Victoria Wood Commemorative Thread

[DMCWelshcakes]

In memory of Victoria Wood who died 4 years ago today, FAR too young.

Please share your favourite sketches, songs and quotes, not least to keep us all amused during the current weirdness.

I'll start with one of my favourites, the legendary Kitty:

"No the secret of my youthful appearance is simply mashed swede. As a face-mask, as a night cap, and in an emergency, as a draught-excluder."

72 baps Connie - you slice, I'll spread

The memory of this sketch kept me going when I was organising my Dad's funeral last year.

Fabulous woman, very missed.

I loved her SO so much.

Her writing I always knew was wonderful and witty and brilliantly observed but As Seen On TV is absolutely brilliantly PACKED with visual jokes about camerawork, blocking, staging. If you know owt about cinematography/editing there's a whole extra show going on as well. I have used it for teaching it's so good.

I'm Pamela Patricia but they call me Pam.

'Joan, dear, do get dressed. No woman over 40 suits a mauve string vest.'

I concur, gone too soon.

Oh, thank you for making me laugh today. And what a fabulous mural on page 3 of this.
You've also reminded me of my former boss (would be proud to describe himself as 'One of the boys in flat 5'...) who sadly HAS gone back north, but loved to work with him as we could, and did, match each other quote for quote.
Have we had:
"If her bum were a bungalow she'd never get a mortgage on it."

"I found Jesus in 1967 while out camping."

"Oh, you're like me...broad footed. And are you Taurus and can't stick cabbage?"

Blurpblorp, I couldn't remember name of the camping thing with Celia Imrie even though I'd looked for it - I could only remember bits "I used the hypnosis and rubber band garotte technique...Morag will be explaining that later on..." so now with the name I was able to find it and watch again, thanks!

What an amazing legacy of joy and laughter Victoria Wood has bequeathed to us all.

I once saw them rehearsing dinnerladies. They were going to be filming it in front of the studio audience that night. It was all so good. I also was really impressed with how she took her place amongst the cast as an equal.

When they finally got to filming, it was so tight that it ran like a live theatre production. Utterly amazing. (The following week, I saw another comedy being filmed and they were the opposite.)

@DMCWelshcakes

I remember watching some of that series. i remember wondering if they were friends.

@Panfriedscallops

Thankyou for looking for it for me. Hope I can find it.

"You have to clench those buttocks " "'She'd never get hers clenched! It'd take two big lads and a wheelbarrow.."

Much missed....

There's two ways to Urmston

If I see or hear anyone mention Urmston I always say this 😂😂

”I also was really impressed with how she took her place amongst the cast as an equal.“

@Over600Ecalypts - that is one of the things I admired most about her - the way she was so generous with the best lines - she could have kept the funniest lines for herself, but she made sure everyone got to shine.

No, dobally fona bodo. It's just a little opinion poll. And you look like a little pole in my opinion.

'It'll be like a Range River going top speed into a cul-de-sac!'
🤣

I was heavily pregnant when she died and it felt like losing a much loved family member. I grew up with her work and adored it all. She was a genius, no question. My best friend and I used to watch the Acorn Antiques VHS in free periods at school.

I loved the song 'a better day' - "dream on Andrea", so beautifully poignant

I've been rewatching dinnerladies this week and it's so good and as someone says, really well plotted.

Where's my Clint
Can you smell my Charlie
Not unless sperm can swim through a sash window.

All amazing.

The health farm one 'we'll treat your body like a temple. Well I say temple, it could be a garden centre, they're very popular on a Sunday'

72 baps Connie, you slice I'll spread was a constant going round my head at my dads funeral.

5 pints. 5 pints of sherry

We just introduced 17yo dd to Dinnerladies on the back of this thread. She loved it

Winnie and Wilf winning the competition from the Women's Magazine, 'Handbag'.

"Weren't you on that programme where you were coming down all those stairs laughing?"
-"I was, yes."
"We couldn't stick that."

"It's a toup. Two thousand pounds that toup, you'd never know...Very rare, ginger nuns."

So many of my favourite quotes in this thread. Two things from the sketch have always stuck in my head: the leotard and handbag department in the department store and I cannot see a Scholl sandal without saying to myself, "ooh they look comfy".

Whenever I hear "Streets of London" I think of her sketch.

Trival Purse-wit.

And Susie Blake's announcer rolling her eyes and saying "YTS typing" when she reads out a typo.

Met a woman at a playgroup 10 years ago for some reason the topic of red cabbage came up. I said quietly “red cabbage how much?” She replied “red cabbage no idea - it’s a very important job” - friend for life!

Binged dinner ladies over the last 2 days.
Sheer joy.
She is so sadly missed

I'm pleased to see so many Vipers are fellow fans.

I cried when VW died. My jaw has never hurt so much as when I saw her live - it was the funniest (and best observed comedy) ever.
The Reincarnation Song is my 'go to' when I want a quick VW fix. So funny but so sad at the same time. Her telling Eileen Gum's story is so poignant, pulled back back beautifully at the end with her declaration that she'll put her sprouts on in November (now a running joke in our house).

She was so talented love dinnerladies and In the song let’s do it, the line ... You know as well as I do that the pipes need laggin!