The Vicar of Dibley- Page 2

[Dre2387]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 2:06pm

This a video of her talking about that experience:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0v6fhrfGsI&feature=related

I love this show so much. I need to get the box set.

Is it weird that when I was younger, I found Owen cute?

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 2:24pm

"Sorry I'm late. The sheep exploded. Nasty business."

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 2:32pm

I just read on Playbill that Liz Smith who played Mrs. Cropley is get an MBE.
Smith to Get MBE

[hermionejuliet]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 8:22pm

Huge Vicar of Dibley fan. I watch the two Christmas episodes (The Christmas Lunch Incident and "Winter") every Christmas Eve. Along with Mr. Bean's Christmas episode. This series makes me laugh every time I watch it!

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 9:33pm

Add me to the list of fans of this wonderful show.

It's absolutely hilarious and simply charming at the same time! I love it!

[Scripps2]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 2:33pm

The Vicar of Dibley always seems to me to be a half-way house between the 1970s britcoms such as Are You Being Served and the more contemporary stuff such as The Royle Family and Little Britain.

I'm indifferent to The Vicar of Dibley but think The Royle Family lies somewhere between brilliance and genius, though so much of the humour is observational that I think it will be more difficult for American audiences to appreciate. I had working class relatives when I was a child (rather like Jim and Barbara Royle, and Nana) and if I ever picked up any bad habits from them my middle class parents made it very clear I was expected to drop those habits very quickly.

Hulmeman: which scummy, scabby Manchester council estate is The Royle Family supposed to be located on? I know Wythenshawe (where, rather bizarrely, three Sondheim musicals received their European premieres in the 1980s) and Thameside are supposed to be a bit wrank - are there any others?

Updated On: 1/3/09 at 02:33 PM

[Hulmeman]

Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:26pm

Indeed the series is set in Wythenshawe not two miles from where I live (although I would have denied the proximity until the sucesss of "The Royle Family!!!)

Wythenshawe is the largest council house (or social housing in Americanspeak) scheme in Western Europe

Wythenshawe did have a wonderful "Forum Theatre" which was directed by Paul Kerryson who attracted major talent here to perform Sondhiem musicals, I saw two of them "Follies" and "Gypsy". Mr Sondheim himself was rumoured to visit.

Sadly the "Forum Theatre" is now a walk in health centre. So who needs a walk in health centre versus a centre of Sondeheim excellence?

[Scripps2]

Posted: 1/4/09 at 9:08am

I'd have thought Hulme was further away from Wythenshawe than 2 miles. I didn't mean to imply anything - honest guv!

I saw most of the Sondheim productions at the Forum as well. There's a thread on the West End board about its history and what became of it that you may interest you or perhaps you may have something to contribute:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?boardid=3&boardname=bway&thread=978445

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:07am

Reg - That "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" speech is one of my favorite comedic television moments ever. I rank it up there with Vitameatavegamin for sheer hilarity. Emma's delivery is genius.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:20pm

I think i shall memorize and unleash the "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" speech on some poor unsuspecting friend.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 1/4/09 at 9:01pm

I really want to learn it too. It's a great speech to just let loose.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:31am

Scripps you cheeky sod i live in Tameside in Ashton Under Lyne.

I live in a beautiful apparently that overlooks a forest a lake and a canal, not a council estate in site..... though 10 min up the road is another story lol

Didn't the US film a pilot episode last year of the Vicar Of Dibley with Kristie Alley in the Dawn French role? i think it was called something else.

Thanks god it never got picked up!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:44am

"Didn't the US film a pilot episode last year of the Vicar Of Dibley with Kristie Alley in the Dawn French role?"

Yes, it was called "The Minister of Divine."

Too bad they used Kirstie Alley. It might have worked with a different actress. She just doesn't have the warmth needed for the role.

[Scripps2]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 3:39pm

I'm surprised Kirstie Alley wasn't warm enough for this. I haven't seen her in anything since Cheers but it was her warmth in that role (as opposed to her predecessor) that got me into Cheers.
Her voice (and vulnerability) used to make the two blokes I shared a house with at that time go weak at the knees.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 3:52pm

"I'm surprised Kirstie Alley wasn't warm enough for this."

That's just my opinion. Maybe warm is the wrong word. She has a nervous energy about her that is irritating.

Also, aren't you supposed to believe that the Vicar is fairly young and it's her first parish? That's not believable with Kirstie Alley.

What they should have done for the American version is set it in the South and cast a black woman, maybe Wanda Sykes. A small town Baptist church would be more fitting for America.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 4:17pm

I don't believe it has to do with the Vicar's youth or it being her first parish, but her general demeanor needs to be very ebulliant to charm the town parisioners and Kirstie Alley just comes off a bit too harsh and rough around the edges. And though I love Wanda Sykes, I think she's a little too dry for the role. The Vicar needs to be hip and intelligent enough to be appealing, but diplomatic enough to know how to deal with a closed-minded society without being too offensive. In my opinion, Ellen Degeneres would have been perfect. It is the sort of character she played in her second sitcom, which was decent, but the writing stalled too early in the first season and the show became redundant within just a few episodes. Christina Applegate would be wonderful as well.