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So, how do we get this over here in the colonies?

aAIUUGGHHHHH I NEED THIS RIGHT NOOOWWW

He also did a fairly lengthy stint on Coronation Street which is anything but high brow.

Who has an ability to comment on the Internet and didn't know Derek Jacobi was gay? This guy.

Anything Ian McKellan does is fine with me!

I would even watch them play fiercely heterosexual opera singers.

Yes, Encore! Encore! Is seared into my brain.

When does this show start? I want to watch it. Right now.

I would pay to listen to these two guys read the phone book. Now if only they can get a cameo by Hugo Weaving.

After always remembering McKellan's completely hilarious appearance on SNL back when Jimmy Fallon was doing Weekend Update, there's no way this won't be amazing.

The tag on this bit is pretty much perfect comedy if you ask me.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/2710...

OH MY GOD DEREK JACOBI AND IAN MCKELLEN IN A SITCOM. OH MY GOD FUCK YES.

...and I just came.

I came MARABOU FEATHERS!

Figures that the British response to Grumpy Old Men would be stylish, fabulous, majestic & wittier.

You forgot Derek Jacobi's most important role ever: Dr. Yana aka The Master. I'll never forgive you this oversight.

Huh. I'll wait to see the show to see how I feel about it.

I didn't even make it to the sitcom title... you had me at "Gandalf" & "two elderly gay men who live together in London"

Gandalf / Richard III and Cadfael / Claudius? Perfection. I want to watch this now. I'm so used to them playing kings, that I can't wait to watch them play queens.

Whoever downvoted this is a flaming heterosexual.

There are at least 2 flaming heterosexuals running rampant in Pajibaland! Catch them and make them watch all the Youtube videos of Captain Jack and Ianto from Torchwood. They are like gay unicorns kissing in a field of rainbows.

...in tiaras

Poor Pookie.

Professor Yana!

Chan he helped Chantho tho.

Ah, reminds me of my dream tattoo... I have to start saving for that...

BUT... it's an ITV sitcom. And will therefore probably be shite. (ITV is the anti-BBC).

I dunno. I kinda liked "Footballers Wives," in a really trashy, sleazy way. Maybe Zoe Lucker can do a guest spot or two on this.

Oh, and ITV is also responsible for Downton Abbey. So there.

YOU SHALL NOT PASS, in those fugly ass shoes.

BEST. IDEA. EVER.

Fucking Awesome.

Dear BBCAmerica, get on it. I want to see THIS show.

So TV shows about gay people are still cutting edge huh? Ok but seeing as every TV show has a gay character why is that?

Who called it cutting edge? I think most people just called it awesome.

BUZZKILLER

To be fair sometimes it really feels like you aren't as much laughing with us as at us. This is one of those moments. To be fair a lot of the "culture" or whatever seems to be about acting as gay as possible instead of just being it. And this is a minority of sorts that has existed or at least been tolerated a lot more recently than others. And again I'll wait to see the show before I judge, but it really feels like majority of the people commenting on here going, "you go girl!" are just laughing at the whole, "dur hur hur, gay" something of it all.

(No I didn't upvote or downvote Logan.)

I think Sirs Ian and Derek can just be themselves, and I could NEVER love them any more. (Too bad Sir John Gielgud didn't survive long enough to play the "daft but secretly brilliant granduncle" character... and every episode has to end with someone reading one of Shakespeare's sonnets... OH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE)

Let me put it this way - lots of Pajibans love Ab Fab. We love it because it's a lot of well-performed bitchiness. This is really just the same thing. Everyone loves a zinger, and Jacobi & McKellan will probably will deliver them brilliantly.

Again I'll wait to see the show. However "article" and subsequent comments, just really gives off the vibe of straight people laughing at gay black face. Even if the actors playing it are gay.

I mean, it is whatever, I guess. An insult is only an insult if one gets insulted and all. And I'm not insulted or offended just...

I don't know, maybe if Pajiba was more open to not having a line to cross, this would be a total nonissue. However clearly there are lines and people seem to be crossing one right now without even knowing it. It just really seems like people are laughing at this the way people laugh at Tyler Perry that aren't his fans. Except it probably isn't even on purpose, so it is hard to hate or be angry at it. Just like it is hard to hate or be angry at two straight dudes acting gay because it is funny because "it just is." And again while for the most part I can tell you what I think and why I think it, and that includes why I find something funny. I do love Kung Pow: Enter The Fist and that typically isn't my sort of comedy at all. So who knows. Maybe I should just get drunk and say eff it. Like whoever finally decided to make Susan Boyle a real women(Now THAT'S bitchy). Meow.

How can you tell which of the commenters are straight?

See "even if the actors playing it are gay". Same difference for commenters.

I was under the impression that they were going "Hellz yeah, two super-awesome actors doing what will most likely be an awesome sitcom! Wooo!" before tearing off their chaps and snapping their fingers and ordering Mai Tais.

But I may have misunderstood the situation.

How do you figure? Show about two elderly gay men living in London with the name of Vicious Old Queens?

Ignorance doesn't always lead to a hateful prejudice, sometimes it leads to Tyler Perry.

This news suddenly made Monday morning bearable.

GIVE ME THIS SITCOM. GIVE IT TO ME. RIGHT NOW.