One of my favorite British TV comedy series — and I'll be blogging about several during my tenure here at Boing Boing — is a show about a Mancunian pot dealer called "Ideal" (geddit?). It's consistently well-written, extremely well-acted and provides comic genius Johnny Vegas with a role worthy of his almost Shakespearean-level verbal talents.
Vegas, the funniest fat man since John Candy, is "Moz" a small-time weed merchant who may or may not be agoraphobic. But "Ideal", which has so far aired for four seasons on BBC3 and is scheduled for a fifth beginning in early 2009, isn't a comedy about drugs per se, it's more about the dramatic device of Moz's bohemian line of work bringing whimsical (and psychotic) characters in and out of his flat all day long. "Ideal" is truly one of the best things on television anywhere in the world right now and thanks to the wonders of technology, should you decide it's something you would want to watch, there is surely a way for you to see it, too. Just get your hands on it, trust me, you'll love it!
(Richard Metzger is a guestblogger)
