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K50 DEL

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9,655 posts

251 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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What.....

No post on the last ever episode of Neighbours?

I've not watched it for 20 years but it was a huge part of my childhood and teenage years ago so I had to watch tonight...



They came back!!

DoctorX

8,037 posts

190 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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Watched it for old times sake. Can’t say I’m sorry not to have watched it for 30+ years. Jane looks old…mind you, so do I hehe

jules_s

5,006 posts

256 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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20 years? - more like 30 here laugh

Watched it and enjoyed it - great nostalgia

Radec

5,395 posts

70 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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Didn't watch it but saw some reports on Toadie marrying Melanie which surprised me as Mel must be about 60 odd and Joe Mangels bird last time I watched it.
Toad fish must have been a little tadpole still swimming in his dad's balls at that time.

LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

154 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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I loved watching it back in the late 80's when I got home from school, the era of Joe Mangel, Shane, Mike, Harold, Beth, Daphne and Des etc... I must have stopped watching when most of those main characters left, probably early 90's.





Edited by LeadFarmer on Friday 29th July 22:48

Desiderata

2,738 posts

77 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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Radec said:
Didn't watch it but saw some reports on Toadie marrying Melanie which surprised me as Mel must be about 60 odd and Joe Mangels bird last time I watched it.
Toad fish must have been a little tadpole still swimming in his dad's balls at that time.
My wife was a bit surprised at this match and googled the two actors' real life ages... "Toady" is 42, and "Mel" is 57.

LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

154 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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Time has certainly moved on..




DeejRC

8,752 posts

105 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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Wife and I worked out it was about 99/00 for both of us that we stopped watching.

Absolutely watched it tonight though, had to! I mean seriously, who *didnt* watch Neighbours in the 80s & 90s??!

DoctorX

8,037 posts

190 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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She was lovely, as were those twins Paul dabbled with.

Radec

5,395 posts

70 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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Was it my imagination or did Lou nearly get his end away with Annalise when she first came into the soap?

Driver101

14,451 posts

144 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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My memory was Neighbours being big until it moved on to Channel 5. It faded off after that.


Mezzanine

10,580 posts

242 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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Bit weird that Kylie didn’t speak.

Presume they would need to pay her if she had actual lines.


AJLintern

4,345 posts

286 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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Sad day frown Been watching it every day since nearly the start!

Dan_The_Man

1,148 posts

262 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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AJLintern said:
Sad day frown Been watching it every day since nearly the start!
Same, remember working at RAF Kinloss and the whole hanger would congregate on the TV room when Neighbours was on, got hooked from then. Sad times indeed.

LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

154 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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AJLintern said:
Sad day frown Been watching it every day since nearly the start!
Are you able to give some back story to the final episode please?

All of the houses looked for for sale, why was that?
Had some of the original cast already started to return to the show over recent weeks - Harold Bishop, Paul Robinson etc?
What was the reason for Mike and Jane being on the street, had they already been in the show in recent weeks?
Same with Scott & Charlene, did they suddenly appear, or was the street expecting them, and why?

fourstardan

6,238 posts

167 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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It probably was tosh the first time around but fml the missus had this on and it just sounded absolutely awful.

Some old bloke in a cravat making his money on cryptocarancy (yes Aussie accent)....what happened to Joe mangle with his bottle of beer shouting and the set walls shaking.

Thin White Duke

2,417 posts

183 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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LeadFarmer said:
Are you able to give some back story to the final episode please?

All of the houses looked for for sale, why was that?
Had some of the original cast already started to return to the show over recent weeks - Harold Bishop, Paul Robinson etc?
What was the reason for Mike and Jane being on the street, had they already been in the show in recent weeks?
Same with Scott & Charlene, did they suddenly appear, or was the street expecting them, and why?
The houses were for sale as most of the residents had decided to move away. At the end they all want to stay. Just a light hearted plot twist.

Harold returned about three weeks ago for the final stint. Paul Robinson has been a regular since 2004. He's acted as the main antagonist over the years.

Mike came to visit his daughter who works at the hotel. Jane has been back as a regular for about three years.

Scott and Charlene just seemed to randomly pop up. No reason given as far as I can tell.

Thin White Duke

2,417 posts

183 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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I'll also add that I stopped watching it for a number of years and only returned to it when Dee Bliss came back in early 2017.

I think the show lost viewers with the move to Channel 5. Neighbours was always on after CBBC, I guess why so many youngsters used to watch it.

There's still Home and Away but to me that never appealed like Neighbours.


spitfire-ian

4,106 posts

251 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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Mezzanine said:
Bit weird that Kylie didn’t speak.

Presume they would need to pay her if she had actual lines.
Just watched it on catch up and she did speak one line.

“Home Sweet Home”

wpa1975

13,728 posts

137 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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I used to watch it when it was on the BBC but never followed it to Channel 5.

Very poor way to end the show, could have been so much better.