You know what other British comedy troupe was hilarious? Goodies. I loved those guys! Especially that one episode where Bill Oodie reveals he is a practictioner of a secret British martial art that consists of smashing people over the head with a black pudding.

He would have flashbacks to his days as a novice monk just like Caine in Kung-Fu. His sensei was bald with white eyes and he wore a flat cap like Andy Capp wore except the brim was super wide so it looked like a Far Eastern conicical bamboo hat--only it was plaid. He taught young Ooodie to wield the blood sausage with deadly force. That was an absolute fucking riot!

I just watched a bunch of "The Avengers" episodes yesterday on BBCA. I loved the Avengers when I was a kid. I took it so seriously then too. Emma Peel was the first woman who could kick butt that I really liked at an age before I started to like girls. I didn't like Batgirl, for example, but Mrs. Peel was cool. Everytime you saw Mrs. Peel in a tight fitting suit, you knew she was going to kick some ass--man or woman--didn't matter.

Now I meet people in their early 30s who have no idea who the Avengers were. How could you not grow up watching the Avengers? Or the Three Stooges? I was one of the lucky ones, I guess.