Is it too expensive or what ?
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I gave up watching prime time US TV about 5 years ago. The networks produce too much formulaic B.S. IMHO. Two years ago I was in London and caught some BBC programming and found it to be very refreshing and amusing. I heard a few of the 7 words you can't say on TV on those shows so I doubt if we will ever see any of them on US TV. We have to settle for things like Benny Hill and that dreadful show called "No, Honestly". What **** that was. PBS always subscribes to the theory that if it is british is it brilliant hence "Are You Being Served" and one or two other shows get way too much play here. The truly good british programming is somehow unfit for our airwaves. The stuff that does make it here is generally ****. Except, of course for Dr. Who.
"Coupling" is a typical example in point here....Very clever writing transposed into everyday situations full of sexual innuendo and humour that you simply can,t get across without certain words and content matter.
When the networks tried to copy it for a domestic audience and therefore had to remove most of said content the end result was unrecognizable...
The British sense of humour is probably still the sharpest and most cutting in the world. It,s dark and ironic subject matter is still way off limits to a vast majority of Americans.
When the networks tried to copy it for a domestic audience and therefore had to remove most of said content the end result was unrecognizable...
The British sense of humour is probably still the sharpest and most cutting in the world. It,s dark and ironic subject matter is still way off limits to a vast majority of Americans.
A few years ago when I was doing a lot of cycling, I was riding along with some British folk who were discussing this very subject and one of them asked me if I knew what "I've arrived" meant......
...of course, I didn't.....but later in the ride, someone was kind enough to enlighten me to it's "British" meaning.....
...of course, I didn't.....but later in the ride, someone was kind enough to enlighten me to it's "British" meaning.....
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tony_carey
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It is said that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but on the whole, us Brits seem to excell at it & it can be pretty funny. The humour that both our American & worldwide cousins have shown on this forum however, has been fabulous & it goes to show that we are not at all different.....it's just that our respective television networks seem to think that we are!
Sorry to be soapboxish about this, but on this forum, there is mutual respect & friendship, brought about by a common love of a guitar between all participants & yet most of the time we don't know if we're talking to black or white, educated or not, rich or poor, etc, etc. We ARE all the same & I wish it was like this everywhere.
And yes....it's a rediculous price!
Sorry to be soapboxish about this, but on this forum, there is mutual respect & friendship, brought about by a common love of a guitar between all participants & yet most of the time we don't know if we're talking to black or white, educated or not, rich or poor, etc, etc. We ARE all the same & I wish it was like this everywhere.
And yes....it's a rediculous price!
'Rickenbacker'...what a name! After all these years, it still thrills me.
Years ago I learned that Fiat stands for Fix It Again Tony. My German friends say that it means "Fehler In Allen Teilen" which in english is "Defects In Every Part". We were greatly amused by each other's take on that name. My german friends will sometimes speak with british accents when they tell jokes. In Germany it is widely accepted that english speakers will be witty and funny. I was rather surprised to learn that.
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I have always found Brish people humerous even when they weren't trying to be and that's not a dig. They just have this very serious way of saying things, very dry and wordy. On the other hand we have had our fair share of great understated classy comedians also, Jack Benny, Johnny Carson, and Jerry Lewis.