Great characters and format.
I still have some of their songs pop up in my playlist.
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We had Fawlty Towers taught to us in High school, our teacher loved it, the class just couldnāt see the appeal. I guess it was for people of a certain vintage.
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Alsoā¦ The Comedy Company deserves a mention, not because anyone still watches it, but because it birthed a generation of comedians. What āYoung Talent Timeā was to pop music, Comedy Company was to Aussie comedy. A guess sketch comedy is a good way to start because you can make one gag and then move on to some other topic.
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The Full Frontal pisstake of Gladiators is a beauty.
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Itās Antony Jay, just for accuracy. And what is a Senior Minister? As in, a politician? Coz Iām fairly sure he never was. But he did write speeches for pollies iirc. Edit - or one of them did. Maybe it was Lynn.
Vintage, maybe not. But absolutely of a certain outlook in their humour. Thereās an abrasiveness to Basil that you either get, or find tedious.
My son is 17. To my astonishment, he loves Fawlty Towers. He thinks Basil is A) a pri.ck and B) hilarious.
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I got Jay confused with a Minister who had written an expose, I think diaries or something.
Jay himself worked for the Conservative Party, including Thatcher, so had the inside running of the workings , what the butler saw, well connected.
Ah yeah, Iāve vague memories of that āreal insiderā expose.
What they did brilliantly in YM was preserve complete non-partisan status. It wasnāt about Labour or Tory , Hackers party is never identified. It was essentially about the machinations of pollies vs PS vs Media vs optics. Timeless.
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The Nanny was terrific for itās first few seasons. Went downhill towards the end
The 90s really was the golden era for sitcoms
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I watched the first episode of that again the other day.
I hadnāt seen it in, ooh dunno, 20 odd years? I actually didnāt realize it was set up as a skit show. Not a continual narrative in the episode.
Amused me far more than I expected.
Spaced was very funny, few people watched it. Simon Pegg is very good
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I mentioned it above - very good and agree re Pegg!
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Ahh sorryā¦ missed that
I watched it incessantly as a youngster. The simplicity of the dentist sketch still makes me laugh uncontrollably.
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Good pickup! Iād forgotten about Spaced! @davethedon too! Would go in the underrated. Or perhaps simply under-watched.
I struggle to rewatch Simpsons these days, was a big fan at the time, butā¦not that much now.
mind you i did like Futurama early days too but fizzled out a bit later.
The Muppets were great, great one liners
No drama - I canāt remember if I was the original mention or was just agreeing with someone else TBH.
I reckon Iāve met a couple of strung out thin nutty women, and have whispered to the missus āreminds me of that woman in Spacedā.
Mike was the Pegg sidekick in the Shaun of the dead trilogy as well, I think? Canāt think of the Actorās name.
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Nick Frost
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