Tuesday, 26 February 2019

A Comedy On This Day: Duty Free - Praying Mantis (27 February 1984)


 Its only the third episode, but this most formulaic of comedies is already set in stone... You can hear the usual Eric Chappell strength of pleasurably-crafted dialogue in Amy's complaints about David's middle aged delusions of youthful physicality (which probably ring a bit more true through being co-written by a woman), but the whole thing is so agreeably predictable that its never going to feel sharp.

 The highlight is the appearance of an Alsatian (credited to 'Woofers Animal Agency') with David's shoe in his mouth - it’s a shame that they didn't get this hound to do some more.

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