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   On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:23:31 +0100, Ron    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 18/09/2010 03:46, David Nebenzahl wrote:   
   >> On 9/17/2010 6:42 PM Arfa Daily spake thus:   
   >>   
   >>> "David Nebenzahl"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:4c92c1a9$0$2406$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com...   
   >>>   
   >>>> Ackshooly, I've been saying for years that there are two types of   
   >>>> Americans distinguishable by their taste for Brit humor. One one   
   >>>> side we have the PBS-type humor, exemplified by "Are You Being   
   >>>> Served?" (which I despise); on the other are those who like Benny   
   >>>> Hill. I'm in the latter camp myself. (Hey, what's better than total   
   >>>> slapstick? Worked for Chaplin   
   >>>> ...)   
   >>>   
   >>> You really shouldn't dis 'Are You Being Served ?' It was an absolute   
   >>> classic up there with the likes of Fawlty Towers ... The double   
   >>> entendre with things like Mrs Slocombe's pussy, were really quite   
   >>> risque for British TV at the time. Although I used to really enjoy   
   >>> Benny Hill for its pure slapstick, the humour was much cruder than   
   >>> that of AYBS.   
   >>   
   >> Well, not to belabor the point *too* much, but Fawlty Towers was   
   >> absolutely sublime compared to either one of those other two shows.   
   >>   
   >> And I have to hand it to your Brits: there has never been *anything* on   
   >> television to equal "The Prisoner", and I doubt there will be in my   
   >> lifetime.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >Shame about the remake!   
      
   That remark can be applied pretty much universally.   
      
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