This series by Alexis Sayle is probably one of the best series from the early 90s. An imaginative look at Eurpoe in the 20s and 30s that is both pretty precise but also very funny. Blackadder was a kind of diluted version whereas this directly lampooned the political intrigues of the early 20th century instead of just laughing at fart jokes. Who can forget such unforgettable lines as "A German fascist? Well, I never!" What about the performance by Windsor Davis as the repressed homosexual Masquerading as a butch butcher and "Ernest Hemmingbeck" fan. Definitely his best cameo role. Not forgetting Neil Morrissey as his sidekick, Rochet and the hilarious Alan Corduner as the tortured music teacher suffering at the voice box of Mme Ovary. Why the hell isn't this available on DVD? Pure genius!
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I loved this show! Surrealist artists as comedy!
scarletminded1 September 2010
Warning: Spoilers
My memory of this show is fuzzy, but I remember someone asking for a cup of sugar and getting a stuffed fox instead (or something along those lines) from the surrealists that lived in the same building. Lots of European bohemian arty 1930's humor, that is probably why it didn't last.:) I loved Madame Ovary too and her crazy teacher. I wish this would come out on DVD! I would buy it. I wish more people had since it and more people had the sense of humor to enjoy oddball art school references. It would probably be hard to market this show to the USA because of that, we normally don't like our humor to be intelligent. Alexei Sayle shines in this show, a bit more than he did in The Young Ones. Again, I would buy this on DVD if it was available, hint! :)
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