| Good Neighbors (or The Good Life as it was known in the UK) is the story of Tom and Barbara Good, a middle-aged couple in the 1970s who decide to escape the rat race by living a life of complete self-sufficiency. They exchange their car for a cultivator, and turn their garden into a full-fledged (if rather small) farm. Their good friends and neighbors, the social climbing Gerry and Margot Leadbetter (played by Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith!) sometimes provide support, and other times disapproval. Through it all, the antics of the two mismatched set of neighbors produces laughs and good times for all! Sadly, for some reason known only to the BBC, the episodes of this wonderful show have been released in a seemingly random order. Still, this show is so good, that it is better to have them this way than not at all! This tape contains three, half-hour episodes. Pig's Lib - Series 1, episode 4 (April 25, 1975) - When the Good's decide to add pigs to their menagerie, Margot calls in the chairman of the local residents' association. This means war!
Just My Bill - Series 2, episode 8 (December 5, 1975) - The Good's harvest is in, just in time to sell it and pay the rates. Unfortunately, selling their produce proves a good deal harder than Tom foresaw. Mutiny - Series 2, episode 12 (January 9, 1976) - Jerry's boss wants him to entertain a foreign businessman on the same night that Margot plays Maria in the Sound of Music. When Jerry refuses Sir's orders, he is immediately sacked, and now it's the Leadbetters that in need of help. |
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