The Great Ganesha

John Inman of the long-running Brit-Com Are You Being Served? has died at age 71. He played the flamboyant menswear salesman who’s catchphrase “I’m Free!” entered into pop culture. Says, the Beeb:

John Inman, who has died in a London hospital aged 71, belonged to an era of comedy which shunned satire for broad slapstick and sexual innuendo.

But any criticism of Mr Humphries, the camp, sharp-tongued sales assistant in Are You Being Served? was overwhelmed by public popularity.

Inman won BBC TV personality of the year in 1976 and was voted funniest man on television by TV Times readers.

The show attracted up to 22 million viewers and his shrill “I’m free!” hardly faded from the public’s imagination. [link]

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