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Posted on 02/25/2016 5:15:42 PM PST by chasio649
I have watched many older British comedies..."Are You Being Served", "Good Neighbors", "Red Dwarf" and "Vicar of Dibley"...But is there something great i am missing? Let's talk about it....
TOPICS: Humor; Local News; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: british; britishcomedy; comedy; deadparrot; montypython; sillywalks; tvprograms; uk; vanity
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To: chasio649
To: siamesecats
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:38:36 PM PST
by
chasio649
(The GOPe can never seem to remember who brought them to the dance)
To: Publius
“’Yes, Minister’ and ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ are the gold standard of British sitcoms”
I concur.
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:38:40 PM PST
by
SharpRightTurn
(White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
To: chasio649
What you are missing is competition.
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:38:50 PM PST
by
Defiant
(RINOs are leaders of a party without voters. Trump/Cruz are leaders of voters without a party.)
To: ShadowAce; chasio649
Keeping Up Appearances Love that show. Onslow was always my favorite character.
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:39:29 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Rubio: All the slipperiness of Bill Clinton, with none of the smarts.)
To: COBOL2Java
Agree...He told the truth!
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:40:56 PM PST
by
chasio649
(The GOPe can never seem to remember who brought them to the dance)
To: chasio649
I am British myself and would recomend you take a look at "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" the setting is a British Army "concert party" in Burma late in WW2 it was on TV from 1974 to 1981. It is never repeated on BBC TV as it is no longer considered "politically correct". Also Hyperdrive a Sc-fi comedy (2006/7) which only ran for two series but is very underrated.
Hyperdrive episode 1
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:40:58 PM PST
by
protest1
To: kosciusko51
I watched some of that. Judi Dench in “Behaving Badly” was what caused me to detonate my midlife crisis.
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:42:24 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(There's really nothing new to be said.)
To: chasio649
Most of the stuff with David Mitchell and Robert Webb. They have a real early program which has the guy who plays Dr. Watson in the newish Sherlock Holmes series opposite Cumberbatch.
On YouTube, I've found a plethora of British game shows and interview programs that are really just excuses for comedians to show off a la Hollywood Squares. There's one called QI hosted by Stephen Fry that's generally funny and informational.
Here's one example of the sort of stuff Mitchell and Webb do:
Watergategate
To: protest1
FYI....I watched EVERY episode of “Upstairs, Downstairs”....That takes stamina....but me and my wife did it.....Loved it...”Downton Abbey” stole from it!
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:43:58 PM PST
by
chasio649
(The GOPe can never seem to remember who brought them to the dance)
To: niteowl77
Argh!!! I forgot one: "The Good Life" (or in America, "The Good Neighbors"). Penelope Keith - as "Margo" - was consistently a hoot in that one. Margo's husband Jerry was played by Paul Eddington, who is more well known for "Yes Minister."
Mr. niteowl77
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:44:55 PM PST
by
niteowl77
(I do not think "Gott mit Uns" on their belt buckles means what you think it means.)
To: ozzymandus
That’s why it’s funny. It’s not about autism, it’s a comedy. I don't know. I could laugh about autism, or at least it's clueless contrast with acceptable behavior. But an @sshole is just an @sshole, and not funny, because he knows he's hurting good people and either likes it or just doesn't care.
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:44:56 PM PST
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Tax-chick
I never saw that mini-series.
Yes, and Judi not Judy, like my tablet changed it. I was a victim of autocorrect!
To: chasio649
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES is hilarious. I get it on Saturday Night PBS.
To: All
So far KEEPING UP APPEARANCES is in the lead with four.
To: ShadowAce; chasio649
Keeping Up Appearances I should also add that I thought Patricia Routledge (who portrayed Hyacinth Bucket ("Boo-kay") was masterful in the ability to conduct her one-sided conversations on the phone (often with her son, Sheridan). The only other actor who could do it so skillfully was Bob Newhart.
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:50:24 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Rubio: All the slipperiness of Bill Clinton, with none of the smarts.)
To: beethovenfan
To: chasio649
Black Books is on Netflix.
To: manc
I just ran across that & it is really good!
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posted on
02/25/2016 5:51:25 PM PST
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
It’s pining for the fiords.
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