Hitler: The Comedy Years

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  1. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    Hitler: The Comedy Years
    C4 UK TV.

    Hitler and the Nazi Party have provided a wealth of comedy material for over 50 years, and were the inspiration behind famous sketches and routines by Monty Python, Spike Milligan and Freddie Starr. With the foreboding legacy left by Nazism and still having an effect on global culture today, the programme questions if there is still a place for such humour on the British comedy circuit

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  2. Kyt

    Kyt Very Senior Member

    Starts in 20 minutes.
     
  3. Kyt

    Kyt Very Senior Member

    From my favourite Will Hay film (sorry about the quality - screen grab):
     

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  5. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    No matter how tempted you are by it's 'ironic humour' just don't bother watching They saved Hitlers Brain.
    See it in as post modern a context as you like, It's still utter s__t!

    Good program though, loads of decent Hitler jokes, slightly marred by the tone of an undergraduate dissertation from time to time. Always a pleasure to see more of Mr Milligan in his favourite uniform and the Fawlty towers bits still make me cackle.
     
  6. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    Fawlty Towers bits were and still are classics!!
     
  7. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Fawlty towers bits still make me cackle.

    Don't mention the war?:D
     
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  9. Kyt

    Kyt Very Senior Member

    No matter how tempted you are by it's 'ironic humour' just don't bother watching They saved Hitlers Brain.
    See it in as post modern a context as you like, It's still utter s__t!

    I was rather tempted by the Russ Myers film with Hitler as a porno star :D

    Good program though, loads of decent Hitler jokes, slightly marred by the tone of an undergraduate dissertation from time to time. Always a pleasure to see more of Mr Milligan in his favourite uniform and the Fawlty towers bits still make me cackle.
    Yes, the tone was a bit BBC4ish. I was rather shocked at the comments about Spike. Especially as he was born in India, spoke Urdu (met him twice, and each time we both embarressed ourselves by the quality of our Urdu), and the fact that nowadays his comedy would be considered postmodern irony (OK maybe Curry and Chips was really bad but I still liked it).

    And atl east it wasn't as bad as 'that Hitler living next door' thing that got pulled after one episode.
     
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  11. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Spike
    You've met Spike Milligan!?
    I was hugely impressed by Ron having met Churchill but this may top even that.

    I'm so star-struck! :wub:
     
  12. Kyt

    Kyt Very Senior Member

    You've met Spike Milligan!?
    I was hugely impressed by Ron having met Churchill but this may top even that.

    I'm so star-struck! :wub:

    Mid 90s - both times at book signings - Black Beauty According to Spike and the other as a gatecrasher who didn't buy a book but did get him to sign my copies of the War books.

    He was quite frail, but quite charming, in a Spike sort of way. I remember as a kid trying to play the vacuum cleaner.......................:p
     
  13. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Don Rickles giving it to Germany, including Goose Stepping :) German part starts around 6:30.

     
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  14. Vintage Wargaming

    Vintage Wargaming Well-Known Member

    And don’t forget the wonderful Heil Honey I’m Home

    Heil Honey I'm Home! - Wikipedia!

    whatever happened to all of them?

    I was hoping it might be followed up by a series where Hitler works in Grace Brothers - Heil Honey I’m Free
     
  15. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Oh this likes a good one. I'll watch it after work tonight. Thanks!

     
  16. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    [QUOTE="Dave55, post: 869323, member: 1485tes a good one. I'll watch it after work tonight. Thanks!

    [/QUOTE]

    Not terrific but still pretty funny. I don't think they could have carried off a full season though.More like a one time comedy sketch.
    I'm pretty sure all of the historical references would be missed by younger viewers. Good job on the American accents.
     
  17. Robert-w

    Robert-w Banned

    Laugh - I never thought I'd start
     

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