After spending the last week in the UK, I had the great good fortune to be reminded on a nightly basis of the extent to which British comedy is far superior to American comedy. That point was driven home by having the opportunity to watch endless latenight broadcasts of panel shows on Dave (the home of witty-banter […]
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While it has been awhile since that fateful day behind the wheel, Downton Abbey‘s Dan Stevens (Matthew Crawley) will return to the small screen in the pilot for FX’s Legion. In what could be labeled as both good news and bad news, it’s ‘pilot’ season for both broadcast and cable television meaning that, sometimes, it’s hard to […]
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It was bad enough that Slough had to endure David Brent and the Wernham Hogg Paper Company for so many years, now there’s a comet on an unavoidable collision course with Earth to contend with. You, Me and the Apocalypse is about the last days of mankind. When the end of the world as we know it […]
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After conquering both small screen comedy (Miranda) and drama (Call the Midwife) and, now, in the midst of her first comedy concert tour, the My, What I Call, Live Show tour, Miranda Hart has mastered riding a bike so will now set her sights on the big screen. According to Deadline, the ‘as yet […]
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Nick Frost’s dancefloor comedy Cuban Fury hits the cinema on Valentine’s Day 2014. In 1987, Bruce Garrett (Frost) was a salsa prodigy with ‘fire in his heels and snakes in his hips’ and the UK Junior Salsa Championships in his sights. A freakish bullying incident on the incredibly mean streets of London robbed him of […]
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Ok, we’ve over-discussed the differences between British and American situation comedy. Just my opinion, but the British just flat out do it better. No doubt, from an American perspective, it’s infinitely better with the likes of Modern Family, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, Community, etc. But, in doing some quick math regarding the comparison of […]
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