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To everything there is a season. A time
to be born, a time to die... and a time to have a bloody good moan.
Following on from the huge success of Grumpy Old Men, Stuart Prebble,
writer of the highly acclaimed TV series, gives us a more in-depth look
at what it's really like to be a pissed-off man of a certain age.
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Are you sitting comfortably?
Then let Britain's best-loved storytellers take you through
some of their funniest, strangest and most embarrassing
moments in this rib-tickling collection.
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jumping.the.shark n: the
precise moment when things go bad—terribly, irrevocably bad.
You know it when you see it. It's the moment on your favorite TV show when a new character is introduced or the
whole gang takes a trip to Tahiti. In that moment you know
your favorite show has lost its magic, has begun the long,
painful slide to the TV graveyard — the show has jumped the
shark. |
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The New York Times calls him
"the funniest man in America," and his legions of fans
agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books on
bestseller lists nationwide. |
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With a ya boo sucks to you fritzy, hot tiddly tumble, it's off to Western Front 1917.
Captain Blackadder, hero of Mboto Gorge, joined the British
Army when it was little more than a travel agency for
gentlemen with an abnormally high sex drive. |
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As the BBC bids a solemn
farewell to a much-loved national figure, across the pond
George Bush is played by Russell Crowe in the new film A Beautificacious Mind. In Ambridge, Brian and Siobhan receive
the tragic news that their baby will be voiced by Martin
Jarvis, whilst on Crimewatch Nick Ross investigates the
mysterious theft of a certain globe-shaped BBC balloon. |
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Angus Deayton, Ian Hislop and
Paul Merton star in recent highlights from the show that
makes the headlines.
Who said yesterday's news was only good for wrapping your
chips in? Ever since 1990, BBC TV's media-savvy comedy quiz
"Have I Got News for You" has been proving that even the
most sober headlines can provide some of the funniest and
near-the-knuckle banter ever heard on air. |
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