This blend of reality show and mockumentary may not be to everyone's taste, consisting as it does of two friends touring northern England, reviewing restaurants, exploring the landscape, and visiting poetic places of interest. But the comments by, and banter between, its two protagonists--the comic actors Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan--are priceless. Family man Brydon and single, neurotic, incorrigibly-promiscuous Coogan play off each other with often hilarious results, as when they try to out-do each other with their Michael Caine impressions and comment upon "duck lollies" and the mucous-like quality of a particular aperitif. Though I'm disappointed at the gratuitous use of the `c' word… Read more
Mike Pannett's memoirs. I often think of this sort of book as "faction" since I beieve most of these autobiographical works to be really fact liberally embroidered or rearranged for dramatic or comic effect. However, Pannett's volume isn't quite like that: it rings true. It is a pleasing and well-written account of the adventures of a policeman in rural Yorkshire. He's been compared to James Herriott (though albeit in a different profession and much later time period) but it's a valid comparison as we may both chuckle at some parts and then feel deeper emotions when reading of the more serious issues that P.C. Pannett faced, such as investigating a case where a drunk girl barely out of… Read more
I first saw "Bullshot" 20-plus years ago but could never find a copy of it anywhere. Once I finally did so recently, I felt a certain trepidation as to whether it would still seem as funny. I should not have worried: it's a real hoot from beginning to end. (I would also recommend the more-recent French secret agent spoof "OSS 117: Nest of Spies").
