Well we never saw a level of service such as yours. It was unique.
The customer really was king. And, by the looks of it, an upper-class king as well. Is the class divide in the US as pronounced as it was/is here? I gather from somewhere that you went to school here or something?
Not near as pronounced. We just haven't had classes as long as you have.
I went to a public school founded in part by Mountbatten. But they went out of their way to minimize the class distinctions.
There are some shows made by the BBC that I have enjoyed of late:
Spooks (new series coming out soon supposedly) all about MI5
Shooting the Past (this is a 3 part series)
Perfect Strangers (this is 3 part as well I recall)
Loved Black Adder and the craziness of The Young Ones (that shows my age!) Lets get worse and go Red Dwarf and the original Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Goodies... am I getting off tangent here?
Doctor Who
I have to agree that Madam Bucket used to drive me crazy!
(This little list also proves I don't watch alot of commercial TV in Australia).
The only Australian comedy I recall was "The Paul Hogan Show," which predated the Crocodile movie.
There are many great British sitcoms. Chef, The Vicar of Dibley(Dawn French), Father Ted, Waiting for God, Murder Most Horrid(Dawn French), et al, as well as the aforementioned. Most of these are shown over and over again. Another great that lasted only one season was "Mulberry." It was very popular in the U.S., but for some reason production was pulled after the first year.
Also there was a documentary by Clive James called "Postcards" or something where James traveled to various cities of the world and poked fun at everyone and everything. What a wit!
Oddly enough, conservative Dallas was the PBS station that first ran Monty Python after it was repeatedly rejected in city after city. Then it caught on like wildfire, and British sitcoms won over America.
Grand Duke, I don't know much about Britain as I was there for the weekend in 1993; but the people were lovely and helpful.
The quality of service here in the States has almost hit rock bottom, especially in grocery stores where sullen 15 year old kids bag the groceries, giving the customers little hope that the eggs will survive the ride home.
Coluber, I remember the Paul Hogan show. Some of the words and references didn't make any sense, but he was so funny it didn't matter. Since then, I haven't been very fond of his work.
Mr. Bean has always been too...horribly inept for me.
thinking of Paul Hogan, what about Norman Gunston? When he interviewed Paul McCartney and Linda and they were looking at him wondering if he was for real...
Does anyone know anything about an animated series called MONKEY DUST?? I've heard it is better than the SIMPSONS
Yeah thiefoflight. I've seen a couple of them over the last few weeks on our good old BBC. I'm not sure that Monkey Dust will be as popular in the mass-market of prime-time TV as the Simpsons (due to some of the subject matter - anal sex, heroin use, cannabalism for example), but I'd definitely rate it highly. I nearly had a toilet-related accident watching one particular sketch.
Thanks for the tip. Although there's not much chance of us seeing it in the near future.
I watched a repeat program of The Office tonight. The one where David totally destroys the seminar that the visiting expert is valiantly trying to conduct with the staff. Instead, David ends up singing & playing his guitar & revisiting his days in a band. The expert eventually gives up in despair & leaves. Very funny!
Msolga - I think this is from that very episode:
Rowan: "Gareth, quick trust exercise, ultimate fantasy?"
Gareth: "Hmm?"
David: "We're just doing the ultimate fantasy, we're all doing it"
Gareth: "Two lesbians probably, sisters. I'm just watching"
Rowan: "OK. Erm. Tim? Do you have one?"
Tim: "I'd never thought I'd say this, but can I hear more from Gareth please?"
Gareth:Genius.
I just realised that the guy from married with 2.5 children died some years ago. That was a shock, he was over 39. Too young.
now how did i miss this thread, hell i get named in the first post
my list of brit and aussie shows, not all faves but the ones i've seen
brit - kenny everret video show, monty python, fawlty towers, alas smith and jones, not the nine o'clock news, blackadder, black books, chef, keeping up appearances, are you being served, jeeves and wooster, heartbeat, the royal, a touch of frost, prime suspect, hetty wainthrope miss bradley mysteries, campion, daziel and pascoe, inspector morse, inspector lynley, the prisoner, ruth rendell mysteries, monarch of the glen, born and bred, waiting for god, to the manor born, may to december, allo allo, one foot in the grave, last of the summer wine, darling buds of may, take the high road, coronation street, emmerdale, reginald perrin, yes minister, yes prime minister, there's more but i can't think right now, and as for brit movies well i've seen many
aussie - a country practice, the flying doctors, richmond hill, blue heelers, neighbours, mother and son, that's about it for aussie tv, movies i've seen, gallipoli, picnic at hanging rock, the getting of wisdom, my brilliant carreer, picture show man, whalerider, once were warriors, walkabout, young enstein there's probably more but i can't think right now
omfg, i forgot about father ted, perhaps the best show ever
oh jeeves and wooster - love it. Poor Bertie always looking dumb compared to smug old jeeves.
ahhh - but
once were warriors is a NZ production, I believe
Whale Rider is too... you will get some very indignant Kiwis hounding you if you think these things!
benconservato wrote:ahhh - but
once were warriors is a NZ production, I believe
Whale Rider is too... you will get some very indignant Kiwis hounding you if you think these things!
i meant to mention that in my post that i was putting the nz items in with the aussie, i also included a scottish production in with the brit shows
