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I saw Christ on a Bike yesterday, I was crying with laughter at the "begat" bit. He seems to have got more stewart lee-like in recent years.
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Twenty Twelve is so poor because its People Like Us with recurring characters, it doesn't work because they are too absurd to remain believable for more than one episode each.
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Apr 9, 2011 01:13
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Fat Turkey posted:It was never cancelled. yeah it never got cancelled, as far as I can tell it's always been loved by the critics and somewhere along the way it became hugely popular as well. I'd agree that the stuff they get up to has seemed to get more outlandish and silly but it's still a better comedy than most things on TV
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Apr 9, 2011 02:04
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chazzared posted:A bit late to the table on this, I know, but that guy from News of the World on Ten O'Clock Live is an unscrupulous oval office of the worst order Absolutely. The way he kept rolling his eyes at the camera like "ugh someone's calling me out on being a loving sociopath AGAIN", I could have punched the TV.
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Apr 9, 2011 03:12
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Saganism posted:I saw Christ on a Bike yesterday, I was crying with laughter at the "begat" bit. He seems to have got more stewart lee-like in recent years. Isn't Christ on a Bike around 10 years old? I know it's been updated, but it's not a new show. No idea how much was changed though, I haven't seen it.
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Apr 9, 2011 13:05
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Christ on a Bike was his Fringe show in 2001, and I think half of the original show is intact, or he's added a lot more stuff. That being said some of the material can be found in TMWRNJ, and maybe even further back. If anyone gets the chance to see COAB still I highly recommend it. I don't know much about the UK comedy circuit but I'd hazard Richard Herring is a very hardworking comedian and he deserves as much exposure as he can get.
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Apr 9, 2011 16:57
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I just saw the trailer for Thor on C4 and i'm shocked at how absurdly bad it is (not the film, but the trailer). There's not a hint of badass in it, there's a narrator spouting some cheesy lines in a "mock hardass" accent and it's just all round terrible. The other trailers that were online are so much better, is that really what the UK TV is getting?
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Apr 9, 2011 21:39
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Hoisin Crispy Owl posted:Christ on a Bike was his Fringe show in 2001, and I think half of the original show is intact, or he's added a lot more stuff. That being said some of the material can be found in TMWRNJ, and maybe even further back. If anyone gets the chance to see COAB still I highly recommend it. I don't know much about the UK comedy circuit but I'd hazard Richard Herring is a very hardworking comedian and he deserves as much exposure as he can get. In the past five years Herring has put out 5 different stand-up shows (ménage à un, Oh gently caress, I'm 40!, The Headmaster's Son, Hitler Moustache, Christ on a Bike), 2 books (Bye Bye Balham & How Not To Grow Up), Over 200 podcasts (Collings & Herrin, AIOTM), and four radio shows (Richard Herring's Objective, Collins & Herring, TWTTIN, Banter). He also writes a pretty lengthy blog post every bloody day. Man works hard.
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Apr 10, 2011 14:24
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Well I knew all that, I just didn't want to embarrass myself in case there were harder working comedians out there on the same level as Rich and end up looking like an idiot. Highly doubtful, but does anyone else here watch Coach Trip? It's not on the mid-afternoon entertainment level of Come Dine With Me but it passes the time fairly well. If nothing else it's made me vow never to interact with other tourists on holiday.
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Apr 10, 2011 14:38
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I watch Coach Trip, I just can't help myself. I had absolutely nothing to do the other day and it was poo poo outside so I watched about 10 episodes on 4od. It's just too easy to watch, and the vote they have every night is always either very polite and apologetic or completely batshit insane and angry, it's beautiful tv.
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Apr 10, 2011 14:44
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From the Dwarf Fan convention: New Dwarf in 2012. - Six 30-minute episodes will make up the series. - Pre-production October - Shooting November to January [probably with an audience!] - Broadcast September 2012 - Model shots would be preferred, but cost could be an issue. - Hattie ‘may’ be back to play Holly, and Talkie Toaster could be involved.
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Apr 10, 2011 14:57
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Kin posted:I just saw the trailer for Thor on C4 and i'm shocked at how absurdly bad it is (not the film, but the trailer). There's not a hint of badass in it, there's a narrator spouting some cheesy lines in a "mock hardass" accent and it's just all round terrible. The current Green Lantern trailer showing in cinemas is also terrible compared to the 4 minute long one that was broadcast at ta convention somewhere
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Apr 10, 2011 16:34
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Well, here's a load of gently caress:quote:From the queue for Movie X at Kapow: At the Misfits panel, it was announced that last we’ll see of Robert Sheehan‘s character Nathan in the hit superpowered comedy drama from E4, Misfits, will be an online “farewell episode”. http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/04/10/misfits-season-3-wont-feature-robert-sheehan-new-character-coming/
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Apr 10, 2011 18:48
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Hopefully the quality of writing in Misfits can save it from the effects of his departure.
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Apr 10, 2011 18:50
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What, no mention of Season of the Witch?
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Apr 10, 2011 18:52
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Is it just me, or have the BBC got even worse with their inability to leave the camera on a single loving shot rather than spakking about between 5 random angles every two seconds?
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Apr 10, 2011 22:00
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The most annoying recurring 'joke' in 2012 where the sustainability woman get's really offended when everyone calls it legacy or something. It was pretty unfunny in the first place but they keep bringing it back up.
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Apr 10, 2011 22:20
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Hoisin Crispy Owl posted:Highly doubtful, but does anyone else here watch Coach Trip? It's not on the mid-afternoon entertainment level of Come Dine With Me but it passes the time fairly well. If nothing else it's made me vow never to interact with other tourists on holiday. Watched it religiously last series. I absolutely loved the crazy drama with Hillary. And batshit Mary with the donkey laugh! Rob and Timmy were deserving winners, bless 'em.
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Apr 10, 2011 23:57
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Everyone should go to youtube and watch Attention Scum!, because I just remembered how awesome it is.
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Metrication posted:The most annoying recurring 'joke' in 2012 where the sustainability woman get's really offended when everyone calls it legacy or something. It was pretty unfunny in the first place but they keep bringing it back up. Or that guy who just sits around infront of a computer and eats stuff. Comedy metal painted the sheen of some sort of precious metal.
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Is Destination Titan a repeat? I'm watching it now and its loving mint.
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Apr 11, 2011 02:46
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Muppetjedi posted:From the Dwarf Fan convention: I'm tentatively excited about this, there have been so many disappointments since series 7.
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Apr 11, 2011 06:27
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chazzared posted:A bit late to the table on this, I know, but that guy from News of the World on Ten O'Clock Live is an unscrupulous oval office of the worst order His appearance and attire (unwashed, unironed out of fashion suit that doesn't fit right) fit the stereotype well. 'It's like a girlfriend checking her boyfriend's phone!' Yeah, guys, NOTW editors just wanted to see if Sienna Miller was cheating on them with the Sunday Times.
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Apr 11, 2011 10:21
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Padje posted:His appearance and attire (unwashed, unironed out of fashion suit that doesn't fit right) fit the stereotype well. He even had his tie slightly undone. He would have been chain-smoking if it were allowed in the studio.
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towith posted:I'm tentatively excited about this, there have been so many disappointments since series 7.
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Apr 11, 2011 12:38
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Oben posted:Doug Naylor needs his old writing partner. 
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Apr 11, 2011 15:32
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Oben posted:Doug Naylor needs his old writing partner. Have you read any of Rob Grant's recent books? They're absolute poo poo.
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Apr 11, 2011 15:51
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God can't they just kill Red Dwarf? I used to love it so much but that was a long time ago and many poo poo episodes ago.
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Apr 11, 2011 15:59
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Padje posted:'It's like a girlfriend checking her boyfriend's phone!' I was really hoping at that point that Mitchell would point out that most people consider going through your partners phone and email to also be morally reprehensible, but it never came. I mean everything he said to back up his terrible view was backed up by something that was also a terrible thing. The man was a loving moral black hole. Admittedly, it made the show more interesting, so I hope 10 o'clock live has even more disguting scumbags on in other episodes. Also, Jimmy Carr sucks, but Lauren Laverne would be ok if they stopped trying to make her funny.
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Stalingrad posted:I was really hoping at that point that Mitchell would point out that most people consider going through your partners phone and email to also be morally reprehensible, but it never came. I don't think David Mitchell could get a word in edgeways with John Prescott ranting away beside him. I wonder if this was part of a big PR thing for John Prescott where he appears alongside total scumbags to make him seem like a rational, likeable human being. marktheando posted:God can't they just kill Red Dwarf? I used to love it so much but that was a long time ago and many poo poo episodes ago. One more series, for old times sake. Who knows, it might be brilliant ... ? Gram-O-Phone fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Apr 11, 2011 |
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Apr 11, 2011 16:22
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I'd like this last series to work towards Lister getting back to Earth and finishing the storyline.
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Gram-O-Phone posted:One more series, for old times sake. Who knows, it might be brilliant ... ? We all know that it won't be though.
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marktheando posted:We all know that it won't be though. To be fair for it, a majority of us thought the new Doctor Who was going to turn out to be an embarassing flop. I'm going to give it a chance anyways.
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Apr 11, 2011 17:20
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SeanBeansShako posted:To be fair for it, a majority of us thought the new Doctor Who was going to turn out to be an embarassing flop. The new Doctor Who was a completely new cast and crew and writers though, a fresh start and a new style, yet still acknowledging the original. Not the old actors and writers embarrassing themselves by trying to do the old act they should have put to bed twenty years ago.
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marktheando posted:The new Doctor Who was a completely new cast and crew and writers though, a fresh start and a new style, yet still acknowledging the original. Not the old actors and writers embarrassing themselves by trying to do the old act they should have put to bed twenty years ago. Fair enough, though it all comes down to somebody who'll write this new series as something new instead of just copying the older episodes and shows us said aged actors characters have developed and Lister isn't simply himself a few decades earlier.
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Apr 11, 2011 17:39
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Anybody else pumped about the last ever Waking the Dead tonight? The plot's have been completely absurd this series (one the the killers was The Scarecrow, and that was the most realistic) but Boyd is possibly the baddest motherfucker to have graced the BBC. The only plausible end for him is to fly completely off the rails and go out in a blaze of glory. And it's crushing.
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SeanBeansShako posted:To be fair for it, a majority of us thought the new Doctor Who was going to turn out to be an embarassing plop. It is.
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Apr 11, 2011 18:02
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Kin posted:It is. Well sure you could describe a lot of David Tennant episodes that way (by no means all of them though) but series five was a massive improvement. Matt Smith and Steven Moffat are a lot better than David Tenant and Russell T Davies.
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SeanBeansShako posted:I'd like this last series to work towards Lister getting back to Earth and finishing the storyline. That storyline was dropped by series 3. Give it up.
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