Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Help with dissertation please!
Poster: Kirsten Bodart
Post title: More ideas
My husband mentioned 90s sitcom [i]One Foot in the Grace[/i] where Victor Meldrew gets into trouble for saying the wrong things or understanding things the wrong way. The one where they have returned from a holiday in Greece and he's had a strip search on the way in to Britain because he was asked whether he had anything to declare and he says, 'No, apart from the crack in my bottom,' which obviously referred to the bottom of his suitcase being cracked. Sadly the customs officer thought it was something more alarming... There are loads in this sitcom like this, but it's in the detail, so it could take a long time.
There are some witty bits in 1980s sitcoms [i]Yes, Minister[/i] and [i]Yes, Prime Minister[/i], but it's also all in the details.
In a sense the 'pointless' pun in [i]Blackadder[/i] and some of Sir Humphrey's puns are the epitome of English wit: they are clever and not everyone always gets them.
Yesterday, one of my friends posted this kind of remake of the 'four candles' sketch with the surviving one of the Two Ronnnies duo (Corbett) and Harry Enfield: [url removed]
My husband also said that maybe [i]The Kumars at No. 42[/i] and [i]Goodness, Gracious, Me[/i] could be a possibility to look into, but he couldn't remember that it would be of any value for your dissertation.
Topic: Help with dissertation please!
Poster: Kirsten Bodart
Post title: More ideas
My husband mentioned 90s sitcom [i]One Foot in the Grace[/i] where Victor Meldrew gets into trouble for saying the wrong things or understanding things the wrong way. The one where they have returned from a holiday in Greece and he's had a strip search on the way in to Britain because he was asked whether he had anything to declare and he says, 'No, apart from the crack in my bottom,' which obviously referred to the bottom of his suitcase being cracked. Sadly the customs officer thought it was something more alarming... There are loads in this sitcom like this, but it's in the detail, so it could take a long time.
There are some witty bits in 1980s sitcoms [i]Yes, Minister[/i] and [i]Yes, Prime Minister[/i], but it's also all in the details.
In a sense the 'pointless' pun in [i]Blackadder[/i] and some of Sir Humphrey's puns are the epitome of English wit: they are clever and not everyone always gets them.
Yesterday, one of my friends posted this kind of remake of the 'four candles' sketch with the surviving one of the Two Ronnnies duo (Corbett) and Harry Enfield: [url removed]
My husband also said that maybe [i]The Kumars at No. 42[/i] and [i]Goodness, Gracious, Me[/i] could be a possibility to look into, but he couldn't remember that it would be of any value for your dissertation.