Non-PC guilty pleasures: sweet Brit comedies

I know, the big buzz today is about the Dems sweeping the House. As a registered Democrat let me just say: whoppedy bloody doo. Fact as after all is said and done, regardless who's running things, it is still up to me to figure out my own survival. So do forgive me if don't get all soppy and political. I'm sure there's about a million or so blogs that are screaming about this ad nauseum. Que sera. Between job searches, working on my website and other little projects that fell to the wayside, and the occasional freelancing, I've been watching a bit more of the telly. Not a lot, but enough to drown my woes in. A few weeks ago my workmate tossed a bunch of DVDs in my direction: The Best of Benny Hill, Allo Allo, French and Saunders, and Fawlty Towers. He's from Jamaica, and like most of us from the Commonwealth, can appreciate a bit of Brit humour. Now as the rest of televisions were burning up over the weekend on the elections and other such bollocks, I just decided to sit and enjoy some beautiful political incorrect comedies. Oh the things that Benny Hill got away with back in the 70s. Today that poor bloke would have been placed on the cross of political correctness and flayed with red hot pincers. And then crucified. So as watched the lovelies run around the screen with their knickers and rolled around in complete sidesplitting laughter something occurred to me: political correctness really killed comedy and that sucks. There, I said it. Needless to say, I'm putting these DVDs in a vault guarded by laser beams, rabid Dobermans and a couple of hooligans hopped up on meth and armed with bats and brass knuckles. Maybe its just me, but even though she's a way bit older than me ... I'm really digging Jennifer Saunders. Go figure.

Tags: election, Benny Hill, French & Saunders, television, BBC, Fawlty Towers, entertainment, comedy