British Invasion Week-#4 and #3
Posted by Sinatra The Tank | Posted in British Invasion Week, Doctor Who, Man Stroke Woman, Review, Television | Posted on 8:23 PM
#4. Man Stroke Woman
After looking at my initial top 14 list some chances were made, Being Human made a jump up a spot in the last round and Man Stroke Woman jumped down from the 3 spot (see below) to the 4 spot but there is no knock against this hilarious sketch comedy show here it’s just after thinking a few things through I went with it at 4 but anyway I digress.
Man Stroke Woman is an absolutely hysterical sketch comedy show which revolves around the world of relationships. You may think to yourself how funny can a relationship comedy show be, well you’d be surprised.
The show has a fantastic cast with Nick Frost, Amanda Abbington, Ben Crompton, Daisy Haggard, Meredith MacNeill and Nicolas Burns. I can’t say enough about how well the cast work, they just click on every level you could hope for a sketch comedy show. The show packs in dozens of short skits per episode with the actors playing various characters in each, you may think that with such a rapid fire format it may get old seeing the same six people in almost every skit but it never does. I never tire of seeing any of the six leads in any skit. It’s hard to think of a skit that doesn’t make me at least smirk.
The how runs the now standard 6 episode seasons and ran for 2 full series so yeah 12 episodes in total which like most of the comedy shows on this list is pretty good as the jokes don’t run out, it goes out on a high note although I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want more episodes. The show has been released on DVD in the U.S. which is nice; you can get the entire 12 episode series for less then 20 bucks on Amazon which is a steal. You need to do yourself a favor and watch this show if you value laughing at all.
Final Verdict
9 out of 10
#3. Doctor Who
OMG Doctor Who isn’t numero uno on the list!?! Well it still makes the top three which is fantastic considering the series is considered a children’s show (at least it was). There isn’t too much I can say about Who that hasn’t been stated elsewhere, I feel like I wouldn’t be adding anything new to the equation by restating how fun the show is.
If you haven’t been exposed to Doctor Who it runs on BBC America and is available on DVD. The new series has run 4 series and a year of specials with a 5th series set to start in the fall and that’s not to mention the 20 plus years of classic episodes featuring the first 8 Doctors. I’d like to say I’ve seen all the classics but I haven’t, I’m a new Who whore but I have been getting into some classic episodes recently and despite the lack of state of the art special effects they still have a certain kind of charm that makes the show enjoyable. I’d suggest if you only know Who from the new series and are in need of something to watch then go back to the classics if you haven’t seen Who at all the new series might be a bit easier to swallow.
David Tennant is MY Doctor!
Final Verdict
9 out of 10
Doctor Who! Yus!