Off Topic TV, Entertainment Arts & Media thread
- Thread starter User deleted as requested
- Start date
-
Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
-
Anyone used to listen to "Round the Horne"? Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey's camp double act was hilarious "Hello I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy"
Horne- "What do you do for a living?"
Williams- "We've got a criminal practice"
Horne- "Yes, but what do you do for a living?"
They could fit more double entendres into a 3-minute sketch than you could imagine possible.
Horne- "What do you do for a living?"
Williams- "We've got a criminal practice"
Horne- "Yes, but what do you do for a living?"
They could fit more double entendres into a 3-minute sketch than you could imagine possible.
Rising Damp on ITV4, Leonard Rossiter was never my cup of tea.
I visualise @AllHellLetLoose a bit like him
I visualise @AllHellLetLoose a bit like him
Rossiter is right up there with Ronnie Barker as a God of Comedy. Rigsby and Perrin are two of the greatest screen characters ever.Rising Damp on ITV4, Leonard Rossiter was never my cup of tea.
I visualise @AllHellLetLoose a bit like him
@The mighty Elfsborg @Royston Rejuvenated & @TC (Lovely Geezer) at their post Millwall game drink
You must log in or register to see images
Bless this House was up there
but that was because of Sally Geeson… although Diana Coupland was still well fit for her age!
Rossiter was a genius. Full stop.
Sid James, Kenneth Williams and David Jason are giants of comedy.
Ronnie Barker stands alone, though. He was, and still is, the master.
Definitely NOT quality television tonight just after 8pm;
Question Time
Last week there was far too much outdated party politics.
I would expect nothing better this week.
After applauding our NHS and key workers at 8 I'll be putting a DVD movie on.
Question Time
Last week there was far too much outdated party politics.
I would expect nothing better this week.
After applauding our NHS and key workers at 8 I'll be putting a DVD movie on.
What DVD are you going to watch, Lardi?
I'm currently working my way through the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Great stuff!
I'll be onto those myself in a few days. Haven't watched them for quite a while.
Am working my way through some Sci-Fi / Fantasy classics at the moment;
Forbidden Planet
War of the Worlds
The Time Machine
Day of the Triffids
Planet of the Apes (tonight)
The Omega Man
2001: A Space Odyssey
Westworld
Logan's Run
Soylent Green
Videodrome
Alien
Scanners
The Hidden
The Terminator
Am working my way through some Sci-Fi / Fantasy classics at the moment;
Forbidden Planet
War of the Worlds
The Time Machine
Day of the Triffids
Planet of the Apes (tonight)
The Omega Man
2001: A Space Odyssey
Westworld
Logan's Run
Soylent Green
Videodrome
Alien
Scanners
The Hidden
The Terminator
Have just watched 15 minutes of Johnny English, the only 'benefit' of enduring Rowan Atkinson is that this rubbish has given me a break from the ironing.
Atkinson is one of those 'hit-and-miss' comedians in my view.
Credit to him for trying out different kinds of comedy (within a fairly familiar range) but he doesn't always get it right for me.
His work that I really liked...
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Black Adder (particularly the 1st & 2nd series)
Stuff that just doesn't make me laugh...
Mr Bean
Thin Blue Line
Any of his movies
Having said that, there are very few comedians who are at their best absolutely all the time.
The ones who are tend to do the same kind of thing and not vary their act much.
One possible exception to this was Peter Sellers.
The geezer is in a Sushi bar, has spat out some food but caught his tie in the revolving counter of food and slides along putting all the other diners on the floor!
A scene like this probably highlights for me that you either like or dislike. It was so silly it WAS very funny.
Funnily enough, I can't stand the first series of Blackadder, but I adore the rest of them, especially Goes Forth. The Christmas special is also excellent.
Atkinson does a good turn in The Witches, Mr Bean is hilarious at times, and Johnny English is reasonably entertaining.
Overall, I'd give Atkinson an 8/10.
I'll give the 'Big Night In' a watch tonight I think.
Not usually a great one for watching charity telethons (as they used to be known), but unusual times are shaking up my habits a bit.
I'll readily confess though I am heartily sick of looking at celebrity living rooms.
And of course I'll be clapping for carers at 8
Should be home from work by then.
Not usually a great one for watching charity telethons (as they used to be known), but unusual times are shaking up my habits a bit.
I'll readily confess though I am heartily sick of looking at celebrity living rooms.
And of course I'll be clapping for carers at 8
Should be home from work by then.
No room on that list for “Sapphire and Steel..” lardiman....?