{"id":14656,"date":"2012-11-30T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T19:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=14656"},"modified":"2018-07-10T15:09:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T22:09:24","slug":"best-of-british-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2012\/11\/30\/best-of-british-part-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of British: Part 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"facebook\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/9hL_DyvEV84\/mqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888\"><em>In my <a title=\"Best Of British: Part 5 (Modern)\" href=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2012\/11\/16\/best-of-british-modern\/\">last post<\/a> I moved on to talking about some of the newer British comedy shows I love. However, soon after posting, I realized that I had missed a few more of the classic shows which are dear to my heart. So, today I&#8217;m going to remedy this by talking a little bit more about some older shows, before returning <em>to contemporary British comedy\u00a0<\/em>next time&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Drop The Dead Donkey<\/h2>\n<p>Before there was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/\">The Daily Show<\/a>, there was\u00a0<em>Drop The Dead Donkey<\/em>, a sit-com set in the\u00a0fictitious\u00a0GlobeLink News newsroom. What was wonderful about this show was that, since it was recorded close to transmission, it commented upon contemporary issues in society and politics.<\/p>\n<p>It had some really great characters such as the two news anchors, Henry Davenport and Sally Smedley, who shared a passionate mutual disdain for\u00a0one another. However, my favourite character was without a doubt the field reporter, the\u00a0sometimes\u00a0overzealous\u00a0Damien Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9hL_DyvEV84?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Some Mothers Do &#8216;Ave &#8216;Em<\/h2>\n<p>Many know Michael Crawford from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical <em><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8220;The Phantom of the Opera&#8221;<\/span><\/em>. However, not so many people know him from the show\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000\">Some Mothers Do &#8216;Ave &#8216;Em<\/span><\/em>\u00a0where he played the hapless and accident-prone Frank Spencer. Here some great physical comedy:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lFLpwRMS00g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Waiting For God<\/h2>\n<p>Then there was <span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Waiting For God<\/em><\/span>, a comedy set in the rather surprising location of a retirement home.\u00a0The two main characters are simply terrific &#8211; Diana is cynical and mean, while Tom is jovial and a little loopy. They strike up an unlikely friendship while &#8220;waiting for God&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vPhXXbn12tg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Only Fools and Horses<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, no discussion of my childhood comedy shows could possibly be complete without mentioning<span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<em>Only Fools and Horses<\/em><\/span>, a show which has won a huge number of comedy awards over the years. I think it was very much inspired by another classic comedy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zWi7c3jwyeM\">Steptoe and Son<\/a>. Anyway, the show followed the shenanigans of Del and Rodney Trotter. These brothers make up\u00a0<strong>T<\/strong>rotter&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>I<\/strong>ndependent\u00a0<strong>T<\/strong>raders (TIT), a company which buys and sells all kinds of\u00a0merchandise, some of which include smoke-damaged fire alarms and raincoats marked\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>&#8220;Dry clean only&#8221;<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip below the brothers try their hand at\u00a0chandelier\u00a0repair&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LFuYIi5-igc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next time we&#8217;ll be back at looking at newer British comedy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my last post I moved on to talking about some of the newer British comedy shows I love. However, soon after posting, I realized that I had missed a few more of the classic shows which are dear to my heart. So, today I&#8217;m going to remedy this by talking a little bit more about some older shows, before<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1676,2969,1688,1690,1689,1687],"class_list":["post-14656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","tag-best-of-british","tag-featured","tag-michael-ball","tag-only-fools-and-horses","tag-some-mothers-do-ave-em","tag-waiting-for-god"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14656"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68351,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14656\/revisions\/68351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}