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It's a Lancashire accent. But more importantly, how can you not like Johnny Vegas ? That's like not liking sun, or air.
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feedmyleg posted:Wait, this is my opportunity to ask all Britons: does everyone hate Johnny Vegas as much as me, or is that only because I'm American and find his voice like sandpaper to my eardrums? Doesn't help if his voice annoys you, though.
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Jun 11, 2011 07:54
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Vegas is an odd duck: at first blush he flaunts his alcoholism like it's a badge of pride, something so impressive, he can dispense with actually being funny. But he's moved into taking that image and using it as set dressing for a string of tragi-comic roles, which I find quite affecting. I swear, there have been like five Radio 4 programs in which he plays a drunken idiot who's trapped by his circumstances, and I can just lap that poo poo up. He's quite a bit smarter than he acts most of the time, but is also really unhappy. As for his voice; his accent is Lancashire (up north, at war with Yorkshire), but the striking bit is a naturally squeaky tone that's been dragged through several years of booze and cigs.
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Jun 11, 2011 08:09
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I have this weird theory that Johnny Vegas would shine in a series similar in tone to Cracker where he plays a psychologist battling addiction problems in a middle class area with a case load of overwrought white collar workers and their petulant midlife crises and infidelities. Than again I want Doug Stanhope to have his own news program so what do I know? Local Group Bus fucked around with this message at 09:35 on Jun 11, 2011 |
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Jun 11, 2011 09:29
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Ddraig posted:You're probably thinking of Andrew Lawrence, who is a bit like Andy Parsons, but actually funny. Yeah. I don't... I don't find him funny 
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Jun 11, 2011 09:44
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feedmyleg posted:Wait, this is my opportunity to ask all Britons: does everyone hate Johnny Vegas as much as me, or is that only because I'm American and find his voice like sandpaper to my eardrums? I think it really depends on what he's doing, when he's not playing a drunken idiot he's always been pretty funny as far as I recall.
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Jun 11, 2011 09:45
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My dad decided it'd be a grand idea to inflict Sex Lives of the Potato Men on me during my teenage years, so now I have a natural antipathy towards Johnny Vegas. I'm sure anyone would if that was the first production they ever saw him in.
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Jun 11, 2011 09:54
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I find Johnny Vegas like Boyle - I can take him in small half hour doses, but when he's the flavour of the month and on every show the lack of depth in the act really comes through. To be honest I'm kind of the same way with Stewart Lee - deconstruction & repetition is funny, but I couldn't watch more than an hour of it at a time.
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Jun 11, 2011 10:07
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FreakyZoid posted:I find Johnny Vegas like Boyle - I can take him in small half hour doses, but when he's the flavour of the month and on every show the lack of depth in the act really comes through.
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Jun 11, 2011 10:26
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there's a faux interview between Lee and Vegas that came after the first Comedy Vehicle, it's on youtube and it's really good. I've not really seen Jonny Vegas in much but I did like him a lot on Shooting Stars and I think he is generally quite funny
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Jun 11, 2011 10:35
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Johnny Vegas and Sean Lock are the only two people of the 'people who go on QI and don't play it properly' group that I enjoy every time they're on.
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Jun 11, 2011 11:25
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feedmyleg posted:If he's as bad as I think everyone should think he is, where exactly is his accent from so I can avoid it at all costs? Don't worry, nobody ever comes up north. We like it that way.
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Jun 11, 2011 11:37
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Didn't Johnny Vegas molest a girl on stage at one of Stewart Lee's comedy showcase things?
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Jun 11, 2011 12:44
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^^ What? I have never heard this. But then again, I hate Johnny Vegas so...BBCNEWS posted:Entertainer Bruce Forsyth says he is "very proud" after being knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours. The article goes on this is really the only relevent part. I didn't know if there was a thread out there regarding the Queens honour list this year but Brucie is the one person who I've always wanted to have a Knighthood and I am so glad he is going to get one! Feels me with warm fuzzies 
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Jun 11, 2011 13:34
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If the Queen doesn't say "knight to see you, to see you, knight" when she does it i'll be disappointed.
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Jun 11, 2011 13:37
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thebardyspoon posted:Didn't Johnny Vegas molest a girl on stage at one of Stewart Lee's comedy showcase things? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/01/gender.comedy
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Jun 11, 2011 13:52
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NaDy posted:If the Queen doesn't say "Lorra lorra Blinda Data socha lorry couple Surprise Surprise! Knight to see you, to see you, knighta Chock! If you cou' be knighta, wot coind wod you be?" when she does it i'll be disappointed.
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Jun 11, 2011 14:01
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Zorba the Greek posted:^^ What? I have never heard this. But then again, I hate Johnny Vegas so... As well, as there has been a bit of Phillip chat this week, she also named Philip Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, and I bet his reponse was " 90 years, and you give me more loving work, sausage?"
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Jun 11, 2011 14:07
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I'm in the Vegas is pretty good camp, I'm really eager to see how the next episode of Ideal turns out next week too.
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Jun 11, 2011 14:17
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Johnny Vegas kind of plays his character straight & ironic at the same time, it's weird. Sometimes he's brilliant, sometimes he pretends to be (?) so drunk that he fucks up his act completely. He's interesting at any rate.
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Jun 11, 2011 14:19
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Trickjaw posted:As well, as there has been a bit of Phillip chat this week, she also named Philip Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, and I bet his reponse was " 90 years, and you give me more loving work, sausage?" More likely "I should have had this job 50 years ago!". Can't you imagine it? Phil the Greek, bored of formality and diplomatic lunches, personally leading the recapture of the Falkland islands from the bridge of the HMS Hermes.
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Jun 11, 2011 14:29
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goatface posted:More likely "I should have had this job 50 years ago!". Can't you imagine it? Phil the Greek, bored of formality and diplomatic lunches, personally leading the recapture of the Falkland islands from the bridge of the HMS Hermes. We would still have the Empire, and possibly be hoving into view of Boston to settle an old score.
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Jun 11, 2011 14:34
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BizarroAzrael posted:If the Queen doesn't say "Lorra lorra Blinda Data socha lorry couple Surprise Surprise! Knight to see you, to see you, knighta Chock! Lolly bit a beef if you cou' be knighta, wot coind wod you be?" when she does it i'll be disappointed.
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Jun 11, 2011 15:05
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Crackerman posted:I'm positive I've seen him on there making GBS threads it up in the past. No that was Lee Mack edit: gently caress, he was in 'Death' apparently. reflir fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Jun 11, 2011 |
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Jun 11, 2011 16:24
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Zorba the Greek posted:The article goes on this is really the only relevent part. I didn't know if there was a thread out there regarding the Queens honour list this year but Brucie is the one person who I've always wanted to have a Knighthood and I am so glad he is going to get one! Feels me with warm fuzzies Good to hear that Brucie is getting a Knighthood. He's one of those classic fixtures of British TV, and it's nice that he's still going. Oben posted:Not really. But that's what the woman from the Guardian wanted you to think: If there's one thing The Graun is renowned for, it'd be its sense of humour. At least, I assume they have one, because there's no other reason for why the perfect storm of insanity that is CiF still exists.
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Jun 11, 2011 16:32
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Brucie is a legend. Does anyone remember the his roast? It was a rather large amount of second-rate comedians, and he upstaged all of them.
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Jun 11, 2011 19:40
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Mr. Squishy posted:Vegas is an odd duck: at first blush he flaunts his alcoholism like it's a badge of pride, something so impressive, he can dispense with actually being funny. But he's moved into taking that image and using it as set dressing for a string of tragi-comic roles, which I find quite affecting. I swear, there have been like five Radio 4 programs in which he plays a drunken idiot who's trapped by his circumstances, and I can just lap that poo poo up. He's quite a bit smarter than he acts most of the time, but is also really unhappy. His stand up is great, and despite what you think lost of people view drinking excessive amounts as a legitimate badge of pride.
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Jun 11, 2011 19:57
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I remember an Interview with Vegas years ago and apparently he was gushing over some silly fantasy roleplay pub chatroom.
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Jun 11, 2011 20:40
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SeanBeansShako posted:I remember an Interview with Vegas years ago and apparently he was gushing over some silly fantasy roleplay pub chatroom.
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Jun 11, 2011 20:45
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Z-Magic posted:That sounds like his hilarious appearance on Room 101. I think the chatroom was called 'Beauty's Castle'. He was "Unabashed". "I never lied! My glands, they went wrong! In this world of sham marriages, truly are we not the honest ones?" "I'll be in the turret!"
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Jun 11, 2011 20:55
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Z-Magic posted:That sounds like his hilarious appearance on Room 101. I think the chatroom was called 'Beauty's Castle'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAjD8c6cFc8
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Jun 11, 2011 21:16
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Clear your Tuesday evening schedule, Luther is back!
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Jun 11, 2011 22:15
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I'm marathoning The League Of Gentlemen now Psychoville is finished, haven't watched it for over 10 years. I think now I'm not 8, I can properly appreciate it. Legz Akimbo are scarily accurate, Geoff Tipps is brilliant, and I don't think I've seen any other show that can create a character as sympathetic as Les McQueen. It's a poo poo business  I hear the Christmas Special, third series and film are a massive departure from the first two series. Do you reckon they're worth a watch, or are they as poor as I hear they are?
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Jun 11, 2011 23:47
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FelixMeOneMoreTime posted:I'm marathoning The League Of Gentlemen now Psychoville is finished, haven't watched it for over 10 years. I think now I'm not 8, I can properly appreciate it. Legz Akimbo are scarily accurate, Geoff Tipps is brilliant, and I don't think I've seen any other show that can create a character as sympathetic as Les McQueen. It's a poo poo business The 3rd series and christmas special are pretty good, the film is pretty poor from what I remember.
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Jun 12, 2011 00:05
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Strawman posted:The 3rd series and christmas special are pretty good, the film is pretty poor from what I remember. The Christmas Special is very good. It's now one of those things I watch every year, and I totally recommend anyone who likes the League watch it. The panto is decent in its own way, but very odd in tone. Of the two live shows, I'd say it's more fun than Live At Drury Lane. The movie is just... there. I've seen it, I don't recall really hating it (I don't even recall much about it), but it was definitely weaker than any of the TV series. The third series is very much an experiment. It's not bad, but it's very different, and you won't really like it much if you go in expecting another series like the first two. I certainly didn't, but I'm going to give it another shot now I've watched Psychoville, because in some respects it feels like Psychoville may be a much more refined version of the direction they were trying to move towards. It definitely isn't as laugh-out-loud funny as the first two, and drops the sort-of-sketch format for a more plot-based format, with 6 episode-long stories taking place simultaneously that tie in to provide different perspectives that explain the climactic event in the final minute or two of each episode. They also took out the laugh track (as with the Christmas special), which may have actually gone some way towards making it seem less funny than it was. I really love the League of Gentlemen, since I remember seeing it when it first aired when I was about 14. Here was a show that was so funny yet so horribly dark. One that could both make you laugh and creep you out a bit. It certainly wasn't one that people would be quoting in the playground the next day, and it was probably all the better for that.
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Jun 12, 2011 00:39
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I think that the third season is fantastic, and possibly the best. I was around 14 when League came out, and I thought it was pretty awful. A couple of years later I watched the first two series one after the other (I think BBC 2 repeated them just before the third came out) and thought that they were excellent. Then I wasn't at all sold on the third series - I didn't like the move from sketches to story, nor the fact that they killed off two popular characters right away... and the second episode killed it for me, because I really hated the character it focused on. Again, a few years later I bought all of the DVDs and picked up 3 to try it again - and now it's my favourite. I'm still not a fan of episode 2, but I think it's really interesting that they did something different with the show and the way the whole series comes together (plus the reveal in the final episode) was really enjoyable. I don't remember much about the movie, apart from the joke about someone having to give up toenails, someone else a bit of hair and, "From you, I need both of your eyes." I have a real phobia about people having their eyes cut out (long story) and it's made me hesitant to watch it again...so it's been a long time since I've seen it, but I think it was reasonable enough - least, I don't recall hating it.
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Jun 12, 2011 00:52
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I think the third series was probably the best.
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Jun 12, 2011 00:53
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I quite liked the Drury Lane thing. Didn't know there was another one. Hair. Shave. Tie. They also did a radio series that the tv series, LOG, was based on I think. If you've consumed most of that and want something a little different BBC3 had a series called 'Funland' that was on a few years ago about Blackpool. Also the league of gentleman book is worth picking up from the bits I've read.
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Jun 12, 2011 00:53
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Right, I'll definitely give the Christmas special and series 3 a watch. I first watched LOG when I was 8, went to see them live, really enjoyed the first two series. Then I had a nightmare about Tubbs and Edward and I've been too scared to watch the series until now, especially the Christmas special as those masks look creepy. It probably wasn't a great idea letting a child watch something as dark as The League of Gentlemen.
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Anyone seen the advert for Sirens yet?
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