The Birch

The Birch, the Birch... now for something completely different. The Birch.

If you do not get the above, it is because you obviously have not watched enough of Monty Python. And I think it is really obvious that I have watched too much. But that is not really what I want to think about today. Rather I have been watching a lot of BBC, lately and came to the conclusion that I think British TV is the best. Why?

Besides the fact that Doctor Who is amazing, there is the fact that in England TV actors look normal. They have bad teeth, bad hair, are not at all what we would think of as 'handsome' or beautiful, and it does not matter. TV in the USA is filled with rather beautiful people, playing the main parts and a bunch of others who are meant to show the 'normal people'. Someone fat, or not standard. But in BBC some of the main actors are horrible looking, OK not ugly, but not what you think of usually as a American.

In the USA we are all about beautiful people. About fitting in with the 'standard'. Of course we are told that everyone looks skinnier and taller then us. And unless you are part of that cookie cutter model, well your just under par. So why are the Brit's content to have their TV actors in general look just like them? Grant it some of the most beautiful Actors, come from the British Isles. Who knows. Right now I am enjoying the new Doctor and watching old episodes of Torchwood and Star Trek (I know, I know definably not British, but its easy to be a Trekkie and a Doctor Who fan). And now for something completely different.

The Birch... The Birch