Post by Sailor Earth on Sept 11, 2005 0:40:34 GMT -5
Has anyone else ever watched this? My b/f was the one who introduced me to it, as he does with many other things
It's pretty funny, a light-hearted sort of thing.
www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/c/chalk_1299000564.shtml
Chalk was a school sitcom for the 1990s, set in Galfast High, a characterless, concrete comprehensive populated by unruly pupils and staffed by weary, jaundiced teachers ranging from the mildly eccentric to the completely barmy. Into this situation arrives a young woman, Suzy Travis, straight out of teaching college and keen to get to grips with her charges and do her bit for the world of education. She then realises that she is the only sane member of the staff and her eagerness and vitality are eroded by the sheer madness of her environment. The headmaster, Richard Nixon, seems to exist in a world far removed from reality; gormless teacher Dan McGill is harmless enough but becomes a liability after he falls hopelessly in love with Suzy at first glance; Head of English Mr Carkdale is only ever heard to mutter obscenities, especially his favourite phrase 'Bastards!'; Amanda Trippley (music and guidance) is a whimpering and simpering stack of neuroses; and school secretary Janet, who, on the surface, seems certifiably insane, is married to Eric Slatt, the deputy headmaster. Slatt is the whirling dervish at the centre of Chalk. In comparison, the other members of staff appear totally reasonable. A volatile mix of self-obsession, anger, hatred and fear, and with an ego the size of Jupiter, Eric Slatt is a true TV monster - hyperactive, homophobic and ruinously paranoid, his flaws are the catalyst to the school's problems, setting in motion a chain of outrageous events that results in his and its weekly downfall.
It's pretty funny, a light-hearted sort of thing.
www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/c/chalk_1299000564.shtml
Chalk was a school sitcom for the 1990s, set in Galfast High, a characterless, concrete comprehensive populated by unruly pupils and staffed by weary, jaundiced teachers ranging from the mildly eccentric to the completely barmy. Into this situation arrives a young woman, Suzy Travis, straight out of teaching college and keen to get to grips with her charges and do her bit for the world of education. She then realises that she is the only sane member of the staff and her eagerness and vitality are eroded by the sheer madness of her environment. The headmaster, Richard Nixon, seems to exist in a world far removed from reality; gormless teacher Dan McGill is harmless enough but becomes a liability after he falls hopelessly in love with Suzy at first glance; Head of English Mr Carkdale is only ever heard to mutter obscenities, especially his favourite phrase 'Bastards!'; Amanda Trippley (music and guidance) is a whimpering and simpering stack of neuroses; and school secretary Janet, who, on the surface, seems certifiably insane, is married to Eric Slatt, the deputy headmaster. Slatt is the whirling dervish at the centre of Chalk. In comparison, the other members of staff appear totally reasonable. A volatile mix of self-obsession, anger, hatred and fear, and with an ego the size of Jupiter, Eric Slatt is a true TV monster - hyperactive, homophobic and ruinously paranoid, his flaws are the catalyst to the school's problems, setting in motion a chain of outrageous events that results in his and its weekly downfall.