Description: Although it has a completely typical sitcom set-up ¡§C a leading man with a difficult family, odd neighbours and so on ¡§C a lot of its jokes are deeply rooted in the culture that have made giving a child a gun as a present second-nature and steak-eating-competitions a spectator sport, which is not conducive to those unfamiliar with such matter - in the same way that, say, Peep Show would be meaningless to someone living in the Deep South, so too were the foibles and oddities of the conservative, right-wing south Deep South both strange and also apparently insignificant to those living in Britain, and as a result the series didn¡¯t really...     ( +expand to view full text )

Description: Although it has a completely typical sitcom set-up ¡§C a leading man with a difficult family, odd neighbours and so on ¡§C a lot of its jokes are deeply rooted in the culture that have made giving a child a gun as a present second-nature and steak-eating-competitions a spectator sport, which is not conducive to those unfamiliar with such matter - in the same way that, say, Peep Show would be meaningless to someone living in the Deep South, so too were the foibles and oddities of the conservative, right-wing south Deep South both strange and also apparently insignificant to those living in Britain, and as a result the series didn¡¯t really catch on.