BL> The two brilliant comedy shows I can't laugh at are "Yes, Minister"
BL> and "Mother and Son". The guys who wrote these, lived them... they
BL> are too close to the truth for me.

KR> do they attribute the origin of mother and son? if not it makes it
KR> a somewhat watered down rip off of the original steptoe and son.

BL> I loved Steptoe... and it's not the same as "Mother and Son" at all,
BL> keith. Maggie is nothing like the dirty old man, Arthur is nothing like
BL> Harold, and the storylines are different. The brother is brand new.

KR> still comes to the same concept of the elderly person manipulating
KR> the son to do their bidding. m&s is very much toned down from steptoe.

Bullshit, poor old Keef is trying to run his 
load of utter bullshit. Some things do Keef, some things dont.

Like Bob says, its nothing like it. Not that Keef has noticed.

--- PQWK202