Recent Obsession: Black Books and Dylan Moran
By Giania • Feb 3rd, 2008 at 2:10 pm • Category: Film| Hot: |  |  | | | |
In this comedy created in 2000, Dylan Moran is head writer and star. (He’s David from Shaun of the Dead for those keeping score at home.) He plays Bernard Black, the sour, selfish, alcoholic, chain smoking owner of Black Books. The series centers around him, the shop, and his two friends: Fran and Manny. Although the term friends is used rather loosely, as Bernard spends a great deal of his time berating and taking advantage of his companions. In the clips above we get introduced to the characters, get to see a bit of Moran’s stand up, and then it’s off on another adventure!
Moran is brilliant as Bernard Black. It’s really a lot of fun to watch him swing deftly from bitterly insulting to confused to spot-on witty so swiftly and so naturally. The rest of the cast works so well with him that it is easily one of the best comedies I’ve ever seen.
If you aren’t laughing then you really need to get your glands checked, make sure it’s not lockjaw, something. The only think I feel compelled to warn you about is that there may not be enough to satisfy. The show only ran three seasons of six episodes each. Channel 4 does have a forum up where you can complain but given the rumors it’s unlikely that the cast will return for more.
