"Are You Being Served?" actor John Inman dies

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[fortunecookie]

Oh, how sad. Inman was a truly talented man and actor, and his Mr. Humphries was fun to watch, the show was very funny. Prayers sent.

[saveliberty]

I loved that show. :-(

[SWAMPSNIPER]

The Brit comedy is just about the only good reason to watch PBS, other than the nature features.

[FreePaul]

Wasn't he the gay guy ?

Apparently Inman's long-term partner Ron Lynch thought so. So he wasn't really just acting on the show.

[highball]

Your list of definition fails to include the English one - HostileTerritory nailed it.

A pantomime (or "panto") is a traditional Christmas time play, frequently a classic like Peter Pan or Cinderlla. It's played very broadly, with some minor innuendo for the adults that goes right over the heads of the kids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantomime

The Dame is one of the stock characters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantomime_dame

"He's right behind you!!!"

[Old Professer]

pantomime dames ; could coulter say that?

[Larry Lucido]

I guess I should have watched it more often. I didn't get it the few times I tuned in but then it takes time for shows to grow on me (I never watched a full Seinfeld until "The Finale").

For that matter, I never watched Fawlty Towers, either, but I've heard that was funny too.

[Magic Sam]

Love that show! My kids and I place bets before each episode as to what color Mrs. Slocombe's hair will be.

[svcw]

Never watched Fawlty Towers. Oh, man just thinking about that show makes me laugh. If you do watch the show, whatever you do, "don't talk about the war".

[duckbutt]

He was a wonderful character. But those teeth...a real testament to the British Health Care System. :-(

[Gay State Conservative]

If you do watch the show, whatever you do, "don't talk about the war".

"Manuel,have you ever heard of the bubonic plague? It was very popular around here at one time"

[Taichi]

My father in law, one of the finest most Christian men I have every known died last year of prostate cancer. He thought John Inman was the funniest man alive and watching that show gave him pleasure when few things could there toward the last.

It's good to know that someone who helped to ease an old mans suffering is no longer suffering himself.

[packrat35]

Did you ever see Are You Being Served Again, where they brought them back 15 years later and moved them to the country.

[RubyCosmos]

Did you ever see Are You Being Served Again, where they brought them back 15 years later and moved them to the country.

Ah, yes, also called Grace and Favour for awhile. I heard that if the show had gone on, Mr. Humphries was actually gonna marry Mavis (the country girl who liked him).

[Liberty Valance]

The television sit-com has lost one of the best.



RIP John Inman.

[RubyCosmos]

I met him at a PBS fundraiser when I was 14. He was the sweetest guy ... best sense of humour ... and very short. He gave his 'talk' standing on a platform in the middle of a crowd of us, and there was some idiotic woman in the back yelling at him.

Woman: Stand on something! We can't see you! Stand on something! Stand on a box!

Inman: You got stabbed in the what, dear?....... [long pause] ... oh, I knew me mother would follow me here ...

Got my photo taken with him, too -- they had a young lady doing Polaroids. 'Isn't she lovely? She's just been flashing away all night!'

I'm sure everyone in Heaven is in stitches today. Bless him.

[livius]

Well, he can rest in peace for a job well done! He was a very funny character in a very funny show.

[Eepsy]

"Oh, no he isn't!"

[hellinahandcart]

If you ever do watch it, keep your eyes on the hotel sign at the very beginning of the show. Someone always re-arranges the letters of "Fawlty Towers" to spell out the most awful things...

[highball]

"Oh, yes he is!!!"