Now
there's a comedy for the twenty-teens! :boff:
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2012/10/29/16414/itv_launches_vicious_old_queens_sitcom (http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2012/10/29/16414/itv_launches_vicious_old_queens_sitcom)
QuoteITV launches Vicious Old Queens sitcom
Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi are set to star in a new ITV sitcom about an elderly gay couple.
Vicious Old Queens has been written by Gary Janetti, who previously worked on Will & Grace :glare: and Family Guy :yeah:.
The two veteran thespians will play the couple, who live together in London's Covent Garden.
A series of six half-hour episodes is being lined up for broadcast from April, according to the Star on Sunday.
Last week, Sir Ian – who previously appeared in Ricky Gervais's Extras, said that hiding his sexuality for years had been crucial in helping him perfect his acting skills.
This will not be the first time a mainstream gay sitcom has been tried in recent years. BBC One previously piloted the potential primetime show, George And Bernard Shaw, with Robert Lindsay and Richard Griffith playing a middle-aged gay couple. The comedy, which was never intended for broadcast, was written by John Finnemore, the creator of Radio 4's Cabin Pressure.
:lol:
It'll be like looking into Garbon's future! :lol:
All that needs is Brian Blessed.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 31, 2012, 07:21:44 AM
It'll be like looking into Garbon's future! :lol:
Are they raising a surly teenager who wants to know who his real parents are? :hmm:
I just splurged. :bowler:
QuoteSir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi
Excellent picks.
Next up: Brian Cox and Ian Holm in
Grumpy Old Fags: Where'd You Put My Teeth, Dammit
Emperor Claudius and Gandalf eh?
And it seems Brazen didn't care for Will & Grace.
ITV+comedy=it will definitely suck.
Hell. These days ITV=it will definitely suck.
:showoff:
I can only hope that we get it here.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 31, 2012, 07:21:44 AM
It'll be like looking into Garbon's future! :lol:
When have you known me to be part of a couple? :unsure:
Quote from: Tyr on October 31, 2012, 10:18:15 AM
ITV+comedy=it will definitely suck.
Hell. These days ITV=it will definitely suck.
I was thinking for a second how I couldn't believe those old guys would want to bother with the brutal grind that is a TV series but then I rememberd in Britain a years worth of shows is like six episodes.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 31, 2012, 07:27:04 AM
All that needs is Brian Blessed.
Add some Sian Phillips, Patrick Stewart, and John Hurt, and I'm sold.
Patrick Stewart was a brilliant gay opera director on Frasier.
Quote from: Syt on October 31, 2012, 11:12:17 AM
Patrick Stewart was a brilliant gay opera director on Frasier.
Is he gay? :unsure:
Quote from: merithyn on October 31, 2012, 11:28:44 AM
Is he gay? :unsure:
No. But he is an actor so he can pretend to be.
Quote from: Valmy on October 31, 2012, 11:37:16 AM
Quote from: merithyn on October 31, 2012, 11:28:44 AM
Is he gay? :unsure:
No. But he is an actor so he can pretend to be.
Well yes, but I didn't know how much acting he had to do. :contract:
Though, this opens up a whole new set of fantasies for me with that man. :hmm:
Quote from: merithyn on October 31, 2012, 11:44:48 AM
Well yes, but I didn't know how much acting he had to do. :contract:
Though, this opens up a whole new set of fantasies for me with that man. :hmm:
You know you can have gay fantasies about men without them either having played a gay character or actually being gay :P
Quote from: Valmy on October 31, 2012, 11:47:32 AM
You know you can have gay fantasies about men without them either having played a gay character or actually being gay :P
I know. I just never considered them with that particular man. :) Now, I have. :perv:
Patrick Stewart on Frasier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6dOVgRev1U
Quote from: Syt on October 31, 2012, 12:48:27 PM
Patrick Stewart on Frasier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6dOVgRev1U
:lol:
Never seen that one. Great.
He's British, how have you NOT pictured him as gay?
Quote from: Tyr on October 31, 2012, 07:42:16 PM
Quote from: Syt on October 31, 2012, 12:48:27 PM
Patrick Stewart on Frasier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6dOVgRev1U
:lol:
Never seen that one. Great.
Classic episode. Like those two don't bring it on themselves sometimes.
Quote from: sbr on October 31, 2012, 07:50:01 PM
He's British, how have you NOT pictured him as gay?
:mellow:
I've dated British men. Definitely don't think of all of them as gay. :sleep:
Quote from: merithyn on October 31, 2012, 10:45:59 PM
Quote from: sbr on October 31, 2012, 07:50:01 PM
He's British, how have you NOT pictured him as gay?
:mellow:
I've dated British men. Definitely don't think of all of them as gay. :sleep:
Cal's gonna be jealous.
I thought he'd moved on. :unsure:
Not what I heard.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 31, 2012, 08:59:39 PM
Classic episode. Like those two don't bring it on themselves sometimes.
There's also a good one where they meet a friend of their mother's who they think might be their real father, because he's so much more like them. Turns out he's gay, and he thought all the time that Frasier and Niles are, too.
Frasier had a number of "gay" plots, and I thought they handled them pretty maturely (in the confines of the series).
Quote from: Syt on November 01, 2012, 12:06:07 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 31, 2012, 08:59:39 PM
Classic episode. Like those two don't bring it on themselves sometimes.
There's also a good one where they meet a friend of their mother's who they think might be their real father, because he's so much more like them. Turns out he's gay, and he thought all the time that Frasier and Niles are, too.
Frasier had a number of "gay" plots, and I thought they handled them pretty maturely (in the confines of the series).
It's funny that the guy who played Niles is gay and the guy who played Frasier is a right wing conservative. :P