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What was the alternative? Terry and bloody June? The good life? Hyacinth Bucket?
'Flying Circus' started in 1969. And was over before 'The Good Life' (mid-late 70s), and 'Terry and June' (late 70s-late 80s), and 'Keeping Up Appearances' (early-mid 90s) were even on.
It was at the time of 'Dad's Army', and the second goes around of 'Steptoe and Son' and 'The Likely Lads'. If you branch out from Comedy, the heights of 'The Ascent of Man' were another alternative.
And are you disparaging 'The Good Life'?
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Does m'learned friend demand satisfaction? The usual place? I shall leave the choice of weapon to you, sir.
But in a roundabout way, I think you've added weight to my point about MPFC being ahead of it's time.
I note from this useful website that it's comtemporaries were such delights as 'the Benny Hill show', 'Ken Dodd And The Diddymen' and
'The Liver Birds'. Oh, and something called, 'the gnomes of dulwich'.Anyone still wondering why monty python was so popular?
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And are you disparaging 'The Good Life'?
There shall be no insults to Penelope Keith on my watch.
For the record, it was Bob Newhart, and they were in bed.
Speaking of things that have held up well...
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'Terry and June' (late 70s-late 80s),
To be every so slightly sad and pedantic, 'Terry and June' was basically 'Happy Ever After' (1974-78) with the leads name changed from Fletcher to Medford.
And I've to admit I've ever so slightly bemused at Monty Python being (IMO over-)praised for formula-breaking when the most successful non-Python project any of them did afterwards was... 'Fawlty Towers', which is a master class in how to write a traditional sitcom that runs like brutally precise clockwork.
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Felicity Kendall?
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Or, to be slightly less lateral
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'Flying Circus' started in 1969. . . It was at the time of 'Dad's Army'.
They noticed that, too.
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Via various people on teh interwebs, including Giovanni.
Lost, re-enacted by cats in one minute:
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I'd like 7Days a lot more if all their jokes relating to women didn't have "hur hur you're a slut" as the punchline. Or by way of variation, "hur hur I'm a slut" if they let a girl on the show.
I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing that. It's like it's an acceptable way to broaden the joke, but I cringe.
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Or by way of variation, "hur hur I'm a slut" if they let a girl on the show.
Well, for all I know Michele A’Court might well be a creature of such relentless polymorphous perversity the Whore of Babylon blushes in her presence. Buggered if I know. (And just as an FYI, I don't have the testicular fortitude to call A'Court a girl to her face. I've heard her take sharp exception to the infantilizing diminutive feminine pronoun once or twice.)
Personally, I think the comedic well that's well and truly dry on 7 Days is Dai Henwood's height. He may be a stumpy wee hobbit, but he's the only man on that show I'd fuck with the lights on.
It's like it's an acceptable way to broaden the joke, but I cringe.
Well, to be honest, so do I a little bit. But Emma might say that just says more about the boy's club school of comedy where it's still a wee bit confronting listening to someone with ladybits being "not safe for work" for once. :)
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BTW, Fiona, is anyone here planning to show series two and three of Ashes to Ashes in this lifetime?
Because if we ever catch up, here's a question: The A2A finale: Twice as good at half the running time?
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Dai Henwood's height... lights on.
"Hur hur!"
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Craig - by "girl" I was trying to channel Little Rascals and the no girls allowed kind of vibe that a lot of comedy gets, not infantilise the individuals it applies to. Apologies if that didn't come off right. I was thinking of Jo whatsername from True Bliss and maybe Irene Pink if she's been on there as well - both of whom I actually like, and also Jo Brand on QI, who I fiercely like, but taken together you get a pretty strong sense of the kind of humour female comedians need to use to be successful.
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and also Jo Brand on QI
Hey, I'm constantly wondering what they load Brand up on in the green room so she doesn't snarl "don't patronise me, you tubby fudge-miner" at Stephen Fry. Enormously talented man, but I can only take his avuncular old dear routine in homeopathic doses. He can do it in his sleep, and all too often does...
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Craig - by "girl" I was trying to channel Little Rascals and the no girls allowed kind of vibe that a lot of comedy gets, not infantilise the individuals it applies to.
Interesting. The Little Rascals were known for their He-Man Woman Haters Club. More than 80 years on, are they still before their time?
=)
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American Idol. Which has been absolute cack this season. And can only get worse with Cowell disappearing.
But the Paula Abdul trainwreck that just happened live on television will make Cowell's departure famous forever.
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But the Paula Abdul trainwreck that just happened live on television will make Cowell's departure famous forever.
Ah, Simon and Paula how I'll miss thee and treasure the memories of happy evenings spent trying to figure out which one of you was huffing glue during the ad breaks and who was just bat shit crazy...
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But the Paula Abdul trainwreck that just happened live on television will make Cowell's departure famous forever.
Wow. Yes, yes it will.
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Hey, I'm constantly wondering what they load Brand up on in the green room so she doesn't snarl "don't patronise me, you tubby fudge-miner" at Stephen Fry.
Fry often seems surprised when women know stuff, sometimes to weird extents.
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Jo Brand
I think she can hold her own, so to speak.
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So, now we know what happened, any thoughts? On Lost, that is.
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Because if we ever catch up, here's a question: The A2A finale: Twice as good at half the running time?
This is the view in our household.
Fiona is writing a blog to say so, I think. She could be faking it ...
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3410,
So, now we know what happened, any thoughts? On Lost, that is.
We know what happened?
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Fiona is Geek, annoyed
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