This is definitely the best episode up to this point in the series. I think I'm finally starting to get this show. One thing I couldn't help but notice was the use of what must be the only American actor in Britain, Lou Hirsch. His thick New York accent fits in perfectly in a 1989 Hollywood full of 30 year old cars. Oh, I forgot the Malibu county sheriff with the southern accent and the guy in the cell with the constantly changing accent. Rik was even nice enough to give Julianne White another shot at sitcom fame since her 30 second appearance in the TIME episode of The Young Ones didn't set the world on fire. But like I said, I'm finally starting to get this show. I thought they were losing me with all the communist drivel and 30 year old British political references but I was wrong. Even though on the surface this appears to be Rik's most professional and mainstream show, it's really not. It's just like all of his other shows. Very little continuity and plot resolutions that rarely make sense.
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Go west young B'stard!
ShadeGrenade30 November 2010
Warning: Spoilers
This is the wrong place to pay tribute to the great Leslie Neilsen, who passed away on Monday, but until I get round to doing a full review of the first 'Naked Gun' movie I'll just say for now that he will be greatly missed. Bet he's making them laugh in Heaven right now.
This episode has Alan and Piers jetting off to sunny California. Alan is as contemptuous of Americans as he is of poor people. At a party thrown by big-shot Hollywood producer Houghton Miffin ( Lou Hirsch ), he insults the host. Piers gets high on cocaine, and attacks Miffin when he insults the Queen. Alan gets off with the stunning soap actress Donna Nightingale ( Julianne White ) and goes to her apartment for some action. She is into Bondage and insists he chain her to the bed. Alan is made to go back to her car to find her drugs, and gets locked out. Just as a police patrol car is approaching...
In earlier times this might have been the plot of a spin-off film. The production team does a reasonable job in recreating California, certainly better than 'Duty Free' Spain. With Alan and Piers in a foreign land, the opportunities for political humour are severely limited ( apart from a few cracks about Vice President Dan Quayle ), and the pair come across as fish out of water, making this a rather unusual instalment. Mac McDonald ( 'the Sheriff' ) was 'Captain Hollister' in the first episode of 'Red Dwarf'. William Sleigh is particularly good as 'Castro', the pervert Alan finds himself sharing a cell with.
Funniest moment - locked out of Donna's apartment, Alan sees the police coming and tries to dispose of her drugs by swallowing the whole bottle!
This episode has Alan and Piers jetting off to sunny California. Alan is as contemptuous of Americans as he is of poor people. At a party thrown by big-shot Hollywood producer Houghton Miffin ( Lou Hirsch ), he insults the host. Piers gets high on cocaine, and attacks Miffin when he insults the Queen. Alan gets off with the stunning soap actress Donna Nightingale ( Julianne White ) and goes to her apartment for some action. She is into Bondage and insists he chain her to the bed. Alan is made to go back to her car to find her drugs, and gets locked out. Just as a police patrol car is approaching...
In earlier times this might have been the plot of a spin-off film. The production team does a reasonable job in recreating California, certainly better than 'Duty Free' Spain. With Alan and Piers in a foreign land, the opportunities for political humour are severely limited ( apart from a few cracks about Vice President Dan Quayle ), and the pair come across as fish out of water, making this a rather unusual instalment. Mac McDonald ( 'the Sheriff' ) was 'Captain Hollister' in the first episode of 'Red Dwarf'. William Sleigh is particularly good as 'Castro', the pervert Alan finds himself sharing a cell with.
Funniest moment - locked out of Donna's apartment, Alan sees the police coming and tries to dispose of her drugs by swallowing the whole bottle!
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