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Sad but inevitable…

It’s a sad but inevitable truth that time stands still for no man, or website. This applies to us and this website which will be shutting down pretty much immediately. However, fear not because we have bought a new domain … Continue reading

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Arthur redux

Oh so true, so very very true. Two countries united by a common tongue, well yes, but that’s about as far as it goes. The people who left Blighty in 1620 probably did have a sense of humour, it’s just … Continue reading

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John Cleese rants on the state of television

It’s not clear in this article whether Cleese is ranting about comedy in particular or TV in general. What is clear however, is that he is browned off by the ratings chasers who are in charge of both BBC and … Continue reading

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Comedy DVDs for sale – My response to a user’s search for ‘polish comedian’.

A user has recently searched using the term ‘Polish Comedian’. Unsurprisngly, nothing came up as I haven’t written any posts about Polish Comedians. Bu this is what you, my readers desire, so , and I hope that this isn’t too … Continue reading

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No more Father Ted, with or without Dermot Morgan

This is so right. Fawlty Towers was cut off at just the right time, as was The Office. Father Ted which was gloriously, sublimely potty (like the other two) ran for a few more episodes, but was still cut off … Continue reading

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Arkwright 1, Apu 0

OMG! That bloody till! How he never lost his fingers is way beyond me! G-g-g-g-Granville was far and away the best comedy role that David Jason played – Del Boy lasted too long and eventually became a cliche of himself. … Continue reading

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Comedy DVDs for sale – The search for “That Was The Week That Was” has yielded the following items

A visitor to the site was recently looking for That Was The Week That Was or TW3. The show was a groundbreaker when it first aired on the BBC in 1962. Perhaps for the first time ever British television viewers … Continue reading

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Comedy DVDs for sale – The search for “Bread” has resulted in the following items

A user has recently been looking for Bread. If you remember this was an eighties phenomenon. Written by Carla Lane the show lasted for seven series on the BBC between 1986 and 1991. It featured an extended Catholic family in … Continue reading

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Comedy DVDs for sale – The search for ‘Last Of The Summer Wine’ has yielded the following choices

One of our users was looking for Last Of The Summer Wine. Do you remember these grumpy old men? When I first became aware of it in the late 70′s / early 80′s they were Foggy, Compo and Clegg. Their … Continue reading

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Comedy DVDs for sale – Search for ‘Some Mothers Do Ave Em’ has yielded the following items

One of our users was looking for Some Mothers Do ave Em. The results are available below. I was not very old when this was on, but my memories of it are that it was very very silly – probably … Continue reading

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