Rowen Atkinson's Guide to a First Date

Ripping Yarns

Last night, after a wonderful conversation with the Roomie (who I've missed very much), the Brother and I have started watching the BBC television series Ripping Yarns (staring Michael Palin; written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones). It's so funny! We were really enjoying it, but because of time constraints, we were only able to watch the first two episodes: Tomkinson's Schooldays and The Testing of Eric Olthwaite. If the rest of the series is as hilarious as these first two episodes, then I can guarantee that we are in for a treat!

For those of you who are not familiar with this series, Ripping Yarns is a spoof of the adventure stories read by Edwardian school boys. Each episode if of a different place and time period; and each story is deliciously funny :3

Library Run

The Brother and I rode our bikes up to the library again today. We were there to return Black Adder. No, we didn't finish it. In fact, we only managed to get through one episode, and even that was hard. No, no...we actually loved the show, but the issue was that the DVD was so scratched up that we couldn't actually watch too much of it without it freezing, skipping, or shutting off. So, riding to the library today, our mission was to return the DVD set and ask them to clean it off for us so that we could actually enjoy it (yes, they have a disk cleaner in the back :3).

While there, we decided to look around so that our week would not be completely without some good old British Comedy. Here's what we brought back:

*The Complete Ripping Yarns

*Mr. Bean: The Whole Bean

*Mr. Bean's Holiday (Movie)

*The Rocky Horror Picture Show (This last one is just for me ;) hehe)

We'll be heading out again on Friday to drop off some books and DVDs. Hopefully, our Black Adder set will be waiting for us when we do.

Bike Ride and British Comedy

Today, to celebrate the first day of summer vacation (for my brother) I decided it would be fun to ride our bikes up to the library. It was a beautiful day; not too hot or too cold and the breeze was just right. We made it there in about half an hour, but we didn't stay for very long. Our problem was that we could only check out what we could carry back, and since I was the only one who brought a backpack (and a small one at that-- more of a purse than a backpack), we could only check out a few items. We ended up with the full collection of episodes from the BBC One series Blackadder, starring Rowen Atkinson.

Neither of us have watched this series before, but for the last few summers, my brother and I have started a tradition of sorts. We watch one movie every weekend, and British comedies during the week. I know it might sound silly, but there is something about the British sense of humor that we just love! So far, we've watched all of A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. We've made a slight dent in the collections of Monty Python and Mr. Bean; Blackadder is untouched as of yet, and we're almost done with Fawlty Towers.

Those are the only series that we know of as of yet, so if anyone knows of another British comedy series that is a must see, then please let me know!