A Pat of Appreciation

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Originally Posted by sweety

A Pat comes at 44th second of this video

Drowning by Numbers (1988)

Love the contribution, as well as that pat of Jane Gurnett's shapely behind. It was also her only nude scene she did in her career, but boy does she throw herself into the role here! She later found fame in Casualty as Rachel Longworth from 1994-1996.

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I knew this Agatha Christie adaptation as And Then There were None when I first watched this when I was younger, but it's better known as Ten Little Indians. There have been two previous versions of this murder mystery - in 1945 & 1965 - but this is one occasion where a remake betters the original. It helps that it has an all star cast, and that it's leading lady is Elke Sommer, who finds herself down in the basement here when the lights go out. Luckily Oliver Reed is nearby to lend a 'helping hand' and 'prompt' her in the right direction - ie, upstairs. He certainly gives her bum a good slap on the way out!

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Another Agatha Christie adaptation, and this from the Peter Ustinov version of Evil Under the Sun from 1982, starring the lovely Jane Birkin. For much of the film she is in dowdy attire, but in this clip you get to see what she looks like dolled up. Her "pat of appreciation" comes from her screen husband Nicholas Clay, prompting her on her way, but be warned: for those who haven't seen the film and don't know who did it, this contains a spoiler...

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This is going WAY back in the archives to 1937, with one of Britain's greatest stars, Will Hay. In the 1930's and early 40's his films were some of the best to ever come out of the UK, and Good Morning Boys (which this clip is from) was the start of a golden 6 year spell until ill health cut short his career in 1943. In this clip he plays a teacher who is looking to round up his (overage) pupils from a Paris nightclub they have absconded to. As he proceeds to round them up, he starts slapping the backsides of those on barstools, only to accidently slap the bottom of the delightful Lili Palmer (in one of her earliest roles). The dialogue alone is a joy, and a taste of what Hay's comedy was like. "I'm sorry. I didn't know it was yours!" says Hay. Lili's reply is perfect: "Oh, I bet you say that to all the girls." Ironically, Lili was upset at first at being contracted to this film as she wanted to be a serious actress, but they placated her by including a song for her to sing in the film, and it proved to be a star making role. Now as likely to be remembered for being the 2nd Mrs Rex Harrison as much as for her film work.

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Another one from the archives from 1937, and from another Brit who was a huge star in her day, this is a clip from Rochdale lass Gracie Fields' film The Show Goes On. The plot involves our Gracie trying to break into the big time as a showgirl among a host of other eager wannabees. But as this clip shows the director is a hard man to please, and he dismisses one girl with a firm pat of her backside to send her on her way (as you do). As for our Gracie? Well, her persistence wins through (of course) and she wins a part in the show.

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Moving from the 1930's to a more 'recent' period, this is from Going Straight from 1978, the spin off from the TV classic Porridge (1974-77) starring Ronnie Barker. It followed his release from prison and his attempts to adapt to normal life at home with daughter Ingrid (Patricia Brake) after finding his wife has left him. Although it was nowhere in the same class as Porridge, it still won best comedy in 1979, but was prematurely cut short by co star Richard Beckinsale sudden death from a heart attack at just 31. Here the lovable Beckinsale features here in a clinch with the shapely Patricia, and fully throws himself into the role, judging by the way he fondles the fair Patricia's bottom, until they are interrupted by Barker entering the room. I've also included a photo of how Patricia Brake usually looked back then, plus a photo of what her fine posterior looks like without those jeans from her role in My Lover My Son (1970), the only time she ever performed nude on screen.

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This next video clip is from the UK TV series Hustle, which ran from 2004 to 2012. Have to say, it wasn't a particular favourite of mine, but this clip contains a pre stardom role for Daniel Mays in an episode from 2010 called "Conned Out of Luck." In it he plays an arrogant sleazeball businessman who enjoys the perks of his power by touching up his long suffering secretary (played by Jessica Phillips - not the American). She does, however, get to enjoy his comeuppance by the gang, so at least there is some pay off for her at the end!

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I came across parts of this video on You tube, and decided to piece it together so it wasn't just 4 seconds long! It comes from a US TV series called Girlfriends (which ran from 2000 to 2008), and this clip comes from it's 1st series - Episode 11, to be exact - called The Importance of Being Frank. So called because in the episode Tracee Ellis Ross discovers at a party that her boyfriend Frank is actually the host's husband, and needs to lie her way out of this awkward situation. Luckily, in comes unsuspecting Reggie Hayes, who she declares to be her boyfriend, and he decides to take full advantage of it. When the host gets suspicious of Tracee's nervous twitch, he just tells her "Oh, that's her come hither look", before then leading her off with a lovely slap of Tracee's impressive booty. Well, you've got to make the performance convincing, haven't you? I bet Reggie loved his job that day! Oh, and be warned that the sound goes up and down on the video, so to hear the slap you'll need the sound up a bit - just not for the rest of it! Enjoy.

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This is from UK comedy Hi De Hi, which ran from 1980 to 1988, and was a huge hit in it's day. Set in 1959 in a holiday camp, it was where many Brits would go for their holidays when they could only dream of holidaying abroad (the irony isn't lost on me here). Based on Butlin's holiday camps (known as Maplins here), and with yellow coats instead of red, the camp would organize your holiday for you with a series of events to plan you through your day, such as Knobbly Knees Contest, Spaghetti Eating Competitions and the more intriguing competition "That's Your Bum", where the audience had to identify the Yellow Coats bums (not as exciting as it sounds in the show, sadly).

Despite some attractive Yellow Coats during it's run, the only bum patting scene that pops up is in it's 1986 Xmas episode September Song, involving ballroom dancer Diane Holland (who was inundated with fan mail during it's run). Here she has to accept a piggyback from a yokel farmer from her car to the farm and makes the mistake of asking him if she is too heavy for him to carry. "You're as light as a feather," he replies. "Personally I like a woman with a bit of meat round here!" and gives her bum a good hearty patting. Well, she did ask!

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In the week that Honor Blackman passed away I thought I'd check out her most famous role in Goldfinger (1964). And as luck would have it, I came across this little scene involving the original Bond (Sean Connery) enjoying a relaxing massage from the shapely Margaret Nolan. When he is interrupted by an associate called Felix, he has a novel way of dismissing her. "Dink, say goodbye to Felix. Man talk", before giving her a hearty slap on the bum to coax her on her way. For Nolan - most famous for her roles in the Carry on series - this was a star making role after starting out as a nude model before breaking into films, and it saw her called upon by Playboy to appear in their magazine on the strength of her appearance here. And as an added bit of trivia (which some on here may know), the gold sprayed girl on the opening credits of the film is ALSO Margaret Nolan and not Shirley Eaton (who ends up painted gold in the film in a famous death scene). Oh, and as an added bonus, I've included a nude booty shot of Nolan to show just what Connery got to deal with in the film. Jammy sod!