I'd disagree that setting S4 in the trenches was "a major risk". Parodying WW1 was well established in Brit culture; the series itself draws on Oh! What A Lovely War and a whole range of comedic tropes associated with the conflict. They were working from a well-established template.
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It would be worth covering just for all the awesome guest stars.
We've had this discussion three weeks in a row now, I'd have thought people would have realized opinion was hardly uniform.
Wilfred Death isn't just a cool name, it's also a reference to a seedy BBC executive called Wilfred De'Ath, who Richard Curtis worked for and loathed utterly.
I feel the exact opposite.
Frost and Arden were a great comedic double-act of the era. Their names in this ep are Soft and Anon, being another little Shakespeare reference. They pop up in Young Ones as a couple of doofus cops.
"Everything Dies : The Type-O Negative Musical, starring Antonio Banderas as Peter Steele!"
They got their ANGRY faces on in that picture! Being a seventeenth-century hair-gelled spunk is clearly serious business.
Magic everywhere in this bitch! Wait, no there isn't.
I know, I had it off with her in the back seat.
Spitting Image for TV, Wag the Dog for movies. Although it's worth noting real politicos tend to be more ridiculous and laughable than any fictional ones.
Actually if Kim suddenly appears in some kind of dramatic cavalry charge I'd be a happy man.
The lights are always on at Wembley. No darkness can ever be permitted to fall on such hallowed turf.
"Jesus, Jack!" was definitely a way of speaking for the audience.
"Sod it!"
MANDY!
The reveal could never be as cool as one imagines it would be. At least I'd hope it's an improvement from Francis Bacon knock-off in the LXG movie.
You! Do YOU know where whores go?
As thus the toupee is invented.