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There was a 2013 TV series on Channel 4 in the UK called The Mimic that I really liked.
It was a quiet, slow and unassuming show that was contemplatively off-beat.
Well worth checking out.
Jim, did you ever carry on with How Not To Live Your Life?
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Not a sitcom per se but i was always very partial to Richard Briers' Oneupmanship - a 70s series that extended the concept of School for scoundrels (Terry-thomas, ian carmichael) in which Briers demonstrates in various sketches how to get one up in any given situation. One i recall was about how he got a big sit-on tractor mower to do his lawn and drove the man next door insane with jealousy. When the man spent a fortune buying one to match, mowerman says Oh Im just taking this loaned mower back, i could never afford a beast like this" - thus getting one up on neighbour coz he'd been out and spent loads!
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Posted: |
Sep 19, 2019 - 9:20 AM
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Jim Phelps
(Member)
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Hiya, cretins!
Been watching the late-season madness that is "Norn Iron's" Give My Head Peace, the love-it-or-hate-it sitcom that skewers both sides of the sectarian divide. Series 8-10 differs from previous years with the emphasis on surreal situations, flashbacks, and pop culture parodies. Film music features heavily, as the scores of Jerry Goldsmith Elmer Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin, and Thomas Newman are all heard in the episodes.
Hold on, my phone is ringing..."Gerryyyy!"
Watching Give My Head Peace makes this yank aspire to become either a rabid nationalist or rabid unionist. I'll settle for just being an underworked, overpaid Norn Iron MLA.
I'm also working hard on perfecting my Ian Paisley (senior) voice.
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