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* As bad as sexual harassment is, the sexual harassment scene in "Shoulder to Shoulder" CrossesTheLineTwice purely on account of RuleOfThree, among other reasons. The sequence of events: first, Miss Brahms is harassed by a cleaner who looks like Tom Jones. Mrs. Slocombe isn't as "lucky", as a cleaner who looks like [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Steptoe]] beats him to her. Finally, Captain Peacock goes in to chew out the cleaners... and promptly gets similarly harassed by a cleaner who looks like Larry Grayson.

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* As bad as sexual harassment is, the sexual harassment scene in "Shoulder to Shoulder" CrossesTheLineTwice purely on account of RuleOfThree, among other reasons. The sequence of events: first, Miss Brahms is harassed by a cleaner who looks like Tom Jones.Music/TomJones. Mrs. Slocombe isn't as "lucky", as a cleaner who looks like [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Steptoe]] beats him to her. Finally, Captain Peacock goes in to chew out the cleaners... and promptly gets similarly harassed by a cleaner who looks like Larry Grayson.

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--> '''All:''' ''(to the tune of "Adeste Fideles")''

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--> '''All:''' -->'''All:''' ''(to the tune of "Adeste Fideles")''



-->'''Mrs. Slocombe''': I haven't forgetten being thrown flat on me back on Clapham Common by a landmine. And the German Air Force was responsible!
-->'''Mr. Lucas''': All the other times she was flat on her back, the American Air Force was responsible.

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-->'''Mrs. Slocombe''': Slocombe:''' I haven't forgetten being thrown flat on me back on Clapham Common by a landmine. And the German Air Force was responsible!
-->'''Mr. Lucas''': Lucas:''' All the other times she was flat on her back, the American Air Force was responsible.



--->'''Mr. Rumbold''': Oh, where are we in our conference?
--->'''Mr. Humphries''': Mrs. Slocombe was remembering being flat on her back on Clapham Conmmon.
--->'''Mrs. Slocombe''': Can we knock it off, ''please''?
--->'''Mr. Lucas''': She even remembers what she said!
* In "The Club", the staff is charged with redecorating a room in the basement to turn into a new social club. Several attempts to hang wallpaper culminate in many torn wallpaper rolls, many spilt cups of tea, a running gag ("Save that, it'll do for the bit over the door!") and, finally, a paste fight amongst the staff. Mr. Rumbold enters to put a stop to things, only for everyone else to attack him with brushes and buckets.

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--->'''Mr. Rumbold''': Rumbold:''' Oh, where are we in our conference?
--->'''Mr. Humphries''': Humphries:''' Mrs. Slocombe was remembering being flat on her back on Clapham Conmmon.
--->'''Mrs. Slocombe''': Slocombe:''' Can we knock it off, ''please''?
--->'''Mr. Lucas''': Lucas:''' She even remembers what she said!
* In "The Club", the staff is charged with redecorating a room in the basement to turn into a new social club. Several attempts to hang wallpaper culminate in many torn wallpaper rolls, many spilt cups of tea, a running gag ("Save that, it'll do for the bit over the door!") and, finally, a paste fight amongst the staff. Mr. Rumbold enters to put a stop to things, only for everyone else to attack him with brushes and buckets.buckets.
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* In "The Club", the staff is charged with redecorating a room in the basement to turn into a new social club. Several attempts to hang wallpaper culminate in several torn wallpaper rolls, many spilt cups of tea, a running gag ("Save that, it'll do for the bit over the door!") and, finally, a paste fight amongst the staff. Mr. Rumbold enters to put a stop to things, only for everyone else to attack him with brushes and buckets.

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* In "The Club", the staff is charged with redecorating a room in the basement to turn into a new social club. Several attempts to hang wallpaper culminate in several many torn wallpaper rolls, many spilt cups of tea, a running gag ("Save that, it'll do for the bit over the door!") and, finally, a paste fight amongst the staff. Mr. Rumbold enters to put a stop to things, only for everyone else to attack him with brushes and buckets.
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--->'''Mr. Lucas''': She even remembers what she said!

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--->'''Mr. Lucas''': She even remembers what she said!said!
* In "The Club", the staff is charged with redecorating a room in the basement to turn into a new social club. Several attempts to hang wallpaper culminate in several torn wallpaper rolls, many spilt cups of tea, a running gag ("Save that, it'll do for the bit over the door!") and, finally, a paste fight amongst the staff. Mr. Rumbold enters to put a stop to things, only for everyone else to attack him with brushes and buckets.

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* One of the most famous wiscracks was in "German Week:"
-->'''Mrs. Slocombe''': I won't forget being thrown flat on my back on Clapham Common by a landmine. And the German Air Force was responsible!
-->'''Mr. Lucas''': All the other times she was flat on her back, the American Air Force was responsible.

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* One of the most famous wiscracks wisecracks was during a staff meeting in "German Week:"
-->'''Mrs. Slocombe''': I won't forget haven't forgetten being thrown flat on my me back on Clapham Common by a landmine. And the German Air Force was responsible!
-->'''Mr. Lucas''': All the other times she was flat on her back, the American Air Force was responsible.responsible.
** A short time later...
--->'''Mr. Rumbold''': Oh, where are we in our conference?
--->'''Mr. Humphries''': Mrs. Slocombe was remembering being flat on her back on Clapham Conmmon.
--->'''Mrs. Slocombe''': Can we knock it off, ''please''?
--->'''Mr. Lucas''': She even remembers what she said!
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** Then the manager shows up, and everyone goes silent... except for Mr. Goldberg (whom she's standing behind). When he sees her, he sheepishly switches to singing, "Oh come, let us adore him..." and tries to [[IKissYourHand kiss her hand]], apparently as some kind of apology.

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** Then the manager shows up, and everyone goes silent... except for Mr. Goldberg (whom she's standing behind). When he sees her, he sheepishly switches to singing, "Oh come, let us adore him..." and tries to [[IKissYourHand kiss her hand]], apparently as some kind of apology.apology.
* One of the most famous wiscracks was in "German Week:"
-->'''Mrs. Slocombe''': I won't forget being thrown flat on my back on Clapham Common by a landmine. And the German Air Force was responsible!
-->'''Mr. Lucas''': All the other times she was flat on her back, the American Air Force was responsible.

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** Mr. Lucas asking Mr. Humphries about the FridgeLogic of how Humpty Dumpty is already awake before the Fairy Prince (or, as Mr. Lucas calls him, [[CampGay the Fairy Queen]]) sprinkles his magic dust on Little Alice, Age 4 .

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** Mr. Lucas asking Mr. Humphries (at great length) about the FridgeLogic of how Humpty Dumpty is already awake before the Fairy Prince (or, as Mr. Lucas calls him, [[CampGay the Fairy Queen]]) sprinkles his magic dust on Little Alice, Age 4 .4.



* As part of her FakingAmnesia routine in "Memories are Made of These", Mrs. Slocombe, while acting like a little girl, steals a golf cart that was installed on Mr. Rumbold's floor (as a result of the floor serving as a temporary spot for the sports department while most of its employees are sick) and precedes to crash it through the walls of Mr. Rumbold's office.

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* As part of her FakingAmnesia routine in "Memories are Made of These", Mrs. Slocombe, while acting like a little girl, steals a golf cart that was installed on Mr. Rumbold's floor (as a result of the floor serving as a temporary spot for the sports department while most of its employees are sick) and precedes to crash it through the walls of Mr. Rumbold's office.office.
* [[BritishStuffiness Captain Peacock]] shows the staff an old army procedure for expressing their dissatisfaction with the (lack of) canteen service in "Anything You Can Do":
--> '''All:''' ''(to the tune of "Adeste Fideles")''
-->WHY are we [=WAITing=],
-->WHYYY are we [=WAIIITing=]...
** Then the manager shows up, and everyone goes silent... except for Mr. Goldberg (whom she's standing behind). When he sees her, he sheepishly switches to singing, "Oh come, let us adore him..." and tries to [[IKissYourHand kiss her hand]], apparently as some kind of apology.
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*** What finally causes Mr. Lucas to finally take off the plastic mac is him seeing Mr. Humphries in his Fairy Prince outfit.

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*** ** What finally causes Mr. Lucas to finally take off the plastic mac is him seeing Mr. Humphries in his Fairy Prince outfit.
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* In "The Father Christmas Affair", the store initially plans to have electric Father Christmas models in every department during the holidays, only for that idea to be dropped when a test model ends up acting more like a flasher.

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* In "The Father Christmas Affair", the store initially plans to have electric Father Christmas models in every department during the holidays, only for that idea holidays. When one of the models is demonstrated to be dropped when a test model staff at Mr. Rumbold's floor, it ends up acting more like a flasher.flasher as a result of the hands being sewn onto the jacket.
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* As part of her FakeAmnesia in "Memories are Made of These", Mrs. Slocombe, while acting like a little girl, steals a golf cart that was installed on Mr. Rumbold's floor (as a result of the floor serving as a temporary spot for the sports department while most of its employees are sick) and precedes to crash it through the walls of Mr. Rumbold's office.

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* As part of her FakeAmnesia FakingAmnesia routine in "Memories are Made of These", Mrs. Slocombe, while acting like a little girl, steals a golf cart that was installed on Mr. Rumbold's floor (as a result of the floor serving as a temporary spot for the sports department while most of its employees are sick) and precedes to crash it through the walls of Mr. Rumbold's office.

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* The Ballet of the Toys sequence from the episode "Happy Returns" is a treasure trove of comedy gold. Some choice moments**:

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* The Ballet of the Toys sequence from the episode "Happy Returns" is a treasure trove of comedy gold. Some choice moments**:moments:



** Mr. Lucas asking Mr. Humphries about the FridgeLogic of how Humpty Dumpty is already awake before the Fairy Prince sprinkied his magic dust on Little Alice, Age 4 (with Mr. Lucas also referring to Mr. Humphries' character as [[CampGay the Fairy Queen]]).
** The reveal at the end that the professional cabaret troupe that young Mr. Grace hired to perform at his birthday celebration had alredy planned to do The Ballet of the Toys themselves.

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** Mr. Lucas asking Mr. Humphries about the FridgeLogic of how Humpty Dumpty is already awake before the Fairy Prince sprinkied (or, as Mr. Lucas calls him, [[CampGay the Fairy Queen]]) sprinkles his magic dust on Little Alice, Age 4 (with Mr. Lucas also referring to Mr. Humphries' character as [[CampGay the Fairy Queen]]).
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** The reveal at the end that the professional cabaret troupe that young Mr. Grace hired to perform at his birthday celebration had alredy already planned to do The Ballet of the Toys themselves.themselves.
* In "The Father Christmas Affair", the store initially plans to have electric Father Christmas models in every department during the holidays, only for that idea to be dropped when a test model ends up acting more like a flasher.
* As part of her FakeAmnesia in "Memories are Made of These", Mrs. Slocombe, while acting like a little girl, steals a golf cart that was installed on Mr. Rumbold's floor (as a result of the floor serving as a temporary spot for the sports department while most of its employees are sick) and precedes to crash it through the walls of Mr. Rumbold's office.
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* As bad as sexual harassment is, the sexual harassment scene in "Shoulder to Shoulder" CrossesTheLineTwice purely on account of RuleOfThree, among other reasons. The sequence of events: first, Miss Brahms is harassed by a cleaner who looks like Tom Jones. Mrs. Slocombe isn't as "lucky", as a cleaner who looks like [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Steptoe]] beats him to her. Finally, Captain Peacock goes in to chew out the cleaners... and promptly gets similarly harassed by a cleaner who looks like Larry Grayson.

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* As bad as sexual harassment is, the sexual harassment scene in "Shoulder to Shoulder" CrossesTheLineTwice purely on account of RuleOfThree, among other reasons. The sequence of events: first, Miss Brahms is harassed by a cleaner who looks like Tom Jones. Mrs. Slocombe isn't as "lucky", as a cleaner who looks like [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Steptoe]] beats him to her. Finally, Captain Peacock goes in to chew out the cleaners... and promptly gets similarly harassed by a cleaner who looks like Larry Grayson.Grayson.
* The Ballet of the Toys sequence from the episode "Happy Returns" is a treasure trove of comedy gold. Some choice moments**:
** When Mr. Tebbs shows up in his teddy bear costume, he is shown wearing the head piece sideways as a result of him not being able to hear through the ear piece.
** Due to how small his Little Boy Blue costume is in terms of the tights and smock, Mr. Lucas initially wearing a plastic mac over his costume, resulting in a RunningGag where reveals the issues he has with his costume to the others a la a flasher exposing his privates.
--> '''Mr. Humphries:''' You've done that before, haven't you?
*** What finally causes Mr. Lucas to finally take off the plastic mac is him seeing Mr. Humphries in his Fairy Prince outfit.
** As Captain Peacock, dresses as a toy soldier, pulls the reigns of a prop horse that was offered for him to ride on during during the dance number, its tail lifts and [[GroinAttack hits Mr. Lucas in the crotch.]]
** Mr. Lucas asking Mr. Humphries about the FridgeLogic of how Humpty Dumpty is already awake before the Fairy Prince sprinkied his magic dust on Little Alice, Age 4 (with Mr. Lucas also referring to Mr. Humphries' character as [[CampGay the Fairy Queen]]).
** The reveal at the end that the professional cabaret troupe that young Mr. Grace hired to perform at his birthday celebration had alredy planned to do The Ballet of the Toys themselves.
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* As bad as sexual harassment is, the sexual harassment scene in "Shoulder to Shoulder" CrossesTheLineTwice purely on account of RuleOfThree, among other reasons. The sequence of events: first, Miss Brahms is harassed by a cleaner who looks like Tom Jones. Mrs. Slocombe isn't as "lucky", as a cleaner who looks like [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Steptoe]] beats him to her. Finally, Captain Peacock goes in to chew out the cleaners... and gets similarly harassed by a cleaner who looks like Larry Grayson.

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* As bad as sexual harassment is, the sexual harassment scene in "Shoulder to Shoulder" CrossesTheLineTwice purely on account of RuleOfThree, among other reasons. The sequence of events: first, Miss Brahms is harassed by a cleaner who looks like Tom Jones. Mrs. Slocombe isn't as "lucky", as a cleaner who looks like [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Steptoe]] beats him to her. Finally, Captain Peacock goes in to chew out the cleaners... and promptly gets similarly harassed by a cleaner who looks like Larry Grayson.
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* As bad as sexual harassment is, the sexual harassment scene in "Shoulder to Shoulder" CrossesTheLineTwice for the following reasons: RuleOfThree, ComicallyMissingThePoint on the part of Mrs. Slocombe, and DoubleStandardAbuseMaleOnMale towards Captain Peacock. First, Miss Brahms is sexually harassed by a cleaner who looks like Tom Jones. Mrs. Slocombe isn't as "lucky", as a cleaner who looks like [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Steptoe]] beats him to her. Finally, Captain Peacock goes in to chew out the cleaners... and gets his from a cleaner who looks like Larry Grayson.

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* As bad as sexual harassment is, the sexual harassment scene in "Shoulder to Shoulder" CrossesTheLineTwice for the following reasons: purely on account of RuleOfThree, ComicallyMissingThePoint on the part among other reasons. The sequence of Mrs. Slocombe, and DoubleStandardAbuseMaleOnMale towards Captain Peacock. First, events: first, Miss Brahms is sexually harassed by a cleaner who looks like Tom Jones. Mrs. Slocombe isn't as "lucky", as a cleaner who looks like [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Steptoe]] beats him to her. Finally, Captain Peacock goes in to chew out the cleaners... and gets his from similarly harassed by a cleaner who looks like Larry Grayson.
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* As bad as sexual harassment is, the sexual harassment scene in "Shoulder to Shoulder" CrossesTheLineTwice for the following reasons: RuleOfThree, ComicallyMissingThePoint on the part of Mrs. Slocombe, and DoubleStandardAbuseMaleOnMale towards Captain Peacock. First, Miss Brahms is sexually harassed by a cleaner who looks like Tom Jones. Mrs. Slocombe isn't as "lucky", as a cleaner who looks like [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Steptoe]] beats him to her. Finally, Captain Peacock goes in to chew out the cleaners... and gets his from a cleaner who looks like Larry Grayson.

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