Not even close. On the Buses is, admittedly juvenile, but hilarious. The accents, Blakey’s facial expressions. Put a bird on it, by contrast, is lamentably vapid. It has not a single redeeming quality. Next question . . . ?
OK, so I was born a Brit, and the internet gods won’t allow Canadian residents to see the second video (try it here instead if you’re not a US resident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHmLljk2t8M ) so I may well be biased…
On the Buses was typical of the smutty humour of the 70′s – funny at the time, but it looks tired now. On the other hand, Portlandia will always be “meh”.
A bit like the following:
Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Churchill: “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.”
All true. But I watched On the Buses as a 15-year-old, so my critical faculties are hopelessly suspended where Blakey and Butler are concerned. Nothing for it, I’m afraid.
Not even close. On the Buses is, admittedly juvenile, but hilarious. The accents, Blakey’s facial expressions. Put a bird on it, by contrast, is lamentably vapid. It has not a single redeeming quality. Next question . . . ?
OK, so I was born a Brit, and the internet gods won’t allow Canadian residents to see the second video (try it here instead if you’re not a US resident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHmLljk2t8M ) so I may well be biased…
On the Buses was typical of the smutty humour of the 70′s – funny at the time, but it looks tired now. On the other hand, Portlandia will always be “meh”.
A bit like the following:
Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Churchill: “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.”
All true. But I watched On the Buses as a 15-year-old, so my critical faculties are hopelessly suspended where Blakey and Butler are concerned. Nothing for it, I’m afraid.
Love the Churchill line!