Harry S. Thompson dead?
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Harry S. Thompson dead? Posted on May 5 2006 at 11:12am by I heard creator Harry S. Thompson died? Any truth to that??? what's the real deal? have they been continuing new episodes without him? 
Re: Harry S. Thompson dead? Posted on Jun 16 2006 at 2:36pm by Haven't heard that he's dead, yet I do know that he was not the only contributer to the series, being a collaborative effort between like-minded (or sick lol) individuals. Even if he is dead, the BBC (the UK broadcasting house that this series was originally commissioned for) has this unnerving knack of commissioning one or two series of a really excellent comedy, and then never intending to do anymore with it. Which is a real shame, since this series is one of the best shows ever aired, animation or non-animation, period. I have a feeling that the BBC would be nervous to commission any further episodes/series; series two and three had an excellent recurring skit regarding a useless terrorist cell based in Birmingham, UK, and their hopeless efforts to terrorise mainland Britain. In the light of the July 7th bombings, it will most likely be too nervous to air these on television or even release them on DVD to the public, which would be a further huge travesty, and on a more proto-philosopical and quite likely pretentious note, a victory for those who would seek to stamp out freedom of expression and personal truths. Hopefully the Sundance Channel will have the balls to air the next two seasons that they hold, for I had read somewhere that they had procurred all 18 episodes.
