Before too long, their squelchy, idiosyncratic, time-capsule sound had gone, if not viral, then straight to all the right ears thanks to Twitter.
Miranda Hart's goofy BBC2 sitcom, Miranda, was the sleeper hit of the winter; Emma Fryer showed great promise with the sweetly idiosyncratic Home Time; Watson & Oliver (Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver) are being groomed as the new French & Saunders; and Sharon Horgan has been cornering the market in sharply filthy girls' talk.
With his idiosyncratic take on time travel, the director Alain Resnais concocts a sort of science-fiction neorealism, in which a fantastic adventure unfolds the minutiae of an ordinary man's life.
Almayass can be frustrating and deeply idiosyncratic at times, but it always feels personal.
Prina can be idiosyncratic at times, but the excitement she generates is remarkable.
Yet, I suspect the breadth and width of discussion in Brighton this week, however idiosyncratic at times, is a sign that the Lib Dems are in especially rude health.
Supremely idiosyncratic, at times it reads like a collection of scribbles from an opium dream: "On the Rue des Belles Feuilles a car with 77 on its plates — from the rich suburbs to the south — is stopped in the middle of the street, trunk open.
To be sure, Russia has always taken an idiosyncratic approach to time.
And, indeed, some of the gauchos had what could be called an idiosyncratic concept of time.
"I am the first to admit," he concedes, "that this book is eclectic, impressionistic and at times idiosyncratic".
(Smith) Alexandre Tharaud (Monday) An eloquent and at times idiosyncratic interpreter, Mr. Tharaud offers a wide-ranging program that touches on several of his specialties, including Baroque works and French music.
