At least Channel 7 2 is running "On The Buses" which is hilarious.I see Ronald Wolfe<co-writer> died last week.
Jeff

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From: Jones, Richard richard.jones@...>
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: OT: Death of Ronald Searle
To: "'Trams Down Under'" TramsDownUnder@...>
Received: Friday, 6 January, 2012, 6:46 AM

Hi all
 
Again a bit off track but Ronald Searle's St Trinian's series were great British Comedy. British comedy requires a bit of thought and is very clever, compared with many of the U.S. sitcoms which we are force fed, with slapstick and canned laughter. The Simpsons sent these up when Mr Burns took over everything in Springfield and had his own sitcom entitled "Mr Burns". Just about every sentence uttered was followed by canned laughter as when Mr Burns returned from work, entered the house and said "Hello Smithers" (laughter) and Smithers replied "Hello Sir" (more laughter). Watch any sitcom now and see what I mean. The laughter usually lasts only a few seconds after any remark.
 
The Simpsons is possibly the best contemporary comedy these days and there are many hidden things which require some concentration and often the ability to rewind/back track to review them, such as a trip through Springfield's Chinatown, with a "Toys L Us" store and the video store "VHS Village (Formerly the Beta Barn)" which is now a bit dated but topical at the time.
 
Still can't beat the Goons though. In "The Last Goon Show of All",  there was a comment that the local council had to dump 10 miles (or whatever) of cable as they had just gone metric.
 
Ah well, at least most TDUers share a common appreciation of genuine comedy and we are usually used to being laughed at by others when photographing trams. Aha - there's the on track thing.
 
Dick