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   From: polymod@optonline.net   
      
   "David Nebenzahl"  wrote in message   
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   > On 9/17/2010 6:42 PM Arfa Daily spake thus:   
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   > > "David Nebenzahl"  wrote in message   
   > > news:4c92c1a9$0$2406$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com...   
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   > >> 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.   
      
   Do we have any "Vicar of Dibley" fans?   
   Still one of my favorite 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.   
      
   Agreed. as a matter of fact I liked the show so much I named my debut CD   
   after it ;)   
      
   Cheers!   
      
   Poly   
      
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