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dr wu23 
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 Topic: British sitcomsPosted: June 18 2013 at 15:57 |
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Well.....I haven't had the chance to see any of those listed above....but I really enjoyed League Of Gentlemen (though someone chimed in earlier and said it ws technically not a 'sitcom'.). ....weird and funny. And of course the old classic Fawlty Towers.
But then what do we uneducated Americans know anyway? Just ask Obi Wan Knobby.
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jude111
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 16:23 |
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Matt Berry releases a prog-folk album!!!! Funnily enough, I was just looking at The Quietus website and see that Matt Berry has an album out that's being reviewed (quite favorably, I might add). Matt Berry's featured prominently on shows like Snuff Box, The It Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, etc. The reviewer calls it prog-folk, and writes, "Album centrepiece, 'Solstice', evokes the shortening of the days through wheezing harmonium, choral chant and dueling Moogs, before finishing off with a guitar solo that can only be described as 'bitchin'', bringing to mind Amon Duul II jamming with John Barleycorn-era Traffic in a stone circle illuminated by the light from bonfires." An excerpt from the review: "If you were to show someone a greatest hits compilation of Matt Berry's performances in the various comic TV series he has appeared in over the last ten years, and then asked them what kind of album he would make if given the chance, there's a good chance they would nominate prog. His performances are rich in bellowed portentous announcements ("SPEAK, PRIEST!"), eyebrow raised whimsy, and pompous bombast, three characteristics that they share with the best and most enjoyably ridiculous prog rock. Such an assessment would be partly right, too. Kill The Wolf has all of these things, but what it would fail to convey is how daffily enjoyable, beautifully arranged and oddly moving the finished result is." Edited by jude111 - June 21 2013 at 16:29 |
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 16:53 |
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I've been out of the country too long, I don't really know any of these
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 16:53 |
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I've always felt like The Mighty Boosh is something I would enjoy. Maybe I should watch it.
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Earthmover
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Posted: June 23 2013 at 10:56 |
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Black Books for sure.
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JJLehto
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Posted: June 23 2013 at 12:15 |
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Peep Show
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Knobby
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Posted: June 23 2013 at 22:31 |
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I recant:
IT Crowd is very good indeed.
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jude111
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Posted: June 24 2013 at 05:09 |
 I hated it at first, haha. Now I love it. |
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FusionKing
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Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:09 |
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From those... number one is...The Mighty Boosh
Runners up...
Black Books
Father Ted (Though in theory Southern Ireland isn't really classed as Britain, just Ireland)
Still though many of my favourites aren't on here... Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Hippies etc.
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