BL> The two brilliant comedy shows I can't laugh at are "Yes,
BL> Minister" and "Mother and Son". The guys who wrote these,
BL> lived them... they are too close to the truth for me.

KR> do they attribute the origin of mother and son? if not it makes
KR> it a somewhat watered down rip off of the original steptoe and son.

Nope, nothing like it. Just because they are related the same
way proves sweet fuck all about it being a rip off basically.

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