Tag Archives: British TV

Nor­man Wis­dom, star of British film com­edy, died just last year, at 95 years old. The news releases all men­tioned how Char­lie Chap­lin called him his favorite clown. Here is a lit­tle intro­duc­tion. And here is the full length piece.

Learn more about the “mad­dest mad­man of British com­edy”, Spike Mil­li­gan.  The sad life of a funny man.

Here is a new video of Max Wall danc­ing. I love funny dance. For more info: http://www.maxwallsociety.org/

For Christ­mas I got a DVD box set of The Mighty Boosh, a com­edy series from Eng­land. It’s stars are Julian Bar­rett, and Noel Field­ing. The two always end up in some sort of super­nat­ural adven­ture with mys­ti­cal char­ac­ters. I … Con­tinue read­ing →