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David Mitchell is not good at interviewing. Maybe he's nervous.
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David is barely containing his ire over Iraq, but I saw Campbell answering these questions a week ago the same way.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:13
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reality_groove posted:Where else would you put headlines? I guess. It just feels a bit stinted or something still.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:13
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They really should not have put a comedian trying to be an interviewer up against one of the best PR men in the country. It's obviously not gonna go in your favour, is it? edit: By the way, if anyone's watching Skins now instead, is it poo poo? Rarity fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Jan 27, 2011 |
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Jan 27, 2011 23:13
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Falling down is on ITV4 so this 10 o'clock live pile of shite can go gently caress itself. Put Mr peep show and Charlie Screenwipe back on their respective shows and never broadcast this tripe again. Thanks in advance.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:13
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Campbell knows that David is a total walkover in an interview, he's just totally in control of this. I think the problem is that i'm sitting here and I want David to be witty, and clever, and go on one of his logical analysis rants. But he can't. He's against an opponent with media training, not another comedian who knows to shut up and let him go for it because they're doing a comedy show. Instead he's stuttering out what he wants to say, he's making statements rather than asking questions. He's just listening, paralysed with no angle to make a joke. Also I think Jimmy Carr and the audience sets the wrong tone. Or more accurately, it sets a tone that I don't want it to have.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:15
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Alright, I cackled at the sexism skit. Mitchell's still being very passive in his interviews; understandable when facing a man who bent the media to his will, I suppose.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:20
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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Yeah so far this program has convinced me that bankers bonuses are good for the economy, huge tuition fees are long overdue and the Iraq war was, on balance, a pretty good idea.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:20
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I kind of think that maybe Simon Amstell would be good at the the interview sections.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:22
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DaWolfey posted:Instead he's stuttering out what he wants to say, he's making statements rather than asking questions. He's just listening, paralysed with no angle to make a joke. I'd almost go so far as saying he's maybe too polite?
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Jan 27, 2011 23:22
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spincube posted:Alright, I cackled at the sexism skit. Yeah, much better use of Laverne than WNN. I was listening to Spotify today and heard David Mitchell shilling an ad with the gocompare.com twat. Oh David, surely Channel 4 are paying you enough to avoid that? Brooker seems to be doing a lot better with being live this week.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:22
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Rarity posted:I was listening to Spotify today and heard David Mitchell shilling an ad with the gocompare.com twat. Oh David, surely Channel 4 are paying you enough to avoid that? Why do people even care about this? Its a redundant and mental thing to care about.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:24
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Some Strange Flea posted:Absolutely. He's trying too hard to have an opinion and "do" the interview than being funny. Oh no definitely, personally I think he should be laying into them.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:25
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LE0N posted:Why do people even care about this? Its a redundant and mental thing to care about. I don't care if he wants to do ad-work. It's just... it's Go Compare. That opera singer is just terrible.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:26
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I'm willing go give them the benefit of the doubt and see how the series pans out, because Mitchell obviously needs a lot more practice. I just wish he'd got the interviewing practice in something else first so it wouldn't be an issue, though.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:26
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That Watchcrime bit started as quite strong satire but didn't really go anywhere.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:27
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Mitchell at the roundtable coming up a funny thing about Alastair Campbell. Should have said it at the time, silly! Oh, and am I just imagining it, or does the pace seem slower and calmer this week than the franticness of last week? edit: I'm liking the Carr interview a lot better than the Mitchell one! Some Strange Flea fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Jan 27, 2011 |
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Jan 27, 2011 23:35
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They're not cutting everything short to crash into ad breaks, the timing's a little better this week. Good luck explaining the economy to C4 viewers, though...
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Jan 27, 2011 23:41
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Oh my god, this Brooker segment is the best thing
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Jan 27, 2011 23:43
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That was a good Brooker bit, nicely collated everything that's been discussed to wring out all the comedy.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:45
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Yeah, Brookers part was great. 'Ah, hes taken the fat twat formation'
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Jan 27, 2011 23:46
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Awesome Charlie bit. The audience needs to be a little less hasty to start laughing before he finishes a sentence, but at least he wasn't stopping and looking puzzled this time. Yes. Great bit. And I agree, the pace does seem to less frantic this week (a good thing)
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Jan 27, 2011 23:46
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Charlie Brooker has been awesome, David Mitchell is going to crucify Antony whatever
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Jan 27, 2011 23:48
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Since i'm a big gay and watching Skins, yeah it's loving weird. In the first episode so far someone's raced a mobility wheelchair, had a mudfight, took pills inside a shopping mall and ran away from imcompetent security, gets bullied etc. Also the main character Frankie has two gay dads, dressed a bit meterosexually, and owns a loving replica revolver.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:48
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I've not really paid attention to this bit and I have no idea what's going on but dear god I want to slap the guy with the glasses right in the face.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:49
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Oh God lay into this bald, old Establishment fucker and his deliberately misleading, patronising, evil shite. Drag these people onto the programme and eviscerate them weekly. Three guests and an entire audience on his arse. Brilliant. I get all my news from the BBC where they have to give these maniacs time in order to remain impartial. The spontaneous applause after that bit was so cathartic. Psybro fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Jan 27, 2011 |
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Jan 27, 2011 23:51
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Brooker's bit was amazing. I quite liked the WatchCrime skit as well, a hell of an improvement over the Tunisia holiday destination thing Carr did last week. I'm liking the slightly more relaxed pace of the show, even if it is obvious some stuff is being cut a little shorter than desired. ^^ Skins sounds so "random", in the bad way. In the "lol I'm so *random*" way. E: The "professor" needs a slap.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:51
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Cokeysmoke posted:
Do they have ~*~ISSUES~*~ ?
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Jan 27, 2011 23:53
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LE0N posted:Do they have ~*~ISSUES~*~ ? It's Skins. Of course they do.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:54
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Going after Serco now. The last week wasn't as vigorous as a standard Channel 4 News broadcast. This is now showing more promise of being the comment wing of Channel 4 News with a smattering of Private Eye. More rage, less Campbell please. gently caress being seen as legitimate, let's have a political version of The Word, God knows we need it.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:54
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LE0N posted:Do they have ~*~ISSUES~*~ ? She got bullied at Oxford for dressing like a boy apparently.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:57
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It'll end up being spun around, though, like the BNP Question Time interview. How dare they gang up on that guy and score points with the audience! Still processing Brooker drawing a big cock and balls on live TV. Liking the PI-tv idea.
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Jan 27, 2011 23:57
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That's the sort of role Laverne's better suited at here, she isn't an all out comedian and can handle some of the stuff that's not actually too funny but worth covering. @Skins: Are the token characters of the show now the normal people?
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N3RDSTER posted:That's the sort of role Laverne's better suited at here, she isn't an all out comedian and can handle some of the stuff that's not actually too funny but worth covering. So far there's Frankie, girl with two gay dads who are in the army, Mini, token bitch rich girl, Rich and 'Allo', two rocker type guys, Grace, standard bubbly girl, and thats everyone relevant right now.
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Jan 28, 2011 00:02
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"10 O'Clock Live has been far superior this week. It's had actual satire." - Keeley, 18, from Croydon.
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Jan 28, 2011 00:02
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What's the name of that feeling when reality becomes indistinguishable from what you'd think to be balls-out parody? 'Police afraid of the dark,' I mean honestly. Ian Hislop will sleep well tonight, I'll bet
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Jan 28, 2011 00:03
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Switched over to newsnight to see Eric Schmidt as a 1950s cartoon dad.
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Jan 28, 2011 00:03
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Cokeysmoke posted:Since i'm a big gay and watching Skins, yeah it's loving weird. In the first episode so far someone's raced a mobility wheelchair, had a mudfight, took pills inside a shopping mall and ran away from imcompetent security, gets bullied etc.  on the whole though I actually didn't think it was that bad, better than I expected tbh. And yes, it appears that some of the characters might be a bit more normal and not all have some huge issue that causes them infinite angst
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Jan 28, 2011 00:04
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That got better as it went on. Next week, cut out an anodyne sketch and make the newspaper previews at least five minutes. spincube posted:It'll end up being spun around, though, like the BNP Question Time interview. How dare they gang up on that guy and score points with the audience! Good. Keep doing it. Be edgy enough to demand coverage. More people have seen the Brass Eye Paedophile special and understood what it said about news media than think Chris Morris trivialised child abuse. British youth are taking sides, and this show can capture the Zeitgeist if they have the bollocks, which is all Channel 4 has ever aimed to do. Think of all the wonderful comedy that came out of the Thatcher years, well, we're back there. This has legs if it keeps improving.
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That 'terror expert' was such a huge slimy piece of poo poo. He openly admitted to control orders only being for muslims, and said it was reasonable to punish people for just looking at certain types of freely available information. Glad to see the type of scum we have advising our policy makers.
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