tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262139109574458128.post3121944002821826174..comments2022-03-02T14:58:50.045-08:00Comments on Joe Treasure: Vicious but not very funnyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262139109574458128.post-76468613033875812042013-05-06T11:10:05.064-07:002013-05-06T11:10:05.064-07:00Ah, how the immortal lines of Julian and Sandy com...Ah, how the immortal lines of Julian and Sandy come flooding back. In the corps de ballet, for example: "J: He once done something with a bentwood chair that made Robert Helpman's eyes stand out like organ stops. S: It was his own fault for standing too close." Their position, at once risqué and risky, was perhaps summed up by a peerless line from the same sketch: "We started out in John Cranko's Nutcracker and worked our way up." Stuck here in Central Europe, I've not seen Vicious, but I feel myself already on the side of the curmudgeons.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262139109574458128.post-72532960557013413812013-05-06T02:55:49.183-07:002013-05-06T02:55:49.183-07:00Glad you agree, Richard. For a light touch on the ...Glad you agree, Richard. For a light touch on the new normal, I'm a fan of Miles Jupps’ Radio 4 comedy In and out of the kitchen. Perhaps food writer Damien and his partner Anthony are the true heirs of Julian and Sandy and a measure of how far we’ve come in fifty years. Joe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262139109574458128.post-69720470722155203292013-05-05T15:34:11.027-07:002013-05-05T15:34:11.027-07:00As a gay man, I am bewildered by this script and f...As a gay man, I am bewildered by this script and feel it warrants a three minute, slightly lame, sketch at most. I'm gratified to think that I'm not the only curmudgeon on the block. I have been instructed, by informed critics, that this is post modern humour. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577947969798710228noreply@blogger.com