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Titolo: alternative comedy

 New, Eddie Izzard, Vic and Bob, League of Gentleman, Big Train?
Monty Python: yes.
Douglas Adams: well, he did actually write for the show, you know.
Eddie Izzard:  To us "Americans" over here, he's "That guy from Mystery Men and The Avengers."
As to the rest of those guys, we either don't get them or haven't even heard of them.
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I've always had a taste for what might be classified as "stupid British 
comedy" (otherwise known as, "anything starring Rik Mayall"), such as The 
Young Ones, Bottom, Filty Rich and Catflap, The New Statesman, The Dangerous 
Brothers, etc. (Also Blackadder.)
Am I the only person who thinks Rik Mayall would make an interesting Doctor?
Tom Beck
P.S. I'd bet really good money that I'm *definitely* the only person who 
thinks Robbie Coltrane would make an interesting Doctor...
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P.S. I'd bet really good money that I'm *definitely* the only person >who
thinks Robbie Coltrane would make an interesting Doctor...
He was a great (if historically inaccurate) Doctor Johnson on "BlackAdder".
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 interpretation of the role. :)
Mayall had a show in the UK called "Rik Mayall Presents". In one of them, called "Dancing Queen" with Helena Bonham-Carter (sounding exactly like Jane Leeves from "Frasier") he played a very sympathetic character named Neil.
So he *can* play something other than bastards!   :)
And Colin, IMO, was definitely NOT a bastard as the Sixth Doctor!
Tom Beck
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 > New, Eddie Izzard, Vic and Bob, League of Gentleman, Big Train?
Python- yes, although I find the episodes very hit-and-miss. 
Douglas Adams- not read/seen/heard Hitchiker's Guide yet- I'll probably
like it.
League of Gents- a pretty good programme- although series 2 was
inconsistent.
I'm aware of the others, but not that familiar with their work.
The best surreal/alternative British comedy missing from the list is the
work of Chris Morris. The Day Today, On The Hour, Brasseye, Blue Jam...
and a new show soonish on BBC2 or Channel 4. I'd describe his work as a
cross between the surrealism/silliness of Python and the
anger/anti-establishment-ness of Bill Hicks. Add to that a twisted,
inspired use of language and much mockery of celebs. Copyists of Morris
range from the good (Ali G) to the tiresome (Trigger Happy TV) to the
cringe-inducingly bad (11 O'Clock Show)
Also, Blackadder and The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin are alt.
comedies that I love.
Blackadder from Series 2 on was always great, but I feel it peaked with
the "Goodbyeee..." final episode in the trenches- that crucial
ingredient of pathos was very well used- a very plaintive tragicomic
episode. Perrin is a great show with Leonard Rossiter giving a brilliant
characterisation of a man tired of his stale middle-class life. Let's
hope BBC2 show the other series of this programme soon.
Tom
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 Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard never really struck me as alternative comedy.  Being
American, I've had relatively little exposure to Eddie Izzard, so I must
be mistaken.  But when I saw his special on HBO, it was just Eddie
standing around and doing stand-up.  Granted, he was wearing a dress,
but that's hardly an innovative thing...Also, I didn't watch the entire
thing, so maybe I missed the alternative bits...Could someone fill me in
as to why he's considered "alternative?"
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as to why he's considered "alternative?"
Because he says "fuck" a lot.
Don't worry - if he follows the Frost, Connolly and Elton career path he'll be
part of the establishment in no time.
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