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[1] Well, there were questions raised about this. 207.189.98.44 21:30, 19 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Neither the Goodes or the Leadbetters seemed to have kids or ever mentioned the issue? No-one seemed to have children in the world they lived in. I guess that's what gave them the time for their lifestyle experiment.
Actually yes I know they had goats! I meant children!
I always thought they seemed such a happy intimate couple, I wonder whether their lack of kids screwed up my image of a happy couple (ie no kids)
Can any one inform me if the company that Tom works for at the beginning of the series 'making plastic toys for insertion into breakfast cereal packets' is the same company that Reginald Perrin works for (Sunshine Desserts) in 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin' Or is this just a coincidence? Or as they say a 'transtextual element' shared between two sitcoms? Eric A. Warbuton 02:54, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
I hit the wrong button and saved my reversion before I finished my note in the edit summary line so here goes. The spelling of 'Neighbors' in the opening titles and on the DVD sets is the Americanized way without the 'U'. I checked this before reverting the article back from the changes that an anonymous user had made on this day. User:MarnetteD | Talk 04:22, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
I do not have access to the book about the show that is cited in the footnotes (drat it), but I can tell you that the show was shown in the late 1970's on KRMA channel six, my local PBS station, in Denver. The way that most British shows that were not part of the national (ie Masterpiece Theater and Mystery!) airings in the 70's and 80's was as follows. A local station would purchase the rights to a given series and then could show the series between five and ten times depending on the contract. They could then renew these rights if they wished. The desire to renew would often depend on how much money a show brought in at pledge time (as an example Monty Python and Dr Who were cash raisers for years). However, in most cases after the "initial run" stations would return their tapes to Time/Life, Lionheart or whatever entity (they kept changing through the years) they had contracted with. Reaching the number of showings allowed might take a few or several years, thus, one might find a GL/GN showing after 1990 but that would be a rare thing.
When the show started coming out on VHS the episodes were not shown in series order. Each tape would have three or four episodes but they might be from any of the four series. This was frustrating but, as stated in the entry on the main page, PBS stations did start reshowing the series, but with far fewer times allowed. I hope that this info has been of some help to any who might question to edits that I made to the othe countries section. MarnetteD | Talk 02:11, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
I removed the link to The good life because I feel, as I stated in the edit history, that as the sentance already reads " sustainable, simple and self-sufficient ", all of which links to articles on the subject, a fourth link to what is basically very, very similar articles to the three in quotes above, is basically unecessary. In addition, if the link is to be added I don't think it should be done like it was, "-- in other words, the good life --", which doesn't look right. In addition, the actual article it links to I don't think is that relevant, as it seems to be merely how three authors have used the term. The sitcom did not, I believe, get its title from this from this phrase either. -- Berks105 17:42, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
I should think that Green Acres had more than a passing influence on this show, whaddaya say? Maikel 09:37, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Of course, the question comes in because her name is not spelled in the closing credits. But be aware of these facts before adding the T. The creators of the show do not spell it with a T in their book about the show. While that should be proof enough that it should be left off other items that weigh against using it include the fact that both the VHS and DVD covers spell it without a T. When using the close captioning with either the VHS or DVD her name is spelled without a T and remember that these are put out by the BBC. With the exception of the one website that is mentioned in the edit summary by Faux01 all other websites that I have been to spell it without a T. If there is the need to reach a consensus on this among wikipedia editors I will cast my vote now for leaving the T off. MarnetteD | Talk 23:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
I assume this is where you were drawing the Wikiproject's attention to, MarnetteD? I agree that if the majority of the BBC sites and the writers of the programme spell her name as "Margo" then that's what it is. The rather poor new BBC Comedy Guide is the only occasion I've seen it with the 'T', and I have suspicions that those are written using Wikipedia pages as a main reference. Notably, the much better old BBC Guide to Comedy doesn't have the T either [3]. Bob talk 00:10, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
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The 'Characters' section is written entirely in the past tense, but this sounds unusual to me. Shouldn't it be written in the present tense? It should also conform with the plot synopsis, which is written in the present. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raylin ( talk • contribs) 18:27, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
I am not going to continue this edit war with this annoying IP-address who seems to want to invent a county of "south west London" and ignores the fact everyone refers to Surbiton as Surrey, a quick Google search will prove that. His wordy version is not suitable, my simply version stating "officially Greater London" [the actual county, not a made up south west London] is far better. Other views?-- UpDown ( talk) 08:50, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
I am that 'annoying IP-address'. Insults are not appropriate in Wikipedia. Thank your advice on creating an account; I will certainly do so when I am ready. For the meantime I will follow the advice that 'Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit' with or without an account. It seems from your own talk page that you enjoy starting edit wars and arguments - that is not helpful and not in the spirit of Wikipedia. You may not be familar with the place, but south west London is clearly not made up - on the Surbiton article you can clearly see that it is in the 'South West' London Assembly constituency. The Surbiton article, and indeed the Surrey article will also tell you that Surbiton is not in Surrey, despite what you may think. My 'wordy version' as you so tactfully put it, was designed to appease you by mentioning that in the sitcom Surrey is occasionally mentioned. If it were up to me, Surrey would not be in the article at all. 91.107.44.86 ( talk) 17:16, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Common, maybe, but inaccurate nevertheless. Postal counties were never intended to be geographic definitions, but simply routing instructions. I do wish someone would stop changing this page, and attempting to change the facts. The editing is also amusingly inconsistent, as by this reckoning Northwood should be described as 'Middlesex' not 'North London', which would only further the inaccuracy. I also think that 'south west London' rather than 'Greater London' (which is equivalent to 'London' - see Greater London article) is a better way of describing Surbiton in this article, because it highlights the distance away from Northwood, where the show was filmed. Uakari ( talk) 00:04, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
I'd never realized that this was what Tom whistled! Seems so obvious now that I think about it. Orellette ( talk) 02:12, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
I have corrected the reference to the location filming which was inaccurately stated as being on the present site of St Martins Pre School in Moor Park Road. To substantiate this I have included the Google street view link in Kewferry Road where it can be clearly seen that it is the same pair of houses. In an episode where Barbara chases a goat up the street the street sign "Ebury Close" can be clearly seen next to Margo's house (the sign is now overgrown in the current streetview but of course the name is on the map). Moor Park Road is only a few hundred yards away but I can see no reason to include a link to the pre-school stub article as neither the school nor the building have any connection to the sitcom. oops - forgot to sign! Baldy Bill ( talk) 21:50, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Despite the stated premise of the show, the Goods are never really self-sufficient. They barter for what they need, get some stuff for free, and they rely on city services for water and sewer. (A few episodes in, they begin to make their own electricity.)
In truth, the Goods are self-employed. Their farms (backyard, front yard, and an allotment) produce items which they either barter or sell for hard currency.
A true self-sufficient operation would not need input from any outside source, hence the definition. "Sir" (Andrew, Tom's former boss) has a much better chance at self-sufficiency with the farm he intends to set up, as mentioned in (I believe it was) the final episode "Anniversary". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:5B0:2D1F:B5E8:858:CA34:5705:9057 ( talk) 05:43, 26 December 2019 (UTC)