Has Anyone Seen This?

[Mekon]

Hello to All,
Has anyone on the forum seen these RAF sketches from the Armstrong and Miller series.I stumbled on it by chance on Utube.I think they are Brilliant and relevant to COD players.Might give an Idea of what it would have been like if the "X,Y.Z generation,[for want of a better term],had been there in WW11.Speaking about the language as it is spoken,of course.
There are about 20 or so of them,and I hope you find them as hilarious as I do.Here is the link to one sketch:

[Tavingon]

LOl, seen these chaps on the tv a lot over here, Armstrong is also a quiz show host

[Mekon]

I, on the other hand am over here in the Antipodes [Australia],and as far as I am aware this has never been on the TV here.I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it before on this forum.All of the 18 or so RAF sketches [which I have downloaded], are really well done and in [IMO] recreate the WW2 atmosphere in a realistic yet humorous style.What's the rest of their stuff like?Any good?

[Tavingon]

Originally Posted by Mekon

I, on the other hand am over here in the Antipodes [Australia],and as far as I am aware this has never been on the TV here.I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it before on this forum.All of the 18 or so RAF sketches [which I have downloaded], are really well done and in [IMO] recreate the WW2 atmosphere in a realistic yet humorous style.What's the rest of their stuff like?Any good?

Havent really seen them, theyre not huge over, here they have had a few series but they are mostly known in the uk for being in lots of other things, I think Miller was in the Johny english movie!

[SQB]

It was on SBS for a while, monday nights or something? Couple of years back.

[addman]

Laughing out loud! "Blinged them well up" priceless. Thanks Mekon, nice link.

[whoarmongar]

"Hurricane's are shit planes for remtards on free dinners, this is me being them right ' ohh ohh, I'm flying a hurricane, it's a shit plane, I'm rubbish & my mom goes chippy in her slippers'"

[Mekon]

I thought that would amuse you folks.Some of the lines are outstanding and although I'm not keen on this "Newspeak" well it just sounds so hilarious in this
context.Especially with the "upercrust, plummy" accents,those Brylcream boys in the RAF apparently had in those days.

[hiro]

lol, thats funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBM9N3jxaVU

the worst thing is I thought chalky was my main homeboy



yeah i feel well betrayed, spies are so fake . . ..


lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAOSXGYfEoo

respect . . .

[No601_Swallow]

Great stuff.

(But the comedy comes from the contrast between the 1940's upper (officer) class accent and the 2000's "street vernacular" words and sentences (lexis and syntax) they actually use. So, yep, it's funny, but your (British) English needs to be pretty good to get all the jokes and all the allusions...)

So both of them are basically (!) talking as if they were contemporary teenagers, but with the accent and (mostly) lexis of 40's (601) fighter pilots...