Happy Saint George's Day!
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Sync'd up again! Just Wednesday, I told someone I was feeling very Fawlty Towers! And we discussed it and Are You Being Served? I miss them both, although Basil has a way of riling up my anxiety. As for St. George! Dirty bastard! Fit for a novel of the romance variety. Enjoy. Kizzes.
ReplyDeleteFawlty Towers remains an absolute classic - all the more remarkable for the fact that only twelve episodes were ever made. And I can recite every one of them practically word-for-word!
DeleteBy contrast Are You Being Served, in my opinion, went on far too long and ended up becoming more "laughed at" than "laughed with" as a consequence. Jx
It's just as well he died before becoming so legendary. I sat at house party once where a guy was telling another guy about one of my heroic deeds (I beat the crap out of a big neo-Nazi dude and his other two cohorts ran away), but the way this guy was telling it, I beat the crap out of a whole army of them! It was strangely surreal and reinforced my decision to move to a larger pond where I could be a small fry again.
ReplyDeleteNo-one's entirely sure whether he ever really lived, or was merely an amalgam of various legends and stories arising out of the Middle East. Jx
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ReplyDeleteFawlty Towers that is not St. George.
Best comedy series ever! Jx
DeleteConsidering that I've watched the entire series MULTIPLE times, I have to agree with you.
DeleteAmen, sister! Jx
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