Marty Feldman
Director
Bootsie and Snudge (1960)
Season 2
Bootsie and Snudge is a British television situation comedy series written, in the early days, by Barry Took and Marty Feldman; later writers were John Antrobus, Jack Rosenthal, ventriloquist Ray Alan and Harry Driver. The show featured Clive Dunn, more famous as Corporal Jones in Dad's Army, as well as Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser. Series 1-3, 5 centred around a gentlemen's club called the Imperial Club, whilst the fourth series broadcast as "Foreign Affairs" centred around a British Embassy in Bosnik. 112 half-hour episodes were made, being broadcast from 1960 to 1964 and in 1974. The traditional gentlemen's club in Britain has long been used for comedic purposes in films, usually because of the eccentric characters with whom it can be populated, and the arcane rules. The rule of absolute silence in the reading room, notwithstanding several old men snoring under copies of The Times, is a common feature of such comedy. Memorable moments include Kenneth Connor, in the film Carry On Regardless, being forced to mime "Your flies are open" to one of the members. In the Imperial Club Bootsie and Snudge resumed their roles of snivelling skiver and bullying sergeant, with contributions from the ancient and always-bumbling dogsbody, Johnson, all under the tyrannical eye of the "Hon. Sec.", the club secretary played by Robert Dorning. The Hon. Sec.'s way of dealing with arguments was to drown out the opposition with repetitions of "Tup! Tup!", rising in volume until the other party stopped trying. Thus Bootsie's name for the character was "Ol' Tuptup".
Released Sept. 22, 1960
Episode 25 min
10+
Genres: Comedy
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Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Series 2, Episode 1
Oct. 27, 1961, midnight
S2E2 - Series 2, Episode 2
Nov. 3, 1961, midnight
S2E3 - Series 2, Episode 3
Nov. 10, 1961, midnight
S2E4 - Series 2, Episode 4
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S2E5 - Series 2, Episode 5
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S2E6 - Series 2, Episode 6
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S2E7 - Series 2, Episode 7
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S2E8 - Series 2, Episode 8
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S2E9 - Series 2, Episode 9
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S2E10 - Series 2, Episode 10
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S2E20 - Series 2, Episode 20
March 9, 1962, midnight
S2E21 - Series 2, Episode 21
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S2E22 - Series 2, Episode 22
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S2E23 - Series 2, Episode 23
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S2E24 - Series 2, Episode 24
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S2E25 - Series 2, Episode 25
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S2E26 - Series 2, Episode 26
April 20, 1962, midnight
S2E27 - Series 2, Episode 27
April 27, 1962, midnight
S2E28 - Series 2, Episode 28
May 4, 1962, midnight
S2E29 - Series 2, Episode 29
May 10, 1962, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 25 min.
Released: Sept. 22, 1960
Last Air Date: Nov. 20, 1974, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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