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KEEPING UP APPEARANCES MERCHANDISE:
American sitcoms usually have a bland, likable central character who has to cope with obnoxious acquaintances--who
usually provide most of the actual comedy. This British smartly put the comic personalities front and center,
and Keeping Up Appearances has one of the best: The petty, pretentious, tyrannical Hyacinth Bucket
(played by the impressive Patricia Routledge), a dowdy middle-class social climber with a piercing voice and
an unshakable faith in herself. Upon learning that her mailman has seven children, she declares disapprovingly,
"Quite an achievement when you have to be up so early." Whether she's scheming to invite a minor local celebrity
to a garden party or scowling at an enormous dog left in her driveway, Hyacinth terrorizes all around her,
particularly her long-suffering husband Richard (Clive Swift), who takes a small delight in subverting her efforts
from time to time; her trembling neighbors Elizabeth and Emmett (Josephine Tewson and David Griffin), who scarcely
leave their house lest they be invited in to coffee; and her sexually frustrated lower-class sisters Daisy and
Rose (Judy Cornwell and Mary Millar) and Daisy's layabout husband Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes), who longs
to be left in peace to eat chips and watch the races.
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Keeping Up Appearances: The Full Bouquet
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Keeping Up Appearances: Hyacinth in Full Bloom Set (Vol. 1-4)
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Keeping Up Appearances: Hyacinth Springs Eternal Set (Vol. 5-8)
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Keeping Up Appearances: Life Lessons from Onslow
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