RIP: Mr Rumbold

[cjefferys]

Oh yeah, PBS and Canadian television introduced me to many great British comedy shows. In addition to Are You Being Served, when I was growing up I watched a lot of Keeping Up Appearances, Fawlty Towers (a true classic!), Monty Python and a bunch more. I still love a lot of more recent British shows too, and with the internet, and Amazon UK, I can watch all I want. My current favourite is Toast of London, I'm a huge Matt Berry fan!

[palitoy]

My current favourite is Toast of London, I'm a huge Matt Berry fan!

I'm three shows into that on the recommendation of a friend. I would watch Matt Berry read a phone book and laugh.

[cjefferys]

Absolutely, I love his voice and delivery (I think we were talking about him last month). The scenes where he does voiceover work on this show are classic. "Yes, I can hear you, Clem Fandango." (and yes, the character names they come up with on this show are amazing).

And crap, I just realized that the third series started last month, downloading now!

[palitoy]

I'd never heard of it (although I'd seen some Clem Fandango scenes on youtube) but Lenzi sent me a photo of the back of the book recently and i knew it was for me.

Matt was in attendance at the Flash Gordon 35th celebration last week, he's a big fan. Brian Blessed plays Toast's dad.

[cjefferys]

Cool! Ever since seeing Berry on the IT Crowd, I've followed what else he's done. If I knew that you were a fan I would have told you about Toast a couple years ago. After what you've told me about Jason, I'm not surprised that he's a fan too, I heartily approve of that dude's taste!

[daz71]

did you get
father ted
love thy neighbour
rising damp
porridge
minder
auf wedersehen pet
bless this house
the likely lads

[cjefferys]

A few of those sound familiar, but the only one I've seen was Father Ted, and that was more recently. Great show though!

[palitoy]

We got all of them in Canada in some form, Porridge was particularly great.

[palitoy]

: After what you've told me about Jason, I'm not surprised that he's a fan too, I heartily approve of that dude's taste!

Heh, you'll be happy to know that I have it on good authority that he's a very sincere and genuine person in real life as well.

[jwyblejr]

Vicar of Dibley is one of the ones we got on our PBS stations. A&E introduced me to Rowan Atkinson genius with Blackadder.

[cjefferys]

Heh, you'll be happy to know that I have it on good authority that he's a very sincere and genuine person in real life as well.

Just in listening to your podcasts he sounds like a cool, interesting guy, it would be awesome meeting him someday.

[daz71]

We got all of them in Canada in some form, Porridge was particularly great.

they are remaking it .they have done it with a few others and are pretty awful.

[palitoy]

You should see the US adaptation they did "On the Rocks" and this what the US turned "On the Buses" into:

[daz71]

You should see the US adaptation they did "On the Rocks" and this what the US turned "On the Buses" into:

oh dear haha was it full of innuendo like on the buses.