‘SKIS’

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In this episode, it’s Richard’s birthday. Richard expects Hyacinth to give him slippers for his birthday. Instead, she gives him a pair of skis. This is something Richard didn’t want for his birthday. Hyacinth purchased the skis for Richard because they ‘will look good on the car’, which is annoying and stupid.

From watching the episode, I did get a sense of “What was the point of this episode?” The whole skis present for Richard on his birthday by Hyacinth didn’t go anywhere and it seemed a little silly at times. However, it was funny when Richard and Hyacinth drove the car with skis inside the windows.

I found it funny when Hyacinth said the familiar line about Violet ‘having a sauna and room for a pony’ an octave higher when Richard stuck one of the skis into her back. It was also very funny when Hyacinth told Richard to stop the car and the skis fell off from the roof rack, ending up into the road.

Incidentally, does Richard get slippers every year for his birthday from Hyacinth? Richard’s birthdays (bar the one in this episode) must be unexciting for him if all he gets is slippers. Couldn’t Hyacinth provide more variety apart from skis and slippers when giving something for Richard on his birthday?

Anna Dawson makes another visual appearance as Violet in the episode. This is where I get my mixed feelings about Violet and Bruce appearing at last in ‘Keeping Up Appearances’. The running joke with Violet and Bruce in Series 5 is that they’re always arguing and Hyacinth gets embarrassed.

The mystique with Violet is gone here, as she’s seen to be unhappy with Bruce. Having her appear in the flesh with Hyacinth ruined it for me. Violet wants to see a Vicar and Hyacinth recommends it, as we have another appearance of Jeremy Gittins as the Vicar and Marion Barron as his wife in the story.

John Evitts plays Bruce in Series 5 of ‘Keeping Up Appearances’. This episode also features Lois Penson and Clare Kelly as the Misses Pilsworth, whom Hyacinth and Richard give a lift in their car with the skis in the windows. One of the Pilsworths is hard of hearing when she speaks in the tale. 😀

I enjoyed Onslow, Daisy and Rose’s appearance in the episode. I liked that scene where Onslow and Daisy talk about life after death after Rose brings it up from one of her boyfriends. Daisy wonders whether they’ll be slimmer in the afterlife and Onslow expects that they won’t be served many chips.

‘Skis’ rating – 6/10