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Post by rayge on Apr 12, 2019 22:44:24 GMT
where the fuck is 'on the buses'? In the shitbin with all the other ITV 'comedies', where they belong
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Post by bungo the mungo on Apr 13, 2019 9:52:10 GMT
where the fuck is 'on the buses'? In the shitbin with all the other ITV 'comedies', where they belong
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Post by oh oooh on Oct 27, 2019 13:25:02 GMT
John Cleese turns 80 today...
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Post by quaco on Oct 31, 2019 15:57:25 GMT
Was Fools and Horses any good? I remember watching it as a kid with the folks and enjoying it but have not watched an episode in years but suspect it's actually a bit crap. It was huge though, huh? Like our Mash or summat.
I think it's fantastic, though I only have season two. I can see it could get worse if the balance is upset, additional characters, etc. The one I think is overrated is ... Fawlty Towers. I watched it yet again the other night, and it's still barely cracking a smile. Maybe it's not my kind of thing: everything always going wrong, frustrated man gets more frustrated and knocks a tray over. I'm a great Monty Python fan, and Cleese could just about do no wrong when writing with Chapman.
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Post by oh oooh on Oct 31, 2019 16:09:48 GMT
I get that.
I've grown to love it, but it doesn't really make me laugh. It's essentially an old-fashioned farce, mostly at high speed. And you can always feel how well prepared they all are, if you know what I mean. Which is to its detriment.
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Post by rayge on Oct 31, 2019 23:13:28 GMT
I get that. I've grown to love it, but it doesn't really make me laugh. It's essentially an old-fashioned farce, mostly at high speed. And you can always feel how well prepared they all are, if you know what I mean. Which is to its detriment. But seeing them for the first time as they came out, just the two series over three years or so in my 20s, it was gut-bustingly, struggling for breath funny in places: those hi-speed farce elements, the first time you (or at least I) don't see the choreography, and they just rip the laughs out of you. I've seen a few repeats, but they're never anything like as funny, as the structure intrudes a little more and the use of other conventional elements such as catchphrases also rankles a bit. It provided more laughs than any other Python performer spin-off, as Ripping Yarns tried to extend Pythonic humour over half an hour, which thinned out the surreal hysteria with exposition. I think Cleese wanted to get away from that style, and I've always wondered about how much Connie Booth put into the conception and writing, as Cleese hasn't written anything remotely as good since,
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Post by oh oooh on Oct 31, 2019 23:22:43 GMT
His performance is absolutely extraordinary.
If he was actually responsible for most of the concept and the writing as well, then my admiration for the man really has no bounds.
I still get annoyed by people who praise the whole thing, and refuse to accept any criticisms at all. 'oh it wouldn't be anywhere near as good without Manuel' or whatever.
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Post by oh oooh on Nov 29, 2019 7:27:25 GMT
Watched a few over the last couple of weeks. It's relentless, they don't let a chink of light in.
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