Hi-De-Hi Marathon - Part 3

No Dogs Allowed, If Wet - In The Ballroom, Peggy's Big Chance, Lift Up Your Minds, On With The Motley, A Night Not To Remember, Sausages Or Limelight

The stories feature elements of an ongoing loose continuity but for the most part are all self-contained revolving around one major incident and one main character from the enesemble with the others either trying t make something happen or stop it from happening. Eg Jeff has to hide a pet dog in his chalet and everyone else thinks he's sleeping with the campers! Peggy impersonates a shark in a pool wheeze (with the assistance of most the other staff) and nearly drowns! Jeff tries to get the campers to listen to classical music with poor results. Ted gets the chance to move up with his career and everyone tries to help him succeed and Spike debates wether to get engaged or continue with his career as an entertainer. There's a lot of good character moments in the episodes that most TV shows these days wouldn't allow and they work for the benefit of the show, adding more depth to the characters makes the stories stronger, the laughs louder and the sadness more biting.

The Life of Brian

concludes the mini Monty marathon :) I'll get the series sometime later this year, as i still have many episode of Hi-De-Hi to watch yet :)

rain

good job I didn't put any washing on the line because as soon as I left home for work this morning the heavens just opened and there was even sleety snow at one point!

Monty Mini Marathon 1

The Meaning of Life
Not as bad as its rep suggests but not the best film either. It's more like ther series of old, but with a strange very dark humour running through it and some really weird songs that add to the feeling of the macare oh and Simon Jones (of The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - the proper telly one) is in it too.

And Now For Something Completely Different
Purporting to be the best of the first two seasons it never the less misses out a few of my favourites but you can't have everything, although i wouldn't mind Eric Idle's guidance councellor having me...

The Holy Grail
Not a bad film that showcases the best team en semble and individually, it never the less feels sketch showy at times, but nothig nearly like the previous two films...

Hi-De-Hi Marathon - Part 2

The Beauty Queen Affair - The camp organises a sexist beauty pagent for the titilation of the men and one of the fathers tries to bribe Jeff to let his daughter win, it's all very sexist and not that funny at all.

The Partridge Season - Partridge gets pissed and sings some dirty songs...

The Day Of Reckoning - Fred thinks someone from his past is after him but it turns out to be some other criminal and Jeff tries to pay him off...

Charity Begins At Home - Ted tries to fleese the campers and Jeff finds out and puts the money to good use instead...