Govangirl wrote:Thanks Petewick, I do remember Take the High Road because one of my teachers at school was an actress in it. Her name was Mrs Riggans and I think she was called Effie. I know my late mum loved the programme. I've heard they're making a new series of Still Game, now that is great news and very, very Scottish!!!!
I like the humour in Still Game very much, but I would say that it is very "Glasgow" rather than "Scottish". Glasgow is a hotbed of Scottish humour going back to Will Fyffe, through to Rikki Fulton, Billy Connolly, Kevin Bridges, to name a few, and they are all excellent, but I feel that Glasgow being by far our largest city, it overshadows the rest of the country. There is also excellent humour in the Highland areas, (one of Scotland's greatest comedians is Norman MacLean), and there is the Doric humour, exemplified by Scotland the What.
GG I wouldn't expect you to disagree with this, and I am just saying that I wouldn't like Still Game to stereotype Scotland, albeit it is an excellent concept. (I must say that the stage show they did (and was a sell out)) which was released on DVD was crap)
In essence, what I am saying is that there is no denying that Still Game is Scottish, but we need to bear in mind that there is a wider Scotland and the humour is more variegated than is portrayed in Still Game, and life in Scotland is better that that portrayed in River City, but other areas of Scotland do not get a platform.
Incidentally, I think the full name of the character your teacher played was Effie MacInnes.
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