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'
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!