wegqg t1_iqqq51y wrote
Reply to comment by GeraldoFubar in TIL the BBC released a 'Green Book' in 1949 to define comedy guidelines. Among some of the banned topics were jokes about fig leaves and vulgar use of the word 'basket'. by morecharts
No they were actually relatively tame at least initially - they did push barriers but nothing like what Peter Cooke & Co had done.
xX609s-hartXx t1_iqr5pdu wrote
I don't know those other guys but did they have a guy who got so fat he exploded in full detail?
Cold_Situation_7803 t1_iqrawfj wrote
That was in a movie, not on their TV show.
xX609s-hartXx t1_iqrfhc0 wrote
Wasn't that a movie made up of patched together TV clips?
DoofusMagnus t1_iqrsh7j wrote
No, Mr. Creosote (the guy who explodes) is from The Meaning of Life. The film that was repurposed TV sketches was And Now for Something Completely Different.
Cold_Situation_7803 t1_iqrl9ig wrote
No, it was way too racy for tv (and about a decade after “Flying Circus” went off the air).
BrokenEye3 t1_iquxgcy wrote
Had a visibly higher budget too.
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