Nice People 13: Nice Save

StevieJ

Doozergirl wrote: »

They've rolled out Morcambe and Wise. Again.

At what what point do we get re-runs of the Smell of Reeves and Mortimer instead?

Amazingly it is live.

StevieJ

lostinrates wrote: »

Both comedy duos are among those where my non Brit comes to the fore. I can see why people find it amusing. I just do not find it so.

M&W don't do much for me, the others are Ok.

Doozergirl

michaels wrote: »

Would the old car have coped any less well with the weather?

Burglar alarm just went off on the external sensor which is quite scary despite the fort Knox burglar bars so we called the alarm company who got someone here within 3 minutes.

It's nice to know when there's a problem, at least, so it cN be dealt with. Otherwise burglars are helping themselves while the neighbours are cursing the people that went on holiday and left them to listen to the alarm.

If my previous incarnations of chewy's old car are anything to go by, it won't cope well. The ABS goes into overdrive and the car sounds like it's trying to rip itself up from the inside. A 4x4 would be preferable.

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

They come from a branch of British comedy based on catch-phrases. I often wondered how well it travels.:o

The shows that travel abroad seems to be mostly slapstick (Benny Hill/Norman Wisdom.Harry Worth/Mr Bean) or surreal/ridiculous (Monty Python/BlackAdder). Do any of those appeal?


Max Wall? Inspired Monty Python's silly walks but they improved it.:D
Some of the M&W dialogue was really well-written. I don't think you can repeat comedy too regularly or the surprise at the punchlines are dulled.

I think I've just killed comedy by analysing it to death.:eek:

All that catchphrase stuff leaves Aussies cold. Fast Show? Not for them. I thought it was brilliant though.

The favourite older British comedies in Aus are Mr Bean, The Goodies (probably preferred to Monty P in the day but Python prolly preferred now) & Benny Hill (ugh). Mr Bean seems to be loved everywhere. I saw it in the back of a cab in Singapore in about 2001.

QI is gaining a huge following. It's only been on 2-3 years but has a very loyal following, prolly like in the UK.

I showed some Aussies some of the older Rowan Atkinson stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jcpN3vTFlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2tpBwVuSKc

Much merriment.

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

All that catchphrase stuff leaves Aussies cold. Fast Show? Not for them. I thought it was brilliant though.

The favourite older British comedies in Aus are Mr Bean, The Goodies (probably preferred to Monty P in the day but Python prolly preferred now) & Benny Hill (ugh). Mr Bean seems to be loved everywhere. I saw it in the back of a cab in Singapore in about 2001.

QI is gaining a huge following. It's only been on 2-3 years but has a very loyal following, prolly like in the UK.

I showed some Aussies some of the older Rowan Atkinson stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jcpN3vTFlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2tpBwVuSKc

Much merriment.

The Goodies should have been revived/repeated but haven't for reasons that escape me. They were hilarious.

I heard that in the cold war era, Yes Minister was big in China, Harry Worth was big in Romania, and Norman Wisdom was a comedy god in Albania. When I visited soon-to-be Mrs Zag in the US in the late 80s the only comedy they showed from Britain was Blackadder Goes Forth.

When I was growing up, we never got shown any imported comedy apart from the USA, most of which was as funny as a burning orphanage. European shows hardly existed at all as far as I could tell.

vivatifosi

Growing up in Aus in the late 60s and early 70s, TV wasn't as developed as now. The local content was a lot of news and children's programmes. Comedy was mostly from the USA... reruns of I Love Lucy, Gilligans Island, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, the Carol Burnett Show and so on. Trying to describe these to my friends when I moved back was near impossible, as so many weren't shown in the UK, especially Gilligans Island. There wasn't that much British programming at all. Maybe Morecambe and Wise and Dads Army type of stuff. I remember the American stuff more than the British.

Oh, and Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. To my knowledge that was never shown here. I remember it announcing the opening of Walt Disney World in Florida and thinking "great, that's even further from Australia than California". The other thing I remember watching was about a bridge being built in Europe that wouldn't be completed until 1984. I remember thinking I'd be completely ancient by then.

GDB2222

It's 3 in the morning, and I have woken up because the birds outside are chirping away merrily. No, little birdies, there's another 4 hours until dawn, so let's all go back to sleep.

It's 9 in the morning, and I have just dropped my watch into my cup of coffee!

chewmylegoff

Doozergirl wrote: »

It's nice to know when there's a problem, at least, so it cN be dealt with. Otherwise burglars are helping themselves while the neighbours are cursing the people that went on holiday and left them to listen to the alarm.

If my previous incarnations of chewy's old car are anything to go by, it won't cope well. The ABS goes into overdrive and the car sounds like it's trying to rip itself up from the inside. A 4x4 would be preferable.

I found the mini a bit skittish in the wet, with a tendancy to aquaplane and tramline on road markings. Expect it is the run flats which are generally awful but I was too lazy to replace them with something better.

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

Growing up in Aus in the late 60s and early 70s, TV wasn't as developed as now. The local content was a lot of news and children's programmes. Comedy was mostly from the USA... reruns of I Love Lucy, Gilligans Island, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, the Carol Burnett Show and so on. Trying to describe these to my friends when I moved back was near impossible, as so many weren't shown in the UK, especially Gilligans Island. There wasn't that much British programming at all. Maybe Morecambe and Wise and Dads Army type of stuff. I remember the American stuff more than the British.

Oh, and Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. To my knowledge that was never shown here. I remember it announcing the opening of Walt Disney World in Florida and thinking "great, that's even further from Australia than California". The other thing I remember watching was about a bridge being built in Europe that wouldn't be completed until 1984. I remember thinking I'd be completely ancient by then.

We got plenty of those; I remember the Disney World of Color which I think was on Saturday nights. There's a site called TV Heaven that has info on old TV shows shown in the UK. Carol Burnett and Gilligan's Island I don't remember, but I do know that every ITV region showed different US imports. I remember the Honeymooners (which was used as the basis for the Flintstones) but I don't know where else it was on in the UK.

Generali

It's funny, I'm posting this on my Mum's laptop and the times on the forum are still showing Aussie time not UK time.