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Re: Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, British comedy of the moment...
« Reply #120 on: December 01, 2010, 08:51:26 AM »

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Re: Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, British comedy of the moment...
« Reply #121 on: December 12, 2010, 09:42:06 AM »
Update:  Getting On is really good.
Jeepers Creepers this is so depressing but i cannot stop watching.

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« Reply #122 on: December 12, 2010, 11:21:41 AM »
Oh, I'm glad someone  decided to watch it.  I thought it was great, even though it made me really want one of those nifty pills offered to survivors in On the Beach for when the time comes.

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Re: Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, British comedy of the moment...
« Reply #123 on: December 12, 2010, 12:33:37 PM »
I am reminded of the time i did my social internship back in school.(mandatory)
We all went to this place called Bethel, a giant institution dedicated to care for mostly epileptic patients but also generally disabled people, where i worked for two weeks on a ward called "Fußball"(Soccer). One of the patients had injured a nurse by headbutting him so hard that he was in the hospital for 2 months and so the ward was understaffed. That meant that we had to be pretty proactive during our time there. I was so afraid of the headbutter that i could never do something with him, so i mostly cleaned and washed laundry. I had the chance to wash the patients, which i also did not do, but is still remember the nurse standing there washing the old man that couldn't talk and asking me to join. I was totally creeped out and i think i will never be able to do that. I still get shivers...

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« Reply #124 on: December 12, 2010, 05:00:36 PM »
I've known and know people who've worked in nursing homes, and their patience and overall kindness is astonishing.  I know I don't have it in me.  More than anything, Getting On reminds that everyone who does work like that should be honored and showered with money.  Of course, if they were, many would quit their jobs as soon as they could (and who could blame them?).  But you know what?  Some would probably keep at it, just like those holy Hispanics on The Walking Dead.


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Re: Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, British comedy of the moment...
« Reply #125 on: December 13, 2010, 01:37:21 PM »
The horror, the horror. There is a second season!!!
Still i had a big laugh-fit when Kim drained the urine bag of a patient and said: "I'm just taking the piss!"

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« Reply #126 on: December 13, 2010, 03:11:08 PM »
And there are six episodes in the second series, instead of just three.

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Re: Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, British comedy of the moment...
« Reply #127 on: December 18, 2010, 05:07:42 PM »
Finally checked out "Human Remains" with Rob Brydon and Julia Davis and i have to say it's some hilarious character-work.  Check it out folks!

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Re: Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, British comedy of the moment...
« Reply #128 on: December 18, 2010, 06:05:19 PM »
Hilarious, horrifying, and depressing.

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« Reply #129 on: December 18, 2010, 06:26:38 PM »
Hilarious, horrifying, and depressing.
But very close to reality. I see a lot of similarities to the couples dynamics i can observe in my nuclear and extended family.

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« Reply #130 on: December 18, 2010, 07:33:53 PM »
Well, yeah.  Such things are often horrifying and depressing.  It's the hilarity that's unrealistic. 

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Re: Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, British comedy of the moment...
« Reply #131 on: October 11, 2011, 07:55:49 PM »
Just a heads-up that Snuff Box was released on US dvd today.

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Re: Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, British comedy of the moment...
« Reply #132 on: October 11, 2011, 08:12:39 PM »
"I, Partridge" is great.

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Re: Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, British comedy of the moment...
« Reply #133 on: October 11, 2011, 08:31:41 PM »
Just a heads-up that Snuff Box was released on US dvd today.

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On its way via Amazon, getting it tomorrow, so excited! Also, when did Amazon stop shipping pre-orders so you get them on release day?

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Re: Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, British comedy of the moment...
« Reply #134 on: October 11, 2011, 11:21:06 PM »
I just watched a 2004 BBC 3 Christmas special, AD/BC: A Rock Opera, written by Matt Berry & Richard Ayoade.  It stars them along with the Mighty Boosh guys, Julia Davis and some other folks.  Pretty funny stuff- think "Jeepers Creepers Semi-Star" (Mr. Show) meets Darkplace.  Available on thebox.bz and youtube.

I dug around this thread when it popped up today, found, and subsequently watched AD/BC: A Rock Opera. Glad I did, it's one of the funniest parodies I've seen. I wasn't even in the mood for a 70s/musical/hippie parody but I think it was the dubbed falsetto screams that every character seemed to do that did me in. 

Thanks for the Snuffbox reminder. I heard about it when they were on Pop My Culture podcast.
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