"Re-enter Mammoth, an old-school sitcom from the Welsh comedian Mike Bubbins. The 53-year-old stars as the eponymous Tony Mammoth, a PE teacher who was buried by an avalanche on a school skiing trip in 1979. A quarter of a century later he was unearthed nice one, global warming! with his middle-aged body and dated values perfectly preserved. Yes we can laugh at this swaggering alpha's outmoded tastes and borderline offensive views."
"In series one, our hero enjoyed short-lived celebrity before returning to work at his previous school, where his hopelessly retro approach involved dangerous games (two words: British Bulldog), serving pina coladas to mums at parents' evening and sitting in his Ford Capri smoking a pipe while his class played football in the cold. In the backseat on that occasion was a sweet, passive student called Theo, who insisted his video game-induced carpal tunnel syndrome prevented him from partaking in sports."
Mammoth centers on Tony Mammoth, a PE teacher buried in 1979 and unearthed decades later with his middle-aged body and dated values intact. His arrival creates comedy from clashes between his old-school swagger and 2020s Britain, producing both offensive moments and unexpected, penetrating critiques of modern mores. In series one, brief celebrity is followed by a return to teaching, where dangerous games, serving pina coladas at parents' evening and pipe-smoking in a Ford Capri exemplify his retro methods. The series introduces Theo, a passive pupil claiming video game-induced carpal tunnel, and Mel, his perpetually outraged mother, suggesting complex personal entanglements.
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