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Andrew Sachs has passed away, use to love the old Fawlty Towers for a dose of light entertainment.
RIP
RIP
Rip Manuel
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Yes he did a load of work on radio but will always be remembered for his role as Manuel in the classic Fawlty Towers .
It is sad when such people die ....I thought the same about Victoria Wood .
I'd forgotten what those merchant bankers Wussell & Woss did , so childish for two so called grown ups . Woss was soon back with his banal chat show .
It is sad when such people die ....I thought the same about Victoria Wood .
I'd forgotten what those merchant bankers Wussell & Woss did , so childish for two so called grown ups . Woss was soon back with his banal chat show .
A great actor and from an age when they could make us all laugh - just imagine the BBC reading the script of Fawlty Towers now.....................
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Very sad news
as for Woss and Bwand they want meggering via the nads
as for Woss and Bwand they want meggering via the nads
I know he was born in Nazi Germany and his parents ?? got him out as a child ....I 'm thinking he was Jewish by the name .
Not exactly PC was it ? Especially "The Germans"
Basil: " Oh ! You're speaking German .....I thought there was something wrong with you "
Young German guy: "It wasn't us who started the war"
Basil: " Yes you did , you invaded Poland..... ' ere look ... I'll do the funny walk"
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If you want a good laugh watch "it was all right in the 70s". TV Clips from the 70s commented on by today's 'celebrities'....their affected reactions are priceless
life was much simpler back then
life was much simpler back then
Fawlty towers, open all hours, only fools and horses, porridge, til death do us part and dads army they were all part of a golden era for the BBC now they churn out lettuced like my family and citizen kahn.
Ch4 comedy has some good ones like the IT crowd and peep show.
Ch4 comedy has some good ones like the IT crowd and peep show.
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Citizen Kahn....have you ever watched it?
burgher me!, apart from the daughter the entire thing is pure infected syphilitic diarrhoea water that has gone rancid
burgher me!, apart from the daughter the entire thing is pure infected syphilitic diarrhoea water that has gone rancid
Not too impressed then Kerch?? :innocent
As Rapparee says , there was , perhaps , a golden era .
Citizen Kahn I class with the Mrs Brown Show ...bilge .
We do get some gems still, as said , The IT Crowd.
Always remember blokes sitting round on a job talking about comedy, some bloke says " Hate Dad's Army , its that Captain Mainwaring I can't stand , blooming pompous twit" :C I'm saying but that is the whole point ...can't you see it ?
" Naw he,s a pompous twit" :C
The only American comedy I really thought was excellent is Frasier . They were not afraid to do some subtle , none comedy stuff, like a character in hospital for an episode or where someone says " Well none of us live forever" Or similar . Frasier's dad just looks down at his little dog , Eddie ...cue credits.
As Rapparee says , there was , perhaps , a golden era .
Citizen Kahn I class with the Mrs Brown Show ...bilge .
We do get some gems still, as said , The IT Crowd.
Always remember blokes sitting round on a job talking about comedy, some bloke says " Hate Dad's Army , its that Captain Mainwaring I can't stand , blooming pompous twit" :C I'm saying but that is the whole point ...can't you see it ?
" Naw he,s a pompous twit" :C
The only American comedy I really thought was excellent is Frasier . They were not afraid to do some subtle , none comedy stuff, like a character in hospital for an episode or where someone says " Well none of us live forever" Or similar . Frasier's dad just looks down at his little dog , Eddie ...cue credits.
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He's right though. That's what the bbc passes for comedy nowadays. He knows how to get his point across without speaking about lettuce, unlike me.
I quite like Mrs Brown,
but,
i think its very much like Rab C
a lot of the more subtle stuff goes past an English audience un-noticed,
my missus often asks me what im
msl1: atthen again,
when we go to norn iron, my missus also often asks
what did he just say?
msl1: its like talking to martians sometimes for her,,,,,,, :slap
Well I can understand that Stepps , as you say , Rab.C Nesbitt wasn't it ? Never understood a word TBH .
