ToddB
Thursday 24th March 2011 11:36am [Edited]
Townsville
563 posts
Quote: Rico El Vista @ March 24 2011, 10:28 AM GMT
I remember the first episode or so of 'Filthy Rich': there was an extended, tasteless visual gag of dead milkmen mounted up.
Also, when Richie's (or whoever's) flat door buzzer went, the seated characters assumed this noise meant each had personally farted, and began wafting the fumes from the offending region.
This series was a step backwards of sorts from the team in my view, and is unlikely to be revealed as an 'unappreciated in its time' gem come 2067, or any other year come to think of it.
Yes - this show did cross the line at times. I think, rather than "Filthy, Rich and Catflap" being a step backwards, the guys were self-consciously trying and deliberately failing at making an 'old style' sitcom. This comes through in the constant breaking of the fourth wall, references to and arguments about the plot (or lack thereof) and the conceit that Richie himself is a comedian of the older generation that never made it that far.
It's like they take the old sitcom format, with its innuendo and slapstick and massacre it with anarchic overkill on all counts.
A clever premise - and something that they did in both "The Young Ones" and "Bottom", though their targets are more clearly stated here.
An interesting premise - but lacked the freshness of its predecessor or the focus of its successor.