
John
Inman, 1935-2007, R.
I.P.
It's sad when someone you know dies.
It's sadder if it's someone you love,
appreciate or respect.
But it's different when someone you
always thought of as invincible dies.
I only knew John from his marvelous character Mr.
Humphries in the British sit-com "are You Being
Served?"' which was the funniest show for me when I was a young boy. I
absolutely loved that show and all the characters in it.
Last few years, I
caught an episode or two just zapping trough and trough, and it amazed me how that humor was still
appealing for me- I was that little boy once again, sitting in our living room trying to catch all those funny
English ph
rases so I can
repeat them
in front of my friends,
unsure why Mr
Humphries acts so
weird, praying Mrs.
Slocombe starts fighting with
Captain Peacock.
That's invincibility.
And I suppose for an actor, a comedian, that kind of invincibility actually means heaven.