Comedy and censorship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqHPqTDHxJs

And they say men are shallow …

I believe the expression is “Back at you “.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDL25bkkBB0

Bill Bailey rocks.

This will not be for everyone….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bEGLbCNRqw#

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quality………………:D

And they say men are shallow …

I believe the expression is “Back at you “.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDL25bkkBB0

This will not be for everyone….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bEGLbCNRqw#

😀

If you mean the infamous Gerald Wiley and other writers names he used ,no he didn’t the program was written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

Dick n Ian, yes of course. Sorry.
They were indeed masters, but one of those two admitted in some Top 50 comedians type show that they often received script ideas in the post, and were used. It was Barker in disguise they found out later.

If you mean the infamous Gerald Wiley and other writers names he used ,no he didn’t the program was written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.

i suppose that’s where comedy relies on individual tastes,i personally cannot stand Fawlty towers ,now if you had said Porridge,written by geniuses,acted by a genius and probably supported be the best ensemble of cast members that you could imagine.

Barker wrote it under a sue denim.
And, you are the only person I have ever heard say they didn’t like Fawlty.

To other posts, Lisa Riley wasn’t a fat tart, she was a mahoosively fat bad actress.
Dara Obrieaien (Or whatever the garlic spelling is) is outstanding as a comic.
And Ripping Yarns has been repeated, but maybe only once or twice.

One of my favourites was the episode in which he was robbed and became friendly with the robber due to a love of Spades. “Spear and Jackson number 5 shovel, now that WAS a shovel!”

My favourite has always been Fawlty Towers. I can watch them over and over again and I still laugh my socks off!

i suppose that’s where comedy relies on individual tastes,i personally cannot stand Fawlty towers ,now if you had said Porridge,written by geniuses,acted by a genius and probably supported be the best ensemble of cast members that you could imagine.

I think I can picture the scene…………

The “Waldorf salad” episode is apparently based, at least in part, on a dispute between the proprietor and Terry Gilliam concerning table manners.

More specifically it was based on a hotel in Torquay where the Pythons stayed whilst filming. The owner was the model for Basil and later he was so incensed by it he tried to sue Cleese. Following the publicity numbers of ex-guests came forward to confirm that the owner was indeed as awful as portrayed so no further action was taken.

My favourite has always been Fawlty Towers. I can watch them over and over again and I still laugh my socks off!

I have all the episodes on DVD and like you I can watch them over and over again!
Did you know all of the various goings inside Fawlty Towers are (reputedly) based on things that John Cleese and other members of the cast have witnessed in their many years of travelling throughout the country.

Lisa Riley was utter rubbish, anyway, regardless of how you want to describe her! :diablo:

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Don’t know why I never thought of that – the fact that they were never repeated, I suppose. Anyway, thanks, and I have located several choices on Amazon, so it won’t be long before they are on my DVD player. This is a GOOD forum, isn’t it? 😀

Ah, sounds like a car rental company from the 1950s.

But reprimand taken neverthless.

‘Obese and talentless woman of a certain age’ (Her, not you BB)

Moggy

” That fat tart’s ” name is Lisa Riley.
OK,digression + mild feminist rant.
How is it that men can find so many derogatory names for women,whilst the opposite doesn’t apply for women themselves ? Apart from b*****d or rat,I’d have a job to add any word after ” fat ” for a male YBF presenter.”Bounder” or “cad” sounds like Leslie Phillips crossed with Jane Austen.It’s an inequality that’s always puzzled me.
In case you were thinking I sound like Ann Widdecombe,my exact contemporary and therefore role model,I’m not against swearing as such.If I drop something heavy on my foot I certainly don’t say,dear me,that really hurt.I just think it’s used far too indiscriminately.

They’re available on DVD, you know. 😎

“Ripping Yarns” is something of a “hidden gem” of British TV comedy.

“Golden Gordon” is an absolute classic. 🙂

Absolutely, and I if I am not mistaken, never repeated, except a year or so after the original broadcasts. Now I would clear my diary to see a run of those on BBC4. I had the books of scripts some years ago but I fear they vanished in a house move.

“Ripping Yarns” is something of a “hidden gem” of British TV comedy.

“Golden Gordon” is an absolute classic. 🙂