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Buller posted:It's called a series mate This is very true. I apologise. I have clearly been indoctrinated by our transatlantic cousins.
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ThomasPaine posted:This is very true. I apologise. I have clearly been indoctrinated by our transatlantic cousins. It's ok, you're point was so true that it doesn't matter  The last series was just boring, which for me is the worst thing you can say about a comedy.
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Sep 8, 2013 14:54
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Yeah, outside of the paintball episode, which was admittedly genius, if only because every time Mark and Super Hans interact, it produces comedy gold. But then again, Peep Show peaked at the end of series 4, with the wedding episode.
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Sep 8, 2013 14:58
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Yeah, they just obviously didn't really know where to go with it. It's kind of inevitable though, as Mitchell and Webb are both getting a little too old to be believable as Jez and Mark. They've been signed for another two series though I think so god knows how they're going to do that. I could see one of them being a gimmicky epilogue with them as old men or something though, which could be fun.
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Sep 8, 2013 14:59
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VogeGandire posted:every time Mark and Super Hans interact, it produces comedy gold. This is so true. However, I reckon one of Peep Show's strengths is how it doesn't overplay it's hand with Super Hans. He's the best character in it, but most other shows would have made him a lot more prominent and just drove the joke into the ground. Look at how poo poo someone like Moe has become in the Simpsons (possibly a bad example, as the show itself is pretty awful now, but you know what I mean). Hans is in maybe 2-3 episodes per series and is always brilliant, but if he was in every one the joke would wear thin very quickly.
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Sep 8, 2013 15:03
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I really like the parallels, Mike wondering if hes gay in the same episodes as Hans and Jez trades blowjobs. Both of them loving things up at work and so, its cool, its like the Wire.
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Sep 8, 2013 15:11
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Like crack, it is quite Moreish. There were a few clunker moments in the last series though. Maybe the just needed a break? I'll give the next one a chance of course.
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Sep 8, 2013 15:13
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Mickolution posted:This is so true. However, I reckon one of Peep Show's strengths is how it doesn't overplay it's hand with Super Hans. He's the best character in it, but most other shows would have made him a lot more prominent and just drove the joke into the ground. Look at how poo poo someone like Moe has become in the Simpsons (possibly a bad example, as the show itself is pretty awful now, but you know what I mean). Hans is in maybe 2-3 episodes per series and is always brilliant, but if he was in every one the joke would wear thin very quickly. Sorry, you must be thinking of Johnson 
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Sep 8, 2013 15:15
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Rarity posted:Sorry, you must be thinking of Johnson Actually, that reminds me why I found the last series to be so off. Pretty much all of the major supporting characters just vanished. Gerard died, Johnson and Jeff both had very small cameo appearances, Sophie just flat out disappeared. I always felt that despite the main players always being Mark and Jez, the supporting cast and the chemistry amongst them was a major factor in its success. It was also odd that the new supporting characters seemed to be more or less extras from the earlier series who'd been promoted.
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Sep 8, 2013 15:21
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Wait, TWO more series of Peep Show? I thought the next one was the last one...
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Sep 8, 2013 16:35
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ThomasPaine posted:Yeah, they just obviously didn't really know where to go with it. It's kind of inevitable though, as Mitchell and Webb are both getting a little too old to be believable as Jez and Mark. They've been signed for another two series though I think so god knows how they're going to do that. I could see one of them being a gimmicky epilogue with them as old men or something though, which could be fun. That said, Mark should marry that student he met at his old uni and Jez should marry Big Suze or Nancy and then they all live happily ever after in a cottage with their children and 101 dalmatians the end .
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Sep 8, 2013 16:54
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I think the Good End would be that they move out, because they both realize they can survive on their own. But because this is Peep Show, we all know Good Ends don't happen. One or both of them will die.
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Sep 8, 2013 16:57
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VogeGandire posted:But because this is Peep Show, we all know Good Ends don't happen. One or both of them will die. That strikes me as the right amount of despair.
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Rarity posted:Sorry, you must be thinking of Johnson Yeah, the same argument could be made for him. Fantastic supporting character, but not over used.
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Sep 8, 2013 19:06
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Pablo Bluth posted:Jez should accidentally get Mark sent to prison for a long stretch (perhaps linking back to the season 1 "pedo!" storyline), then rationalise not doing the right thing to get him out. Mark would continue to tolerate Jez, Jez being the only visitor he ever gets. I have also thought that one of them going to prison would be a good way to end it. Or even better, through a string of poor decisions they both accidentally kill someone and hide the body. Then they have to seperate forever because they remind each other too much of the guilt.
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Sep 8, 2013 20:24
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Captain Mediocre posted:I have also thought that one of them going to prison would be a good way to end it. I don't think they'll do this, as it's too close to the end of Seinfeld.
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Sep 8, 2013 20:25
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VogeGandire posted:Yeah, outside of the paintball episode, which was admittedly genius, if only because every time Mark and Super Hans interact, it produces comedy gold. The paintball ep had one of my favourite peep show lines ever "i think ive been bored since 9/11, it was just such GOOD news, not good news obviously, but nothing else compares"
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Sep 8, 2013 20:34
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Ponce de Le0n posted:The paintball ep had one of my favourite peep show lines ever "i think ive been bored since 9/11, it was just such GOOD news, not good news obviously, but nothing else compares" The drawing straws scene still cracks me up. "I don't make the rules!" "...yes, you do."
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Sep 8, 2013 20:49
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"moonlight, lake, Cardigan - perfect"
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Sep 8, 2013 21:50
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"Cous cous, my tasteless misery sand" Vernon Kay is anchoring NFL highlights on Channel 4. That man has had the most spectacularly bizarre career trajectory. There was a time when he was one of the most sought after TV presenters and then he decided to go into early evening light entertainment game shows and it all slipped away.
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Mickolution posted:but most other shows Actually I've given up on using programme and series online. Saying season and show is generally much clearer cut (also programme is difficult to spell).
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Sep 9, 2013 11:12
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Sri.Theo posted:Ahem? Also show and season are so much easier to say. There have been 10 series? serieses? serie?
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Sep 9, 2013 11:31
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Blimey mate (pal?), how difficult is it just say series?
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Sep 9, 2013 11:45
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Sri.Theo posted:Ahem? I would say "show" is perfectly fine. There's a long history of programs with the word "show" in the title on this side of the Atlantic. edit: but this is a silly argument that will more than likely lead to a derail.
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Sep 9, 2013 11:49
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The programme's seriese's's were shown across the four season's.
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Also show and season are so much easier to say. There have been 10 series? serieses? serie? The plural of series is series.
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More shows need to do it the American way. The best part is when a season has a mid-season break and resumes a year later, it's very handy that shows like Doctor Who are doing it as well now. So when I say "last series" I'm probably talking about an episode from three years ago.
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reality_groove posted:"Cous cous, my tasteless misery sand" How did Vernon Kay get so big in the first place? It's like everyone in television was hankering for a return to the days of Northern presenters (who have mostly turned out to be amongst a bunch of rotten paedos), and so they all clamoured for the one guy who fit that best-forgotten role, only to not realise that nobody at home gave a poo poo if they were from North or South or wherever the gently caress. Basically what I'm saying is everyone in television is useless, and probably a paedophile.
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Sep 9, 2013 14:31
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He was the T4 guy wasn't he. Which meant he was down with the kids, and so his mere presence could be relied upon to pull in the valuable teenage demographic. Except it didn't.
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Still on the subject of Peep Show, rewatching some of it today reminded me of my favourite line of the entire show. "The familiar gut punch of pain and confusion is back. Hello, old friend." It's just the delivery of it. It's absolutely perfect.
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I'm actually looking forward to this as Peepshow comes to an end. http://www.comedy.co.uk/news/story/000001072/ I wouldn't mind a Super Hans spin-off. Or a spin-off of Paul Daniels from Bronson. Or maybe just anything Matt King  .
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qntm posted:The plural of series is series. I find that really uncomfortable to say. Brings back painful memories of sunday school and arguing over "in Jesus' name"
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Sep 9, 2013 15:44
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Vernon Kay plays american football for some English team so that'd be why he hosts the highlights.
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goatface posted:He was the T4 guy wasn't he. Which meant he was down with the kids, and so his mere presence could be relied upon to pull in the valuable teenage demographic. I remember seeing an interview when he was getting the big Saturday Night Gameshow slots where he was just going on and on about how he'd always idolised Bruce Forsyth and all his dreams were coming true at once etc. Was weird as gently caress. I think he maybe is just a very thick, happy dude, so good luck to him I suppose.
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Squalitude posted:More shows need to do it the American way. The best part is when a season has a mid-season break and resumes a year later, it's very handy that shows like Doctor Who are doing it as well now. So when I say "last series" I'm probably talking about an episode from three years ago. Oh don't go blaming us Americans for the stunning mismanagement of funds behind the scenes at Doctor Who.
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Scribbles posted:Vernon Kay plays american football for some English team so that'd be why he hosts the highlights. Yeah, he's been the go-to celebrity for American Football in the UK for years. I'd say a lot of him doing the highlights show is that he just loves the game. Maybe he has his eye on anchoring live coverage or something, too.
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He gets presenting deals for the same reason Dermot O'Leary and Ant and Dec get presenting deals, they make it look really easy and fun, can corpse onstage and work with it, and have enough of a personality that people enjoy watching them across different shows. And it's not like those shows aren't popular enough to get big money and exposure, 'enlightened' goons might not watch Family Fortunes/X Factor or Red or Black, but there's 8-10 million people out there who do. You realise how hard it must be when you watch someone like Nick Grimshaw/ Russell Kane try and fail spectacularly at it.
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Caught up on Educating Yorkshire yesterday, and it was great. The little gruff kid who was all "the big man shoots the gun, the bigger man walks away" or whatever made me  When Kamerran got excluded and the teachers were in various states of emotional distress about how they had failed was quite heartbreaking.
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