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He'll be in heaven with Mrs Slocombe.
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Then again, he may be in hell with ......... Mr Humphries (I'm free-eeee)
And her pu$$y.
RIP Captain Peacock. As young Mr Grace would say to you and the rest of the cast - "you've all done very well."
Another loss from the golden era of British entertainment.
And her pu$$y.
RIP Captain Peacock. As young Mr Grace would say to you and the rest of the cast - "you've all done very well."
Another loss from the golden era of British entertainment.
We were chatting about this earlier today, i think we have been spoilt in the past, especially with Ronny Barker, ie; Poridge, Open All Hours then with David Jason doing Del boy, i also thought Black Adder, The Vicar of Dibly, Bottom, Bean and Ab Fab to mention just a few were great, but what have we got now? Nothing Zilch
And her pu$$y.
RIP Captain Peacock. As young Mr Grace would say to you and the rest of the cast - "you've all done very well."
Another loss from the golden era of British entertainment.
We were chatting about this earlier today, i think we have been spoilt in the past, especially with Ronny Barker, ie; Poridge, Open All Hours then with David Jason doing Del boy, i also thought Black Adder, The Vicar of Dibly, Bottom, Bean and Ab Fab to mention just a few were great, but what have we got now? Nothing Zilch
Agree. There were some great comedy series from mid 60s, through the 70s and early 80s. Fawlty Towers, Likely Lads, Steptoe And Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Dick Emery, Up Pompeii, Not The 9 O'clock News, Dads Army, Dave Allen, On The Buses, Rising Damp, The Comedians - to name a few.
Very little quality comedy been produced recently. This is borne out by the fact that a lot of 70s and 80s stuff is being repeated now. Only promising comedy I have seen recently is the very talented Lee Mack's Not Going Out. Another funny series which has just ended that showed promise, was ITV's Great Night Out. It starred Lee Boardman, no relation to Stan 'they bombed our chipshop' Boardman.
You're quite right, of course, but I think the repeats are done not just for their quality but to save the TV companies money!
Edit: I think we've lost the art of stand-up comedy too. Our present crop are not very funny in my opinion and many rely on crudity.
Yes, no doubt that the repeats are to save money. Now there are far too many channels, they have to have something to fill the airtime. Lucky they have a quality back-catalogue of 30 odd years (60s > 80s) to call upon. There also maybe a lack of decent writers of the Galt and Simpson and Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais mould.
Trouble with a lot of stand-up these days, is that the comedians have to constantly watch what they say. They're frightened to upset one minority group, race or even use mother in law gags for fear of being sexist. You then end up with a very safe, bland product, eg. Michael McIntyre or John Bishop. But then, there's always Frankie Boyle.
Trouble with a lot of stand-up these days, is that the comedians have to constantly watch what they say. They're frightened to upset one minority group, race or even use mother in law gags for fear of being sexist. You then end up with a very safe, bland product, eg. Michael McIntyre or John Bishop. But then, there's always Frankie Boyle.
Tell them to crack a few jokes about Yorkshiremen. Unlike some others, we have thick skins (and some would say thick heads) and don't complain when people make fun of us.
