Saturday, July 31, 2010

Kingswood Country

Till Death Us Do Part was Norman Lear's inspiration for the 70's US sitcom All In The Family. They both seem to have inspired the 1980's Australian sitcom Kingswood Country. Kingswood ran for 89 episodes between 1980 and 1984 and despite it being repeated almost continuously since, finding episodes of it is like looking for the Tasmanian Tiger. Most of what's floating around out there are from the few DVD releases, but even those are difficult to track down without paying a lot more money than they're worth. One thing seems clearly evident, Australians are not into ripping DVD's or using home video recorders. Tracking down the Aussie TV stuff is probably more bother than it's worth, but they've had a number of great TV programs so it's my pleasure to make them available to those who want to broaden their entertainment resources. So here is 26 of the 89 episodes of Kingswood Country and they could be the best episodes as they are almost all the early ones and as we know with most programs the longer they run the more stale and lame they are apt to become. Some programs go out still at their peak, but most do not. Also on Disc 1 is a sketch from the late 70's Australian sketch show The Naked Vicar from which Kingswood Country was spun off from.    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingswood_Country 

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