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THIS is what you want for Christmas! Trust me!
To all those of you in America: It's Black Books! OK, so it's not released until January 10th, but you should order it NOW! I swear you will never regret it!
'Black Books' is one of the BEST EVER English sitcoms - I still remember watching the pilot and loving every little bit to pieces. And since I'm in a hurry, I'll just copy a review off amazon that summerises the show rather well:
Black Books is a second-hand bookshop in London run by an Irishman named Bernard Black. He is probably the planet's worst-suited person to run such an establishment: he makes no effort to sell, closes at strange hours on a whim, is in a perpetual alcoholic stupor, abhors his customers (sometimes physically abusing them) and is often comatose at his desk. Help comes in the lumpy shape of Manny Bianco, a hairy, bumbling individual who (almost by osmosis) becomes Bernard's assistant. Manny is not exactly great at the job either but he is a million times better than Bernard. Next door is Fran, an anxious, frustrated woman who runs a sort of new-age shop selling the most unlikely bits of arty junk. Fran is friends with Bernard and, through him, with Manny; together the trio become embroiled in escapades that are sometimes extreme or violent or fantastically ludicrous, and always bizarre.
For my UK friends: DVDs available here! I found my icon in this post. There be many more... :)
'Black Books' is one of the BEST EVER English sitcoms - I still remember watching the pilot and loving every little bit to pieces. And since I'm in a hurry, I'll just copy a review off amazon that summerises the show rather well:
Black Books is a second-hand bookshop in London run by an Irishman named Bernard Black. He is probably the planet's worst-suited person to run such an establishment: he makes no effort to sell, closes at strange hours on a whim, is in a perpetual alcoholic stupor, abhors his customers (sometimes physically abusing them) and is often comatose at his desk. Help comes in the lumpy shape of Manny Bianco, a hairy, bumbling individual who (almost by osmosis) becomes Bernard's assistant. Manny is not exactly great at the job either but he is a million times better than Bernard. Next door is Fran, an anxious, frustrated woman who runs a sort of new-age shop selling the most unlikely bits of arty junk. Fran is friends with Bernard and, through him, with Manny; together the trio become embroiled in escapades that are sometimes extreme or violent or fantastically ludicrous, and always bizarre.
For my UK friends: DVDs available here! I found my icon in this post. There be many more... :)
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I ADORE Black Books! I discovered it late in the day, so I missed a bit . Now - DVDs!
Did I mention SQUEEEEE!!!!
Thanks for the heads-up :)
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We have the last series on tape, and I'm hoping *someone* will get me some dvds for Christmas...
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Send me an email addie and I'll bombard *someone* until he remembers ;)
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Why does the box-set of Doctor Who have to be so flippin' expensive? ::grumble::
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(It's written by the creator of 'Father Ted') (and Dylan Moran!)
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Father Ted. That's another one I want on DVD.
But I've seen all of Father Ted... and I haven't seen all of Black Books... and himself likes it too... and TV is crap at the moment... and... Ooops! I seem to have accidentally ordered it...
I blame you for this ;)
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I blame you for this ;)
I'm honoured. :) (And I just uploadded my 100th icon! ::points up::)
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Manny being groomed as a man-whore is one of my fondest memories...
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The beard! The beard! ::collapses::
I wonder if there's an icon of that...
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