Now it's Mrs. Mangel... RIP Vivean Gray
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That is because you are not British.
robjh
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I was put off by ridiculous names like Kylie. I predicted it would never catch on.
Yeah, but nobody watched it there.
jefmcg
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She'll always be Mrs Jessup to me. Which means she was playing an meddling ("medalling") old biddy from around the age of 50. Two bad she stopped acting, she could have been an old biddy for 40 years 
Yes! People in the UK in '99 did not understand the phrase "I don't watch Neighbours". I remember seeing an Australian stand up in London, and telling some colleagues "he was in Neighbours, but I didn't watch it" and the response was "You know, he played Mrs Mangels' son*". It's like the concept of never watching it did not seem possible.
What was impossible was not being aware of "Scott & Charlene", even if you never watched it. And later, "Des & Daphne".
*I think.
The character's name was much more ridiculous "Charlene". That didn't catch on.
Yes! People in the UK in '99 did not understand the phrase "I don't watch Neighbours". I remember seeing an Australian stand up in London, and telling some colleagues "he was in Neighbours, but I didn't watch it" and the response was "You know, he played Mrs Mangels' son*". It's like the concept of never watching it did not seem possible.
What was impossible was not being aware of "Scott & Charlene", even if you never watched it. And later, "Des & Daphne".
*I think.
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To bring it around to a cycling topic - Mark Little (Mrs Mangel's son) played Rupert Guinness the Journalist in 'The Program' the film about Lance Armstrong.
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
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Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
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- Craggy Island
THIS is Mrs Mangel!:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Mangel
I remember her falling off the ladder!:
'While helping Daphne decorate a nursery for her unborn baby, Nell climbs up a ladder and is knocked to the ground by Bouncer and as a result suffers amnesia, losing two years of her life'
You go Bouncer!!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Mangel
I remember her falling off the ladder!:
'While helping Daphne decorate a nursery for her unborn baby, Nell climbs up a ladder and is knocked to the ground by Bouncer and as a result suffers amnesia, losing two years of her life'
You go Bouncer!!
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Leaway2
Lycrist
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- Manchester (Sale)
Did this really warrant a 2min piece on the 12:00 radio2 news? 
Complete with interviews. Must be a slow news day.
Complete with interviews. Must be a slow news day.Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
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Did this really warrant a 2min piece on the 12:00 radio2 news?
It is probably a generational thing - We all watched it as kids in the '80s and '90s, so of course people know who she was!
Leaway2
Lycrist
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- Manchester (Sale)
Ahem, what are you trying to say
.Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
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Ahem, what are you trying to say
*Looks innocent*
Mad Doug Biker
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All those characters, but what people remember is Bouncer the dog's dream!
View: https://youtu.be/a3hlm1pm0mM
Oh, and that is Joe Mangel, Nell's son (the boy was Toby I think).
View: https://youtu.be/a3hlm1pm0mM
Oh, and that is Joe Mangel, Nell's son (the boy was Toby I think).
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OP
OP
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
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- West Wickham
Will nobody think of Len Mangel... notwithstanding the fact we never saw him on screen?
Nel... Len... see what they did, there?
Nel... Len... see what they did, there?
