The Comic Relief Special was lovely, you are correct, Kylie Minogue isn't as big over in the US and I had no clue who she was calling on the phone for identity verification. Fanny's mistrust of the Australians has been paralleled on the US Ghosts as our Fanny equivalent, Hetty, has a similar loathing for the Irish. This whole skit was very well done and I found myself wishing for more. I feel like Allison and Kylie, and Mike and Tess would remain ongoing friends. Wouldn't it be great to have another Comic Relief Special set in the future when they all get together for dinner in Button House? I just got the BBC Ghosts book from Amazon so I'm thrilled to have you reviewing it in a couple weeks. What is this livestream of which you speak...a new Ghosts book? Did I miss these details in a past podcast? More details, please. Please give Shelley a soft treat, dental visits are never fun.
Echoing Caroline's sentiment about Robin being a favourite, but then find myself remembering great line deliveries from others so rank all the other characters (including the livings) equally JUST behind him. I think one of the strengths of Ghosts is the casting, Obviously, there is the SIx Idiots, but also Lolly, Katy, Charlotte and Kiel, plus other recurring characters like Obi, Barclay and Annie plus some amazing guest actors. I don't think there is a weak performance among them. Regarding Larry's acting 2 different parts, we have seen small teases of him talking to himself but will have a major storyline next season involving them both together.
I love this little sketch. It's very much stand alone, but gives all the regular characters their moment. Having trawled the internet there is no mention anywhere of who wrote the episode - nothing. I guess it must have been a team effort by the whole gang. It's worth noting that Fanny's view of Australia is based entirely on the fact that it was a penal colony - the last convict ship from the UK sailed when she was about 14 years old, and so during her lifetime, most of the settlers there were ex convicts. Hence her remarks about keeping an eye on the silverware. I'm always surprised how little known Kylie is in the US - worldwide she is a huge star (even if Robin disagrees) having sold about 70 million records worldwide, but for some reason never made it big there. She's had a few hits, but nothing like elsewhere. On Feedback section: Spoonerisms are when you transpose the initial letters of two words like saying 'a well boiled icicle' instead of 'well oiled bicycle'. Eggcorns are when someone mishears/ uses a well known phrase, but it still makes sense - like saying ' off my own back' instead of 'off my own bat'. A third linguistic mistake is the 'Mondegreen' where someone mishears lyrics to a song. The name comes from a folk song that goes "For they have killed my Lord, and laid him on the green" which was misheard as "For they have killed my Lord and Lady Mondegreen". Going back to favourite characters- I picked Robin for all the reasons we discussed. But I think one of the strengths of this show is that every character is brilliant and brings so much to the show. Thanks for another series of podcasts, and discussions oof this great show! Looking forward to The Book and Series 5 when you get to it!
The Comic Relief Special was lovely, you are correct, Kylie Minogue isn't as big over in the US and I had no clue who she was calling on the phone for identity verification. Fanny's mistrust of the Australians has been paralleled on the US Ghosts as our Fanny equivalent, Hetty, has a similar loathing for the Irish. This whole skit was very well done and I found myself wishing for more. I feel like Allison and Kylie, and Mike and Tess would remain ongoing friends. Wouldn't it be great to have another Comic Relief Special set in the future when they all get together for dinner in Button House?
I just got the BBC Ghosts book from Amazon so I'm thrilled to have you reviewing it in a couple weeks. What is this livestream of which you speak...a new Ghosts book? Did I miss these details in a past podcast? More details, please.
Please give Shelley a soft treat, dental visits are never fun.
Echoing Caroline's sentiment about Robin being a favourite, but then find myself remembering great line deliveries from others so rank all the other characters (including the livings) equally JUST behind him. I think one of the strengths of Ghosts is the casting, Obviously, there is the SIx Idiots, but also Lolly, Katy, Charlotte and Kiel, plus other recurring characters like Obi, Barclay and Annie plus some amazing guest actors. I don't think there is a weak performance among them.
Regarding Larry's acting 2 different parts, we have seen small teases of him talking to himself but will have a major storyline next season involving them both together.
I love this little sketch. It's very much stand alone, but gives all the regular characters their moment. Having trawled the internet there is no mention anywhere of who wrote the episode - nothing. I guess it must have been a team effort by the whole gang.
It's worth noting that Fanny's view of Australia is based entirely on the fact that it was a penal colony - the last convict ship from the UK sailed when she was about 14 years old, and so during her lifetime, most of the settlers there were ex convicts. Hence her remarks about keeping an eye on the silverware.
I'm always surprised how little known Kylie is in the US - worldwide she is a huge star (even if Robin disagrees) having sold about 70 million records worldwide, but for some reason never made it big there. She's had a few hits, but nothing like elsewhere.
On Feedback section:
Spoonerisms are when you transpose the initial letters of two words like saying 'a well boiled icicle' instead of 'well oiled bicycle'.
Eggcorns are when someone mishears/ uses a well known phrase, but it still makes sense - like saying ' off my own back' instead of 'off my own bat'.
A third linguistic mistake is the 'Mondegreen' where someone mishears lyrics to a song. The name comes from a folk song that goes "For they have killed my Lord, and laid him on the green" which was misheard as "For they have killed my Lord and Lady Mondegreen".
Going back to favourite characters- I picked Robin for all the reasons we discussed. But I think one of the strengths of this show is that every character is brilliant and brings so much to the show.
Thanks for another series of podcasts, and discussions oof this great show!
Looking forward to The Book and Series 5 when you get to it!