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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #435 on: October 18, 2010, 03:10:47 PM »
It started airing a year after I was born and although I've got a good memory, it's not that good.  :D

It was still airing in the mid seventies though and I can remember them pretty well. The Goodies were aimed more at my age group which is why I probably found them funnier, but I still liked python. I suppose someone being slapped across the face with a fish is funny no matter how young or old you are.

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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #436 on: October 18, 2010, 03:34:12 PM »
To be honest I didn't really like Monty Python's flying circus that much, although they did chance upon some great sketches along the way (hit and miss approach imo).  For me they were just a bunch of Oxford trendies that were blantantly ripping off the real genius that was Milligan and 'Q'.

However, I did like what Python became and all their movies.
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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #437 on: October 18, 2010, 03:51:40 PM »
I didn't watch Milligan first time round, but I've seen them since and you're right they were much funnier. Not Only But Also was funny as well. it's weird, but excellent comedians like Spike & Peter Cook never got the international fame they deserved, yet people like Benny Hill (who I've never found funny) did.

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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #438 on: October 18, 2010, 06:55:57 PM »
Watched part 6 of 6 of Python tonight. Very good program. I loved reminiscing with the old boys. It brought back many, many fond memories. Both sober and lit up ones. I think this is what Im getting my Dad for Christmas this year.

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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #439 on: October 21, 2010, 02:18:32 PM »
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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #440 on: October 21, 2010, 06:52:39 PM »
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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #441 on: October 26, 2010, 08:46:34 AM »
it's weird, but excellent comedians like Spike & Peter Cook never got the international fame they deserved

I don't think either of those wanted to sell out to 'editorial control', the lack of which was essential to their humour.  Of course other greats who were originally teamed with Milligan (like Peter Sellers for example) did manage to combine their unique brand of comedy with some editorial control - and produce something marvellous at the other end.
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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #442 on: November 27, 2010, 03:09:48 PM »
The new series of Peep Show.

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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #443 on: November 28, 2010, 10:53:10 PM »
The Walking Dead.

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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #444 on: November 29, 2010, 05:50:38 AM »
The Walking Dead.

the way they introduced the new character last night was well done

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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #445 on: November 29, 2010, 03:31:42 PM »
Home and Away is one of my favourites at the moment.  They have a murder mystery happening right now, and Alf "Flaming" Stewart is the prime suspect.  The writers are trying to make us think it's Will and Shandi who did it, though.  I just wish they had less of that boring teenage romance ploppiness.  Especially Romeo and Indi, they're boring.

Now Zoidberg is the popular one!

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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #446 on: November 29, 2010, 07:48:42 PM »
the way they introduced the new character last night was well done
Shhhhhhh. I haven't seen it yet.  ;)

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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #447 on: November 30, 2010, 06:08:43 AM »
Shhhhhhh. I haven't seen it yet.  ;)

lol.. shoot if I'd known that I would have said 'wow, that was weird how everyone died in last nights episode'  :D :D

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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #448 on: December 07, 2010, 04:19:52 PM »
The 'Ashes' highlights.
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Re: What's your favourite TV program of the moment?
« Reply #449 on: December 07, 2010, 07:08:57 PM »
Dexter.
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