"Cathy F." wrote in message
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These TV programmes often
employ a 'lampooning' style of humour, which appeals to Brits, so the
'archetypal' American that might appear is deliberately 'blown up' into
the brash, loud clown, for just that purpose. Think Fawlty Towers - the
Waldorf Salad episode.

Ah, yes.. ;-)

By the same token, British characters may also be overblown to the same
purpose. Again, think The Major or Basil himself, in Fawlty Towers.
Whilst such people do genuinely exist, they are actually a rarity, but
many Americans that I know, expect all British people to be like that,
because they have seen things like Fawlty Towers, and the similarly
archetypal 'Brit' that the American TV people put into their comedy
shows.

Does any of that make any sense at all ?

Yes. More Jerry Leadbetter's (of Good Neighbors AKA The Good Life) than
Basil's. Hopefully not as many Margo's - or Hyacinth Bucket's -as there
are Barbara Good's. ;-)

Cathy


Hyacinth Bucket's show was filmed in and around my town ...

Arfa