My wife and I grew up in Glasgow and like many of the interviewees were entranced by Peter Sellers Comedic Art. We are familiar with much of his work, the Goon Shows; I'm All Right Jack, Dr Strangelove, the Inspector Clouseau movies and Being There. There were a number of other movies we'd forgotten about or had never seen and, of course, all those great records that Peter Sellers made from about 1963, ‘Goodness Gracious Me!’ We never liked much of Monty Python's Flying Cir-cuss! Too many of the sketches are trying too hard. Yet we have been listening to recorded Goon Shows for 12 years and thoroughly enjoying some of the movies for 30 years. For us, this program was very special because of the subject. There’s nothing as biting as British humor and Peter Sellers was one of its best practitioners. How about a program about ‘Yes Minister’ and ‘Yes Prime Minister’ It’s hilariously topical and even more satirical.
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Martin Levine
Posted on November 21, 2004 at 07:28 PM | Permalink
Review of Independent Minds: Peter Sellers
My wife and I grew up in Glasgow and like many of the interviewees were entranced by Peter Sellers Comedic Art. We are familiar with much of his work, the Goon Shows; I'm All Right Jack, Dr Strangelove, the Inspector Clouseau movies and Being There. There were a number of other movies we'd forgotten about or had never seen and, of course, all those great records that Peter Sellers made from about 1963, ‘Goodness Gracious Me!’ We never liked much of Monty Python's Flying Cir-cuss! Too many of the sketches are trying too hard. Yet we have been listening to recorded Goon Shows for 12 years and thoroughly enjoying some of the movies for 30 years. For us, this program was very special because of the subject. There’s nothing as biting as British humor and Peter Sellers was one of its best practitioners. How about a program about ‘Yes Minister’ and ‘Yes Prime Minister’ It’s hilariously topical and even more satirical.