Black Books...

i'd like to hear some comments on this hilarious BBC comedy with Dylan Moran. i live in the staes and am forced to download the episodes i see, but damn! i love it! is it popular in the UK? do you britons like it at all? am i crazy?

hell yeah, it's pretty popular here - not huge, but got a good following. My flatmate, sorry roommate just got the DVD of the second series.

Bill Bailey - Manny, is a big name comedian here.

I've seen it, and yeah, I agree it is pretty funny. Don't think it is all that high profile over here tho

<--------knows what a flatmate is. i spent a month and a half in london and watch almost only BBC programming. it's kind of an obsession. has dylan moran done anything else? basically, i just wanted to see if i was in any danger of losing it. they used to show it here on comedy central at like three in the morning, but that lasted for only about a month. i guess US audiences just don't get it. i piss myself everytime i see it. it's into the third series over there now, isn't it?

I love it (the 3rd series just finished in the UK ) and you're not crazy, you just have excellent taste. Have you ever seen 'Spaced'? If not I think you'd like it too.

Bill Bailey and Dylan Moran are doing separate UK tours soon. I still have to find out if either of them are coming to Swansea...

hmmm, don't know what that was all about. i just wanted to see if it was in any danger of being cancelled. i saw some of the second series the other night and noticed that dawn tinsley from The Office played a part. surely it must have some clout?

It'll have a 4th series without a doubt. I'd stake my first born on it...

has dylan moran done anything else? i'd love to see some of bill's stand-up. or if moran does the bernard charcater in hit routine, that'd be hilarious.

somehow sadly, i really identify with bernard black. i too hate most people, stay drunk, and read more than is humanly neccesary. i don't do the black warddrobe thing anymore, though.

Must. resist. urge. to. watch. my. Spaced. DVD...

what's the deal with spaced? quick sum-up anyone?

not in a book shop, in a house. still mainly 2 guys, 1 girl (oo-er). Different, kinda the same.

Skater/aspiring late 20-something male comic artist moves in with late 20-something alleged female writer as they need to be a 'professional couple' to get a London flat. They then have various amusing adventures...

I think the word 'alleged' is in the wrong place...oh well, it's done now...

i, myself, am at times an "alleged female"

hee hee

There's a nice BBC synopsis of Spaced here. If you like Black Books and you don't like this then I'd be stunned.

I have to agree, Spaced was the best comedy show on UK TV for years. Sheer brilliance.

so is it not around any more?

It's back for a new series soon. I believe...

Spaced was on the cable cahnnel trio for a short time, and BBC America is airing black Books nad a couple of years before Comedy Central use to air it on Sundays-latenight

Manny: "What are you eating?"
Bernard: "I don't know. Some sort of delicious biscuit."
Manny: "It's a coaster."
Bernard: "It is? Are there any more?"

♥ Black Books

give in. give in!

The episode with Bernard's "summer girl" is one of my favorite things ever.