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shadforth

shadforth

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Over the last few weeks I've watched the 70s TV series Colditz. Very impressed by the high quality scripts and acting from stars like Robert Wagner and David McCallum. I was too young to appreciate first time around,but it would def blow away a lot of today's tv drama. Anyone else watched a series from the 60s,70s,80s for the 1st time?
 
A few years back I watched Dark Shadows - or a large number of episodes from the start onward. I bought a DVD box set and ploughed through it. It was, I have to admit, extremely cheesy stuff, but with my penchant for the gothic and supernatural I loved it. I bought a second box set but didn't watch that yet - I must try and dig it out from storage and start watching through again.
 
A friend loaned me a DVD of the complete series (7 episodes) of Brass Eye, and... oh god. Utterly brilliant at times, among the harshest satires of news media and moral panic I've ever seen - and especially fun when they trick celebrities into taking their ridiculous ideas seriously.

Brass Eye - Cake - YouTube
Yes, they even managed to convince one MP to raise the issue about this "made-up" drug in parliament.
 
I am a huge fan of Christopher Morris and Brass Eye. Would quote these shows for years afterwards with friends...

'I'll enter the nightmare of cake'

The best quote as I recall was 'Cake, it's a made-up drug!'

The part where Morris is dressed up like a match-stick in a nappy walking around London asking people for other 'fictional' drugs is priceless: ' Got on a Negative blooty with a crack candle and ended up on a Jessop Jessop Jessop Jessop'

This and subsequent episodes showed so many politico f*cks for what they are: useless media whores.

Beer good - did you ever watch Jam/Blue Jam?
 
Yes Beer good. For sure you have to watch Jam. Then listen to Blue Jam. You will like this as it has an Amon Tobin soundtrack accompanying.

I am reminded of Morris' earlier stuff - this skit from 'The Day Today' with Steve Coogan is one of the funniest things I think I've ever seen on television. It's a satire of the then Tory government ban on Sinn Fein's leadership's voices being broadcast on British TV back in the day...

The Day Today - Sinn Fein - YouTube

'Your tone is antagonistic and you're making me very angry' :)
 
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