Sunday, May 4, 2008

British Television Rules

It's not exactly revelatory to praise British television shows (I'm watching The Vicar of Dibley, which might explain the religious nature of that sentence). Dawn French is a personal idol of mine. As is Jennifer Saunders. Absolutely Fabulous and French and Saunders rock. Then there's Fawlty Towers, Coupling, Monarch of the Glen, Ballykissangel, Foyle's War, MI-5, and on and on ad infinitum.

And let us never forget the two perfect comedies given to us by Ricky Gervais. It's cool to prefer The Office to Extras, but I've never cared about being cool. Which probably explains the Amishy way I sometimes dress. I just like Andy Millman so much. He's flawed and sometimes mean but his heart always ends up in the right place. His friendship with Ashley Jensen as Maggie is my favorite male-female friendship on a t.v. show next to Liz and Jack on 30 Rock.

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