"This is the most morally bankrupt piece of trash I have ever seen. Full of blasphemy, sick violence and levels of profanity and nudity that would be unacceptable on network TV in America (which itself contains too much), no decent Christian should go near this trash, and the fact that it is regarded as 'classic' shows how this country needs firmer Christian values."
Choad here probably saw this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol5Dfs7jqFI
RSM: 'Squad... camp it... UP!'
Soldiers: 'Ooh, get her!
Whoops! I've got your number, ducky
You couldn't afford me, dear, two, three
I'll scratch your eyes out!
Don't come the Brigadier bit with us dear
We all know where you've been
You military fairy!
(Two, three; one, two, three, four, five, six...)
Whoops! Don't look now girls
The major's just minced in
With that dolly colour Sergeant
Two, three, OOOOooooh!'
General: 'Right! Stop that! It's silly! (and a bit suspect, I think?!)'
...and thought it was a documentary.
(The comment by 'Srd1126' on the third page sums it up)
"and the fact that it is regarded as 'classic' shows how this country needs firmer Christian values."
As opposed to 'classic' shows, such as... what? "Leave It To Beaver"? PROTIP: In all my born days of watching TV (including the classic US comedy* series "Sgt Bilko"), I've never so much as seen hide nor hair of that particular 1950s TV series in the UK. Could it be due to... oh, I dunno... the fact that the word 'Beaver' has an entirely different meaning to we Brits?! I mean, just the titular character's name alone: 'Beaver Cleaver'?! Just goes to prove how some in the US have no concept of the Double Entendre (the mid-20th Century, least of all today). Hadn't even Warner Bros here in the UK told it's US HQ about how the title of a certain orca film would generate titters, chortles & guffaws outside of it's intended market - and not just Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or other English-speaking countries, with emphasis on English?! I mean: "Free Willy"?! And don't get me started on that film's Michael Jackson connection, neither...!
*- "Mr. Ed": the proto-"My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"? You decide...!
@Mayhem
"TV and movie humor in the late 90's and into the 00's is all bland and generic."
I watched a couple of episodes of "Friends". They left me completely stony-faced. Speaking as a Brit raised on a diet of "Carry On" films, "Up Pompeii", Spike Milligan's "Q" series, Monty Python, "The Young Ones"/"Filthy, Rich & Catflap"/"Bottom", "Blackadder", "Red Dwarf", Julian Clary (a.k.a. 'The Joan Collins Fan Club') & "Viz" comic, if "Friends" is supposed to be 'comedy', then I'm buggered if I can figure out how the fuck that lasted for so long.
"Either that or just gross-out humor in the guise of edginess, designed to shock more than be funny."
There must be differences in perception, re. 'gross-out' humour in our two countries. The "American Pie" films, for example; they're the US equivalent of (P)Ricky Gervais' "The Office" TV series. Toe-curling doth not equate with funny (and at the Diana Memorial Gig several years ago, Gervais did a stand-up routine; he died ten thousand deaths on that stage. The only way he'd make me laugh, is if he played Russian Roulette: with a .50 cal Desert Eagle). As a Brit, I can only apologise for my country inflicting the prime example of Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome that was "The Office" upon the rest of the world. Like (P)Ricky Gervais, completely unfunny.
...on the other hand: "Airplane". Machine-gun, 'Blink-and-you'll-miss-it' humour. One of the Top Ten funniest films ever. Took fuck knows how many risks, material-wise, but is 90 minutes of pure comedic perfection.
And as for 'gross-out' stuff, I can never watch "Jackass" again. But not for what Knoxville & co. get up to - or not, as it turns out. As a result of the UK's version - "Dirty Sanchez" - it makes "Jackass" seem bland, anodyne & twee, with what Pritchard, Dainton, Pancho & Joyce do to each other ('Shot in the groin with a paintball gun', Johnny? Bitch, please. Pritchard - whilst wearing Kevlar body armour - got blasted with a shotgun, when they were in the Czech Republic. Pube Pizza. Also, 'Deep Heat' spray ignited on the bare arse. And just two words, anyone?: 'Prince Albert'...?! >_< >:D ); some of which out-shocked even the Tokyo Shock Boys (thus I doubt even Steve-O would dare do half of what the "DS" mob get up to). To say nothing of the spinoff, "Sanchez Get High", with how (and where) Pritchard & Dainton get off their tits on various natural highs around the world. Funny as fuck, though.
The only way I'd watch an episode of "Friends"?: 'The One Where Phoebe says "Cunt!"'. 'The One With A Mousetrap on the Genitals' (and that happens in "Dirty Sanchez"; also at the end of an episode of "Bottom").
