Friday, August 30, 2024
PORRIDGE at 50!
[XMASTIME NOTE: With the 50th anniversary of Porridge's premiere episode coming up on September 5, I *have a feeling* I may be posted one of two things between now & then about the show, which is easily in my highest pantheon of pantheons. Here's today's.]
One of the many, many sad "what ifs?" about Richard Beckinsale's tragically young death is he never got the chance to play Paul McCartney in a movie.
On a side note, yes it IS crazy that while we're celebrating Porridge, IN THAT VERY SAME WEEK Beckinsale also starred in the debut of ANOTHER all-time classic of classics, Rising Damp. Incredible; hard to even imagine anyone having a bigger sitcom week in television history (even though they also curiously consistently gave him the worst hair in television history).
One of the many, many sad "what ifs?" about Richard Beckinsale's tragically young death is he never got the chance to play Paul McCartney in a movie.
On a side note, yes it IS crazy that while we're celebrating Porridge, IN THAT VERY SAME WEEK Beckinsale also starred in the debut of ANOTHER all-time classic of classics, Rising Damp. Incredible; hard to even imagine anyone having a bigger sitcom week in television history (even though they also curiously consistently gave him the worst hair in television history).
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