I was sent a link to a you-tube video this week and I am now obsessed with a new TV show. Mrs. Brown's Boys. Created by Irish writer and performer Brenden O'Carroll Mrs. Brown's Boys is a co-production between Ireland's RTE and BBC Scotland. Sitcoms on the BBC have more of an edge than most American sitcoms and Mrs. Brown's Boys has a sharper edge than most BBC sitcoms.
Mrs. Brown's Boys is adapted from a series of books written by Brenden O'Carroll the cast of the show is mainly made up of members of his family. Brenden O'Carroll himself plays the lead character Agnes Brown. Mrs. Brown is a tart nasty mouthed matriarch with 4 sons and a daughter living in Dublin. There is also Grandad Agnes' father-in-law her senile nemesis living in her home. Winnie McGoogan is Agnes's best friend and slow witted next door neighbor. Relationships with her children and Winnie are the basises of the plot. Agnes loves them but tortures them with her insanity. If you don't like bad language you won't care for Mrs. Brown. She is filthy mouthed but hysterically funny. Unfortunately Mrs. Brown's Boys isn't available in the US on anything other than DVD or short you-tube clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U430rpfjIIQ&feature=BFa&list=SPB45CC9BA4B4A72BC
Click the link to see Mrs. Brown in action!
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