Like his 1994 hit, Dead Funny, Terry Johnson's Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick marks the passing of a cheap-and-cheerful era of British comedy.
Flying to Cuiabá, the capital of the state of Mato Grosso, we traveled by van on good roads to Poconé, a slightly run-down but cheerful colonial-era village of cobbled streets and brightly colored stucco houses.
Personally, I feel privileged to have lived through an era characterized by such cheerful lunacy.
Every aspect of his art is enthusiastic and cheerful, a throwback to an earlier era of comedy and pop culture, when lightness had validity.
He had a Depression-era New York catarrhal croak, and cheerful paranoia.
The city somehow manages to seem cheerful, even with its legacy of drab Soviet-era architecture.
The full beard has recently become a trademark; for a spell Law tried a unitard, but currently he prefers to dress something like a itinerant Depression-era farmhand, albeit a clean and cheerful one.
The new era was effectively born at the start of last summer when Paul Farbrace's cheerful interim team took New Zealand for a giddy 408 at Edgbaston.
Mao-era posters were often striking with their muscular steelworkers and relentlessly cheerful peasants.
In the early morning, it was the Hotel Continental, a colonial-era hulk, crusty with age but maintained enough (fresh paint, free Wi-Fi, cheerful employees) to be comfortable.
Writer would enjoy a return to the era when the spitball was considered a misdemeanor and fans could laugh at a little cheerful cheating.
