I love Stephen Fry and am fortunate enough to count him as one of my acquaintances - but his series ain't no 'Entertainment USA'.

Thoroughly enjoyed Mr Frys new show. I'd ove to have a cup of Twinnings with him. Anytime.

Sadly I didn't think it worked - too many places in too little time, that bloody taxi and a huge lack of variety (I made sure in Ent USA I varied the look of the shows between music video and film and converted US trailers and commercials and all different media, so the eye was constantly titillated by slightly different colours and shapes and lines).

Hopefully it will improve by the time I have dinner with him next month.

What is the dinner event? Britains Tallest People Do Lunch???

Is ENTERTAINMENT USA available on DVD or at least a "best of " would be a big seller !!

The problem originally was getting clearance on all those hits, film trailers etc.
The problem now would be the vile pervert heavily featured therein.

Oh, it's not a simple thing, life.

That is a pity

Is the DVD of VILE PERVERT doing well still ?

Rusty wrote:
I love Stephen Fry and am fortunate enough to count him as one of my acquaintances - but his series ain't no 'Entertainment USA'.

I don't see how you can compare. They are both different styles of programme. The fact they are both set in America has no bearing on comparison. Fry's show is based on culture rather than comercialism.

Not sure I agree with you Angel - I think it is two different ways of seeing places - Whicker did it one way, I did it another; there's Palin's way and Fry's way and Merton's way...

For me, a weekly way of looking at America involved music, TV commercials, film trailers, news items as well as interviews and travelogues...

Fry's show is based on culture rather than comercialism.

If there is "culture" at all in America (some think "american culture" is an oxymoron), it was based from the very beginning on commercialism.

I was a massive fan of Entertainment USA. It did have its fair share of shameless plugs. At the time it worked as there was no "window on the world" as there is now. Would the format work today? Not sure if theres room anymore.

JK2006 wrote:
The problem originally was getting clearance on all those hits, film trailers etc.
The problem now would be the vile pervert heavily featured therein.

Oh, it's not a simple thing, life.

The original video does (or at least did) sell quite well on eBay.

Angel wrote:
I was a massive fan of Entertainment USA. It did have its fair share of shameless plugs. At the time it worked as there was no "window on the world" as there is now. Would the format work today? Not sure if theres room anymore.

Charlie Brooker in his pisstake come saluted rip off of E-USA showed that perhaps an updated version could work and work very well.