Lakenheath Old Boys

We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

RIP: Frank Thornton (1921-2013)

I'm a day late to this tribute, but I thought we should mark the passing of an icon. From 1973 to 1985, Frank Thornton, who died at age 92 this week, played the floorwalker Captain Peacock on the classic British sitcom "Are You Being Served?" I have to admit that it was never one of my favorites, and its camp and corny humor was soon superseded by newer, edgier comedies such as "The Young Ones." I always found it amusing that the suits at PBS viewed it as high-brow British humor. Still - for much of the time that we were in Britain, it was part of the firmament - and Frank was the heart and soul of the show. RIP Frank.

More information about Frank's career here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/mar/18/frank-thornton

7 Comments:

Blogger manunitedrules said...

I do remember Captain Peacock. I did enjoy watching the series and the jokes may have been corny , but I thought of it as British style humor.I remember Captain Peacock as the stiff, uptight, aristocratic, stereotypical upper class British manager.I agree that the Young Ones was the beginning of more modern comedies that outdated shows such as "Are You Being Served?" He wasn't my favorite character, but still a loss. He will be missed.

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Blogger United We Stand said...

I was never a fan of the so much at all. I do have memories of watching it at The Meadows with my mum.

It is still over here on PBS and I still don't like it much but i always seem to watch it!

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Blogger gooner71 said...

I remember at a certain point realizing that John Inman's whole schtick was that it was scandalous to be gay, and then the show fell away for me.

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