Re: Bill Bryson

Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:58:48 +1100

> Not too different from Life of Brian, really, just making a commentary on
> a different facet of society.

Last semester I compared the Life of Brian to Shakespeare's `Troilus and
Cressida' - and got an 87 for it!

> Now, what do you all make of Who's Line is it Anyway now that it's hosted
> by Drew Carey (I admit, I miss the Brit that was doing it before) or the
> brilliant contrast between Brits and Americans in A Fish Called Wanda?

Say what ??? It's one of my favourite cable programs and I'll miss that
other guy too! It will make a real difference having an American on the
seat, as well. Actually, that show is a case in point of British and
American humour, because it's one of very few shows in which those two
styles of humour are allowed to play off one another - and it works (as in
A Fish Called Wanda, too!). I've found the best gauge between British and
American humour is in those sitcoms where they have imported an idea from
England and re-done it with an American cast and style of humour. It very
seldom works. 

My favourite ascerbic-anarchic British comedian is Alexei Sayle. One time
he did a whole show in which he played Godot - being held up at the
shopping centre, being caught speeding, etc - yet when he finally arrived
to Estragon and (??? The other guy) there were *three* of him. Oh, the
hilarious irony! (: So surreal yet so brilliant.

Camille
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