tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post2384453524587097362..comments2023-10-19T10:21:32.190-05:00Comments on In Other Words: Are Satirists An Endangered Species?Paul Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974655628067266530noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-24242733686889584872007-06-29T14:33:00.000-05:002007-06-29T14:33:00.000-05:00Just ask Mitchell, for various reasons.One, for hi...Just ask Mitchell, for various reasons.<BR/><BR/>One, for his appreciation of an BBC series from the 1980s called, "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister".<BR/><BR/>According to the DVD extras, a good deal of the show's humor came from real events... and it is funny today.<BR/><BR/>A television comedy about government and bureaucracy?!?!?! Oh, yes. <BR/><BR/>A diplomactic meeting in an Arab nation which prohibits alcohol... the UK communications room was flush with booze, with news of "special messages" coming to various ministers. "Foreign Office has a special message from Mr. Smirnov."<BR/><BR/>Funny, and apparently true (at least in spirit... uh, no pun intended.)Baddahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241593756362935852noreply@blogger.com