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Old 13-09-2008, 08:46 PM
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Winning the pools but forgetting to post the coupon.
Boss coming round to dinner
Driving pregnant wife to the hospital in a traffic jam
Flashback espisodes with war time sweehearts
Vicar coming around for items for church jumble sale with hilarious results
The above have been n used in many sitcoms particurarly the predictable by number plots of the likes of Vince Powell and Harry Driver and Mortimer and Cooke.

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Old 13-09-2008, 10:19 PM
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You missed out the one about overhearing the doctor say you were pregnant or very ill and not realising he was talking about someone else.
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Old 13-09-2008, 10:24 PM
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You missed out the one about overhearing the doctor say you were pregnant or very ill and not realising he was talking about someone else.
Oh Yeah, forgot that one, thanks!
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Old 14-09-2008, 01:40 PM
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Posting a letter of resignation to the the boss, only to realise it was all due to a misunderstanding, and trying to get the letter back before the boss reads it.

Middle-aged blokes chasing young women (a favourite plot of On the Buses)
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DIY senorio`s where the man`s attempt is a disaster and the woman can`t take anymore!

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We`re changin` lodggggggggings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Something to do with inherited money - and the episode invariably titled 'Where There's A Will' !
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Male forgets wedding anniversary/birthday and needs to get gift but the shops are shut. See Terry and June etc.
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Posting a letter of resignation to the the boss, only to realise it was all due to a misunderstanding, and trying to get the letter back before the boss reads it.
Or similar with answerphone messages

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Old 14-09-2008, 08:15 PM
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Male forgets wedding anniversary/birthday and needs to get gift but the shops are shut. See Terry and June etc.
or man pretends to forget anniversary ,wife thinks he really has forgot and storms off jeapordising surprise party
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or man pretends to forget anniversary ,wife thinks he really has forgot and storms off jeapordising surprise party
That's an episode from Fawlty Towers unless I'm much mistaken.
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Old 15-09-2008, 07:57 PM
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That's an episode from Fawlty Towers unless I'm much mistaken.
Yes you are right, Sbyils Anniversary, she does indeed storm off, all her friends arrive and Basil has to say that Sybil is sick. He gets Polly to disguise herself as Sybil complete with wig lying on her sickbed as all her friends gather round her.
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Old 16-09-2008, 09:21 PM
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That's an episode from Fawlty Towers unless I'm much mistaken.
it is but the story of husband pretending to forget anniversary ,wife thinking he really has and storming off is wheeled out from time to time in other shows .i bet zoe wanamakers done it to robert lindsay ,they seem to have every other cliche in there
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Mother in law moves in.
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Arguing neighbours. The husbands are argumentative with each other whereas the wives behave in a conciliatory manner towards each other.
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Trying to push elderly parents into an old folks home and being patronising about it, also used in soaps.
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