DVD-R Hell: "Heil Honey, I'm Home"
Don't remember the sitcom starring Hitler and Eva Braun? Maybe because it only aired once and was immediately canceled.
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The ending credit are from british sitcom "Dads Army"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dad's_Army
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I remember seeing this show mentioned on British Channel Four, they did a list of the worst ideas in television and this was number one (obviously).
Believe it or not folks, this was an actual show.
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Wrong it was #61 not No.1 on Tv hell moments.
Im with the snob on this if it exists on archive somewhere it deserves to be shown no matter how bad it is. just for the matter of completion if it was never released or there was no VT of even one episode it wouldnt be a big deal... *goes and appies for a job at all tv stations Archive department*
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Only the british, that's why they are awesome.....in their own way!
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That show before Heil Hitler is called Dad's Army. Which a hell of allot more worth then this piece of shit.
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I don't think I've ever heard anyone say out loud that they don't like Dad's Army. That's how popular it is.
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Oh my.... That may have been the most tasteless thing I have ever seen that was televised. You continue to amaze me with your ability to find stuff that is utterly astounding. Calling you, "the best reviewer on line", is not being over-flattering.
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I don't like the idea of something existing that I can't get a copy of either. 8 episodes of this exist in total, we only got one. I say we demand a high quality DVD release!
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I saw this when it was first aired, it's obviously satire in the only way the brits do it. Check out long running series Allo Allo.
Similar subject, funnier though.
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Now THIS is more like it! No unfunny/overly-cheerful "Lupa" this time, just pure Brad awesomeness! Thumbs up!
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What, bitching about Lupa on a DVD-R Hell video? You must really hate her.
Anyway, I'm loving the bootlegs so far. Keep it up, Brad.
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Too bad, they'll probably do a crossover every year, not including the TGWTG year end specials.
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The fact that it is paired with "Dads Army" shows that it wants to be paired with the slew of British world war 2 sitcoms of the time; However, they were laced with an irony and serious historical awareness that is totally absent in this. However, i seem to think that the writer believes that this is a highly ironic show- but it totally lost in itself
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This is like a fake tv show you see or hear alluded to in a bad movie. Also, did they use the same sets from Rhoda or I Love Lucy?
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Don't forget the two Three Stooges short films "You Nazty Spy" and "I'll Never Heil Again" that also cleverly took aim at Hitler with Moe Howard doing a spot on impression!
Heil, Heil Hailstone! Va-mu!
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Makes me proud to be British.
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Still better than watching MTV or Fox News...wasn't that Glenn Beck in drag in there?
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Wow, even Hogan's Heroes did better with a sitcom set during WWII and it actually was quite popular with German audiences.
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I remember when I first saw this in my first year at uni on shitty third or fourth gen VHS. Who the fuck commissioned it?
@Harry: Actually "Dad's Army" ran from 1968 - 1977. The BBC just never stopped running repeats because it's so well liked.
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Nice review. Never heard of this one. Reminds me of the much funnier "That's My Bush"....
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You know what I think would have been better? A sitcom starring Bill Cosby and Hitler.
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They probably won't allow it... How about Bill Cosby and the insurance salesman?
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Would have been way funnier than Satan and the Schoolgirl.
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Mr. Jones just simply and clearly summed up the mindset of every collector of strange and obscure bull shit who has ever lived; "I don't like the thought of something existing if I can't get a copy of it."
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why do i have a feeling you have a copy of "The day The clown cried" hidden somewhere in those shelves.
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Because he probably does. lol.
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I know "Hi Honey I'm Home" (which was a very short-lived TV series that was both B&W & color at the same time) inspired Pleasentville, but I didn't see this one coming.
Hitler in Brooklyn.
Growing up, Disney & Looney Tunes taught me that Hitler is nothing more than a glorified cartoon character.
It's one of those sitcoms where the laugh track isn't fooling anyone.
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I had heard of "Heil Honey" right after it aired and when "Hi Honey, I'm Home" came to ABC I though some loon had just taken the premise and rewritten it to the point of acceptability - after all, they're both sitcoms about sitcoms with out-of-date people as the main characters.
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"You Nazty Spy" by the Three Stooges is the first significant instance of Hitler being parodied. Its angle seems a little rudimentary, but that's because at the time America viewed Hitler in a very positive light, leaving the Three Stooges with very little to work with; if they weren't Jewish, they might never have even bothered. After they got the ball rolling, of course, Chaplin and others refined the idea of a "silly Hitler," and American popular opposition to the Nazis was born.
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Oy... What I wouldn't give for a TARDIS and a crowbar about now after seeing this. I mean who thought this would be a good idea?
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I'd prefer a Vortex Manipulator but same basic thought process.
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I may be the only one, and I am honestly completely fine with that, but when Brad said he didn't think he'd use the theme from this on any of his shows, I wanted to see it become the theme song for DVD-R Hell. Even though it would make no sense what-so-ever, I thought it would be that special kind of funny.
Other wise, I am now incredibly morbidly curious to watch this whole thing, which I haven't felt since seeing the review of Nudist Colony of the Dead. Does that make me weird?
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Great review! I'm really looking forward to more of these! You're right, Nazi humor is best when handled by Mel Brooks or any of the comedians you've mentioned.
There's this anime series called "Hetalia" that focuses on the Axis Powers as the main protagonists. I'm still weirded out by it. Apologies for the shameless plug, but my partner did do a review on it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88UReHGifmA) if you're morbidly curious.
Keep up the awesome work!
(BTW - I'll be in IL this weekend! Going to the land of Channel Awesome...)
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This just makes me want to watch To Be or Not to Be... or at least regress into memories of it to escape the pain.
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LOl I remember this.. Came across it a couple years back while surfing IMDB for war movies..
I thought it was kinda funny. Then again I have a twisted sense of humor.
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Yeah I've seen this before and it's way out there and you definitely need to know the key Nazi players to find it funny but that being said anything that makes fun of Hitler and the Nazis is gold in my book. I love material that satirizes Hitler and takes away his demigod status and just makes him look stupid which he was
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Dude, you should do an episode on the pilot of a show caled "Poochinski" it was a bout Peter Boyle as a dog who is also a cop
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This one line has made me laugh, AND I'm from Poland:
"When I finally get to invade Poland, who would be the first to know? The Poles?! No, Rosa Goldenstein!"
I'm very, very sick bastard, if this makes me laugh...
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I think I know why Hogan's Heroes is so popular in Germany: They basically show stupid germans that were still kind of likable.
During Hitler's reign one of the most famous songs in Germany was (loosely translated) "It's good to be stupid".
It's easier to admit that you just were stupid and didn't know what was going on instead of admitting you did something wrong while knowing what you did in its full extend.
I am german and I don't like that a part of the germans want to see themselves in that light. We were aware and we let it happen.
As a german who lives now, it's very hard not to laugh about Hitler the second you hear him. He sounds and talks funny and please look at him...
When I watch a documentary and there are speeches of Hitler, I barely understand a thing.
If someone speaks german, he should give Hitler's Mein Kampf stand up show by Serdar Somuncu a try. He's a turkish/german comedian and shows how laughable Hitler was, simply by analyzing his notorious book that is actually banned from selling in Germany. You are allowed to own it but not to get it in any kind of way. It has to materialize out of thin air to legally own it Oo.
While the bavarian department of finance earns a HUGE sack of gold every month, by owning the copyright of this piece of garbage and selling it all over the world... well not in germany and israel I think.
He makes fun of that while also making fun of the fact that you aren't allowed to publicly read out of the book while not making pauses every now and then. Yeah people have to reflect on what they just heard... or barf in their barf bags or whatever.
All in all I like comedy based on Hitler although it has to be smart because he is such an easy target and he deserves to be pummeled in a way that shows how stupid and selfish he, his believes and actions were.
I have to agree that this show would have been funny as a short sketch, because the thought of someone making a 50's style sitcom based on Adi and Eva is funny... to see someone actually did it is also funny, but the actual sitcom... no, it's not.
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Actually, you CAN byu "Mein Kampf" in Germany - however, you will most likely only find copies of it in second-hand bookshops because you cannot print new ones. This is prohibited by the Bavarian Department of Finance, claiming to have the copyright of "Mein Kampf" since Hitler's death.
It's a shame - from what I know, "Main Kampf" is basically a quite strange and hardly readable wannabe-autobiography most people never read because Hitler had a quite overly-complicated kind of speech. I guess reading it could only help people seeing how strange he and his NS-religion were. Atleast a historical-crictical edition as the (satirical) Titanic Magazine envisioned it would be nice: http://www.titanic-magazin.de/uploads/pics/kritisch-pk.jpg
(Hint: the footnotes all read "Nonsense").^^
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Oh come on man, you're just biased against Hitler. That show's hilarious.
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This is my new favorite series... keep it up.
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I saw this a while ago, perfect material for your site indeed.
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There's a finnish daily comic strip (called Fingerpori) which has starred Hitler and nazis so many times they have composed a book containing only nazi related jokes. That comic is generally considered quite funny, but unfortunately most of it's jokes are word plays and cannot be translated very well.
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This show is pretty ahead of its time. (reminiscent of That's my Bush [plus didn't Parker and Stone have an internet show cancelled after one episode?])
The writer was Rory Bremner's partner - worked on spitting image etc. Quite a big hitter.
Also, don't forget, this was a superb time for edgy British comedy, and Fist of Fun was only three years away - This could easily be a Stewart Lee bit.
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It's fake, you idiots. Why would a British made TV show be full of American references like I Love Lucy and Meatloaf?
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Uh, no, I lived in the UK when this premiered. It's very much real.
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It's real, fucktard.
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to the guy who claims its fake needs to check out the show the joy of sets its talked about it on there on the first episode
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I agree, I don't like the idea of something existing that I can't get a copy of! This was soooo bad it was hilarious in retrospect! But also tragic that the creators thought they had something great here, ha.
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If you want to see a good WW2 sitcom I recommend 'Allo Allo' if you not already own it.
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I want to see the rest of this show. Its fucking hilarious... Seig Heil!
Moon Nazis are also pretty funny. I'd love to see Lawrence Olivier as Stalin.
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What is this I don't even
Is it wrong of me I kind of want to see those unaired episodes? I mean, it looks like they spent their entire run of jokes (such as they were) in the first, where could they have possibly gone from there?
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... I'm pretty sure my Grandad would jump out of his grave a cuss a blue streak if more of these existed.
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Ahahaha, I watched this just a while back myself as well. So very, very groan worthy.
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Don't forget all those 'Hitler Reacts' YouTube videos made from that scene in 'Downfall' where Hitler blows his top. Theres hundreds of those things.
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This reminds me of the german character in Son of the Beach. I actually think there's a place for this type of humor. I can't really speak for Heil honey since I only saw these small segments, but it doesn't look any good. Bad delivery, I suppose.
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Again, you’re doing the world a service by covering this. For the longest time I thought this show was just an urban legend.
Maybe in the future you’ll uncover The Day the Clown Cried (the Jerry Lewis Nazi concentration camp clown movie) or Him (the gay Jesus pr0n).
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On the subject of speculation for future episodes, might as well ask:
Brad, you own a copy of the Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie, don't you? If so, can we get a review of that in the future? I know there are several reviews of it out there, but one coming from you would be pretty awesome!
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Sorry but, who are the "Ogmonics"(sp)?
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The Ochmoneks were the nosy neighbors in ALF.
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Schindler's list had me in stitches, personally
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The ending credits that make the opening for 'Heil Honey' is from Dad's Army - which serves to highlight the latter sitcoms lack of quality even further.
Dad's Army is a pillar of British comedy and one of the best sitcoms of all time. Worth checking out if you ever get a chance Brad.
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Bring back Kristall Pepsi!
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Great work dude, u gave nice post to us. Thanks for spending the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic.
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The title alone reminds me of a 50's homage sitcom back in the 90's "Hi Honey, I'm Home".
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Can anyone remember Ben Hitler?
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Yes an extremely awful idea in poor taste. But then ANYONE can work that out for themselves without a self satisfied camp american telling us every few seconds. I found the presenting of this clip to be of more poor taste than the show! Why do americans always sound like c*%nts?
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Why do my fellow Britishers constantly find the need insult Americans?
Most of us would have nothing to watch without America. Jason Statham doesn't make that many films. British TV? Nearly all of it is beeping crap.
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wow
its like a Bizarro World version of That's My Bush!
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I sometimes get mad about that Donald Duck cartoon. It's a really good cartoon, it's a very obvious pro-America propaganda piece if anyone watches it, and it's a great insight into history. But people just take the whole thing out of context to slam Disney, and it can't be aired because of idiots being offended.
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Uh why do they sound like they are doing bad Brooklyn accents?
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That awkward moment when someone thinks that making a light-hearted comedy sitcom about Hitler is a good idea.
Wow...That was in such poor taste I actually have a bad taste in my mouth, as well as feeling really uncomfortable. Hitler and Nazis can be satirised, but they way these people went about it was the wrong way. This seemed to make light of the whole situation, and almost seemed to trying to paint Hitler as a person we should like (at least within this series)...He killed millions of people, it's not going to happen, guy! Surely he had friends that were like, "Dude, not cool. No one is going to watch this show." But then again, someone who tried to make a sitcom about Hitler's friends may all be Neo-Nazis...
That theme song was really annoying...It made me feel anger it was that annoying.
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The program at the start of the DVD-R is the ending credits of an episode of Dad's Army, whether or not you merely didn't say it purely for the script to be funny I am just dropping it in there.
Though being an elderly unit of British soldiers marching along looking in to the distance to see Hitler in his own sitcom, I would be confused to.
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With that last line,"I don't like the idea of something existing, if I can't get a copy of it", I know exactly how you feel! I too am always looking out for the most unknown and unseen video out there. Keep up the hunt, Brad! Sure, you may come across total fecal matter like "Heil Honey I'm Home", but it's damn funny to see the look in your friend's eyes when you look at them and say: 'Hitler sitcom? Yeah, it's for real. I seen it.' Where did you get that bit of video from Turn-On? Does the whole show exist out there somewhere? (Besides George Schlatter's basement, of course.) Keep up the great work, man. Anyone out there have "The Day the Clown Cried?"
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Wow. This is surreal. I must agree though, this thing doesn't look like it'd fly for more than a Monthy Python length sketch... but that doesn't stop me from really wanting to follow this series. It does look irresistibly tasteless and goofy.
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This... is one of the most awesome things I've ever seen in my life.
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Is it just me or does this remind you more of "Axis Powers Hetalia"?
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FYI,
Eva Braun is played by an anime voice-actress!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There was also a comedy show in Germany which had a segment about Nazi-Germany run like a company. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL4CPewSqT4
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If you look up "Gareth Marks Comedy Showreel" on YouTube, it has a few minutes of footage from Heil Honey; none from this pilot, which suggests that the unaired episodes are out there somewhere.
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I'm fascinated by human race. You can close your eyes and phantom about the most wild ideas and poof! They already exist.
I close my eyes and I can see...a sitcom starring Hitler and Eve Braun!
Poof!
Here it is!
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I really liked your post.Will come back for future updates..
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Brad, if you can do a review for the one episode shows; that would be awesome. Especially Turn-On, if you can find any trace of the first episode. A single 40 second clip from the unaired 2nd episode is floating around; but nothing from the 1st episode is turning up anywhere. A CBS official said that the pacing, chops and cuts were so fast that people at the studio were physically disturbed. That just makes me want to watch it even more.
Awesome post though.
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Okay, a little late, but... There was actually something quite similar in current german TV, except is much better. "Obersalzberg" is a parody of a series called "Stromberg", with Hitler as boss of an office. "Stromberg" itself is something like a remake of "The Office" in german and is also known as one of the best Series currently running on german TV. "Obersalzberg" now is a series of sketches running in a show (Switch Reloaded) which does sketches about TV Series. It's like.... the Office, only with Hitler as David Brent, everybody else is a Nazi and they run WW II, with Goebbels as Jennifer.
I know it sound stupid, but really it isn't. I don't know if somebody ever translated it into English (and probably some jokes will get lost by it, anyway), but if somebody here speaks some German: You can still find it on Youtube and the like.
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Directed by Juliet May. Who would later go on to direct the 5 series of Red Dwarf.
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hey brad i watched this show called the joy of sets. On this show they played a game called not on my network and I knew the answer because of heil, honey I'm home.
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Directed by Juliet May? "Red Dwarf" Juliet May?
Also, "...a sitcom starring a genocidal dictator."
What, like "That's My Bush"?
Ba dum bum!
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you dare insult dad's army? ._. quite the world war 2 comedy block they had going
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Wow that amazing been trying to get
the other eps for years
this is the most absurdly funny thing ever made.Completely fearelss groundbreaking comedy
i cant wait for the ep when he arranges for a "little train journey" for his neighbours
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I feel ashamed to be British watching this ...
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Denica Fairman went on to do a lot of anime dubs in the 90's for manga video in the uk (some of which went to america and other english speaking countries). She was good too, she'd the voice of B-ko in project A-ko. I always sensed she was having a good time.
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That Previous show was "Dad's Army" one of the most famous British sitcoms of all time! It's been shown in week runs on the BBC even to this day!
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Let's see what some of the actors are doing now:
Neil McCaul (Hitler): Gnomeo and Juliet (Conjoined Gnome Right)
DeNica Fairman (Ava): A Wind Named Amnesia [anime] (Sophia [English version]) [She's in many other anime, just look at her IMDB page]
Gareth Marks (Arny): Bridget Jones' Diary (Simon in Marketing)
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Get a grip. It's a SATIRE. And takes the piss out of Hitler. Just like the film/musical 'The Producers'
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What's hilarious is that they tried to come up with a Jewish name and settled on "Goldenstein". Were they thinking of Goldstein? The only famous Goldenstein is not Jewish, but the name of a castle in Salzburg, Austria, around 30 miles from where Hitler was born.
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This seems like something that'd be okay for a Family Guy sketch or something like that.
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