Dad’s Army. Richard Webber
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Название: Dad’s Army
Автор: Richard Webber
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Кинематограф, театр
isbn: 9780007372591
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JONES: Well, it’s come down now.
DOREEN: No, sir…it doesn’t come down till 10.30…if you hurry you’ll just catch it. Eric Portman and Googie Withers are in it.
‘Stupid boy!’ (Mainwaring)
JONES: Well, why are they shooting at us?
DOREEN: No, sir…they’re not still shooting it…it’s finished.
Did you know?
Some of the characters’ names were altered before the first episode was made: while Private Frazer was originally to be called Private Duck and Joe Walker was Joe Fish, Jack Jones started life as Jim and was going to have a twin brother, George.
Memories…
‘I took a while to accept the part because I was worried about how they’d treat the sergeant. Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser were in The Army Game and Bill Fraser did a rather old-fashioned sergeant; I was concerned they might choose someone to play the sergeant like that. But it was brilliant casting when John Le Mesurier was asked to play the character. When he said he was going to do it, I agreed, too. I didn’t know Arthur Lowe’s work at all, or any of the other guys except John Le Mesurier, so when I knew he was going to be in it, I knew I had a mate there.’
CLIVE DUNN
‘SOMETHING NASTY IN THE VAULT’
Mainwaring and Wilson are stuck in the bank’s strong room. There has been an air raid and they’ve ended up holding an unexploded bomb. Pike arrives.
PIKE: Uncle Arthur?
WILSON: Oh, what it is, Frank?
PIKE: Do you think I ought to phone mum and tell her you’re holding a bomb?
WILSON: No!
PIKE: But she might get cross if she found out that you’d been holding a bomb and she wasn’t told about it.
Memories…
‘In a way, Ian Lavender was playing a young person similar to me in the Home Guard. But what we really wanted was a soppy boy. When you have a lot of old men, it’s funny to have a young person amongst them; it makes for a lot of humour.’
JIMMY PERRY
Memories…
‘I have fond memories of “The Day The Balloon Went Up” and remember marching across a field holding on to the barrage balloon with strict instructions not to wind the cord around our hands because if the balloon did escape, we’d have been pulled up with it. David [Croft] said: “If you can’t hold the cord, why don’t you put your hands together as if you’re in prayer.” It was a funny moment.’
FRANK WILLIAMS
Mainwaring is sporting a black eye so Godfrey and his sister suggest various remedies.
GODFREY: You remember my sister, Mr Mainwaring? By Jove, that eye looks nasty.
MAINWARING: I rather stupidly walked into the door of the linen cupboard.
CISSY: A little bit of folded Christmas card is awfully good for that.
MAINWARING: For a black eye?
CISSY: No, for keeping the linen cupboard door shut.
GODFREY: What you need, Mr Mainwaring, is a hot onion.
Did you know?
Veteran music hall entertainer Bud Flanagan was paid £105 to sing the show’s signature tune, Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler?
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