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It did have exactly the same buzz or humour as the original show, but it was still a good show. Basically Avid Merrion (Leigh Francis) with his wife/sister Sacha (Barunka O'Shaughnessy) are now living in America and own The Merrion Hotel in Los Angeles, they have also brought some celebrity guests along with them. These include old favourite characters The Bear, Keith Lemmon, Craig David, George Michael and Elton John (new mask), and in their individual bits there is also Mel B, Michael Jackson, Corey Haim the film lover (from A Bear's Tail), Jimmy Carr, Trisha Goddard (new mask), Marilyn Manson (new mask) and Mick Hucknall. There are also great new characters, including Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsay, Chris Martin from Coldplay, Pete Doherty, Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins on The Friday Night Project, Dido, Pamela Anderson on Baywatch, Oprah Winfrey, Madonna and Dr. Huxtable from The Cosby Show, with spoofs of films Ray with Jamie Foxx, Walk the Line with Reese Witherspoon and Donnie Darko with Craig David as the rabbit. Guests included Holly Valance, Verne Troyer (Mini Me in Austin Powers), Shannen Dogherty, Jenny McCarthy, Jade Goody and her Mum Jackiey (Budden), Cleo Rocos, a band called Cherry Black Stone, Justin Timberlake, Fabio (male model), Victoria Silvstedt, Shannon Elizabeth, Steve Guttenberg, Dean Cain, Richard Blackwood, Traci Bingham, Emma Bunton, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Dominic Monaghan. Avid Merrion was number 27 on The World's Greatest Comedy Characters. Very good!

I was so excited to see Bo Selecta back on TV after I thought it had finished for good. The last Christmas special was fantastic. Bo in the USA carries on from the last Christmas special with Avid Merrion and sister/wife Sasha running a hotel in LA. Sasha has got to be one of the funniest characters on TV and the actress that plays her is simply superb! She never ceases to have me in fits. The Pete Doherty character set me off crying and had my sides hurting from laughing so much (with his biscuit addiction). This is very surreal comedy with totally random jokes and characters, but that is the charm of Bo Selecta. Leigh Francis is nothing short of a genius with his crazy humour. I have only seen the first episode so far but this had me crying in fits of laughter so it gets 10 straight away from me. I can not wait for tomorrow night's episode now... SUPERB!!!