Small Differences

Episode 12: Too British To Be Useful


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Knut and Chris compare Norwegian and British TV comedy, with a side-order of national anthems and personal space. Chris has a theory about why Americans love British television; it's Knut's turn to spill the coffee.

Links:

  • Braveheart: Freedom Speech - YouTube
  • Bill O'Reilly - You Can't Explain That | Know Your Meme
  • Reconcilable Differences (podcast) - Relay FM
  • Accidental Tech Podcast
  • Everything is a Remix
  • Holland (a region of the Netherlands) - Wikipedia
  • Nordic countries (and how that's different from Scandinavia) - Wikipedia
  • Countries of the United Kingdom (Scotland is not in England) - Wikipedia
  • Dutch language - Wikipedia
  • How close is Dutch to Norwegian? - Duolingo
  • Ylvis | Official homepage for Ylvis | Language of Love - new video!
  • Ylvis - The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) [Official music video HD] - YouTube
  • Ylvis ringer til Nederland for å bestille hotell (Ylvis calls the Netherlands to book a hotel) - YouTube — There's a bit of preamble in Norwegian, so skip to 1:10 if you just want to hear how the call goes down.
  • I kveld med Ylvis - Speed date in Holland pretending to speak Dutch. - YouTube
  • Kamelåså - YouTube
  • Uti vår hage - NRK TV
  • The Fast Show S01E01 - Video Dailymotion — Skip to 12:34 for Ralph and Ted
  • Peep Show S01E01 - YouTube
  • That Mitchell and Webb Look S01E01 - YouTube
  • Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?" - YouTube
  • That Mitchell and Webb Look - Grammar Nazi - YouTube
  • Numberwang 1x01 - YouTube
  • Mornington Crescent - YouTube
  • Calvin & Hobbes – Calvinball
  • Joker Nord - YouTube
  • That Mitchell and Webb Look - Nümberwang - YouTube
  • Keeping Up Appearances Season 1 Episode 1 - YouTube
  • Høy på pæra (Keeping Up Appearances) – Wikipedia
  • John Cleese's Monty Python Picks (2015) Compilation - YouTube
  • That Was The Week That Was TW3 (1of3) TX 23:15 Sat 16 Feb 63 shows up today's UK TV dross - YouTube
  • The Goons: Tales of Men's Shirts - Part 1 (out of 3) - YouTube
  • Shtick - Wikipedia
  • Spitting Image - Best Of - Is Nothing Sacred? - YouTube
  • Spitting Image: the death of Margaret Thatcher - YouTube
  • Steve Coogan - Wikipedia
  • Rory Bremner - Wikipedia
  • Rory Bremner Impersonates US Presidents! | Good Morning Britain - YouTube
  • The West Wing - Wikipedia
  • The Sopranos - Wikipedia
  • Six Feet Under (TV series) - Wikipedia
  • The Wire - Wikipedia
  • Doctor Who - Wikipedia
  • Christopher Eccleston - Wikipedia
  • Neil Gaiman - Wikipedia
  • Anglophile - Wikipedia
  • Sherlock (TV series) - Wikipedia
  • Benedict Cumberbatch - Wikipedia
  • Bandersnatch Cummerbund
  • Pacific Rim - Wikipedia
  • British Anthem, God Save the Queen (with lyrics) - YouTube
  • National anthem of Norway (Lyrics) - YouTube
  • Ja, vi elsker dette landet - Wikipedia
  • Norwegian royal family - Wikipedia
  • Tonelag — a list of words that would be homophones in Norwegian, except that they have different tonal stress
  • Knut's word of the week: Værbitt
  • Norwegian Proverbs (including Chris's phrase of the week: å pisse i buksa for å holde varmen) - Everything2.com
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Small DifferencesBy Knut Melvær & Chris Atherton