Scotch And Wry DVD

Advantages: Humourous, excerpts span many years
Disadvantages: Amusing rather than hilarious, limited target audience

...---Introduction--- Those born and raised in Scotland will have no trouble recalling funny man Rikki Fulton and the many guises he adopted in his comedy sketch shows. For the rest of the world, I should perhaps introduce him by saying that for many years from the 1970s through until his death in 2004, Rikki Fulton was a much-loved Scots comic who was best known for his show "Scotch and Wry" and for his appearances on TV every hogmanay. Through his sketches he created numerous characters such as a hilariously inept police motorcycle outrider, but he is perhaps best known for his character, The Reverend IM Jolly, who is the main star of this particular DVD offering. ---Content--- The DVD is a single disc comprising clips and sketches from Fulton's Scotch and Wry series and focuses almost entirely on The Rev IM Jolly. This character... Read review

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Advantages: Humourous, excerpts span many years
Disadvantages: Amusing rather than hilarious, limited target audience

...---Introduction--- Those born and raised in Scotland will have no trouble recalling funny man Rikki Fulton and the many guises he adopted in his comedy sketch shows. For the rest of the world, I should perhaps introduce him by saying that for many years from the 1970s through until his death in 2004, Rikki Fulton was a much-loved Scots comic who was best known for his show "Scotch and Wry" and for his appearances on TV every hogmanay. Through his sketches he created numerous characters such as a hilariously inept police motorcycle outrider, but he is perhaps best known for his character, The Reverend IM Jolly, who is the main star of this particular DVD offering. ---Content--- The DVD is a single disc comprising clips and sketches from Fulton's Scotch and Wry series and focuses almost entirely on The Rev IM Jolly. This character... Read review

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Advantages: They've only made one more
Disadvantages: They've made 3 already, and the makers still have cameras

...When you run out of ways to inject a modicum of novelty into a genre, the next best thing is a spoof. Same thing with TV shows. If you're running low on ideas, a clip show always fills the gap. The only entertaining thing about clip shows is how badly the producers and writers try to pretend the episode has some relevance and bearing on the rest of the series. The lies become all the more apparent in the original dialogue that weaves together an uninteresting mishmash of cuttings. "Hey Mick," one character might say, "remember that time you dropped that wedding cake?" To which Mick might reasonably reply, after a cut to said cake incident of course, "what does that have to do with this power outage?" Scary Movie is, first and foremost, a comedy. Second, it's a wry look at the horror genre. It fails on two levels. First, it's not funny... Read review

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Advantages: light entertainment, some hard action
Disadvantages: tries to be too many kinds of film

...Raw Deal is a typical made for TV kind of film. A young Arnold Schwarzenegger takes on one of many roles where he plays the big strong silent type – he seems to have about ¼ of the words of the other actors. A typical role, undercover, wry lines with almost a comical delivery and sheer determination all set the scene for another action thriller. In this one, Arnold gives up his rough and tough stance for role with the mob – a real take-charge kind of guy. Not exactly Arnold as the kids remember him.... Read review

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