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The Perfect Element posted:I remember there was an episode in the last series where in the entire half hour, I think they included one contribution from Merton, and it was just him commenting on someone else's joke. Alan Davies's job on QI is to keep it moving and give an answer if the other 3 contestants don't want to look foolish by having an obvious guess/can't come up with a joke.
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Wafflecop posted:I love David Mitchell as much as the next person but on WILTY he generally just does his incredulous-questioning schtick, it's Lee Mack's jibes and quips that elevate the *shudder* banter (also Brydon to spur them both on). It's basically HIGNFY 2.0 in terms of its dynamic, best thing that ever happened to both shows was getting rid of Angus hah. text posted:Yeah the chemistry between the 3 is what makes the show, but Lee Mack is the key one out of the 3. I think you could replace Mitchell for another standard middle class/moany type and Rob Brydon with a slick/funny host, but I don't think you could quite replace Lee Mack on it. You're right, I was underappreciating Lee Mack in what I said. He's ace. edit: I just really feel this strange fondness for David Mitchell. I don't know why.
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Holy Doughnuts! posted:I've started to actively dislike Paul Merton in everything he's in, HIGNFY, Just a Minute etc. He just seems to be so smug and overtly self-assured that he's the funniest bastard in the room it really puts me off. I agree with this completely. Whenever the host on HIGNFY tells a joke from the script, he either gives a little look of contempt as if to say, 'I didn't write that, therefore it is not funny, why are these people laughing?' or he gives a knowing little nod as if to say, 'yes, I could've written that' and it gets right on my nerves. That and his 'I studied woodwork you know, look at me now. I can quote Shakespeare, randomly, and for no reason. Can you?' is tiresome. I'm old enough to remember his TV show, which was maybe the worst thing I've ever seen anyway. Something about dolphins going to buy a newspaper or something, and that was him at his prime, apparently. Hislop, on the other hand, seems to get better every year, or maybe that's just me getting older and finding myself agreeing with him more.
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tanglewood1420 posted:Alice Cooper was great as the host on Buzzcocks. He was also one of the best castaways on Desert Island Discs in the last couple of years. He just comes across as a really nice guy who doesn't take anything seriously and has enough anecdotes to sink a battleship. I've seen him pop up on all kinds of shows, from Buzzcocks to BBC Breakfast couch sessions, and he's always struck me as a really great guy who has managed to maintain a grasp on reality despite his rock god status. He's always incredibly respectful of the fans who made him a household name, but happy to rip the arse out of the fringe elements of his fandom.
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May 22, 2012 02:04
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I agree with this completely. Whenever the host on HIGNFY tells a joke from the script, he either gives a little look of contempt as if to say, 'I didn't write that, therefore it is not funny, why are these people laughing?' or he gives a knowing little nod as if to say, 'yes, I could've written that' and it gets right on my nerves. That and his 'I studied woodwork you know, look at me now. I can quote Shakespeare, randomly, and for no reason. Can you?' is tiresome. This is the best thing Paul Merton's ever done and it never actually happened.
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May 22, 2012 12:14
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Merton would be forgiven for everything if even three lines of that had actually taken place. (I'm taking you at your word now, Z-Magic, that it didn't happen; I want it to have happened, more than maybe anything else ever.)
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May 22, 2012 12:32
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Padje posted:Alan Davies's job on QI is to keep it moving and give an answer if the other 3 contestants don't want to look foolish by having an obvious guess/can't come up with a joke. Having seen interviews with him, there was a time where he didn't really get that and started taking offense at how the programme made him look loads stupider than he is and made Stephen Fry look like some kind of knowledge god. When he was obviously being set up to fail and Fry has elves telling him stuff in his ear. After a few seasons he got the hang of it, realised it was an easy paycheck and having a laugh with it is loads more fun than taking it too seriously.
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May 22, 2012 14:40
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I do miss the old belly shaking lasting for a over a minute laughs HIGNFY used to gave me instead of the odd chuckle and wry cynical smile now.
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May 22, 2012 15:40
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Documentary on the women of the Restoration period is on right now on BBC4, it's quite delightful. I might have a bit of a girlcrush on Dr Lucy Womsley too. She's just so very jolly hockeysticks, like a prefect out of an Enid Blyton novel.
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Irisi posted:Documentary on the women of the Restoration period is on right now on BBC4, it's quite delightful. I might have a bit of a girlcrush on Dr Lucy Womsley too. She's just so very jolly hockeysticks, like a prefect out of an Enid Blyton novel. She is absolutely delightful, isn't she? Have you seen her other shows?
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May 23, 2012 10:53
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thehustler posted:She is absolutely delightful, isn't she? Have you seen her other shows? "If Walls Could Talk", the one about the history of the rooms of the house was super. I'm very fond of shows/books showing you how the normal folk lived throughout history. It's nice to see what the average Tudor housewife was up to while Henry VIII was lopping folks heads off, and she makes it all jolly interesting. Plus, she likes to dress up in the clothes of the period and yomp about the garden, which is exactly what I'd do if I were the host of a history show. Would like to see her meet up with Giles Coren and Sue Perkins if they ever decided to do more of that Supersizers Eat food history programme from a few years back. Bet she'd keep them in line.
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Irisi posted:Plus, she likes to dress up in the clothes of the period and yomp about the garden, which is exactly what I'd do if I were the host of a history show. Lets be honest, we'd all do that if we could.
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May 23, 2012 12:17
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Haha, that's fantastic. I really liked Paul Merton's old sketch show. Rewatched it recently and it was still very funny.
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May 23, 2012 12:39
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Some bits are dated yeah, but is still quite good. All archived on 4oD Comedy right now.
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Irisi posted:Plus, she likes to dress up in the clothes of the period and yomp about the garden, which is exactly what I'd do if I were the host of a history show. Which is great for the more... err... boobalicious costumes of days gone by.
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May 23, 2012 13:21
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Is it just me, or is the acting in Silk absolutely hilariously bad? edit: or is it just the awful dialogue? I swear if they say the word "silk" one more time I'm going to send a box of red pens to the production company. Trin Tragula fucked around with this message at 21:13 on May 23, 2012 |
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May 23, 2012 21:02
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While sadly the Merton/Saville story isn't true, the allegations against Saville allegedly had some truth to them. Much more on it here. http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/bbc_faces_serious_questions_over_sir_jimmy_savile_under_age_sex_allegations
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May 23, 2012 21:52
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Should be a good HIGNFY tonight, William Shatner hosts, with Charlie Brooker and the ever reliable Andy Hamilton as guest. Charlie Brooker will also be on the next Richard Herring podcast as well. He also said:quote:Assuming it makes the edit, there's a bit in tonight's HIGNFY where William Shatner does the Sex Pistols.
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DrVenkman posted:While sadly the Merton/Saville story isn't true, the allegations against Saville allegedly had some truth to them. Much more on it here. In the mid-nineties, I worked at Leeds General Infirmary, and Saville used to prance about in his shell suit every once in a while He once took his bracelet off and put it in my hand. This thing was horribly naff, but obviously expensive. He told me it cost a quarter of a million quid (it was heavy, obviously good quality gold, with what he said were one carat diamonds - either twelve or twenty four of them, I forget now - set on the face). He said there were two in the world; his, and Mike Tyson's. He spent an hour or so telling us about it, and when he mentioned that kids in particular seemed to be fascinated by it, everyone in the room went cold. True story.
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May 25, 2012 10:58
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I guess that was the final episode of the series for Grandma's House then? thetvdb.com only lists it as a 6 episode season again, and it felt like there was some closure. Pretty much one of about 5 comedies I like that we produce these days, hope it comes back again next year.
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Brown Moses posted:Should be a good HIGNFY tonight, William Shatner hosts, with Charlie Brooker and the ever reliable Andy Hamilton as guest. Charlie Brooker will also be on the next Richard Herring podcast as well. He also said: Ooooh, thanks for the heads up. I'll watch this live if I can. Also, didn't Louis Theroux do an interview with said deceased creep?
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May 25, 2012 16:47
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Washing his pants in the sink.
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May 25, 2012 16:48
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He did, it was When Louis Met Jimmy.
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May 25, 2012 16:49
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I love how basically everyone from Leeds has a story about Jimmy Savile loving dead people or 13 year old girls.
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Trin Tragula posted:Is it just me, or is the acting in Silk absolutely hilariously bad? Yeah the whole thing is a huge pile of poo poo. It's full of glaring legal errors (more than all the other legal TV shows) and yes the dialogue really is awful. It's still enjoyable, brainless TV though but it is really bad.
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osici posted:He did, it was When Louis Met Jimmy.
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Just a reminder, 20 mins until who is possibly the worlds most fascinating/arrogent human being hosts hignfy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfDHIqmUUMs
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May 25, 2012 20:40
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HIGNFY with Shatner, Brooker and Andy thingamy sounds absolutely brilliant to me!
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May 25, 2012 20:56
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Noreaus posted:Shatner is a terrible presenter.
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May 25, 2012 21:14
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Shatner is currently singing. This is the best and worst HIGNFY since Brian Blessed.
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May 25, 2012 21:18
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The Supreme Court posted:Shatner is currently singing.
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May 25, 2012 21:19
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I didn't read the local news, glad the arrival with the Torch in Cornwall had those oddities though. Somebody needs to make a gif of that helicopter spraying the crowd at Truro too.
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Biggest studio laugh on HIGNFY this evening was when they showed a couple of John Terry photoshops they found on the Internet, probably pinched from b3ta or somewhere without acknowledgement. Combined with Shatner doing a few lame renditions of pop melodies, it really just seemed like they were taking some internet memes and making them into a show. I have twitter already, so tuning in to see a bunch of jokes I'd heard 3-4 days ago isn't appealing. Would I Lie To You? before it was great as always, although it was harshly edited. During the "I know this person because x" round they edited it to the extent that the opposing team never even questioned Josie Lawrence's story. I'd love if it the BBC could put up full studio recordings of all these shows. They did it once during that David Walliams <topic> Relief 24-hour thing and it worked well.
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Clyde Radcliffe posted:Would I Lie To You? before it was great as always, although it was harshly edited. During the "I know this person because x" round they edited it to the extent that the opposing team never even questioned Josie Lawrence's story. I'd love if it the BBC could put up full studio recordings of all these shows. They did it once during that David Walliams <topic> Relief 24-hour thing and it worked well. Apparently she used that round as a platform for some pretty out there views on racial realism so lots of her segments had to be edited for those reasons rather than time constraints.
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dos4gw posted:Apparently she used that round as a platform for some pretty out there views on racial realism so lots of her segments had to be edited for those reasons rather than time constraints. Really? Any idea what she was said, or have sources?
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dos4gw posted:Apparently she used that round as a platform for some pretty out there views on racial realism so lots of her segments had to be edited for those reasons rather than time constraints. What? But wasn't her story just about giving up smoking?
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The pHo posted:I guess that was the final episode of the series for Grandma's House then? thetvdb.com only lists it as a 6 episode season again, and it felt like there was some closure.
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Paperhouse posted:think I heard that Simon Amstell doesn't want to make another series, which is understandable really considering how close it is to his real life and how uncomfortable he appears to be with acting So that's two shows in a row he's bailed on when he realises he's the least funny thing in them.
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HauntedRobot posted:So that's two shows in a row he's bailed on when he realises he's the least funny thing in them.
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