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Rhubarb Rhubarb

1980 British film

Rhubarb Rhubarb is a 1980 30-minute television comedy special written and directed by Eric Sykes for Thames TV.[1][2] It is a re-make of Sykes' 1970 film Rhubarb.

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Plot

A police inspector is so intent on winning a round of golf against a vicar, despite his lack of ability at the game, that he employs his constable to furtively disentangle his ball from the odd spots in which it usually comes to rest, while his opponent looks for help from a higher power. The constable's help takes on an increasingly miraculous appearance, to the extent of inanimate objects appearing to move in order to block the inspector's shots. However, when the vicar attempts to lie about the number of shots it took to free his ball from a sand trap he gets his comeuppance from a bolt of lightning. In the final scene the entire game is revealed to have been a dream that the vicar had during a brief nap in church.

Dialogue

The word rhubarb is the only one uttered, many times over, in this film. Likewise, the golf game takes place at the Royal Rhubarb golf course, and at one point a character is seen reading a newspaper called The Daily Rhubarb whose headlines consist entirely of the word rhubarb.

In the United Kingdom, it is or was common for a crowd of extras in acting to shout the word rhubarb repeatedly and out of step with each other, to cause the effect of general hubbub. A similar American expression is walla.

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    "Rhubarb, Rhubarb". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    Lewisohn, Mark. "Rhubarb Rhubarb". The bbc.co.uk Guide to Comedy. Archived from the original on 22 December 2005. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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