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The C Word

arthwollipot said:
Reminds me of "fanny". In the US, it's the bum. Around here it's the... uh... front bum. What the US calls a "fanny pack" is here called a "bum bag". Yes, in polite company.
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Hence the old joke.
'Vicar, is that Fanny Green in the front pew?'
'No, it's just the light from the stained glass windows.'
 
sadhatter said:
You know i love filthy rich and catflap, but i for some reason find the episodes have a tad too much filler.
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You could be right, as I haven't watched them for a few years, but my reaction at the time Bottom started - after I'd watched my FR&C recordings to death - that the new series was a step backwards.
Actually besides the really old british saturday night stuff ( the danger brothers) i can't think of a Rik Mayal series i don't like. I'm just hoping Rik and Ade's new series is just as good.
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It's shame the don't ressurect The New Statesman, as the present time seems ripe for political jokes! Ben Elton did a two-hour "Comedy in the 1980s" thing recently (ended up in a graveyard slot, though), which I haven't watched all of, but I did see - while editing the commercial out - that he discussed various past projects with Mayall.
 
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Information Analyst said:
You could be right, as I haven't watched them for a few years, but my reaction at the time Bottom started - after I'd watched my FR&C recordings to death - that the new series was a step backwards.

It's shame the don't ressurect The New Statesman, as the present time seems ripe for political jokes! Ben Elton did a two-hour "Comedy in the 1980s" thing recently (ended up in a graveyard slot, though), which I haven't watched all of, but I did see - while editing the commercial out - that he discussed various past projects with Mayall.
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I was actually discussing the new statesman with a friend last night. I love england, and as such have a decent enough knowledge of the politics at the time ( though somewhat lax on modern politics.) to get a kick out of the series, and i'd say 90% of the time agree with the message of the episode.

That being said, as a north american it was kind of weird when they got the the arming the police arc ( actually i think that dovetailed into the movie, no? My episodes are a bit away from me atm.) , and it was done in much the same way many of our comedy " NRA nut" episodes are done. One of the few times i could honestly say i felt a cultural disconnect at a British show.

But i did have a bit of luck in finding a Rik series i havn't seen , Believe Nothing, unfortunately it is about as easy to find either to buy or on the net, as the Canadian show Squak Box ( a show that is almost a meme in its lack of availability.)

I think i am one of the few fans that find Rik got funnier as time went on. And to a lesser extent, while i can see the effects of the quad bike accident, i don't think it has effected him as much as folks would want to promote.

Oh, and after some research, it was 2010 that Rik and Ade got over their crap, after a surprise telethon in which a gag went somewhat sour.
 
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I never found Rik Mayall particularly funny. The Young Ones was funny because it was new and different. Bottom and FR&CF just seemed to try and do the same thing after it was no longer new and different.
 
arthwollipot said:
I was the Teen Angel in my school's production. I was the only one who could hit the high notes. :)
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Is that where you prepared yourself for the fame associated with the role of Parasitic Alien Tumor? :D


In our high school I had the role of Spotlight. For every single production. I was the only one who could work the damn thing. Stupid thesbians.
 
arthwollipot said:
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I never found Rik Mayall particularly funny. The Young Ones was funny because it was new and different. Bottom and FR&CF just seemed to try and do the same thing after it was no longer new and different.
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I felt the opposite but to a varying extent. I didn't like the young ones as much as bottom because i felt it was really just a saturday night live esque show, but held together with a bit more plot, while bottom "Knew what it was" moreso as a show.
 
sadhatter said:
I was actually discussing the new statesman with a friend last night. I love england, and as such have a decent enough knowledge of the politics at the time ( though somewhat lax on modern politics.) to get a kick out of the series, and i'd say 90% of the time agree with the message of the episode.

That being said, as a north american it was kind of weird when they got the the arming the police arc ( actually i think that dovetailed into the movie, no? My episodes are a bit away from me atm.) , and it was done in much the same way many of our comedy " NRA nut" episodes are done. One of the few times i could honestly say i felt a cultural disconnect at a British show.
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Yeah, I think that episode suffers a bit for trying to cram too many ideas in. It's great fun watching John Woodvine as the Chief Constable channelling James Anderton (a.k.a. "God's Copper"), with Woodvine's on-screen replacement being a more direct visual reference to the same, but arming the police and then leaving them in that state at the end of the episode was a problem. The idea of B'Stard selling them unusable guns is funny, but doesn't bear close examination, while there's also the issue that individual officers are shown to be all to keen on being armed, even though that at the time and still today regular polls of serving officers shows the opposite.
 
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