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RAH Humor Review: Usenet alt.comedy.british Newsgroup
by Dave Bealer
Is your regular humor conference/echo/newsgroup getting you down?
Are you sick of the same old blonde jokes, Koresh and burn jokes,
and "Mommy, mommy" jokes being repeated on a weekly basis? Then
consider reading the USENET alt.comedy.british newsgroup. Despite
their country's generally dull reputation, British humorists have
been showing the rest of us how high class humor should be done for
many years.
Monty Python and Benny Hill are the most well known British comedy
shows, at least in the United States. A few discerning individuals
are familiar with some of the other good shows, such as Blackadder;
Fawlty Towers; Red Dwarf; Yes, (Prime) Minister and The Young Ones.
Discussions of all these programs and many others occur regularly in
the alt.comedy.british newsgroup.
Since this is not a moderated newsgroup you will see an occasional
brain dead post by some clueless Neanderthal, but these are rare
compared to other humor conferences. Most of the posts in this
conference are not actually examples of British comedy, but requests
for information regarding British comedies and comedians.
Article 3046 (20 more) in alt.comedy.british:
From: kds52568@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Bean)
Subject: Re: Blackadder merchandising question
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 01:04:11 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 19
sherman_s@spcvxb.spc.edu (Scott Sherman) writes:
>Does anyone know of a catalog or store that sells Blackadder
>memorabilia? Such things as mugs, t-shirts, torture devices, etc.
>Please E-Mail any responses to:
>Scott Sherman
>Internet: SHERMAN_S@SPCVXA.SPC.EDU
>Bitnet: SHERMAN_S@SPCVXA.BITNET
>Thanks in advance
This past Saturday was a "Blackadder Fest" on PBS here in Seattle.
They were offering T-shirts, buttons, etc. as incentive to donate to
the station. Dunno if these were of the same design mentioned in the
other follow-up post.
Trina
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Article 3095 (6 more) in alt.comedy.british:
From: simonf@tmx.mhs.oz.au (Simon Foster)
Subject: Re: BlackAdder Season 5
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 93 16:00:37 -1000
Lines: 19
In <1993Jun17.202146.9131@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
berner@hsomai.enet.dec.com (JOEY BERNER) writes:
>Does anyone know if the fifth season of BlackAdder is available on
>video. It is the one where they are in outer space. If it's
>available, let me know. I have the other four seasons but the fifth
>one eludes me. Also, is there a BlackAdder FAQ available? If so,
>where??
To my knowledge there isn't a BA5, and the writers have said they
don't intend to produce any more Black Adders'. However, you may be
thinking of th Black Adder Christmas Special (where there is an
'outer space' scene) which is available on BBC Video.
Simon
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For those unfamiliar with Internet acronyms, a FAQ is a list of
"Frequently Asked Questions." Such lists exist for many of the
leading British comedies, such as Blackadder; Monty Python, etc.
Other lists are dedicated to a specific actor, such as Rowan
Atkinson (whose best known works include Blackadder and Mr. Bean).
A large proportion of the participants in this newsgroup are either
Brits or Aussies, although people from around the world like British
comedy. {RAH}