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In Reply to: Re: Rumpole of the Bailey posted by danj on March 12, 2002 at 23:43:05:
Hi,
I recently got my wife the entire 'Darling Buds of May' series on dvd. I also have 'Piece of Cake' on dvd. Buds is a light hearted comedy about a lovable rogue, set in the 50's. Piece of Cake is a brit docudrama about a Spit squad that starts just before the war, carries on to the peak of the Battle for Britain. The book, Piece of Cake, is even better. My favorite Rumpole moment is the one where he comes home after a brutal day at work, and the wife announces they are not only going on a cruise....but that the cruise will also hold someone Rumpole loathes, and he thunders.."No force on Earth...." And then, of course, there is a cut to a cruise ship stack blasting it's whistle.
Follow Ups:
Was "Piece of Cake" written by Roald Dahl? I seem to remember a similarly titled and themed short story in his "Wonderful story of Henry Sugar and several more". That is the book that turned me on to reading when I was seven or eight. Still love it.
Hmm,
this guys is one busy bee, he's written dozens, I had no idea. Perhaps I'll take one on holiday.
PIECE OF CAKE was shown on PBS some years back. I watched it and liked it very much.Rumpole, as much as he protests and complains about "she who must be obeyed", is really still in love with his wife. She's a nag and a bit foolish and he's resigned to it, maybe even endeared by it, appearances to the contrary. I think he's truly irritated at her constant prattle but he seldom listens, anyway.
And McKern makes him so very real. What a splendid actor!
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