Product Details

• Actors: Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith, Paul Eddington, Reginald Marsh
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Acorn Media
• VHS Release Date: May 7, 2002
• Run Time: 44 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006490E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #377,563 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Neighbors Royal Command Performance Review, May 14, 2002

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Kimberley Kelley (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Neighbors - Royal Command Performance [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Good Neighbors Royal Command Performance was very exciting especially to see the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh greeting the cast and staff on the Good Life soundstage in 1977. The episode "When Iam 65" did not have original sparkle of before scripts. The cast was brillant but the writing went flat. It seems there were long pauses between lines. It seems it ran out of steam and to call it quits. Seeing the BBC studio was a surprising treat and to actually see the writers and directors of the show...Richard Briers does an intro and is brillant. Penelope Keith, Felicity Kendal and Paul Eddington were were bang on....

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fit For a Queen, December 22, 2003

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takingadayoff "takingadayoff" (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Neighbors - Royal Command Performance [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It was so exciting to finally see this final episode of Good Neighbors after being a fan for so many years. We started watching the series in 1982 when it aired on PBS locally and it soon became our favorite sitcom of all time. This episode is not up to the standards of the regular series, but if you are a fan, that's not going to stop you from wanting to see it anyway.

Tom and Barbara are worried about getting old and having no savings for when they can't manage the back-breaking work of self-sufficiency. Jerry is trying to get in shape for a physical exam he has to pass to qualify for life insurance and Margo is helping him. Tom goes to see the banker (George Cole of Henry Root fame) to propose a scheme whereby the Goods would sell the bank their house but would continue to live in it until they die. The Goods would live on the mortgage payments the bank pays them. The banker thinks this is a preposterous idea (and yet it sounds just like a reverse mortgage, doesn't it?). Meanwhile, Jerry is having trouble staying focused on getting in shape, and Tom mocks him as he's jogging in the neighborhood. Jerry and Tom challenge each other to a race. Barbara and Margo cheer them on, and then wait while the boys end up taking rather a long time. Finally they return, in a tie. But it seems they cheated by taking a taxi when they both ran out of steam, and spent the time in a pub. Nothing is resolved, but everyone, including the Queen, has a grand time.

The quality of the sound on the VHS is not excellent, but maybe we have a dodgy print. The show isn't one of the classics, but it's fun to see the sets and the crew, and watch the Queen and Duke do their thing. A must for fans!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Neighbors Royal Command Performance, January 9, 2007

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Phillip A. Norton (CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Neighbors - Royal Command Performance [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The "Royal Command" was a lot of hype. The show itself was as usual Very Goog.