belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
two minutes in and two appalling faux pas' - he'd never call his dog Trotsky! And it was the EU that banned tongue, not the commies.
Faulty Towers to be rebooted?
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two minutes in and two appalling faux pas' - he'd never call his dog Trotsky! And it was the EU that banned tongue, not the commies.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
It passed me by too. I wasn’t in Ireland but I had something called a “social life” at the time, which may account for it.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
If you enjoy nostalgic shitcoms, there's a good channel on YouTube called The Foot Of Our Stairs that posts fairly regular stuff about crap British sitcoms of the past. Excellent presenter too.
High Voltage
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John Cleese Says ‘Fawlty Towers’ Reboot Won’t Be On The BBC & Won’t Be An “Anti-Woke Nightmare”
John Cleese said the new series of 'Fawlty Towers' will be based in the Caribbean.
deadline.com
good news! definitely won't be the "anti-woke" cringe everybody is expecting it to be.
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
Can't believe my anagram for the sign in front of the hotel passed you all by?
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Is it just going to be an old man making off colour jokes and racist comments? Sometimes colliding with things people funny. Most of the time just reminding us that John Cleese used to be funny and leaving us feeling sad like a desperate wank and a bottle of gin.
Yossarian
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John Cleese Says ‘Fawlty Towers’ Reboot Won’t Be On The BBC & Won’t Be An “Anti-Woke Nightmare”
John Cleese said the new series of 'Fawlty Towers' will be based in the Caribbean.
good news! definitely won't be the "anti-woke" cringe everybody is expecting it to be.
This does not sound promising.
Set 40 years after the second season, Cleese said a “small bijou hotel” on a Caribbean island would provide the perfect backdrop for a modern Fawlty.
“If you put it in the Caribbean, it becomes very multi-racial. People in the hotel business come from everywhere, so you can bring lots of different people together. The characteristic of Fawlty Towers was the pressure cooker atmosphere created in the hotel.”
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
I dunno. I had one about fitting a quiche with an electric outboard motor the other day.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
So say we all!
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
So say you, but not me because the only real Baltar is John Callicos.
I will fight to the death to defend this. By your command
Yossarian
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Did you miss the whole #motorquiche thing on TikTok? There's one celebrity chef in Miami who says he wouldn't dream of serving a quiche unless it had traveled at least 5 miles to get the right saltwater tang from sea spray.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
that would make a better series that this reboot
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
That was at the end of the fantastic Jack & the Beanstalk/It’s a Knockout episode. I remember watching that as a kid and laughing so much I threw up, (I think it was scene with Alfie Bass in a giant shoe trying to stamp on Bill Oddie..)
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Tim Brooke-Taylor used to make (half-)joking references on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue to the lack of repeats for the Goodies. However, I watched an episode a while back and it was immediately obvious why it wasn't shown. Casual homophobia and racism, which had gone right over my head when I was a kid.
Some things are best left in the past. I remember laughing like a drain to the Kitten Kong episode, but I think it's probably best to keep that good memory intact by never rewatching it.
Some things are best left in the past. I remember laughing like a drain to the Kitten Kong episode, but I think it's probably best to keep that good memory intact by never rewatching it.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Hancock is one of those series that professional comics fall over themselves to praise but I’ve always found it to be a bit of a curate’s egg and very much of its time. Ditto Fawlty Towers. Perhaps I’m just missing the genius part or I’m not clever enough to appreciate it - or I’m just a humourless cunt? My older brother corpses up at the Pink Panther films but, while there are some good moments, it just doesn’t elicit that reaction in me. Laurel & Hardy though - now that is amazingly funnyI missed that. Sounds awful. Paul Merton as Hancock didn't work either. Why do they do these terrible things?
ska invita
back on the other side
he lives on Nevis, so i guess hes writing what he knows (how to dodge tax i presume)
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
The FT's worked like clockwork. They were superbly set up and followed the joke(s) through from the opening the the final scene. For all the, in retrospect, cheap and cheesiness of some of the jokes, they were brilliantly performed. The timing was utterly impeccable.
Of course all that was down to Polly.
Of course all that was down to Polly.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Hancock is one of those series that professional comics fall over themselves to praise but I’ve always found it to be a bit of a curate’s egg and very much of its time. Ditto Fawlty Towers. Perhaps I’m just missing the genius part or I’m not clever enough to appreciate it - or I’m just a humourless cunt? My older brother corpses up at the Pink Panther films but, while there are some good moments, it just doesn’t elicit that reaction in me. Laurel & Hardy though - now that is amazingly funny
Yeah, there were a lot of Hancock episodes, particularly if you include the radio, and only a few still stand up really. But his 12 Angry Men and Blood Donor are still funny I think. Plus I love the film The Rebel.
I loved Pink Panther as a kid but now don't find it so funny. Partly growing up, partly it just being too familiar. I think you can watch anything so many times that it can lose its effect.
Jennaonthebeach
If you say so
The last time I found Cleese remotely funny was Life of Brian and the 2nd series of Fawlty Towers in the late 70s. Maybe Clockwise a bit - but then he made that other film whatever it was called and if it wasn't for Palin's contribution I don't think I would have laughed once.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Thinking about why Laurel and Hardy has aged so well, comparatively, I think it's because the joke was always on them, never on anybody else? That avoids any issue with how the acceptability of comic targets can change over the years.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
The Rebel is hysterically funny I must concede. I love the part where he’s moved to Paris and is being shown to his garret. As they walk up the stairs, there’s 2 fellas knocking the absolute shit out of each other, he asks what’s going on and gets the reply “That’s Jules and Jim. They’re best friends really but they quarrel about art”
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
They have some absolutely classic episodes - my favourites being “Busybodies” where they work in a sawmill and “Them Thar Hills” where moonshiners tip their product down the well. The latter features the amazing Mae Busch - who reprises the role in “Tit for Tat”. Just brilliant.
Jennaonthebeach
If you say so
I saw that Dad's Army film recently, and it was't that bad. I enjoyed it, not that it was anything like original Dad's Army, but as a stand alone film I thought better than average for a British comedy. I'll probably watch it again at some point.
On the other hand I tried to watch that Sweeney film and it was so appalling I gave up after 30 minutes.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Old fart question. Stuff like Laurel and Hardy used to be on TV on Saturday mornings, iirc. Do kids today know about them?
Jennaonthebeach
If you say so
I came round to TNG about 7/8 years ago when i started watching the whole thing on Netflix and though it started weak I thought by the end of the last season it way surpassed the original series.
In fact to my eyes the original series seems to be not quite Star Trek and its a bit ropey tbh.
I would also disagree that all versions of Star Trek are reboots. Most are more like sequels and they build on rather than replace previous versions - with the exception of those recent god awful films.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
btw, Galton and Simpson always insisted that Hancock never improvised anything. It was all written by them, right down to details like 'very nearly an armful'.
However, their reboot with Paul Merton only served to show how important Hancock had been, the opposite of what they set out to do.
However, their reboot with Paul Merton only served to show how important Hancock had been, the opposite of what they set out to do.
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
The thing about fawtly towers is that it was a Farce, does that kind of comedy still work?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Yes
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
I don't watch TV comedy so don't know if its still used in that format. Got any current example of successful TV comedy that's Farce?
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