Things I’ve Learned About The Good Old U S of A From Watching Films And Telly

[Patience]

I haven't been to England, but I hope not everyone has teeth like Austin Powers!

Haha! God no! Thank goodness! Some do, however...

 

[RoryA]

There is one exception, Gregory House the show "House". Ironically, I believe he is an English actor (Hugh Laurie, I believe).

Actually, my biggest beef with American TV is all the "reality" shows. They certainly don't represent any "reality" I have ever known...

Basically, it seems like with have three different kind of shows on Network TV now:

1. Reality shows
2. Hospital shows
3. Crime shows (mostly made up by about 100 different versions "Law And Order" and "CSI" -- I can hardly wait for "CSI: Anchorage")

He is indeed English. (Born in Oxford but saw sense and got educated in Cambridge)

Re the TV, it's much the same over here - they basically just combine those 3 types in various orders, occasionally adding the word "Celebrity" in front of the title (all evidence to the contrary)

 

[xlHammer]

I understand that most people not from the UK believe that Christmas in England is some sort of chocolate-box lid style winter wonderland, when in reality it's a puke lined, drizzle soaked, shopping nightmare where you have to spend hours in traffic jams 'visiting' your relatives.

I was lucky enough to spend Christmas in Las Vegas a few years ago, second best Christmas this side of puberty (after Christmas on honeymoon in Mexico).

 

[yytsunamiyy]

Something I learned when I lived in London:

- Actual english natives do not exist within the M25, If they are white, they are polish, Lithuanian, Irish, Kiwis, Aussies, Germans, French or Yanks.
- The average London girl prefers to wear sandals and a mini skirt, especially if it is 5 degrees below freezing with a nice drift of sleet.
- no matter how you make your way to work, you will always be late, because either your tubeline is broken down, the tube is on strike or you are trapped in a traffic jam.

 

[cornflakegirl]

'Allo 'Allo? Really? Not exactly a classic of the genre (although I liked it when I was a kid).

Just trying to think what I'd send you if I ruled the world...

 

[cornflakegirl]

Actually, speaking of Hugh Laurie, I'd definitely send you Jeeves and Wooster.

 

[Patience]

Send them QI. That has to be the pinnacle of current UK humour?

Anything with Stephen Fry. A national treasure.


Edit - I see you want to send them more of him too!

 

[cornflakegirl]

Yeah, QI. And New Tricks.

Maybe Absolute Power. But it was better on the radio.

 

[Greg Truby]

"A cookie is not a biscuit. It is a cookie. It should be soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside. If it is crunchy on the inside it is not a cookie..."

Look, we get a lot of non-native English speakers comin' through here and you folks are gonna confuse 'em 'bout the whole cookie 'n' biscuits business. So let me set the record straight:

• If'n ya pour gravy on it and eat if fer breakfast, along with some bacon (none of this "rashers" business) and perhaps a bowl o' grits then it's a biscuit.
• If'n ya dip it in milk and ya hafta hide the package from yer young'uns lest they leave ya with naught but crumbs, then it's a cookie.

Don't let them folks over yonder confuddle ya. I mean who ya gonna believe, them or this guy? Biscuits.
Dang, now I'm

 

[Legacy 96851]

Man, half the reason I posted that list was I knew the thread would blow up in a "no we don't nuh-uh that's not true" way.

I could've equally taken apart the list about the U.S., but, then again, it was a joke based on TV shows. I was more making fun of people that believe the stereotypes, not the country itself.

And as to the non-sequitur humor, I remember that mostly from Red Dwarf and Dr. Who (yeah, I know, really old shows, but so were most of xlHammer's references).