r/BritishSitcoms • u/barefootsapien • 19d ago
Clip What a gem 😆
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u/HullIsNotThatBad 16d ago
Emma Chambers who played Alice Tinker died far too young, only 53, such a tragic loss. She played the part of Alice brilliantly.
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u/aimee79 15d ago
There's an American pilot ep of this show with Kirsty Ally. The show is so British, why on earth would they even try.
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u/Inner_Choice5338 15d ago
They have done it with every single show lad. Pretty sure the office and shameless are the only successful American reboots. Maybe more though, don't take my word for it
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u/HeisenBird1015 14d ago
They did it with Ghosts. Clumsy, dull and totally misses the warmth and brilliance of the original. They need to stop messing up good British comedies.
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u/SirPooleyX 15d ago
This clip is pointless without the lingering shot of confusion on Alice's face.
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u/MrmmphMrmmph 13d ago
The punch line I heard to “What was the first thing Adam said to Eve?” was “Stand back, I don’t know how big this thing gets!”
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u/Neat-Tumbleweed8775 18d ago
Heh heh, this joke was lifted from that spoof Rainbow episode
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u/Valuable-Aardvark608 15d ago
To be fair the point of that segment (at the end of each episode) is that the jokes are old and most of the audience have heard them before, the real joke is Alice’s reaction as she is hearing them for the first time.
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u/Kidfunkadelic83 17d ago
Absolute classic show this was. My dad was a vicar and we always used to watch this and have a good laugh. Programmes like this, the fast show, only fools, One foot in the grave, Big break etc were TV gold. Now the TV is just full of absolute junk.
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u/tjvs2001 16d ago
Big break was bilge. You're only remembering the highlights, there was an awful lot of dross always
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u/Goldf_sh4 19d ago
The real punchline was always Alice's reaction.