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Viva Laughlin is perhaps the most strange new show to come along in quite some time. Lloyd Owen, who was excellent in Monarch of the Glenn is terrible in this role. He does perhaps the worst job ever for an English actor attempting to do an American accent. Close on his heels is executive producer/ actor Hugh Jackman. Both come off sounding totally flat and could do to take some voice lessons. While they're at the lessons, perhaps some singing lessons would also be in order. The show has an annoying habit of the actors spontaneously launching into song at totally irrelevant times. Thus far all the singing has been terrible with the only bright spot being Elvis singing back-up. Think of the t.v. show Las Vegas on a really bad hair day combined with Grease and High School Musical. It's not a pleasant combination.

The overall plot is generally interesting and there are some big name actors involved but the package as a whole probably appeals to far few people to be viable.

Confessions is hilarious and light hearted British humor much in the vein of Monty Python although it is unrelated. I have tried for years to find a copy but have been unable. I first saw it while staying at The Heathrow Hotel in 1977. It is rather fast moving and a bit risqué by the standards of that time. I was part of a large conference staying at the hotel at the time that I saw it and when an elderly couple that I knew and who were quite conservative came down for dinner they looked rather stricken. It seems that while flipping through the TV channels in their room they came upon the movie. I did my best to pretend not to have already seen it (several times) and all that they would say was that when they turned it on it was at the time on a golf course. Thinking that they had in fact found golf they were appalled at the next scene and would only say that they saw a couple doing something which "should not be done on TV." Even with that small bit of info they were red faced.

If you like Classic British comedy you'll like it.