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Well a bit of a misnomer in the title as I think both are great icons of British comedy (although I struggle with that in regards to Python due to Gilliam).

Python sketches are utter classics. No one can deny that. However in the BBC TV series Porridge (http://www.porridge.org.uk/) the main character and protagonist is Norman Stanley Fletcher, who's wry observations are not only relevant today but also hilarious.

However the difference is the style of delivery. Python is sketches...even the movies...they are all sketches. In Porridge the story line and plot unfold in each scene. Not all scenes are sketches. They often deliver a very hard blow of social reality. As does Python in its own way.

I do think Ronnie Barker is a comic genius as I do the Python crew.

My wondering is what kind of show would have happened had they collaborated....I suspect a mess.

Ok. Thats not quite true. I just downed two bottles of Veuve Clicquot and am starting to forget the point of this post.

Um.

I like boobs ;)

Do you?

Never seen Porridge but I do like Monty Python.

I also like
Piglet Files
'Allo 'Allo
Are You Being Served?
Black Adder

oh and yes, I also like Boobs! :D

Never seen Porridge but I do like Monty Python.

I also like
Piglet Files
'Allo 'Allo
Are You Being Served?
Black Adder

oh and yes, I also like Boobs! :D

I think you'd like Porridge as well then :)

'Allo 'Allo was a bit much for me I admit...but Black Adder is another classic but not at the same level as Python or Ronnie Barker.

Yeah I like boobs coz they're funny ! hur

and yeah...the other boobs as well....of course....nothing like a nice soft yet pert pink tipped....errr....

/cold shower nsg is rated GGG bugger oppps!

Python over Ronnie Barker, although I really enjoy both Porridge and Open All Hours.

Boobs man!!! BOOBS!!!!

/flails

Python over Ronnie Barker, although I really enjoy both Porridge and Open All Hours.

I think you'd like Porridge as well then :)

'Allo 'Allo was a bit much for me I admit...but Black Adder is another classic but not at the same level as Python or Ronnie Barker.

Yeah I like boobs coz they're funny ! hur

and yeah...the other boobs as well....of course....nothing like a nice soft yet pert pink tipped....errr....

/cold shower nsg is rated GGG bugger oppps!

boobs are funny to you? what kinda boobs are you looking at?

what was it about 'Allo 'Allo that made it a bit much for you?

boobs are funny to you? what kinda boobs are you looking at?

what was it about 'Allo 'Allo that made it a bit much for you?

Allo Allo (fek the ')...it was too forced for me....but then I have that issue with most of the 'mainstream' BBC comedies...

/boobs...as in funnymen.... and of course the real ones...goes without saying!

Beer!

Allo Allo (fek the ')...it was too forced for me....but then I have that issue with most of the 'mainstream' BBC comedies...

/boobs...as in funnymen.... and of course the real ones...goes without saying!

Beer!

Ah... ok...

Ah... ok...

One mainstream comedy that I do like is Till Death Do Us Part....

The main character is a loud mouthed racist lout...played by a card carrying Communist and avowed anti racist...

Utterly amazing.

In the US the show was called All in the Family...Archie Bunker...

Alf Garnet was loads better....

why hasn't Fawlty Towers been mentioned yet?!

http://www.fawltytowersrevisited.com/carthrash.jpg

why hasn't Fawlty Towers been mentioned yet?!

http://www.fawltytowersrevisited.com/carthrash.jpg

Part of the Python Pantheon....!

/whew! that was hard!

Part of the Python Pantheon....!

/whew! that was hard!

it wasn't really a sketch show though was it ;)

it wasn't really a sketch show though was it ;)

LOL no no no....saying Part of the Python Pantheon whilst pissed is...discombobulating.

Part of the Python Pantheon....!

/whew! that was hard!
not quite. it just starred a Python Alumni.

not quite. it just starred a Python Alumni.

Not quite...

John Howard Davies produced and directed both Monty Python (in fact was there at the beginning) and Fawlty Towers...

Not quite...

John Howard Davies produced and directed both Monty Python (in fact was there at the beginning) and Fawlty Towers...

but that doesn't particually pass the program to participate as part of the Python Pantheon, perhaps in passing a product of partial particpants of the Python Pantheon, however, by perchance its only a pair of Python participants that produced the program which is a piss poor posistion to ponder it's participation as a Python Programing product.

That doesn't mean that Fawlty Towers can't stand on it's own, for it does.

[indignant] My MP fanship explodes with delight!

[indignant] My MP fanship explodes with delight!

:confused: But you're not being arrested sir.

but that doesn't particually pass the program to participate as part of the Python Pantheon, perhaps in passing a product of partial particpants of the Python Pantheon, however, by perchance its only a pair of Python participants that produced the program which is a piss poor posistion to ponder it's participation as a Python Programing product.

That doesn't mean that Fawlty Towers can't stand on it's own, for it does.

Ahh no I did not say FT could not stand on its own. Rather that its creative roots are in MP hence a part of the Pantheon of MP comic genius.

Of course the part that was not from Python was Connie Booth...who....yep was in How to Irritate People which included several future Pythons...she was also in a few Python films....and...a few parts in the TV series...

:confused: But you're not being arrested sir.

Wait a minute...

It's a fair cop!

why hasn't Fawlty Towers been mentioned yet?!

http://www.fawltytowersrevisited.com/carthrash.jpg

I love the way just looking at that image can make me laugh :)

Monty Python certainly is my comedy of choice. Fawlty Towers comes just behind.

Ahh no I did not say FT could not stand on its own. Rather that its creative roots are in MP hence a part of the Pantheon of MP comic genius.

Of course the part that was not from Python was Connie Booth...who....yep was in How to Irritate People which included several future Pythons...she was also in a few Python films....and...a few parts in the TV series...
oh the FT comment was to say that it didn't deserve to be tied with Monty Python, but it should stand on it's own. ;)

of course HtIP featured 'future' pythons... Monty Python's Flying Circus was released the following year. ;)

I love the way just looking at that image can make me laugh :)

Monty Python certainly is my comedy of choice. Fawlty Towers comes just behind.

I believe that scene was totally improvised. the car just stopped working and Cleese, the true Pythonite that he is, just kept going in character and the director keep the camera's rolling.

oh the FT comment was to say that it didn't deserve to be tied with Monty Python, but it should stand on it's own. ;)

of course HtIP featured 'future' pythons... Monty Python's Flying Circus was released the following year. ;)

As a sit com I think its possibly the best ever...mainly because it did not last past what 12 episodes?

but I think 12 is too short to call it a series per se...maybe I'm being over analytical....

/asprin

Does nobody remember Benny Hill anymore? :(

Does nobody remember Benny Hill anymore? :(

Yeah. I used to live in Teddington when I went to Uni.

Never liked his stuff...then again the same goes for Mr Bean...kill it. Kill it now.

Does nobody remember Benny Hill anymore? :(

:headbang:
Aww man, How could I forget Benny Hill!?!

I love his stuff.

Does nobody remember Benny Hill anymore? :(
Yes, but only in poor copies.

*chases LG around a park in 2x speed with yakety sax playing in the background*

Yes, but only in poor copies.

*chases LG around a park in 2x speed with yakety sax playing in the background*

Everything is funnier set to Yackety Sax. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs2Uc-2vJwE

So I get home tonight and whack on the telly (BBC2) and whats on?

Dads Army...

Brilliant! :)