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Post by jojocanuck on Jul 27, 2005 19:53:32 GMT -6
See, you guys do like us, you even try to make us feel welcomed with a link to our own (pathetic excuse for)TV shows.
Gotta tell ya, as proud a Canuck as I am, I bow down to your superior American TV shows. Anyone who's ever had to sit through King of Kensington will sympatize!!
Long live HBO....................JO
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Post by jojocanuck on Jul 27, 2005 19:56:50 GMT -6
PS Simon, always loved the old Brit comedies too. Doctor in the House, Fawlty Towers, Man about the House, etc. Also lots of great British crime dramas too. Didn't want to leave you guys out..........JO
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Post by Irish Stu on Jul 28, 2005 8:38:31 GMT -6
PS Simon, always loved the old Brit comedies too. Doctor in the House, Fawlty Towers, Man about the House, etc. Also lots of great British crime dramas too. Didn't want to leave you guys out..........JO Fawlty Towers, starring Monty Python's John Cleese, is still being repeated on some of the 'TV Gold' channels and is as funny as ever. Doctor in the House, Man about the House... wow, those are real blasts from the past!! I haven't seen them for many years. And yes we do make great crime dramas such as Cracker and Prime Suspect, to name but a couple. Simon |
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Post by jojocanuck on Jul 28, 2005 9:34:56 GMT -6
Doctor in the House, Man about the House... wow, those are real blasts from the past!! I haven't seen them for many years.
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Shit, just gave my age range away!!
JO
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jul 28, 2005 22:16:33 GMT -6
......as proud a Canuck as I am, I bow down to your superior American TV shows....... Yikes!! Considering some of the dreck they produce here in the USofA, that's saying a lot! Of course, our good stuff is really good, but our average is mighty damn low......Jake P.S. - looooove Fawlty Towers. Sometimes I think it was the model for Seinfeld, the way all the separate threads always converge at the end |
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Post by Liz of Chris & Liz on Jul 29, 2005 7:24:50 GMT -6
Dr. Who was my favorite old Brit show. (Sorry to steal the Canadian TV thread and replace it with Brit TV!!) And Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
My dad was a huge fan of Benny Hill....which drove my mother bonkers. We thought Benny Hill was hilarious and risque....of course we were just little kids.
Liz
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Post by jojocanuck on Jul 29, 2005 9:32:34 GMT -6
I remember Benny Hill and that little old man who kept getting hit on the head by Benny. I also remember my brothers just hoping for a peek at some boobies sometime during the show. Speaking of British boobies, anyone remember a mini-series in the mid 70's called Casanova. Again, I remember my brothers and my male friends sitting through this not-very-good show just hoping for a glimpse of boobie. Come to think of it, I think that's why we watched most of the British comedies at that time, always that tantalizing possibility of nekkid bosums!
Liz, don't worry about stealing the Canadian TV thread, if anyone has ever watched our home-grown shows, you want to scratch out your eyes with a sharp object!! Tommy Hunter, anyone??
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Post by Irish Stu on Jul 29, 2005 13:35:27 GMT -6
P.S. - looooove Fawlty Towers. Sometimes I think it was the model for Seinfeld, the way all the separate threads always converge at the end The threads converge and Basil always seems to get his comeuppance... whether he deserves it or not!! The show was actually inspired by the Python team's experience in a real hotel : Source www.fawltysite.netSimon |
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Post by Irish Stu on Jul 29, 2005 13:40:59 GMT -6
I remember Benny Hill and that little old man who kept getting hit on the head by Benny. I also remember my brothers just hoping for a peek at some boobies sometime during the show. Speaking of British boobies, anyone remember a mini-series in the mid 70's called Casanova. Again, I remember my brothers and my male friends sitting through this not-very-good show just hoping for a glimpse of boobie. Come to think of it, I think that's why we watched most of the British comedies at that time, always that tantalizing possibility of nekkid bosums! The boobies count on British TV has always been high and I consider it one of the great advantages of having been brought up here ;D Simon |
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Post by Tex on Jul 29, 2005 15:36:58 GMT -6
Benny Hill was a comic genius. I miss his shows.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jul 30, 2005 0:55:12 GMT -6
Benny Hill was like the Three Stooges, all rolled into one!.....Jake
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Post by RumAndCoke on Aug 14, 2005 4:58:45 GMT -6
See, you guys do like us, you even try to make us feel welcomed with a link to our own (pathetic excuse for)TV shows. Gotta tell ya, as proud a Canuck as I am, I bow down to your superior American TV shows. Anyone who's ever had to sit through King of Kensington will sympatize!! Long live HBO....................JO Oh Come ON JO!! Are you saying that "The Beach Combers" wasn't the best damn TV series EVER written"? What about "Reach for the Top", or "Headline Hunters"? "Beat the Clock" , "Bumper Stumpers", "Definition", "Bowling for Dollars", "Mad Dash", "The New Liar's Club", "Red Green", "Red Fisher", "SCTV", "Corner Gas", "Rick Mercer", "Air Farce", "This hour has 22 minutes","Black Harbour", "Border Town", "Due South", "ENG", "Katts and Dogs", "Neon Rider" , "North of 60", "Robson Arms", "Mr. Dressup", "Friendly Giant", "Mr. Rogers", "Smith and Smith", "The Irish Rovers", "The Rita McNeil Show", "Dudly DoRight", "Hockey Night in Canada","Reach for the Top", "The Elephant Show", "The Littlest Hobo", "the Polkadot Door", "Front Page Challenge", "W5", "Card Sharks", "Supermarket Sweep"..... |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Aug 14, 2005 6:28:22 GMT -6
See, you guys do like us, you even try to make us feel welcomed with a link to our own (pathetic excuse for)TV shows. Gotta tell ya, as proud a Canuck as I am, I bow down to your superior American TV shows. Anyone who's ever had to sit through King of Kensington will sympatize!! Long live HBO....................JO Oh Come ON JO!! Are you saying that "The Beach Combers" wasn't the best damn TV series EVER written"? What about "Reach for the Top", or "Headline Hunters"? "Beat the Clock" , "Bumper Stumpers", "Definition", "Bowling for Dollars", "Mad Dash", "The New Liar's Club", "Red Green", "Red Fisher", "SCTV", "Corner Gas", "Rick Mercer", "Air Farce", "This hour has 22 minutes","Black Harbour", "Border Town", "Due South", "ENG", "Katts and Dogs", "Neon Rider" , "North of 60", "Robson Arms", "Mr. Dressup", "Friendly Giant", "Mr. Rogers", "Smith and Smith", "The Irish Rovers", "The Rita McNeil Show", "Dudly DoRight", "Hockey Night in Canada","Reach for the Top", "The Elephant Show", "The Littlest Hobo", "the Polkadot Door", "Front Page Challenge", "W5", "Card Sharks", "Supermarket Sweep"..... Hey I remember some of those... the Friendly Giant and Mr DressUp HAD to be the rollmodels for Michael Jackson! |
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Post by jojocanuck on Aug 14, 2005 7:37:19 GMT -6
yeah, I remember the Friendly Giant telling us to look "up, waaaayyyyy up". and I think he was wearing those skirt-like thingies that giants like to wear. Maybe he was a little TOO friendly, if you know what I mean!
Brian, unfortunately, I remember all those shows and I'm scarred for life as a result.(remember the Wayne & Shuster skit "...........and I told him, Julie don't go!") JO
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