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Post by duckbiter on May 30, 2011 17:29:32 GMT -5
I too have been a bus driver. Crosville ring a bell? Ding Ding!
Benny Hill's WORLDWIDE SUCCESS was due to the absence of WORDS.
He simply returned to the days of CHAPLIN, LAUREL&HARDY AND HAROLD LLOYD.
Please don't get me going on about these comics. This Forum is already making me neglect vital aspects of my sad life. Don't reply unless you have to;)
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Post by grownups4greyson on May 30, 2011 17:45:31 GMT -5
TWO WORDS: Mr. Bean
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Post by arwelp on May 31, 2011 13:03:41 GMT -5
I too have been a bus driver. Crosville ring a bell? Ding Ding! Benny Hill's WORLDWIDE SUCCESS was due to the absence of WORDS. He simply returned to the days of CHAPLIN, LAUREL&HARDY AND HAROLD LLOYD. Please don't get me going on about these comics. This Forum is already making me neglect vital aspects of my sad life. Don't reply unless you have to;) duckbiter Oh, I have to! Crosville does indeed ring a bell (as did I sometimes when I was travelling home from primary school - the conductor (remember them? ) used to lift me up so I could push the button!) - My brother used to drive buses for them around the Mold/Chester area in the 60s and 70s, before the bright lights attracted him to drive for London Transport from Stratford depot. Ah, Laurel and Hardy - must try to see The Music Box again!
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Post by duckbiter on May 31, 2011 13:50:15 GMT -5
Yes, Mr Bean, the latest franchise holder, but he never clicked with me.
Laurel&Hardy of course, irresistible; but Harold Lloyd, the ever optimistic loser, was my favourite.
Talking of buses, I worked from Birkenhead, mostly to Chester but also to Mold, Pantymwyn and Loggerheads. Today, lifting kids up would get you sacked for pedophilia. How things have changed!
It's highly probable that I met your brother in some greasy canteen.
The "Small World" cliche pops up.
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Post by duckbiter on Jun 2, 2011 2:21:55 GMT -5
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
An original English song and a very English parody cover. Kate Bush, then the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
Maybe only Arwel will dig this. Anybody else?
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Post by mapender on Jun 3, 2011 21:00:44 GMT -5
May I present a few of my favourites? I'm a great fan of the late, great, Marty Feldman (gone nearly 30 years now, alas). So, I finally got around to watching all of these. I did find them funny though I think the Four Yorkshiremen one at the end was the best. I am sure I missed a lot of the subtleties, but it was still funny. I think part of the problem in the past for me was that until I got older I had a hard time understanding y'all's (said w/ a big southern drawl) accent. I used to watch British shows and movies with closed captioned on so I could catch everything. I've been watching Skins a lot recently and I think I have gotten past that b/c I don't even realize the accent much anymore. Like most Americans my age, my definition of British comedy is Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The first couple of times I saw it, I didn't get it at all, but the last time I did a few years ago I was cracking up the whole time. Go figure. Personally I must say, yes I do. Remember MASH? Listen, I remember AMOS AND ANDY, and I bet there aren't many American members who remember that! I LOVE LUCY, CHEERS, FRIENDS, etc, etc. Part of my very being. My favourite sit-com of all time, and I've seen hundreds, is EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND. It's fashionable to knock this series now, but that's probably because it has had too many airings. I just can't envisage it ever being surpassed. duckbiter Interesting that you mention MASH. I have seen reruns on a million times, but never watched it. I didn't even realize it was a comedy. Hey, it is impossible to catch up on everything that happened before your time. I do know that its series finale is the most watched show of all time in the U.S. (or something like that). I Love Lucy and Friends are two of my all-time favorite shows. I love Lucille Ball's physical comedy and if I had to pick my favorite comedian of all time, it would probably be her. I am not sure if there is a show that makes me laugh so much I am crying as much as I Love Lucy does. I also find how groundbreaking she was fascinating. Friends was the first real "grown up" show that I ever watched and if I had to pick a favorite show it would that this one. Not that it is the best show I've ever seen, but it was just the one that I watched from middle school through graduating high school. The series finale aired a few weeks before I graduated and it was the show that I grew up on. Catching reruns of it always puts me in a good mood. I haven't watched a sitcom religiously since the end of Friends. Modern Family is pretty good, but it seems the really good comedies are now smaller shows that have a small but very devoted fanbase. Arrested Development was one of my favorites. The problem with these shows is that you miss so many of the references if you don't watch every episode. If you are still interested, here is a cover of Otis Redding's "Pain in My Heart" which I also love. Went and saw Grace Potter for the second time on Monday night. The best part was that the show was in Macon, GA (even though it was almost 5 hours of driving there and back) b/c that is the hometown of Otis Redding so I got to hear her cover this song.
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Post by duckbiter on Jun 4, 2011 10:17:42 GMT -5
American and appreciated all over the world. An original masterpiece.
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Post by djtiny on Jun 5, 2011 19:35:48 GMT -5
Haha, I remember seeing that video years ago Duck.
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