| JoxerTheDeityPirate 21.10.2008 04:24 |
DEAR Colonial Cousins: im curious to know how our colonial cousins are getting on with the British Phenomenom that is Little Britain: is the humour translating to the other side of the pond? which characters are a hit and which ones completely miss the mark or does 2 blokes in drag [most of the time] go down as well in the US as a mid 80's Queen video? ps,keep an eye out for Stephen Fry In America on a channel near you in the USA and try and guess how often this old pirates jaw hit the floor during the first 2 episodes :-P |
| Rick 21.10.2008 10:42 |
Although not coming from the US of A, I can honestly say that I'm a big fan of Little Britain. The sketches with Andy & Lou, Majorie (Fat Fighters), Daffyd aka "The only gay in the village" and Carol Beer are classic. I think it's a very clever programme, in which absurdity and (self-)mockery are the prime factors. The latter being most present as they love to have a piss at minorities in society (f.e. homosexuals). Tongue-in-cheek at its best! In some countries several scenes have been edited out. Gee, can't they see that British humour tops anything else? ;-) |
| Freya is quietly judging you. 21.10.2008 20:02 |
Little Britain is a bit rubbish. I still watch it though, it tends to produce at least one laugh per episode. |
| AspiringPhilosophe 21.10.2008 21:21 |
As the first "colonial cousin" to reply, I can't tell you much. I haven't had TV for 4 months now, and I'm actually toying with the idea of not getting my cable turned on at all. I get the one local station on the TV and that's enough for me. Besides, I have much more fun watching my DVD episodes of Black Adder than anything the US has to offer (well, except The Daily Show and Colbert Report, but I can watch those online) |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 23.10.2008 04:01 |
^ its on HBO i think over there,if anyone will get the jokes in the sketches it will be you.its very much in the vein of Monty Python |
| Lisser 23.10.2008 13:44 |
I've recently started watching this as it is on after Entourage, which I love. The first time I watched Little Britain I almost peed my pants laughing. I laughed so hard and so much that I wanted to puke. I don't know the characters by their name yet since I've only seen like 3 episodes but I love the "I want bitty" one, the girl/guy with the long blonde hair that wears a lot of make up and says "oh my gawd" a lot. Last episode she caught her hair on fire with a cigarette. I also looooooove the doctor's office receptionist character, "computa says nooo." Hmmm, whoelse.....Oh the gay Tony Blair I guess it is? When he put the diamond necklace on the US President, is it supposed to be Barack? I'm still a Little Britain newb but I love it so far. |
| thomasquinn 32989 23.10.2008 13:49 |
JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: DEAR Colonial Cousins: im curious to know how our colonial cousins are getting on ... Careful! That's what started the War of 1812! |
| Erin 23.10.2008 13:57 |
We don't have HBO. If we did, our Time Warner cable bill would be $500 a month. ;-P I swear...every month those bastards add another 20 bucks to our bill... |
| Lisser 23.10.2008 14:02 |
Erin wrote: We don't have HBO. If we did, our Time Warner cable bill would be $500 a month. ;-P I swear...every month those bastards add another 20 bucks to our bill... Really! My cable bill is only like $138/month and I've got 2 DVRs, HBO, some Disney package crap and God knows whatelse. My internet is on there too. I've got Insight. I'm sure they are just a local company up here though. |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 23.10.2008 14:18 |
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| Erin 23.10.2008 14:24 |
Lisser wrote: Really! My cable bill is only like $138/month and I've got 2 DVRs, HBO, some Disney package crap and God knows whatelse. My internet is on there too. I've got Insight. I'm sure they are just a local company up here though. I was kidding about $500, but it is edging closer to $200 every month, and we have no movie channels. We do have the digital phone and internet with them, though. |
| Jjeroen 23.10.2008 15:32 |
Yeah but, no but, yeah but, no but, yeah but, see what happened, see, I SHUT UP! just happen to SOOO love Little Britain, see cause what happened was that Rob, they put in the dvd thingy long ago with a good fag and a DON'T GIVE ME EVILS! and roy as well when he came down to sit with us and went his pants due to terrible drought when his shoes caught fire when he had sex with Nicole which made him gay as well OW THAT'S SOOO SEXIST and I've been watching everytime and bought all the dvd's although I don't even like comedyshows in general but in this case, you know, when I was realy ill and I saw Andy b eat the crap out of the bastard teenagers in the park I was like SO hard laughing that the crack in my just operated groin opened up but I didn't care because I saw Sebastian going down on the Priminister. |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 24.10.2008 04:12 |
ThomasQuinn wrote:JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: DEAR Colonial Cousins: im curious to know how our colonial cousins are getting on ...Careful! That's what started the War of 1812! exactly the reason for saying it ;-] |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 24.10.2008 04:23 |
Lisser wrote: I've recently started watching this as it is on after Entourage, which I love. The first time I watched Little Britain I almost peed my pants laughing. I laughed so hard and so much that I wanted to puke. I don't know the characters by their name yet since I've only seen like 3 episodes but I love the "I want bitty" one, the girl/guy with the long blonde hair that wears a lot of make up and says "oh my gawd" a lot. Last episode she caught her hair on fire with a cigarette. I also looooooove the doctor's office receptionist character, "computa says nooo." Hmmm, whoelse.....Oh the gay Tony Blair I guess it is? When he put the diamond necklace on the US President, is it supposed to be Barack? I'm still a Little Britain newb but I love it so far. glad you are enjoying it :-] the girl that says 'oh my gawd' and 'yeah,but no but' all the time would be Vicky Pollard which is based on a typical teenage girl here in the UK commonly refered to as a 'chav'.it would live in a council estate somewhere naff like Swindon and wear lots of jewellery straight out of the Argos catalogue and have a child as soon as it can bring its knees up to its shoulders just to get social benefits and a council house. in the UK version,the guy thats meant to be prime minister on your version was actually the private secretary in ours and was camping it up to Anthony Head of Buffy the Vampire fame's PM.its still taking me time to adjust to the fact he's the PM in your version and yes i think thats meant to be Barry O'Bama as the US president lol not sure on a few of the new charactors,the woman with the dog in the park leaves me a bit cold as does the astronaut but the 'bitty' bloke is great in a funny but cringing behind the cushion kinda way.its wrong,so wrong in so many ways lol i would of liked to of seen more of Lou and Andy [wheelchair couple] in the series so far but we are only on episode 2 [3 tonight BBC1] but im impressed so far with how its going. |
| AspiringPhilosophe 24.10.2008 08:49 |
Damn. I may have to spring for HBO just so I can see this show! I'd rather not have to pay for it though; I'm trying to save as much cash as possible because I do need a car and with this economic meltdown I don't have any idea whether getting a loan is even possible anymore even if you have good credit! Is it available online somewhere (preferably not in little cuts on YouTube)? That would save me some cash.... |
| Lisser 24.10.2008 09:07 |
MasterHistoryGirl wrote: Damn. I may have to spring for HBO just so I can see this show! I'd rather not have to pay for it though; I'm trying to save as much cash as possible because I do need a car and with this economic meltdown I don't have any idea whether getting a loan is even possible anymore even if you have good credit! Is it available online somewhere (preferably not in little cuts on YouTube)? That would save me some cash.... I wonder if there is a way I can get them off my DVR, burn them to a DVD and mail them to you Maggie. You know how techno/electro/computo dumb I am :) One more thing I thought was funny was when the characters were driving in the car on and revisiting where they met, etc. and the husband kept trying to say nice things to his wife about how happy he is that he met her and she just sat there the entire time and didn't say a word with this totally blank look on her face until he asked her if she wanted a cup of tea. She said yes so he starts pouring it and the last part he pours on her lap and she still doesn't budge. Then the husband says, "You've ruined my life." I crapped myself on that one. it doesn't take much to amuse me I guess :) |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 24.10.2008 10:04 |
^ you wait until Daffyd,'the only gay in the village' gets into the show lol and Maggie,i'll see if its available via the BBC iPlayer and post a link if possible |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 24.10.2008 10:11 |
try this link link |
| Erin 24.10.2008 10:42 |
This is what you get.... Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK only, but all BBC iPlayer Radio programmes are available to you. |
| Jjeroen 24.10.2008 11:07 |
Yaay! It's Friday! Which means that episode 4 is on on BBC tonight! :-) |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 24.10.2008 11:21 |
Jjeroen wrote: Yaay! It's Friday! Which means that episode 4 is on on BBC tonight! :-) at the same time as when Q+PR are on Al Murrays show on itv1.good job Little Britain is repeated tommorrow too lol |
| Jjeroen 24.10.2008 14:47 |
JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote:Jjeroen wrote: Yaay! It's Friday! Which means that episode 4 is on on BBC tonight! :-)at the same time as when Q+PR are on Al Murrays show on itv1.good job Little Britain is repeated tommorrow too lol Don't have itv1 anyway ;-) Will download Al Murray tomorrow ;-) |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 25.10.2008 05:21 |
last nights episode with Sting and Emily Howard was just wrong *shudder* best episode yet [apart from the robbery scene] and Tom Baker is just a tv God! |
| bhm0129ad 26.10.2008 08:23 |
We have had Little Britain in the UK for so long now, I stopped watching about three years ago, but I have seen all the new series so far, and it's great again. There are quite a few characters you Americans are not getting, like the WI ( womens institute) Ladies, one of whom is a bigot in the extreme, and upon trying a 'fairy cake' at a fate, will remark how nice the cake is, untill she learns it was made by mrs. patel, or the local Lesbian Alliance group or summat, then she would Puke a hilariously long stream of puke all over whoever was standing near, then would carry on as normal.. HA HA HA Andy and Lou ( the wheelchair guy) were originally based on Andy Warhol and Lou Reed, but the names and there appearance were changed by the time their first series started. In the first couple of series, Andy did not walk at all and the whole joke (every time) was based on ' I want that one', leading up to 'I don't like it', but the 'walking' development brought new life to them. My fave is the sketch where Andy gets up from his chair and beats up a group of piss-taking youths while Lou is distracted, it's great. Matt Lucas ( the fat one) is much loved in the UK and is actually the gay one, whilst David Walliams ( not a typo) is apparently straight, but no-one is quite sure as he ALWAYS plays the camp man, even in interviews. I hope it is successful in the US as it would be good to allow them a second/third series to develop the new 'stars' like they did here. |
| Lisser 26.10.2008 12:56 |
I liked the episode when the wheelchair couple went to church and the one guy took the wheelchair guy up to be healed. He said he had to use the toilet and the other guy told him to wait bc he was getting healed. While they all had their eyes closed "healing" him he got up from the chair and walked to the bathroom. Everyone else opened their eyes and he was gone but then the bathroom door opened and the wheelchair guy was on his stomach coming out of the bathroom. Like I said before, I'm a new viewer and have only seen 3 episodes but I love them all so far! |