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Rhubarb is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Eric Sykes released in USA on 1 january 1969 with Harry Secombe
Rhubarb (1970)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1969
Length 37minutes
Directed by Eric Sykes
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Rating56%
Rhubarb was a 1969 British short film written and directed by Eric Sykes, starring Sykes and Harry Secombe. The dialogue consisted entirely of repetitions of the word "rhubarb", all the characters last names were "Rhubarb", and even the licence plates on vehicles were "RHU BAR B". A baby "spoke" by holding a sign with the word "Rhubarb" written on it.
Rhubarb is a radio idiom for unintelligible background speech. Typically extras would mutter the word over and over to provide ambience for a crowd or party scene. In The Goon Show the cast was usually only the three principals, who would pretend to try to sound like a larger group by repeating "rhubarb" very quickly but clearly, with outbreaks of "Custard!" for good measure. Sykes was a close collaborator and friend of the Goons. He remade the piece in 1980 for Thames Television, as Rhubarb Rhubarb.
Synopsis
A Police Inspector and a vicar play a round of golf. The Police Inspector has a Constable help him to cheat by removing his golf ball from awkward situations, and the vicar ultimately requests divine intervention.Actors
Harry Secombe
(Rev. Rhubarb)
Kenneth Connor
(Mr. Rhubarb)
Jimmy Edwards
(PC Rhubarb)
Hattie Jacques
(Nurse Rhubarb)
Gordon Rollings
(Artist Rhubarb)
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