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Julia Fleeman <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 4 Mar 1997 10:56:06 -0500
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Following this thread reminds me of the episode in the YOUNG ONES in which
Neal's (Nigel Planer) parents come to tea.  They turn out to be upper class and
berate him for being a character in this disgraceful sitcom instead of
something wholesome like  GOOD NEIGBORS/THE GOOD LIFE .  Vyvyan (Adrian
Edmundson) launches into a diatribe against British sitcoms which ends
something like "...they reduce all British people to the stereotype of lovable
middle class eccentrics and I HATE THEM!!!"
 
Rick and Neal' father then come to the defense of GN/TGL on the basis of the
sweetness and consideral (to them) sex appeal of its female stare, Felicity
Kendal.
 
I think a really important question was raised earlier, namely why certain
shows are brought over to the US and others are not.  Why YES MINISTER and not
STRUGGLE ( I' m not sure of that title, the one based on Red Ken)?  Both deal
with British politics.
 
And if SEINFELD is a Britcom in Yank drag is THE THIN BLUE LINE BARNEY MILLER
in Blighty?
 
And by the way, HOGAN'S HEROES was definitely a product of the sixties.  Some
of us are old enough to remember watching the first episode.
 
Julia Fleeman
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