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It can’t have escaped your attention that more and more TV shows on both sides of the Atlantic are now enlightened enough to include foreigners in their cast. In fact, you’d be hard-pushed to find a US TV show that doesn’t include at least one person from Britain, Ireland or Australia in their numbers.
Sometimes these actors are allowed to keep their own accents, but other times they’re made to fake an accent. So this week’s meme is a relatively simple one:
What’s your favourite fake accent?
It might be your favourite convincing accent (eg Hugh Laurie in House, apparently), it might be your favourite absolutely appalling accent (eg Phil Glenister in Demons) and it can be from any country in the world. If you’re stuck for a TV show, you can resort to a movie if you want.
As always, leave a comment with your answer or a link to your answer on your own blog.
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Jamie and the Magic Torch is one of those much-loved programmes that everyone remembers for one thing and one thing only – its title sequence. No? Explain one plot from the show without resorting to Wikipedia or Google.
It was based around the young boy of the title and his torch. When shone on the floor, the torch opened up a hole into a fun dimension called Cuckoo Land, in which his dog Wordsworth who came with him was able to talk. As befitting the time, the title sequence is something of a rock opera and tinged with just a hint of LSD. Enjoy, with the volume cranked all the way up to 11.
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