Archive | Locations

12 February 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Last up in our favorite British comedy couple poll – Nora Batty & Compo

Kathy Staff (Nora Batty) and Bill Owen (Compo) have been with Last of the Summer Wine from the beginning when it was created in 1973 for the BBC series, Comedy Playhouse. It’s a little ironic that the world’s longest running sitcom is about a group of elderly “adolescents” in the twilight of their lives wandering [...]

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09 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Monty Python inadvertently causes Pub evacuation

Ok, I know this happened some time back, but it’s just too good to let go by. Seems as though a pub is East London was evacuated in early 2009 and a bomb disposal unit was called in to investigate a suspicious looking object in the corner of the pub. As reported in the London [...]

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03 January 2010 ~ 4 Comments

End of the World as We Know It?

As reported by BBC News, well-known British comedian/writer/presenter, Stephen Fry, announced Saturday that he is leaving the world of Twitter behind and ceasing communication with the outside world to concentrate on the next installment of his autobiography.
If you haven’t read his “first” volume, Moab is My Washpot, published in 1997, you have until probably Fall 2010 [...]

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22 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Yes Minister invades the Ukraine. No, really.

Following in the footsteps of Turkey, India and the Netherlands, the Ukraine has decided that given its’ democratic independence that began in the 90’s, the time is right to showcase the political opportunism and backroom manipulation that can sometimes go with democracy. What better place to turn than England and a 30-year old series that, [...]

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12 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

The Prisoner – I am NOT a number!

With yet another unsettling American re-make looming on the horizon this Sunday on, as they say, another network, I thought it only fitting to pay tribute to one of the all-time classic series from the 60’s, or for that matter, anytime — THE PRISONER.
Created by and starring Patrick McGoohan as No. 6, the series tracks [...]

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25 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

And you thought the UK wasn’t funny

Next time you travel to the UK, take a break from the pubs and think about a comedy tour of England, which boasts not only numerous birthplaces of your favorite Britcom stars, but you can quickly check out places like Yorkshire, home to the longest-running sitcom on television, Last of the Summer Wine. You can [...]

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