Comedy

[Louis the fly]

Another very good TV comedy I forgot to mention was the Royle Family written by Caroline Aherne. She played the part of the daughter of Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson). Great cast and story lines in some ways true to life.

[Tony Taylor]

Thanks for the tip, I'll try, but I have to get a hold of my son to tell me what is net flicks (I assime movies) and do I have it.

Thanks and cheers, Rodney

NETFLIX is a subscription outfit, I pay £5.99 a month, lots of movies and TV programs, to suit most tastes. I think it is American origin

[Bill Morrison]

Rodney #24. There were some good American T.V. programmes shown on U.K. T.V. in the past, but as in the U.K. they have totally lost their way. Comedy doesn't always cross over but some are universal. Two come to mind "TAXI" with Danny Devito and the " GOLDEN GIRLS" I have a boxed DVD set of them. still good if dated.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Billy Connolly - Parkinson - 17th December 1999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGoIgWSvZRs

[Doc Vernon]

The Triplets of Belleville and the Delicatessen French movies and very funny. .
The Aunty Jack show for those in Oz, crazy man dressed in women's clothes with a boxing glove on who used to around shouting " I'll rip your B***dy arms off!
The best comedy was on our recent trip on a cruise on the Tasman sea with Pennicott, those crew were hiliarious telling us tales about people getting sea sick on board.

Wasnt perhaps called Please Sir ??
Cheers

[John Gill]

I'll bet Rodney wouldn't remember Amos'n Andy on US tv. A touch too stereotypical for today's taste.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Bill.
We have all the Golden Girls DVDs, best comedy ever to come out of America, and that includes "I Like Lucy".
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Then there was Billy Connelly, who only knew about four words and one of them was ****. followed by off.

He was banned from Oz for years.
Up in Brisbane doing a show and one of the audience complained about one of his jokes saying,

'I did not bring my wife here to be insulted like that'

To which Billy replied, 'well where do you normally take her'?

[Keith Tindell]

I liked Billy Connely, his jokes came from the people he worked with in the ship yards.
The one that made me laugh most, was the guy in the toilet cubicle, and another guy goes in the one next door, and presently says *no paper here mate, could you pass some under the side panel*, 1st guy says *sure*, second guy then stood on his hand, and pinched his watch !!, now if you have ever been to Glasgow, you could see that happening, kt

[John Gill]

I liked Billy Connely, his jokes came from the people he worked with in the ship yards.
The one that made me laugh most, was the guy in the toilet cubicle, and another guy goes in the one next door, and presently says *no paper here mate, could you pass some under the side panel*, 1st guy says *sure*, second guy then stood on his hand, and pinched his watch !!, now if you have ever been to Glasgow, you could see that happening, kt

Must remember to use my non watch wrist sliding under toilet doors in Glasgow.