Britcoms (Was: Hooray! Celine Dion rumour false!

[Milz]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., dfrankis at d... wrote:
> I'd forgotten the Vicar of Dibley (Amy's role model?), which I 
really 
> like.  I haven't seen Waiting for God or As Time Goes By. The rest 
> are old. Of course, so is TNG now.  Patrick Stewart for Mad-Eye 
> Moody - the voice is everything.
> 
> What I particularly liked about Ally was the interplay between the 
> courtroom and the personal issues, mixed with the humour.  Series 3 
> (I think it was 3 - Billy dies) was less good because there were 
> fewer courtroom scenes.
> 
> Are they really called Britcoms in the US?
> 
> David, still laughing about 'I can't believe it's not butter'
> 

Yes, they are called "Britcoms" here in the US. It's a word play on 
"sitcoms" (situation comedies). Mostly they are shown on PBS stations 
(Public Broadcasting System) and are quite popular. PBS is funded 
through individual donations and they frequently have fundraising 
'pledge drives'. My local PBS stations have recently begun showing 
Britcom marathons during these pledge drives.

I like the "Vicar of Dibley" too. I always get a good laugh from the 
programs, especially Jim's "Full Monty" performance, Alice and Hugo's 
wedding when a woman dramatically announces she is married to the 
groom, realizes her mistake and says "Sorry, wrong church. Carry on." 
And I still can't believe that people believe that 'I can't believe 
it's not butter' is not butter.<g>. I also like "Chef". But those 
programs wouldn't make it on the typical American network schedule 
because the quality of the humor isn't what those fancy product 
research groups say Americans like. 

Milz