Hi Adam ...one of the great lesser-known tv series that made me cry with bittersweet laughter is called The Singing Detective... I also really enjoyed Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren. A Year In Provence was pretty good too in my opinion. Also Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett.
Other ones I have enjoyed but probably wouldn't buy: The Avengers The Vicar of Dibley The Fugitive Mulberry The Brittas Empire - (very funny!) Chef (the old series) Inspector Morse Cracker (the Robbie Coltrane version) Lovejoy Miss Marple James Herriott series I don't watch tv anymore but I sometimes enjoy Judging Amy... Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 2:23 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Anyone for quality TV programming? > > > I got so sick and tired of the worthless crap spewing forth > from every one > of cable's 200 channels that I took the radical step of > purchasing the DVD > boxed set of "I, Claudius" produced by BBC television back in > 1976. For you > Trekkies out there, it's a real trip to see Patrick Stewart > as a young man > with a full head of curly hair! > > This is some of the best writing and acting I've ever seen. > Why don't we > produce this kind of quality anymore? If I see one more mass > market bleach > blonde teenager shaking her half-covered ass on network prime > time in what > amounts to a thinly veiled strip tease, I'm going to puke! Stick that > flavor-of-the-week in a sugar cone and bring out Ian McKellen > as Richard III > (which is a truly great work... Shakespeare's classic adapted > to 1930's > England, with striking parallels to Nazi Germany thrown in to > illustrate the > patternistic nature of history)! > > Once I've played this series out, I'm getting the entire > series of "The > Prisoner," which was also produced by BBC Television, but was > produced back > in the late sixties (I think). Then it's on to Wagner's "Der Ring des > Nibelungen" -- all 14-1/2 hours of it! > > Anyone have suggestions for additional significant, > substantial works of > audiovisual artistry? I figured maybe we as a community > might each purchase > something, watch it, and then rotate it to the next > interested party. Kind > of a "ColdFusion Community Lending Library" that we could all > discuss from > time to time. Then, when we're all done, the original buyers > can recoup > some expense by selling their purchases on eBay. > > What do you think? Anyone with me? > > PS-- "Dude, Where's My Car?" is NOT a candidate film for this > venture. :) > > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Advanced Intensive ColdFusion MX Training > http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 770-446-8866 > Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion > http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
