mention that to you. We probably literally began watching AYBS? on the same night! It was the night after my Nana's funeral and I was channel surfing up at Mom's. The pilot came on...and frankly I didn't like it! She has, of course, PBS carried on WVIA from PA. And that's when it all began for me!! When I got back to Boston, AYBS? was carried nightly and I ended up falling in love with it.

From the very same station as well. Shows what a small world this is. You, VYMG and I all probably recieved some cosmic message to "Go to the tellie and watch this show...... :lol:

[Ronald]

I will be 30 at the 12th of June, so I could not have seen the show when they where first at tv in 1973.

My dear old grandad - the father of my mother - introduced the show to me when I was 9 years old (it was the last season in 1985). When the reruns where starting I watched all the shows with him and so I first saw the lovely YMG and Ernest Grainger (who where still dead in 1985 of course).

My grandad had a video-recorder by the time (of course it wasn't that good quality at that time) and taped all the shows of the reruns. When my grandad sadly passed away in 1997 - 90 years old - he left me all his tapes. I now have the first seasons - the Grainger years, so to speak - at DVD, but I will never give away those VHS-tapes, because all the happy memories of my grandad come back then.

When I look back and think of my grandad and talk about with my father - my grandad's son in law - whe both think he looked just a little like Arthur Brough.

[Jug Ears]

I'm 31 so i never saw them first time around.

The first thing i saw was the movie version, being screened on BBC1 sometime in the eighties. I then remember buying one of the videos which featured three episodes, my favourite eppy 'Camping In' was included.

[Dean]

I saw most of them first-time round, I am old enough, sad to say :(

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I will be 30 at the 12th of June, so I could not have seen the show when they where first at tv in 1973.

My dear old grandad - the father of my mother - introduced the show to me when I was 9 years old (it was the last season in 1985). When the reruns where starting I watched all the shows with him and so I first saw the lovely YMG and Ernest Grainger (who where still dead in 1985 of course).

My grandad had a video-recorder by the time (of course it wasn't that good quality at that time) and taped all the shows of the reruns. When my grandad sadly passed away in 1997 - 90 years old - he left me all his tapes. I now have the first seasons - the Grainger years, so to speak - at DVD, but I will never give away those VHS-tapes, because all the happy memories of my grandad come back then.

When I look back and think of my grandad and talk about with my father - my grandad's son in law - whe both think he looked just a little like Arthur Brough.

That sounds like some great memories there Ronald. Good ones that will be with for the rest of your life.

[offthefloor]

well, considering i am only 19, i definitely wasn't around to see it when it orignally aired, but i caught it in the mid 90's on pbs by the recomendation of a friend and have been hooked ever since

[Very Young Mr Grace]

well, considering i am only 19, i definitely wasn't around to see it when it orignally aired, but i caught it in the mid 90's on pbs by the recomendation of a friend and have been hooked ever since
You are wise beyond your years for enjoying AYBS at such a young age!!

[offthefloor]

You are wise beyond your years for enjoying AYBS at such a young age!!

well, i ddin't really understand it that well when i was so young, most of the jokes went over my head. i just loved it because " of the lady with the funny colored hair" as i called mrs. slocombe back then :lol:

[dazzlestar14]

I started watching in the late 90s, I think it was '96 to be exact.
First show for me was "Closed Circuit". Ahh, memories. :smile:

[Goldie]

I started watching this show in 1985 with my grandma. She loved this show and Eastenders. At first, I didn't quite understand the show, but thought the people in it were funny. As I watched it, I grew to love it. I was 13 when I first saw it so most of the jokes went over my head. It wasn't long though (upon entering High School) that I knew what they were talking about. :tongue:

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

well, i ddin't really understand it that well when i was so young, most of the jokes went over my head. i just loved it because " of the lady with the funny colored hair" as i called mrs. slocombe back then :lol:

I explained the show to my friends as "The lady with the different colored hair and the gay guy." :lol:

[dazzlestar14]

That would be a pretty good summary right there Greg. :lol:

[basketballboy3311]

I first saw AYBS? (my first episode was Sit Out; I sifted through all 69 episode summaries to find which one it was) at after school care in 5th grade. I found it by chance; I was looking for NBC. I really liked it, but it wasn't until I watched Hold Up and Gambling Fever with my friend last year in 7th grade that I understood all the 'pussy' jokes (I led a very sheltered life :)) I am now famous as the only guy known to the school who watches game shows and British sitcoms (I don't mind).

[Greg WibblyWobbly]

I first saw AYBS? (my first episode was Sit Out; I sifted through all 69 episode summaries to find which one it was) at after school care in 5th grade. I found it by chance; I was looking for NBC. I really liked it, but it wasn't until I watched Hold Up and Gambling Fever with my friend last year in 7th grade that I understood all the 'pussy' jokes (I led a very sheltered life :)) I am now famous as the only guy known to the school who watches game shows and British sitcoms (I don't mind).

Dare to be different BBB !!! :thumbup:

[dazzlestar14]

I never told my friends that I watched britcoms until highschool, because I thought they would make fun of me. Turned out a few of my close friends have been watching them for years! Who would have known. :wink:

[Maurice Moulterd]

We first started watching AYBS? in the mid to late 80s. Our local PBS channel ran the show Monday - Friday, except occasionally during pledge week/month and sometimes during the summer. Eventually it was shown only on Saturday night, and finally not at all. It staged a brief comeback a couple of years ago, but, alas, it has not vanished. My original off-air recordings were made on Beta tapes, and later on VHS. The tapes were begining to show wear and we had cut back on watching them as we were afraid we would wear them out. You can imagine the joy when we learned they were being issued on DVD!

We did see the AYBS? Again as these episodes were first aired, over the course of 2 years. I remember all of the great anticipation of the "new series" both by the TV station, and, of course, at our house.Does that count?

[CaptainGinger]

Through re-runs. AYBS had finished when I was born!