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why does British dramas have lame titles like ---houdini & doyle?


unlike the title, i pretty much this series though

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What is "lame" about it?.

Its no more lame than countless other shows from the US such as "Rizolli and Isles" "Castle" etc.....

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Why do you think it's lame? It's about Houdini and Doyle so....

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I agree, it should have been titled Doyle and Houdini.

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I keep calling it Houdini and Holmes ;) Has a better rhythm to it.

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Your question should be, "Why DO..."

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The title succinctly tells us, in two words plus an ampersand, what the show is about. It flows trippingly off the tongue (far better than Doyle & Houdini.)And it's fantasy, so why all the fuss about historical and factual accuracy?

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I'm not getting how "Houdini and Doyle" is a lame title. It's simple, just the names of the main characters & it's on the viewer to know who they are.

There are MUCH lamer show-titles outta the UK, like "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em"



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Hmmmm!

Starsky and Hutch

Sure there are more...

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Hmm... I never had a problem with the name 'Are You Being Served?'. But when it got a continuation-sequel series, they just called it 'Are you Being Served Again?' which seems lame.

Sometimes fires don't go out when you're done playin' with them.

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I know, right, like how about those other lamely titled British dramas, like Cagney & Lacey and Hardcastle & McCormick?

What about those lamely titled British dramas where both names are the same, like Hart to Hart and Simon & Simon?

And the lamely titled British dramas where one name is a codename and the other name is a surname, like Scarecrow and Mrs. King?

And the lamely titled British dramas where both names are first names, like Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Joanie Loves Chachi, and Kate & Allie?

Remember T & T with Mr. T?

Those wacky Brits!

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I know, right, like how about those other lamely titled British dramas, like Cagney & Lacey and Hardcastle & McCormick?


None of those are British. Besides which, I already criticized the OP's comment, and said that using the names of the main characters was NOT lame.


You seem to be somewhat hostile-- and I'm not sure why. I named exactly TWO UK shows, with names I consider to genuinely be "lame". You seem to have taken that, to mean I'm leading some sort of "pro American" attack on the UK.

Which is a severe overreaction.

You know NOTHING about me. My favorite band is the Beatles, I am a huge fan of Doctor Who and the work of Douglas Adams-- in fact, I just recently completed a marathon re-listen of the entire audio series of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, ALL of which I own -- and I actually WATCHED every episode of the show 'Are You Being Served' because I enjoy British comedy a lot more than American comedy.

I choose to be here posting on THIS board-- for Houdini & Doyle-- because I happen rather to be a FAN of it.

If YOU have some kind of hostility toward people from the USA... that's on YOU; don't blame me for your paranoid choice to react to my very SIMPLE comment with pettiness.

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I think the guy mentioning all the American TV shows, like Cagney & Lacey, was simply MOCKIKNG the original poster. The original poster seemed to imply that British TV shows have "lame" names like "Houdini & Doyle." So, this guy listed a whole bunch of American shows with similar titles in order to show that the original poster's argument is, in point of fact, "lame."

I don't think this guy said anything hostile at all. He was sarcastic & mocking, sure, but not hostile. And it didn't seem like anything he said was directed at YOU, but rather, was meant for the OP. So really, YOU are the one overreacting, not this guy.

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I think the guy mentioning all the American TV shows, like Cagney & Lacey, was simply MOCKING the original poster.


His reply was posted as a direct response to me-- not to the original poster. Seeing as I don't feel I deserved his sarcastic and mocking tone, it came across to me as unfairly hostile.

If shadowsoul's post wasn't intended for me... well, why hasn't shadowsoul bothered to explain that, himself?

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Wow. Overly sensitive much? Its obvious the poster was sarcastic, and maybe responded to the wrong post. Get over yourself.

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Overly sensitive much?


I don't think so. I felt the poster singled me out, and I didn't deserve it. So I stood up for myself.

Its obvious the poster was sarcastic,


Yes.. in fact, I'd say he was 'overly sarcastic', so I called him on it. Kinda like you're trying to do to me ...except I was actually part of the conversation, before he jumped into it.

and maybe responded to the wrong post.


Maybe, maybe not. If so, how hard would it be for him to explain that, and simply and easily clear up the confusion he caused?

Get over yourself.


And this, from a guy who bumped up a month-old thread to be preachy and self-righteous.

Sometimes fires don't go out when you're done playin' with them.

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I think the guy mentioning all the American TV shows, like Cagney & Lacey, was simply MOCKIKNG the original poster. The original poster seemed to imply that British TV shows have "lame" names like "Houdini & Doyle." So, this guy listed a whole bunch of American shows with similar titles in order to show that the original poster's argument is, in point of fact, "lame."

I don't think this guy said anything hostile at all. He was sarcastic & mocking, sure, but not hostile. And it didn't seem like anything he said was directed at YOU, but rather, was meant for the OP.
Bingo.

Its obvious the poster was sarcastic, and maybe responded to the wrong post.
Don't hate me because I like to reply after the last chronological post, hence my use of quotes, which I see I neglected to do in my initial post.

But if you do hate me, so be it.

And continuing in the vein of lamely titled British dramas, how about those in which one name is a first name and the second name is an insensitive, politically incorrect adjective, like "Jake and the Fat Man"?

ShadowsouL, Self-Appointed Honorary Moof Milker

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Don't hate me because I like to reply after the last chronological post...


Thanks; I appreciate you clearing it up. And it's not that I 'hate you'; it's just, for anything that is posted as a direct response to my post, it's natural to assume it was meant as a direct response to me.


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How about What's Happening Now!

And Fuller House.

ShadowsouL, Self-Appointed Honorary Moof Milker

LET'S BE IN YOGA!

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