[Jelena]

Originally Posted by UPtimist

Or is that still about the "the 'ert' is an important part of my name" thing?

Yes, I was being nice. I´ve only read one post where Robert expalins the importance of -ert. I´ve not been on the forum that long you know. Has it been a problem for a long time?

[stepurhan]

Isn't The Importance of Being Ert a long lost Oscar Wilde play?

[RLacey]

Possibly. But you're an accountant; you have no appreciation of quality writing .

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Hello.

[RLacey]

Hello, Trep. AGAIN.

[Panthera]

Can someone show/tell me how to get a line over something you've written? Like you do when you pretend to "erase" a mistake and write something new..

[Karmillo]

its [ s ] [ /s ]

[Sage]

Originally Posted by stepurhan

Isn't The Importance of Being Ert a long lost Oscar Wilde play?

Oscar Wilde? I thought it was by Joe Orton.

[jjacob]

Perhaps he was confused with the long lost "The Importance of Being Frank" pa-doom-tsshhhh Get it? Frank is my first name, not that anyone would now, oh man I crack myself up sometimes. No really, I have no sense of humour, on occasion. Get it? On occasion... oh man I'm on a roll.

[Huz]

I am amused to discover that Mrs Slocombe/Are You Being Served are known in Americatown.

This is an excellent development.

[Melanie68]

Originally Posted by Huz

I am amused to discover that Mrs Slocombe/Are You Being Served are known in Americatown.

This is an excellent development.

Are You Being Served is one of the Britcoms often shown on PBS here. It hasn't been on PBS here recently but I'm sure they'll rerun it at some point. I've seen most of them. Completely silly and often weird fun:


"Are you free Mr. Humphries?"

"[high pitched voice]I'm freeeeeeeeee![/high pitched voice]"

[Huz]

Mr Humphries, leave my pussy alone!

Some interesting social history behind Mr Humphries. He would not have been acceptable as an all-out 'gay' character in the 1970s, but as a comedic charicature of a 'camp' man he was fine. The same applied to lots of British comedians. It's only since the 90s that outwardly 'gay' characters have been seen as acceptable by society as a whole.

"I'm free!" - always a classic derogatory line for your camp friends. Not that I've ever been on the receiving end......

[Sage]

Originally Posted by Huz

I am amused to discover that Mrs Slocombe/Are You Being Served are known in Americatown.

This is an excellent development.

I've long been a fan of the "Brit-coms" that are shown on our local public television stations on Saturday night. I've seen:
Are You Being Served?
As Time Goes By
Chef!
Fawlty Towers
The Good Life (known here as Good Neighbors)
Keeping Up Appearances
The Office
That's My Boy
To The Manner Born
The Vicar Of Dibley
Waiting For God
Yes Minister

as well as these shows on Comedy Central:
Absolutely Fabulous
Monty Python's Flying Circus
...and a weird show that featured the bizarre goings-on in a small English country village. I can't remember the name, but a notable and recurrent quote from it was "This is a local shop...for local people".

After fifteen years or so of watching these shows, I can understand proper (and improper) UK english spoken at normal speed and not slowed to a crawl as it is in the Harry Potter movies.
I've tried to get friends of mine interested in these shows, but they can't seem to understand what's being said most of the time.

[Melanie68]

Vicar of Dibley is awesome!! I've not seen it in ages.

I've seen most of the above except The Office, That's My Boy and Chef!



Edit: I think the show you're talking about (local shop for local people) is The League of Gentlemen.

[Jatsie]

I love Absolutley Fabulous.

Patsy is so great.

"When I heard that Eds was pregnant I told her to abort! Abort! Abort! Abort! Chuck it down the pan! Bring me a knitting needle!"

[Sage]

Originally Posted by Melanie68

Vicar of Dibley is awesome!! I've not seen it in ages.

I just couldn't reconcile the same actor playing Owen Newitt and Barty Crouch, no matter how hard I tried. I kept expecting Mr. Crouch to start going on about some vile barnyard duty.

Originally Posted by Melanie68

I've seen most of the above except The Office, That's My Boy and Chef!

The Office is an improvisational comedy. It has it's moments, but it has it's lulls as well.
That's My Boy features Molly Sugden as a woman who is reunited with the son she put up for adoption many years before. He's a well-to-do Doctor, and she's rather earthy and plain-spoken. Culture clash with an unusual premise.
Chef! Lenny Henry is a foul-mouthed, abusive, sarcastic, and extremely talented chef in a very posh gourmet restaurant in a country estate. His speech on the difference between farm-raised and wild grey-legged partridges is an all-time classic.

[stepurhan]

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott

Oscar Wilde? I thought it was by Joe Orton.

I think you're getting confused with Ertetaining Mr Lacey or possibly The Ertingham Camp.

I'd never heard ot "That's my boy" either but well done on catching up with the rest.

[UPtimist]

Right. Get the door now.

I don't know what you should do with it, all I know is that you should get it.

[RLacey]

Good afternoon people. Thread killing resumes.

[Sage]

Originally Posted by stepurhan

I think you're getting confused with Ertetaining Mr Lacey or possibly The Ertingham Camp.

Another Orton fan, I see.

Originally Posted by stepurhan

I'd never heard of "That's my boy" either but well done on catching up with the rest.

Thank you, Sir.
"That's My Boy" may have run under a different title in the UK. It may have pre-dated "Are You Being Served?". I could never understand why "The Good Life" was changed to "Good Neighbors" for US consumption.