Comments on: Oh Goody

By: Lesley

Lesley — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:57:48 +0000

Nah, Rik’s a blood diamond trader.

By: Chris Moorehead

Chris Moorehead — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:56:25 +0000

I was always partial to The Young Ones, as during my student days I lived in an house which very closely paralleled this situation. And, before anyone asks, I was Vyvyan, though without the forehead studs. (Our “Rick” is now a gold trader in the UK, and our “Neil” is the chair of the French Department at the University of Western Ontario. “Mike” is busy fucking up a major bank in Pittsburgh.)

As a Canadian, I would be willing to accept the return of Celine Dion if you Yanks keep Mark Steyn and agree to take Adam Yoshida as well. I can always wear ear plugs.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:45:26 +0000

If anyone finds the Fry and Laurie Mr. Burmie sketch, do share. Really like Chewin' the Fat. Found these lovely ones of the two Ronnies. Swedish made simple and the driving test. Another not to be missed classic series: The Fall and Rise of Reggie Perrin.

By: Bistroist

Bistroist — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:50:51 +0000

Kingubu, Red Dwarf (or at least the first four series or so, after that it's a mixed bag) was great, but a slightly different type of show, no? More elements of "traditional" sit-com, despite its sci-fi setting. But if we're going to bring up all the greatest British shows of that period, it's high time someone mentioned A Bit of Fry & Laurie, especially since both those gentlemen appear in Bradrocket's clip. Quite possibly the best skit-based comedy since Monty Python. Here's a choice sampling: The opening skit of the very first episode on the perils of a liberal school system From that same ep., their response to (ostensibly) being censured by sir William (now lord) Rees-Mogg They were also responsible for two of the three greatest sketches about terms for homosexuality (the third one being Peter Cook coining the term "player of the pink oboe" on the Secret Policeman's Ball in the late 70s) And lastly, Hugh Laurie performing the smash hit Mystery

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:29:16 +0000

Hindrocket? What about Hindrocket?

By: yank in london

yank in london — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:32:49 +0000

Hey. I didn’t think Soupy Sales was still alive! Thank God no one’s sent him to Iraq!

By: TC

TC — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:26:40 +0000

In late breaking news, The Internets were broken today when the authors of a little-known, anti-American website known as “Sadly, No” discovered they could embed Youtube videos in the comment threads. The resulting bandwidth demands brought down DNS servers in twelve states”

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:24:42 +0000

Um. According to Tbogg’s latest, it should be Victor Davis And He Shall Be Levon Hanson who was inexplicably left off the list.

And don’t worry, kingubu. I often walk around all day without realizing I’m Baldrick.

By: Freshly Squeezed Cynic

Freshly Squeezed Cynic — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:58:13 +0000

As Scottish sketch shows go, Chewin’ The Fat is an excellent one:

Scottish DUI Test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry61t4DJOjE
Awkward Teacher: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xIthYHZKjE
Taysiders in Space: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLxLmFhROqY
Wullie’s Pie Factory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-UW9xcs8eQ
Bouncers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEHwwy4VLJM

By: Sadly, No! » Insane in the Brain

Sadly, No! » Insane in the Brain — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:50:45 +0000

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By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:48:28 +0000

I'm flabbergasted to discover Youtube has a few clips of Some Mothers Do Have 'Em starring Michael Crawford (who surely inspired John Cleese's character Basil Fawlty) which aired in '73. It's a wonder he survived the stunt work. Here's an example. The BBC has a couple of clips - the soft spot sketch is sublime. And who can forget Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.

By: kingubu

kingubu — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:54:39 +0000

ooops. didn’t notice I was still Baldrick from earlier. Cunning plan, indeed.

By: Baldrick

Baldrick — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:52:38 +0000

All this talk of British comedy and not one shout-out for Red Dwarf?

Man, I thought y’all were cool…

By: Bistroist

Bistroist — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:42:12 +0000

There's a show on BBC these days, That Mitchell & Webb Look, which also has its moments: An existential crisis in the SS, That's Numberwang!, The Green Clarinet that makes you reveal embarassing truths, and my kind of vicar.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:57:41 +0000

I blew the link for the gorilla sketch. Here it is.

By: Gavin M.

Gavin M. — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:49:01 +0000

Hmm. If I bump a vid file up to the server, you should be able to embed it. That’s why it works fer me.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:40:17 +0000

Not the Nine O'Clock News - Gerald the Gorilla (Rowan Atkinson) Rick Mercer's traditional conservative values sketch mocking the Harper platform (you might have to be a Canadian to appreciate some of it) SCTV sketch - hockey players doing cereal ad (classic John Candy/Joe Flaherty!) The Sammy Maudlin Show everything by SCTV... *sigh*

By: Herr Doktor Bimler

Herr Doktor Bimler — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:09:38 +0000

Scene: The Disembowelled Papist, a tavern, somewhere in Southwark. Enter Richard Burbage of the King's Players, brandishing a sheaf of parchment. Burbage: A word with you, Will, about this 'Hamlet' script. Shakespeare: It's good, isn't it? [unhands serving wench]. Burbage: No, Will, it's completely depressing. Everyone dies in the final scene! Shakespeare: Oh Dick, happy endings are so 16th century. So is 'final scene'. These days we say 'the denouement'. Burbage: Gods blood, Will, have you been talking with those cheese-eating surrender-monkey French playwrights again? The only thing they know less about than drama and suspense, is winning battles. Defeatists, one and all! We thrashed them at Agincourt! We would have thrashed them at Calais if it weren't for the media tying our hands behind us! Anyway, Will, the ending has to change. Shakespeare: Hmm. How about if I add one more scene, in which the Danes rally round the slogan of "Remember Elsinore", defeat Fortinbras, and bring democracy to all of Scandinavia? Burbage: That'll do.

By: Pinko Punko

Pinko Punko — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:04:58 +0000

I hate that fuckign squirrel.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:48:23 +0000

From Absolutely: Calum in Court From Saxondale - Steve Coogan playing two characters - Emo and Tommy (pest controller).