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man i miss them on TV. Where are the good shows like this..

hahhahahahahaahaha beloved HP sent me a link to mind your language on you tube.
I found this one so very funny.. that i think i'mma get complaints from my neighbours tmw.. I've been laughing non stop for almost 50 mins now..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Ravfb7wmg&NR=1

See it for yourself..

I daresay some do-gooding, PC, tree hugging twat would complain that it was "Denigrating to those less fortunate not to be able to speak English" and it would be banned!



Knight

This was one of our favourite shows in the 70s. My parents (who were immigrants to the UK loved the show - and were quite proud of the fact Francoise Pascal - the French lady in the prog - is from Mauritius.)

The you-tube clip brought on a pang of nostalgia - enough for me to go and download all 29 episodes from the inter-web/torrents (it will probably take a few days!).

I remember one episode where I learnt that Jesus was jewish from the show - the Italian guy was up in arms when the Greek guy said Jesus was jewish and the teacher had to step in and say that he was!

I agree that the pc gang would not allow such a show these days - but how we larfed!

Cheers,
Shafique

^^:) pls let me know when u r done with the downloading.. n if i can get it from u..

TIA

No probs St Luc - it's 5GB of Divx goodness - I'll be saving it to an external HDD so can transfer to a laptop or to another HDD.

Probably take a couple of days to download though as I'm also downloading other goodies.

Will post back when complete.

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique wrote:No probs St Luc - it's 5GB of Divx goodness - I'll be saving it to an external HDD so can transfer to a laptop or to another HDD.

Probably take a couple of days to download though as I'm also downloading other goodies.

Will post back when complete.

Cheers,
Shafique

While you are at it Shaf, do they have the first series of Blakes 7 on that site? Used to be addicted to that!



Knight

dup post - stupid internet delays!

DK - just did a Google and it appears you are in luck. There are DVD-rips of S1 out there, I'll just need to check whether people are sharing them or not. There are 13 episodes in S1 and each programme is about 350mb.

I remember it fondly too, but I think it would be cringeingly bad to watch now (I do also recall thinking the later series to be pants and not featuring Blake - so good call on S1). Anyway, I'll dl and take a trip down memory lane.

Do you remember Tomorrow's People (I think it was called)?

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique wrote:DK - just did a Google and it appears you are in luck. There are DVD-rips of S1 out there, I'll just need to check whether people are sharing them or not. There are 13 episodes in S1 and each programme is about 350mb.

I remember it fondly too, but I think it would be cringeingly bad to watch now (I do also recall thinking the later series to be pants and not featuring Blake - so good call on S1). Anyway, I'll dl and take a trip down memory lane.

Do you remember Tomorrow's People (I think it was called)?

Cheers,
Shafique

I do remember the Tomorrow People! However I am old and decrepit and can even remember the very very first episode of Dr Who!

I saw a re-run on BBC2 in the UK of one of the later B7 epiosdes and yes, it was all wobbly BBC sets and really crap acting, but S1 had just that something special. I have long had a debate with a mate of mine about Servelan...was she hot? or not?



Knight

Dubai Knight wrote:
I do remember the Tomorrow People! However I am old and decrepit and can even remember the very very first episode of Dr Who!

I saw a re-run on BBC2 in the UK of one of the later B7 epiosdes and yes, it was all wobbly BBC sets and really crap acting, but S1 had just that something special. I have long had a debate with a mate of mine about Servelan...was she hot? or not?



Knight

Woah - you don't look THAT old

I was only 9 when B7 first came out - so didn't have have an opinion on Servelan at the time... (to be honest I don't remember the names - just Blake and Avon)

Cheers,
Shafique

U guys are really speaking some unknown language However.. we could probably do an old/funny series re-production as an event.. I'm sure there'll b a lot of ppl interested in watching them if they r funny..

St Luc - have you watched Fawlty Towers?

This must be available on You Tube and I think it is also available as a stream (good quality) on www.joox.net

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique wrote:St Luc - have you watched Fawlty Towers?

This must be available on You Tube and I think it is also available as a stream (good quality) on www.joox.net

Cheers,
Shafique

I think you can get the entire DVD set (there were only 2 series I believe) in Virgin Megastore and Spinneys video stores.

Just priceless!



Knight

Dubai Knight wrote:

shafique wrote:St Luc - have you watched Fawlty Towers?

This must be available on You Tube and I think it is also available as a stream (good quality) on www.joox.net

Cheers,
Shafique

I think you can get the entire DVD set (there were only 2 series I believe) in Virgin Megastore and Spinneys video stores.

Just priceless!



Knight

Great. thanks guys...looking forward to getting a copy soon...

only fools and horses for me

rudeboy wrote:only fools and horses for me

Now that one definitely IS available in Virgin Megastore. They have a massive boxed set of the complete series.

"This time next year Rodney, we'll be millionaires!"



Knight

y pay 100dhs just download it

French and saunders was the other one I used to like.

Dads army was alrite as well.

Theres another one about a group of vicars but cant remember the name now used to be funny as well.

aahhh these were the best of the British Comedy. Guess now they cant make them the way they used to because they too busy bombing ey

French and saunders is cool.....

I think i write good engisho , but i hate english grammer and spellingo .

rudeboy wrote:French and saunders was the other one I used to like.

Dads army was alrite as well.

Theres another one about a group of vicars but cant remember the name now used to be funny as well.

aahhh these were the best of the British Comedy. Guess now they cant make them the way they used to because they too busy bombing ey

Dad's army - v. funny.

Do you mean Father Ted about the vicar comedy - that was good as well. I was offered tickets to see the first series being filmed and turned it down (I phoned up for 'Have I got news for you' and was told that they had tickets for a show about some Irish Catholic Priests living on an island - which didn't sound too promising at the time. Sigh.

More fondly remembered 70's (&80s) comedies - Rising Damp, Yes Minister/Prime Minister, George and Mildred (and at a stretch Terry and June), Are you being served?....

Ahh - the nostalgia:

"You Stupid Boy!" ; "Don't Panic!"
and
"You plonker Rodney", "Cushty" etc

"no Dougal, this is a small cow, those are far away"



Cheers,
Shafique

shafiq

u and comedy? i thought the last time you laughed was 1974.

I used think , you only read (or watch).

1 = encyclopedia

2= Human physiology

3= History of europe

I know only yes minister from that.. star plus in India used to serve us pretty delayed.. timeless classics nonetheless.. Done with the downloads Shafique?

HP wrote:shafiq

u and comedy? i thought the last time you laughed was 1974.

I used think , you only read (or watch).

1 = encyclopedia

2= Human physiology

3= History of europe

I have varied tastes... at the risk of showing off..

Last night I watched 'Juno' - a new film (highly recommended), read a bit of Noam Chomsky on politics, read an essay on Khilafat in Islam - read to my daughters, watched some cartoons with the kids and started watching the latest episode of Prison Break before heading to sleep. [Not necessarily in that order though ]

Tonight it's CSI Miami and perhaps some Mind Your Language if it has finished dling (St Luc, it still hadn't finished when I left this morning).

Best show on at the moment though is the latest series of 'The Wire'.

As for 1974 - I can reel off the comedies such as Cheers, Frasier, Seinfeld etc which are excellent (sadly few Brit comedies could match Frasier - which strangely had a very British sense of humour).

I do also watch documentaries - history, politics etc - but I tend to watch telly for relaxation and read for information. Sometimes the two do combine into excellent satirical comedy - the likes of Mark Thomas, Michael Moore (when he wasn't making films and writing books - produced some TV shows for the UK), as well as Bremner, Bird and Fortune.

All in all, I am a couch potato and my beer belly proves it... must get out more! (Especially as I also spend time on the interweb!)



Cheers,
Shafique

Morecambe & Wise
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Two Ronnies

'Allo 'Allo
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Alas Smith & Jones

Saturday mornings lying in bed with a hangover from hell laughing my head off at TISWAS!



Knight

it might be that cos there are programs about the vicar. theres another one with one of the women from French & Saunders in the cast.

Goodness Gracious me is AWSOME is a shame they dont show it here mind you its been ages since i last watched neighbours, home & away and eastenders

by the way try watching the Bee Movie while u r high

And we must not forget 'I have a cunning plan' - Blackadder!

how can we forget Mr Bean

and what about that old woman who used to think she was posh but her sisters and her brother in law would embarass her sheesh cant remember the name now

rudeboy wrote:how can we forget Mr Bean

and what about that old woman who used to think she was posh but her sisters and her brother in law would embarass her sheesh cant remember the name now

Keeping up Appearances! Hyasinth Bouqet...pronounced 'Bucket'! Couldn't watch it, she was just like my Mum!



Knight

lol her family for some reason reminded me of all those paki/indian families living in UK

but got Goodness Gracious Me was my favourite