[SOC] Talking Brit

Sun, 11 Aug 2002 20:35:29 +0100

I hope the sentiment gets over, but one of the things that seems
to me to separate British and American humo(u)r  is summed up
by the fact that in the States, it was deemed necessary to broadcast
M.A.S.H. with a 'laugh' track.

I've just watched the final episode (again....got it on tape) and I
understand that Alan Alda insisted that it be broadcast in the US
without the laughs. In the UK, we wouldn't really have noticed the
difference since the BBC never broadcast the laugh track anyway.

It' was/is very very funny and very very sad as were most episodes.

Comments?

Paul#529

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Redding" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Talking Brit

> That sounds like Eddie Izzard, who is a self-confessed 'mild'
transvestite,
> although he is not gay.
> We have a tradition of that sort of thing here, but I don't know whether
is
> crosses the pond well. It's a bit like trying to explain Pantomime or
'Carry
> On' films to a foreigner.
>
> We also have a few other 'drag' acts. If you can, catch Lily Savage, who
> plays the 'Antichrist' of Danny LaRue. Lily Savage (Played by a man called
> Paul O'Grady) is a well time-expired Liverpool prostitute with language to
> match. Would be on VERY late on US TV. (Here we have 'the
watershed'...it's
> clean until 9pm, then the gloves come off and almost anything can be
shown.
> Of course we are lucky in only having one time zone here).
>
> I can't believe they are still showing Benny Hill...Not one of my
favourites
> to be honest.
>
> Keep it coming.
>
> Chris G4PDJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jan <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 5:41 PM
> Subject: [SOC] Talking Brit
>
>
> > Chris - I was eagerly awaiting a response to that one and I commend you
> for
> > your self-control (Jerry Springer IS a low blow, however... although he
IS
> > ours.... blush). I'm trying to remember the name of the little guy whose
> > show I've seen a couple of times who wears women's clothes and obsesses
> > about sex a lot
>
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