In Australia, on SBS TV, for many years now, they have shown the program
"Dinner for One"
- Freddy Frinton, Mary Warden.
Wed 8pm.

An elderly woman's birthday party is traditionally visited by four of her best friends. The butler stands in for her now deceased friends. These two did this for years on stage - you could only do it once now for the all-devouring-eye. If you haven't seen it at least once, it's worth catching. If you thought Chaplin Silent movies were funny, then the butler as he drinks all the toasts for her four friends for each course of the meal that he serves is worth watching for a study in stagecraft.

It's sort of an Australian TV Tradition, I suppose.... :-)

Robin