Amazingly, the thing.s the actors are mocking in England are exactly what we are dealing with here. Government, gays, global warming, politicians, etc. Examples: 'Last of the Summer Wine, Waiting for God'
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Amazingly, the thing.s the actors are mocking in England are exactly what we are dealing with here. Government, gays, global warming, politicians, etc. Examples: 'Last of the Summer Wine, Waiting for God'
May I suggest? Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Two series of six episodes each were made. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 and, in 2019, it was named the 'greatest ever British TV sitcom' by a panel of comedy experts ... ; )
Fawlty Towers is an absolute classic. So few episodes and Cleese and Booth flatly refused to make more. It tears into endless cultural taboos. Class. Race... nothing is off limits. I also think Rising Damp and the Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin and its sequel starring Leonard Rossiter are both unmissably brilliant.
Thank you
Your more than Welcome!
Que? (I almost forgot)... <chuckle>
FT was based upon a real life experience Cleese had at Cornish inn where the innkeeper was unbelievably rude. Or so I read. I taped all the episodes
I used to like The Good Life.
Also, not 70's, but one of my all-time favorites is from the 1990's: Father Ted.
"Do you see these?"
nods
"These cows are small." points "the cows out there are far away"
blank look
Do you understand?
shakes head
Face palm.
Makes me laugh every time.
May I also suggest Are You Being Served? :D
yup, we watch it also Are You Being Served 2
If you want some Americana Classic, don't forget to look up Buster Keaton's old stuff; he's amazing!
Christ, I remember watching that when I was 9 or 10, my first exposure to British comedy. I still like Red Dwarf, I don't care what any of youse say!
I've nothing against Red Dwarf either lol ! but I wouldn't exactly call that one a regular repeater on the TV.
They'd been making more recent ones! Just had a special last year.
SO GOOD!
Classic... (Jon Inman) and Till Death Us Do Part. Alf Garnett is probably the best drawn comical working class bigot ever written. Warren Mitchell the actor playing him was a tour de force. People really believed he was Alf!
Ha, I loved them all! Strangely enough my Dad and I used to watch it on PBS together; when i was younger a lot of the jokes went over my head. but now that I'm older I find it hilarious on every watch!
Hopefully you binged on Till Death Us Do Part... that was the kind of political satire that would end careers if aired today, but was very powerful because of its lead character Alf Garnett. On top of being a world class bigot his character was actually just a clueless idiot who always came unstuck.
It's def. in my regular rotation! :D I also love Brother Cadfael, Father Ted, All Creatures Great and Small and Father Brown. Doc Martin's first few seasons were great too (but it's more recent)
You def know your classic Brit sitcoms. Have to say you have impeccable taste! Dad's Army is brilliant too.
Thank you, you too! I never thought I'd be talking British sitcoms on .win though ha! I haven't seen Dad's Army, but old Michael Crawford with Some Mothers Do Have 'Em! I found it funny and likeable, but it's not in the regular rotation. Oh my gosh he was so young though. I was lucky in that my Dad and my now Housemate enjoys British humor as much as I do, so I got to see a wide variety of shows! (i'm leaving out Monty Python on purpose, since I love it but almost everyone's seen it)
Some Mother's is sitcom Gold! Michael Crawford is so good in it. He manages to make his utterly hopeless character really likeable. You root for him and also pity his wife Betty! The entire 70's and some of the early 80's in brit sitcom terms was just untouchable. The standard of writing and casts... so good. Who's your number one America sitcom character? Probably Al Bundy for me!
70's was a golden age for Brit TV...
BBC is simply fucked now, very sad....
Fall and rise of Reginald Perrin, Good Neighbors, The Two Ronnies, Yes Minister and Allo Allo were the best outside of Python. Are you being served was great too.
Yes to "Yes, Minister". Relevant today, in terms of how the Permanent State operates. Funny as hell, too.
Yes Minister was the best! Sir Humphrey Applegate was the bureaucrat’s bureaucrat IYKWIM
Benny Hill is the KING.
I can hear the music and the sped up chases... genius un PC slapstick!!!
Your library probably has some of these titles on DVD. Mine also has an option to stream some for free, too.
Not supporting streaming companies is as chuffed in the car park boot as a gobsmacked cock-up (Not English).
You have absolutely got to watch “Only When I Laugh” and “The Bounder”. I guarantee you will die laughing
; ) -- Ahhh One More.. Not BBC but Canadian: This episode speaks for itself, the puns and sarcasm are hilarious and beautifully Portrayed.
"Corner Gas" World's Biggest Thing (TV Episode 2004) - IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0546142/ Unsure of what to build, Fitzy's grandmother suggests, that because of Dog River's farming heritage, the town build the World's Biggest Hoe! It could be coming out of the ground, covered in soil and be the World's Biggest Dirtiest Hoe.
Keeping Up Appearances was one of my favorites.