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The constant alcoholism jokes from Victoria Coren are always amusing too.Prison Warden posted:DO NOT THINK ABOUT THE EVENT. You've chosen the bundle of sticks, time to guess the connection: 5 points: A helmet 3 points: The last child 2 points: President Butterfly 1 point: Them
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TinTower posted:The constant alcoholism jokes from Victoria Coren are always amusing too. I'm not sure I've ever found a Victoria Coren joke funny. She just has no delivery whatsoever. I have to commend her on her poker face but it it's like having Angus Deyton back on HIGNFY.
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Xachariah posted:I'm not sure I've ever found a Victoria Coren joke funny. She just has no delivery whatsoever. I have to commend her on her poker face but it it's like having Angus Deyton back on HIGNFY. Well, she is a professional poker player.
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TinTower posted:The constant alcoholism jokes from Victoria Coren are always amusing too. And remember, remain indoors!
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Dec 19, 2012 23:33
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Prison Warden posted:DO NOT THINK ABOUT THE EVENT. It's even worse on The Chase. The other day I heard the non-existent audience laugh.
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Dec 20, 2012 00:43
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Xachariah posted:I'm not sure I've ever found a Victoria Coren joke funny. She just has no delivery whatsoever. I have to commend her on her poker face but it it's like having Angus Deyton back on HIGNFY. On the bright side, you do get to hear her voice a lot, which is brilliant on account of its sexiness.
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Now that leads me to a question as someone not from the UK, how was David Baddiel at some point popular? I've seen him on some panel shows and he just comes off as a huge rear end in a top hat, in that one episode of Would I Lie To You he just made an rear end of himself and was as good at making funny remarks as any of the other non-comedians that go on that show. On top of that he claimed to have slept with two of the Spice Girls, him, HIM. Also was Frank Skinner at one point particularly good at his job to warrant him being so popular? Also Hugh Dennis. Also Jason Manford. Let's throw in that Dave Spikey guy. Also that bald dude on Mock the Week that I can't even remember his name he's so unnotable.
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Dec 20, 2012 02:06
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piratepilates posted:Now that leads me to a question as someone not from the UK, how was David Baddiel at some point popular? I've seen him on some panel shows and he just comes off as a huge rear end in a top hat, in that one episode of Would I Lie To You he just made an rear end of himself and was as good at making funny remarks as any of the other non-comedians that go on that show. On top of that he claimed to have slept with two of the Spice Girls, him, HIM. Hugh Dennis and David Baddiel were both on The Mary Whitehouse Experience which I used to love when I was about 15. David Baddiel and Frank Skinner presented Fantasy Football League which I also used to love back in the day. Dave Spikey -I was friends with his daughter years ago- co-wrote Phoenix Nights which was great. I'm not a fan of his stand-up though. No idea if that helps or not?
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Dec 20, 2012 02:32
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piratepilates posted:Now that leads me to a question as someone not from the UK, how was David Baddiel at some point popular? I've seen him on some panel shows and he just comes off as a huge rear end in a top hat, in that one episode of Would I Lie To You he just made an rear end of himself and was as good at making funny remarks as any of the other non-comedians that go on that show. On top of that he claimed to have slept with two of the Spice Girls, him, HIM. I've never particularly cared for David Baddiel but in Frank Skinner's defence, he does have a sharp wit and always comes across to me as a sort of likeable everyman. I think he's a very natural comic and that appeals to a lot of people.
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piratepilates posted:Also Jason Manford. Jason Manford had that salt of the earth Northerner persona which is popular in the UK, like Peter Kay before him. I think he is the sort of guy that people would say "I would go for a pint with him" about, he appealed to the working class folk. Until the sex scandal came out and then he seemed to disappear. Dave Spikey is pretty unfunny as a performer, but he was good in Phoenix Nights and he co-wrote it so he deserves kudos for that. The bald guy is Andy Parsons, and I don't know anyone who likes him.
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Andy Parsons is genuinely a total mystery, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone that doesn't think he's awful
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Paperhouse posted:Andy Parsons is genuinely a total mystery, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone that doesn't think he's awful and yet he constantly fills venues. It really is a mystery.
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piratepilates posted:Now that leads me to a question as someone not from the UK, how was David Baddiel at some point popular? Rob Newman was funnier though, before he got all wanky. So was Hugh Dennis, before he went mainstream and safe. And so was Steve Punt, before he...what happened to Steve Punt? Edit: Baddiel also pulls off 'looking like Marcella Detroit' a little too convincingly for my liking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUgmKezH550 hyper from Pixie Sticks fucked around with this message at 08:49 on Dec 20, 2012 |
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Punt & Dennis co-headline the Now Show on radio 4.
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Frank Skinner and his banjolele pay tribute to George Formby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2lePj51RmU
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Paperhouse posted:Andy Parsons is genuinely a total mystery, I don't think I've ever heard of anyone that doesn't think he's awful I think he is (or used to be) on quite a lot of the radio 4 comedy shows (Now show, news quiz etc). I find him more tolerable on those!
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Flatscan posted:and yet he constantly fills venues. It really is a mystery. He's like Coldplay and Turkish Delight.
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The Now show is probably the best topical satire show around at the moment on the BBC. Also Turkish delight is amazing, Coldplay not so much.
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PlantHead posted:The Now show is probably the best topical satire show around at the moment on the BBC.
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Cunning Plan posted:I think he is (or used to be) on quite a lot of the radio 4 comedy shows (Now show, news quiz etc). I find him more tolerable on those! He was also pretty good with Henry Naylor when they were doing Parsons & Naylor together.
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The Now Show has the occasional good bit but is mostly low hanging fruit. And how Mitch Benn stays in work is a total mystery.
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piratepilates posted:Now that leads me to a question as someone not from the UK, how was David Baddiel at some point popular? I've seen him on some panel shows and he just comes off as a huge rear end in a top hat, in that one episode of Would I Lie To You he just made an rear end of himself and was as good at making funny remarks as any of the other non-comedians that go on that show. On top of that he claimed to have slept with two of the Spice Girls, him, HIM. Hugh Dennis was in Outnumbered which was very good for two seasons.
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Cunning Plan posted:I think he is (or used to be) on quite a lot of the radio 4 comedy shows (Now show, news quiz etc). I find him more tolerable on those! I've heard him on an old episode of Charm Offensive and he was terrible. He'd make really poo poo jokes and then Iannucci or some other proper comedian would have to add to them to make it funny. He seems to be the worst thing on Mock The Week (based on the tiny snippets of that poo poo I've seen, never a full ep, so maybe I'm wrong) and that's saying something. On a more positive note, I just got around to watching last week's HIGNFY last night and Richard Osman was fantastic. Best panelist I've seen on it for a while. I really could see him guest hosting at some stage in the near future.
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I only watched the 45 min cut of last week's HIGNFY, did Charlotte Church's AIDS joke make the 30 minute cut? It was a complete 'can they say that?' moment.
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It did and it plus the reaction was great. Not generally a fan of "shock humour", but that worked really well. Actually, in fairness to her, Church was very good at presenting it, I thought.
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I'm rewatching Peep Show at the moment, and the first time Mark mentions his book 'Business Secrets if the Pharaohs' is when he tries to show it to Johnson in the fourth episode of the first series.
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Metrication posted:I'm rewatching Peep Show at the moment, and the first time Mark mentions his book 'Business Secrets if the Pharaohs' is when he tries to show it to Johnson in the fourth episode of the first series. Aha, thought that sounded familiar.
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Haha. It adds to the whole 'desperation' feel when it finally makes a proper appearince now.
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Yup, it reappears over the course of the entire show. It's the Chekhov's Gun that keeps on giving 
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Cerv posted:really? i remember it being good when it was the only alternative after weekending was axed. but not it's so utterly safe it lacks any satirical bite whatsoever. Makes me laugh on my trip into work but happy to hear of alternatives.
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He also makes a reference to the book in The Rape Episode in series five.
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I have been told that the Chas & Dave documentary on iplayer is great. Haven't watched it yet, though. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nkdsv/Chas_and_Dave_Last_Orders/
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Mickolution posted:It did and it plus the reaction was great. Not generally a fan of "shock humour", but that worked really well. She was very good in the chair. The newspaper hacks have done such a good job in portraying her as a "child star gone wrong" drunken gobby tart that I'm always somewhat surprised when I see her on TV being professional, eloquent and often wickedly funny. Harry Potter was a pretty good host this week too. His "who are these people?" bit about returning to high school after Hollywood made me chuckle.
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Was it just me, or was he incredibly uncomfortable with the Serena Williams joke at the end? I got that impression, although I was more dumbstruck at how transphobic that joke was I had to rewind twice. It's so bad, I broke my Ofcom duck, something I thought I'd never do.  At least the tranny joke in QI was actually funny, if incredibly old and Christmas cracker material.
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He did seem uncomfortable, yes. Daniel Radcliffe is a known ally of trans people.
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Noreaus posted:He did seem uncomfortable, yes. Daniel Radcliffe is a known ally of trans people. So he should be. There's this pretty  story about him being an ally.And especially as he was saying "It's on the autocue, I have to do it!" about his Hull joke, I wonder how much the show's producers strong-armed him into telling the joke.
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TinTower posted:And especially as he was saying "It's on the autocue, I have to do it!" about his Hull joke, I wonder how much the show's producers strong-armed him into telling the joke. It's certainly one of those things that a panel show with a regular host is much less vulnerable to - a guest host wouldn't have nearly the same amount of power over vetting material beforehand. A regular host is much more likely to be contributing to the writing, and so more able to suggest a less offensive alternative. Radcliffe can't really threaten to not come back next week, because he's not coming back next week...
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As it's Christmas... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtspNJIZUIs
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For me, it's not officially Christmas until I've cleared the room with my insistence on the Top of the Pops Christmas special. Good God, I love Shakin Stevens, and I don't care who knows. 
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