Talk:The Good Life (1975 TV series)

message: Neither the Goodes or the Leadbetters seemed to have kids or ever mentioned the issue?
No-one seemed to have children in the world they lived in. I guess that's what gave them the time for their lifestyle experiment.
Actually yes I know they had goats! I meant children!
I always thought they seemed such a happy intimate couple, I wonder whether their lack of kids
screwed up my image of a happy couple (ie no kids)
:Didn't Barbara get pregnant in one of the last episodes? Or am I imagining that? quercus robur 09:19, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I imagined it - just watched the final episode, Barbara didn't get pregnant but Jerry got the bosses job... quercus robur 22:09, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  No kids? 

message: Can any one inform me if the company that Tom works for at the beginning of the series 'making plastic toys for insertion into breakfast cereal packets' is the same company that Reginald Perrin works for (Sunshine Desserts) in 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin' Or is this just a coincidence? Or as they say a 'transtextual element' shared between two sitcoms? Eric A. Warbuton 02:54, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've always thought it was the same company, but I don't know for sure. I thought that Good Life was a spinoff. Anyone know? David Spector (user/talk) 15:04, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Breakfast cereal

message: I hit the wrong button and saved my reversion before I finished my note in the edit summary line so here goes. The spelling of 'Neighbors' in the opening titles and on the DVD sets is the Americanized way without the 'U'. I checked this before reverting the article back from the changes that an anonymous user had made on this day.User:MarnetteD | Talk 04:22, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As the reason for the change was a previous US Series called "The Good Life" and therefore made in the US for US audiences, I'd expect the 'neighbors' to be using the US spelling (and it did).  Yanqui9 (talk) 00:15, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title of the show in the U.S. 

message: I should think that Green Acres had more than a passing influence on this show, whaddaya say? Maikel 09:37, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would disagree. I have never read anything about Green Acres and this show. It was a creation of Esmonde & Larbey, who have never stated they were influenced by any US, or indeed British, sitcom. --UpDown 09:47, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ditto to what UpDown has written. Just because shows have a few (in this case very few) things in common does not mean that one was influenced by the other. MarnetteD | Talk 10:11, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Green Acres

message: Of course, the question comes in because her name is not spelled in the closing credits. But be aware of these facts before adding the T. The creators of the show do not spell it with a T in their book about the show. While that should be proof enough that it should be left off other items that weigh against using it include the fact that both the VHS and DVD covers spell it without a T. When using the close captioning with either the VHS or DVD her name is spelled without a T and remember that these are put out by the BBC. With the exception of the one website that is mentioned in the edit summary by Faux01 all other websites that I have been to spell it without a T. If there is the need to reach a consensus on this among wikipedia editors I will cast my vote now for leaving the T off. MarnetteD | Talk 23:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. In "A Celebration of the Good Life", besides the authors spelling it "Margo" throughout, there are copies of scripts (p. 23) and internal BBC material (p. 38) spelling it "Margo". -- Gridlock Joe (talk) 23:34, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have also found a BBC website that spells it without the closing "T": . -- Gridlock Joe (talk) 23:37, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

text: If the show creators spell it without a T in their book and in both the VHS and DVD covers, then that is considered the official spelling for name and is the only one that should be used in the article. AnmaFinotera (talk) 23:43, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Margo's name

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:39, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.--UpDown (talk) 08:19, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Goodlife.jpg

message: The 'Characters' section is written entirely in the past tense, but this sounds unusual to me. Shouldn't it be written in the present tense? It should also conform with the plot synopsis, which is written in the present.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raylin (talk • contribs) 18:27, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You are quite right, it should be in the present tense.--UpDown (talk) 07:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Past tense? 

message: I am not going to continue this edit war with this annoying IP-address who seems to want to invent a county of "south west London" and ignores the fact everyone refers to Surbiton as Surrey, a quick Google search will prove that. His wordy version is not suitable, my simply version stating "officially Greater London" [the actual county, not a made up south west London] is far better. Other views?--UpDown (talk) 08:50, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I will just point out that even after 1965, "SURBITON, Surrey" was used in postal addresses (see Postal counties of the United Kingdom).  This continued until the Royal Mail abandoned the use of counties in the 1990s.  So when the TV series was made, it was quite common to refer to Surbiton as being in Surrey. JonH (talk) 17:48, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: County

message: I'd never realized that this was what Tom whistled! Seems so obvious now that I think about it. Orellette (talk) 02:12, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Over the Rainbow?

message: I have corrected the reference to the location filming which was inaccurately stated as being on the present site of St Martins Pre School in Moor Park Road. To substantiate this I have included the Google street view link in Kewferry Road where it can be clearly seen that it is the same pair of houses. In an episode where Barbara chases a goat up the street the street sign "Ebury Close" can be clearly seen next to Margo's house (the sign is now overgrown in the current streetview but of course the name is on the map). Moor Park Road is only a few hundred yards away but I can see no reason to include a link to the pre-school stub article as neither the school nor the building have any connection to the sitcom.  
oops - forgot to sign! Baldy Bill (talk) 21:50, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location 

message: Despite the stated premise of the show, the Goods are never really self-sufficient. They barter for what they need, get some stuff for free, and they rely on city services for water and sewer.  (A few episodes in, they begin to make their own electricity.)
In truth, the Goods are self-employed.  Their farms (backyard, front yard, and an allotment) produce items which they either barter or sell for hard currency.
A true self-sufficient operation would not need input from any outside source, hence the definition.  "Sir" (Andrew, Tom's former boss) has a much better chance at self-sufficiency with the farm he intends to set up, as mentioned in (I believe it was) the final episode "Anniversary".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:5B0:2D1F:B5E8:858:CA34:5705:9057 (talk) 05:43, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-sufficient or self-employed?