I hate clipart

[a4hire]

We used to get Benny Hill and Monty Python here.
I also used to watch second city tv, or what ever that show was with the Makenzie brothers. They were great along with John Candy and celebrity blow up !

So what does american clip art look like?
White House, Ben Franklin, Liberety Bell, Statue of Liberty, etc. etc.

[Ross Macintosh]

The UK also gave us the Teletubbies. We dare not forget them. La-la is my favorite.

Regards, Ross

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[Judi A]

We get quite a few British Shows in the US. Mystery, Poirot and Keeping up Appearences are among my favorites. I used to love Absolutely Fablous too.

I alway wonder though, how old the shows we get are?

Judi
P.S. Loved Benny Hill!!!!

[Egg Bramhill]

Keeping up Appearences is one of my favourite situation comedies. Patrica Rutledge reminds me so much of my late Mum.
They are just releasing a new series of Ab Fab after a 15 year break (I believe) in production.
Egg

[mike engles]

I think the last series was only five or six years ago. Very welcome nonetheless.


Mike Engles

[Ross Macintosh]

I wrote above that when I found my piece of the London Bridge I would scan it in. It measures about 1.5" x 4" x 0.75" and is granite. I don't know what part of the old bridge it is. Hopefully it isn't part of a keystone! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Regards, Ross

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[a4hire]

Hi Ross
I guess that is one piece that we don't have in Arizona. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

[tonylondon]

The story has it that the guy that bought London Bridge thought he was getting tower bridge...
The London Bridge that was demolished wasn't that old, 1920's if I recall.
I agree with Eric. Most clip art is associated with large American corporations and shows their view of the world. i.e. stereotypical

Tony

[Ross Macintosh]

My piece of granite is many millions of years old [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Regards, Ross

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[smorg]

Egg, if you really like Patricia Routledge in "Keeping Up Appearances," you'll be pleased to know she is an excellent, classically trained, singer with a marvelous voice. We have a KCET store (our local PBS) that sells VHS tapes and DVD's of all of their shows. We also have a program here in LA called "Classical Arts Showcase" that runs midnight to 6:00 a.m. They feature shorts from all areas of the arts: dance, opera, Broadway, television like old Ed Sullivan guests, excerpts from movies, etc., and they showed one of her performances. After hearing her "real" voice, her tone-deaf singing on "Keeping Up Appearances" is truly a great bit of acting!

"As Time Goes By" with Dame Judith Dench is also a winner. Unfortunately, two other great shows, "No, Honestly" and "Duck Patrol" were short-lived and only filmed four to seven episodes, so they came and went very quickly.

What I appreciate about the Brit-Coms is the actors total lack of inhibition about looking foolish. American actors THINK they're uninhibited, but you always get the impression they're very concerned that their make-up is not smeared! (Hehehehe...can you tell I'm a bit of an anglophile about this subject?