Hello, naughty British people searching for "Felicity Kendal nude". Sorry to disappoint, but I have no such pictures. (Frankly, I'd be somewhat surprised if they existed at all.) I mostly write about music; feel free to look around while you're here.
Every now and then, Science Girl and I talk about dropping off the grid. You know, growing our own food, making our own power, etc. It’s not terribly practical for the most part, given where we live, but we do like to keep our footprint as small as we can. Once we deal with the lead paint issues on the exterior of the house, we’ll be putting in a couple of raised beds for vegetables. We already have a small container garden going – we had some of the peas we’d raised with dinner last night, actually. The tomatoes and strawberries are coming right along, and provided the squirrels and birds don’t get them first, we should have something to harvest in the next two weeks, I think.
We were discussing this over dinner last night, which brought up the subject of “Good Neighbors”. It was a British TV sitcom from the mid-seventies; the original UK title was “The Good Life”, but apparently there’d been a show here in the US by the same name. The situation of the show was that Tom and Barbara Good (Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal) wanted to be self-sufficient, in that way that was so very popular in the seventies; the comedy arose from the suburban location of their home (Surbiton, if memory serves) and the proximity of their middle-class neighbors, Jerry and Margo Leadbetter (Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith).
It was a fairly amusing show. The PBS station in Sacramento ran it back in the mid eighties, as the one here in Seattle did, apparently. SG and I both enjoyed watching it, anyway. I mentioned that I’d had a huge crush on Felicity Kendal, at which point SG sighed and said, “You and every other guy I’ve met”. Well, it really only stands to reason; aside from being just about as cute as is legally possible, Barbara Good was spunky and intelligent and feisty and witty. (Fortunately, I was able to find someone like that myself.) (You can take that finger out from the back of your throat now.) SG mentioned that she recalled a song about Ms. Kendal, which I’d never heard of.
And that’s how I found myself Googling “Felicity Kendal’s Underpants” last night, under the direction of my loving fiancée.
Sadly enough, we were unable to find any reference to such a tune. Apparently there was a reference to her unmentionables in “The Young Ones”, but that was as close as we got. This is a sad state of affairs, my friends. Something must be done. I can’t offer anything but my undying gratitude, but if someone were to write such a song and send it to me… well, that would be really cool. Email it to me at the usual address, with “Felicity Kendal’s Underpants” as the subject. (“FK’s Knickers” or “FK’s Panties” would be acceptable, as well.) I’ll work on a version myself, but the more submissions there are the better.
Please help us find the song before bmarkey writes the lyrics on his own.
Posted by: science girl | June 19, 2006 at 10:07 PM
Hey now, I said nice things about you & everything!
Posted by: bmarkey | June 19, 2006 at 10:29 PM
i remember that young ones episode! it involved the boys' (long overdue) journey to the local laundromat. the washing machine refused to open because of the nastiness of the clothes about to be dropped in. Vivian proposed a plan utilizing "psychology and extreme violence"; in a casual tone, he remarked, "what have we here? felicity kendal's underwear-- that needs a good washing!" instantly the washer said, "mmmmwwaaahhh" and the boys quickly forced their rancid clothing into it. please don't ask me why i remember this so vividly...
Posted by: steb | June 20, 2006 at 01:44 PM
KVIE, channel 6, if I'm not mistaken. I bet you remember KZAP and KPOP, too.
Posted by: Freedom Girl | June 22, 2006 at 12:11 PM
You are correct, Freedom Girl. I wrote a little about KZAP here. Don't recall KPOP, though. I take you're from the lovely Central Valley?
Posted by: bmarkey | June 22, 2006 at 04:47 PM
Now there IS a song about Felicity...and it's not rude!
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Posted by: Ringo Fandango | April 11, 2007 at 09:52 AM
"the comedy arose from the suburban location of their home (Surbiton, if memory serves) and the proximity of their middle-class neighbors, Jerry and Margo Leadbetter (Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith)"
Brings back memories...actually supposed to be based in Surbiton but filmed in north london i believe.
Posted by: Rent Surbiton | May 03, 2009 at 04:23 PM