Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2
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I think it varies. Blackadder doesn't really date given the historic nature of the comedy, but Fawlty Towers is a bit dependent on views in 1970s Britain, so in my view it dates quite badly. I still like like it, but it doesn't make me laugh as much as it did when first watched in the 1980s.
Edited by Vaud on Monday 27th March 11:49
Vaud said:
I think it varies. Blackadder doesn't really date given the historic nature of the comedy, but Fawlty Towers is a bit dependent on views in 1970s Britain, so in my view it dates quite badly. I still like like it, but it doesn't make me laugh as much as it did when first watched in the 1980s.
Oh I agree it's massively dated and very much of it's era. I think what I find very funny about it is the sheer anger of Fawlty himself and what an utter snob he is. Thinking he's on the point of a breakdown the entire time. Edited by Vaud on Monday 27th March 11:49
Alex_225 said:
Vaud said:
I think it varies. Blackadder doesn't really date given the historic nature of the comedy, but Fawlty Towers is a bit dependent on views in 1970s Britain, so in my view it dates quite badly. I still like like it, but it doesn't make me laugh as much as it did when first watched in the 1980s.
Oh I agree it's massively dated and very much of it's era. I think what I find very funny about it is the sheer anger of Fawlty himself and what an utter snob he is. Thinking he's on the point of a breakdown the entire time. Edited by Vaud on Monday 27th March 11:49
SilverSixer said:
It's the put downs and one-liners between Basil and Sybil which are the purest gold. Was watching the "Mrs Richards" episode (deaf old bat) the other day, and laughed out loud a couple times, even though I've seen it before. You forget how sharp the script was and it's still hilarious in places. The Major and how Fawlty deals with him across the series is also pure genius.
That's exactly it, the absolute disdain they have for each other and the quips Fawlty makes about happier times. The Mrs Richards episode is probably my favourite, just as Fawlty thinks he's winning, it all goes t*ts up. Plus it's the snide comments he makes which she can't hear which really made me laugh.
Alex_225 said:
Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:
Watching Faulty Towers the other night. She pipes up 'what's this crap?!'
My other half doesn't appreciate Fawlty Towers either, or Blackadder!! To comedies I grew up watching and even now are funny. Yet she finds Peter Kay's stand up hilarious! Agree the Mrs Richards episode is awesome:
Basil: Well may I ask what you expected to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically...
Mrs Richards: Don't be silly. I expect to be able to see the sea.
Basil: You can see the sea! It's over there between the land and the sky!
kowalski655 said:
Alex_225 said:
Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:
Watching Faulty Towers the other night. She pipes up 'what's this crap?!'
My other half doesn't appreciate Fawlty Towers either, or Blackadder!! To comedies I grew up watching and even now are funny. Yet she finds Peter Kay's stand up hilarious! Agree the Mrs Richards episode is awesome:
Basil: Well may I ask what you expected to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically...
Mrs Richards: Don't be silly. I expect to be able to see the sea.
Basil: You can see the sea! It's over there between the land and the sky!
Not long in to our relationship and Mrs Bowen asks me "How come you don't have a middle name" and I replied "My parents couldn't afford any for me". We then visited her parents and she asked how much her middle names cost.
Mrs Bowen and I were in her car, she was driving and it was pouring down with rain. I noticed she was holding the wiper stalk down. I asked why. "To make the wipers work, obviously". I told her to push the stalk up and as if by magic they work automatically.
Mrs Bowen and I were in her car, she was driving and it was pouring down with rain. I noticed she was holding the wiper stalk down. I asked why. "To make the wipers work, obviously". I told her to push the stalk up and as if by magic they work automatically.
Trying to sort out Easter child care - "I can work from home next Tuesday and Friday - Friday is a Bank Holiday". She doesn't ever work Bank Holidays, standard office job with standard hours. Why even mention it? Why say you can work form home on a day you know you don't have to work?
I mean where does one even start? Maybe this should be in the annoys me beyond reason thread.....
I mean where does one even start? Maybe this should be in the annoys me beyond reason thread.....
Text message exchange with the wife:
Her: "You to you 're Norway. Call later?"
Me: "In English? "
Her: "This new software is a nightmare"
Now I understand the last one, her phone had a software update the other day and she's complained about it a fair bit, but I'm still none the wiser as to what she was asking about Norway
Her: "You to you 're Norway. Call later?"
Me: "In English? "
Her: "This new software is a nightmare"
Now I understand the last one, her phone had a software update the other day and she's complained about it a fair bit, but I'm still none the wiser as to what she was asking about Norway
RizzoTheRat said:
Text message exchange with the wife:
Her: "You to you 're Norway. Call later?"
Me: "In English? "
Her: "This new software is a nightmare"
Now I understand the last one, her phone had a software update the other day and she's complained about it a fair bit, but I'm still none the wiser as to what she was asking about Norway
"Your on your way?"Her: "You to you 're Norway. Call later?"
Me: "In English? "
Her: "This new software is a nightmare"
Now I understand the last one, her phone had a software update the other day and she's complained about it a fair bit, but I'm still none the wiser as to what she was asking about Norway
kitz said:
Me discussing Tesla ,the battery range won't take us to our holiday house .
Her , can't we carry a few spares ..........
Now there's an idea. Tesla could make a carbon-fibre trailer, stuff it with laptop batteries, stick on an ipad so you can talk to it using your phone and give it a fancy name like Ambulatory Power Bank. A snip at £20k. The early adopters would lap it up.Her , can't we carry a few spares ..........
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