Wednesday, July 01, 2009

So farewell then Mrs Slocombe

Mollie Sugden has died at the age of 86, says BBC News.

There is a good interview with her on Teltronic:

As most fans of the series will know, Mrs Slocombe was always deeply concerned for the welfare of her pussy. The writers got a lot of mileage out of this and it became something of a standing joke. In fact, there was even a book published a couple of years ago entitled Mrs Slocombe's Pussy.

One assumes that there was no Mr Slocombe to care for the feline. "Well it was certainly true that you never knew at one time what had happened to her husband. You always had the feeling he'd just gone off."

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