Television Programmes
Below is an extract from my history, as ever please feel free to use in your campaigns.
Popular Film and TV Programmes
The US comedy “Darwin was a Monkey's Uncle” was popular in the US from 1994 to the end of television in 1997 was a huge hit. Filmed on board a replica ship at sea it made a star of Bob Socali as the eye patch wearing mate. (referenced in )
The British TV series Soldier Soldier featuring the fictional King's Own Fusiliers had been a great hit with the British Army and the public at large due to its humour and realism (the army assisted in the making of the programme).. With the coming of the war the 6th series was heavily rewritten (ironically a fate that had happened to the 1st series at the time of the Gulf War!) and featured a darker outlook but offered hope. A further series was planned but never filmed.
The surprise hit of 1995 in the US is “The Stomach Turns,” a hospital soap opera that is played for laughs. The lead character Dr Lance Carter (played by Tim Ferillo) has a catch phrase “Hmmm, this looks complicated, nurse get me a...” which is frequently seen on t shirts (often with an item added to the end and a cartoon). This is sold to a number of European countries in mid 1995. (referenced in the BYB)
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