You either love him or hate him I guess judging by the other reviews.
Back in the 80s I was teenager and didn't particularly appreciate his style of humour then. Not being from the UK I didn't even discover the Comic Strip until I went there in '89 and saw a few which I loved, particularly Fistful of Travellers Cheques but had not seen this one until just today. I think it's aged very well and the humour is particularly clever with the story being an obvious reference to the Krays and Sayle's own mild hit song.
I think it's aged well because this style of wit doesn't really exist anymore, much to our detriment. It's not necessarily always laugh out loud funny though it does have some of those moments too. It's more of an appreciation for the written word and the twist of phrase. A lot of work went into this script and I enjoyed Bob Spiers direction. It's constantly moving.
Found the subtitled scenes very funny. And the classroom speech. With shotgun of course. (Sawed off at the right end).
Enjoyed seen Brian Croucher from Blake 7, Beryl Reid who had been in Doctor Who a few years earlier and had admitted not to understanding the material but enjoyed working on the show anyway and Peter Richardson, who, towards the end throws the young girl out of camera shot from nowhere that had me in stitches.
I really loved it. It provides a break too from the style of the other member's usual antics, some episodes of which, haven't aged well at all.
Bloody good show Mr Sayles. Both of you.
Back in the 80s I was teenager and didn't particularly appreciate his style of humour then. Not being from the UK I didn't even discover the Comic Strip until I went there in '89 and saw a few which I loved, particularly Fistful of Travellers Cheques but had not seen this one until just today. I think it's aged very well and the humour is particularly clever with the story being an obvious reference to the Krays and Sayle's own mild hit song.
I think it's aged well because this style of wit doesn't really exist anymore, much to our detriment. It's not necessarily always laugh out loud funny though it does have some of those moments too. It's more of an appreciation for the written word and the twist of phrase. A lot of work went into this script and I enjoyed Bob Spiers direction. It's constantly moving.
Found the subtitled scenes very funny. And the classroom speech. With shotgun of course. (Sawed off at the right end).
Enjoyed seen Brian Croucher from Blake 7, Beryl Reid who had been in Doctor Who a few years earlier and had admitted not to understanding the material but enjoyed working on the show anyway and Peter Richardson, who, towards the end throws the young girl out of camera shot from nowhere that had me in stitches.
I really loved it. It provides a break too from the style of the other member's usual antics, some episodes of which, haven't aged well at all.
Bloody good show Mr Sayles. Both of you.