Let Them Eat Cake- French and Saunders!

Let Them Eat Cake is a delectable comedic treat from the always entertaining Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Letting them loose spoofing the Court of Versailles at the time of Marie Antoinette was genius. Basically we have a French Blackadder with a cast of mostly women!

Jennifer Saunders plays the Comtesse Columbine de Vache who lives at the Palace of Versailles and lets us in on the...comings and goings, shall we say, of the court! Lots of gossip and scheming behind the scenes and let's just say that Marie Antoinette was only the second most despised woman in France!

Dawn French plays her sneaky nymphomaniacal former prostitute maid Lisette and the supporting cast is "abfab" with Alison Steadman (our shrill Mrs. Bennet) as Columbine's arch rival Madame du Plonge and Adrian Scarborough as the acid-tongued manservant/wig-master Bouffant! Lucy Punch (Elaine from Doc Martin) plays Madame du Plonge's naive but knowing daughter Eveline du Plonge.

Lisette: "You'll have to have a tryst again, like you did last summer."
Columbine: "Yes! Tryst again, like I did last year."

Columbine: "Will you shut the frock up!!!...at the back there, it's undone."

 "The liaisons were dangerous. The wigs were lethal!"

Some wonderful person (thank-you, thank-you, thank-you) has put them all on YouTube. Here is the first part of Episode 1 The Pox to whet your appetite. Enjoy this frothy confection!!!!

Cheers! P.S. This one is strictly for ages 18 and up  ;)

Red Nose Day- Uptown Downstairs Abbey is Hilarious!

Red Nose Day 2011 Uptown Downstairs Abbey

Today in Britain Comic Relief had their big fundraiser for the year, Red Nose Day. This is a massive fund-raising effort now in it's 23rd year and raises funds to "transform the lives of poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people across the UK and Africa".

Here is the Youtube posting for the parody of Downton Abbey called, appropriately, Uptown Downstairs Abbey. Very cute for those of us who are fans of the series!



And here is part two:



Well, I hope you liked those clips. I just couldn't resist. There are many great clips on Youtube of old classic bits from previous Red Nose Days. Oh....I guess I could give you just one more clip.  Here is my favourite one from 2009 which is a takeoff on Mama Mia...



And if you want part two of this one here it is:



Now go and donate something to the charity of your choice, whether Comic Relief or the Red Cross for the Japan Earthquake or whatever you think is best. It's the least we can do, don't you think?

Thanks all you wonderful folks!!!!!!!!!!