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Just Good Friends
Just Good Friends is a British sitcom written by John Sullivan. It starred Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis as former lovers Vincent Pinner and Penny Warrender, who meet in a pub five years after he jilted her at the altar.
Three series and a 90-minute Christmas special were produced for the BBC by Ray Butt. In 2004, it came 43rd in "Britain's Best Sitcom".
Background.
Writer John Sullivan had previously written two successful sitcoms for the BBC, "Citizen Smith" and
, Sandra Day O'Connor, Mo Udall and Erma Bombeck.
Friends.
Keane had a close friendship with humorist, newspaper columnist Erma Bombeck. Keane provided illustrations for Bombeck's book "Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own!" (1972), and considered himself instrumental in convincing Bombeck and her family to move to Arizona near his home. In 1996, he was a pall bearer at Bombeck's funeral.
Stephan Pastis, creator of "Pearls Before Swine", acknowledged he was good friends with