The bit where Bush gets a hernia lifting George Washington's writing desk into a U-Haul helicopter is particularly amusing. The fact that Blackie, while his master is immobilised, starts to hump him, only adds to the mirth of the attendant marines as well as us at home. While some may find the humour closely related to the Whitehall Farce - and indeed some trousers do descend inauspiciously in the first episode: 'Emission Accomplished' - the hand of Judd Apatow is clearly evident.

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