Saturday, 23 March 2019

A Comedy On This Day: Brush Strokes - Breakdown Of Society (24 March 1991)



 The pre-penultimate episode and you can tell that things are winding down. There's a rather glum mood as this week's story is about having to move out of home, the decorating business being sold and having to find new work after redundancy. It’s all well done but - especially as this episode is all studio - it doesn't play to the core Brush Strokes virtues, i.e. watching Jacko try his luck with assorted women in various interesting suburban locations.

 Mind you, Karl Howman is starting to look noticeably older by 1991 and like he really ought to be settling down by now, giving his misfortunes this episode an air of muted tragedy. When Eric and Jacko's sister tell him that they're moving to Reigate and that he can't come with them, the studio audience audibly go "Ahhh!" in sympathy.

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