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  • The generational legacy of the greatness of Dave Allen

    On: June 22, 2022, By: Justin Bowers , In: Uncategorized

    Not long after Monty Python’s Flying Circus’s October 1974 premiere on KERA-TV in Dallas, one of my earliest memories of watching British comedy on public television was to ‘religiously’ watch Dave Allen at Large. A somewhat non-descript sketch/standup/sitdown comedy series featuring an intellectually brilliant Irish comedian that sat in a high bar stool with a seemingly bottomless glass of […]

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  • Paddington Bear opens and Queen rocks at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party at the Palace!

    Adam Lambert brilliantly channeled Freddie Mercury to open the Party at the Palace for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on Saturday night in front of Buckingham Palace. Can there be any cooler sight than to see Brian May ascend to the top of the stage with the Palace gates in background? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjFl6lsFaNA&t=7s Preceding Queen’s brillant effort, […]

  • Rowan Atkinson is the man in ‘Man Vs Bee’

    Only the brilliant comedic genius that is Rowan Atkinson could build antcipation for an entire comedy series around one man’s fight with….a bee! When the former star/co-creator of such British comedy classics such as Mr. Bean and Blackadder is given a platform to showcase his physical comedy capabilities, it does spell the potential for comedy gold. In Man vs. Bee, […]

  • ‘Miss Scarlet & The Duke’ set for October return on PBS!

    It’s official, Eliza Scarlet (aka Miss Scarlet) and William Wellington (aka The Duke) are back on the case this Fall. Kate Phillips (The Crown, Peaky Blinders) and Stuart Martin (Jamestown) will reprise their roles when the series returns with six new episodes beginning Sunday, October 16 as part of the Masterpiece series on PBS. As it’s been just a bit since […]

  • Happy International Towel Day 2022 — Don’t Panic!

    “A towel, [The Guide] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Not only does it have great practical value, a towel has immense psychological value” – Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Today, H2G2 fans are marking the 21sts anniversary since the all-too-early passing of creator/writer, Douglas […]

  • ‘Endeavour’ to call it a day after 9 series!

    Endeavour, the series which began as a single film a decade ago in 2012 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Inspector Morse, will end its run after 33 episodes across nine seasons according to a special video statement from series producers Mammoth Screen and PBS Masterpiece. Season 8 will air in the U.S. on PBS Masterpiece between June 19 and July 3, followed by three more episodes for Season 9 which is currently filming in Oxford and will air in 2023.

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