It's AE slang, IMO.

Edit: Wikipedia seems to agree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Time_No_See

nicht nur AE slang, wird hier in Sued Afrika gewoehnlich unter Freunden auch gesagt.
I haven't seen you for a while oder we haven't seen each other for a while sollte correct sein.

It's AE slang, IMO.

It's also been BE slang for as long as I can remember (i.e. a long time) too - and possibly did originate in Hong Kong or somewhere like that?

Long time no see!

as the actress said to the would-be bishop...

oh no....;-)

Was ist das mit der Schauspielerin und dem Möchtegern-Bischof??

see = Amtssitz eines Bischofs

aha...., aber warum sagt das eine Schauspielerin?

could be anybody, IMO. Maybe the juxtaposition of actress and would-be ...

Danke dude. Gibt es hier eigentlich einen most valuable contributor award?

This year's MVC Award goes to ...?

maybe LEO should be more like the acting business and hand out awards at the end of each "season"?

mordnilap:

'as the actress said to the bishop' (or vice versa) is a sort of catch-phrase commonly appended to a slightly racy or improper remark, or one that could be understood thus. Bishops are not supposed to cavort with actresses. Dude has already explained the rest of the joke.

(Incidentally, I DO get your nick.)

I wasn't aware of the no-no for bishops regarding actresses, but then again, I don't personally know any bishops, except those in my chess game. But those don't talk much about themselves.

Danke, escoville, für die Restaufklärung.

(Incidentally, I DO get your nick.) - alles andere hätte mich bitter enttäuscht!

I assume you're aware that's not really what it purports to be, right?

... that's what escoville got ...