Grandma's House: Difference between revisions

Grandma's House (2010-) is a [[Britcom|British]] [[Dom Com]] following Simon Amstell [[As Himself]], fresh from quitting his job as host of ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'' and [[Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life|desperately seeking a new purpose in life]]. Retreating to the bosom of his family and their get-togethers in [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|his grandma's house]], he finds they are less than sympathetic when he tells them he's leaving behind fame and fortune. In turn he struggles to deal with his mother Tanya's impending marriage to a rich but deathly dull man, his sex-obsessed cousin Adam, and his death-obsessed grandfather. The first series ran from August to September 2010, and a second series is ran from April to May 2012.

 

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Ben Theodore apparently won a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in an angsty stage production. As did [[Spring Awakening|Iwan Rheon]], the actor who played him. Although the character otherwise seems to be a fairly straightforward [[Expy]] of Ben Whishaw.

** Speaking of Whishaw, in series two Simon gets cast as Ariel in Ben Theodore's production of [[The Tempest]]. The same role Whishaw played in the recent film.

* [[The Alcoholic]]: Clive. {{spoiler|Inevitably he falls [[Off the Wagon]].}}

* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: All over the place.

{{quote| '''Simon:''' You're OK with that? A history of alcoholism, murder and child-staining?}}

* [[Belief Makes You Stupid]]: "We just need to treat religious people with kindness and love, in the same way you'd treat a child running around saying: ''I'm a helicopter''!"

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Liz claims that Simon's parents getting divorced caused Grandad's diabetes.

* [[Jews Love to Argue]]: The episodes all revolve around this trope.

* [[Man Child]]: Simon. In the first episode, when his grandfather confides that he might have cancer, Simon (who's 30) looks incredibly awkward and asks "should I go and get a grown-up?"

* [[Meat Versus Veggies]]: Clive and Simon, respectively in the first episode.

* [[This Is a Work of Fiction]]: "Grandma's House, its storyline and all associated characters are entirely fictional. So let's not make a whole business."

* [[The Unfavourite]]: Liz seems to be this to her parents.

* [[Yiddish As a Second Language]]: Mostly Grandpa and his habit of calling people ''schmocks''.