Plus when Tony Blair volunteered to bring Brits back in boxes to help George Dubya out a hole. Plus when the UK was an aircraft carrier from US escapades, plus extraordinary renditions of English folk tunes by men in East Anglian pubs.

However you did give us the Simpsons, Cheers and Will and Grace so I won't talk about the irony curtain. We're about quits, n'est ce pas?