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Subject: The league of gentlemen
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yoji 24.01.11 - 09:34am
Finished nearly a decade ago. Sp*wned 3 series. A christmas special. A stage show. 3 books and a film. But i cant help feeling they axed it before its time. Steve pemberton, actor and writer for the show stated that most comedies go stale on the 3rd series which directed them to move the show in a different format. The christmas special prompted this by losing the laughter track and making it more * +
yoji 24.01.11 - 09:37am
Of a sitcom feel to it. The decision to kill off the local shop owners was hard and met with mild hostility. each episode from The third series saw a white van crashing and built the story up week by week ending with certain characters dying and certain being happy. I bought series 2 and 3 on dvd last week. Got series one already and the stage show on tape which is awful. But the first and second * +
yoji 24.01.11 - 09:46am
Series was the finest. Easily. Series 3 feels like more of a spin off dont get me. wrong, Its good. It wraps up the other characters stories like pauline getting out of cl!tclink prison or the return of papa lazarou who clearly didnt have a big enough part in series 2. But series 1 n 2 felt darker. The shop. The butcher, hilary briss and his special meat. Harvey toad face and his twin girls * +
yoji 24.01.11 - 09:47am
Just another fantastic example of british comedy at its best * +
kurt_x 24.01.11 - 04:17pm
nop * +
yoji 24.01.11 - 04:43pm
This is a local post for local comedy. There's nothing for you here * +
croy.mum 24.01.11 - 04:48pm
ha... hello dave??? ur my wife now!. love abit of dark humour * +
yoji 26.01.11 - 06:56am
Croy
ha was watching series 3, not as dark as first two but has its genuinely funny moments, like Neds and Tristan when they build that car to fight crime. Instead of a mounted machine gun its got a party stream, the shop had run out of drawing pins to bust villains tires so he uses paper clips and the voice of the car was suppose to be KIT from Knight Rider but sounds more like a * +
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