French and Saunders

With all the hype that Little Britain has been getting, I was starting to have my doubts about British comedy. Sure, it's much edgier and controversial, but the formula seems to be: write 5 sketches and repeat them over and over with slight variation.

It's like comedy for Rainman ('I really like that sketch. Have them do that sketch. Do that sketch.')

However I saw the French and Saunders Christmas special, and it was hilarious.

I'd missed the French and Saunders wave. Their regular shows had ended by the time I was in the UK. That's the kind of originality that all sketch shows should measure up to.