Sporadic posts? Not much new to say? Ah well, this is the reason - a recent trip to London to take in Spamalot!
Who could imagine that a musical based on Monty Python would work? It seems to obvious now, but anyway, on with the show…
This clip stars Tim Curry and Sara Ramirez; currently the show stars Alan Dale and Nina Soderquist.
You know, you cannot beat the Two Ronnies, whether it’s adventure yarn pastiche or humorous lyrics to famous songs, or just good old fashioned wordplay.
They’ve long been one of my favourite comedy double acts, and it was a great loss to the comedy world when Ronnie Barker sadly passed away.
Thankfully, however, he did it with one final last hurrah - The Two Ronnies Sketchbook - around 15 years after he announced his retirement from showbiz.
Here’s a clip from them, with one of their classic, most famous sketches, “Fork Handles”.
From the unmatchable Blackadder II, Edmund teaches Baldrick how to count…
By Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, and starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Tim McInnerny and Miranda Richardson, Blackadder II has a special place in my memories of growing up in the 1980s.
It was simply so much funnier than anything else that was on, thanks to the superb writing of insults and twists and the performances of the main players.
This clip in particular is marvellous, and one that many people who have seen the episode remember.
While we normally feature British comedy on QC, there’s plenty of room for US, Canadian, Australian or even foreign language comedy - as long as they make the grade.
This clip came to be via my dad, actually, and is from The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978) and features Harvey Korman and Tim Conway.
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