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Have you never seen the Simpsons or what Strom Cuzewon posted:It really annoys me when a few years ago Matt Lucas came out with "ohh yeah, in retrospect Little Britan was kind of cruel". Motherfucker, people were saying this 15 years ago! "haha I'm a fat black woman!" Oh okay and what're you doing with that? Oh that's it? Okay then uh
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There were the nude bodysuits don't forget.
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Nov 30, 2021 23:32
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I sort of instinctually want to defend Matt Lucas since I loved Shooting Stars so much, but even then it's objectively true that Angelos Epithemou was funnier
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Dec 1, 2021 17:56
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Alex really having all the power while seeming to be subservient plays into the psychosexual power dynamic of Taskmaster, in this three-hour YouTube video I will
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Dec 2, 2021 01:05
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The Little Britain apology also doesn't take into account the fact that they did Come Fly with Me in TYOOL 2010.
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Dec 3, 2021 16:34
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reality_groove posted:The Little Britain apology also doesn't take into account the fact that they did Come Fly with Me in TYOOL 2010. Christ, it was that recent? I assumed that came out right after Little Britain ended.
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Dec 3, 2021 16:39
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reality_groove posted:The Little Britain apology also doesn't take into account the fact that they did Come Fly with Me in TYOOL 2010. It was a different time. It might even still be a different time now, although most agree that it was no longer a different time by Obama's second term.
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Dec 3, 2021 16:41
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reality_groove posted:The Little Britain apology also doesn't take into account the fact that they did Come Fly with Me in TYOOL 2010. they also re-did some Little Britain sketches, including a super transphobic one, on some BBC charity thing literally last year
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Dec 3, 2021 21:38
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In short, no idea what the gently caress and they nasty still.
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Dec 3, 2021 22:57
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loopsheloop posted:Thanks for the context, I despise him on the show and it's good to know I'm not hating the English Tom Hanks He generally comes across decent and likable IRL (unlike his co-star Walliams who I find to be an unbearably smarmy creep and whose books are sub-Roald Dahl trash). His bits on Shooting Stars were frequently the highlights, and he even re-recorded one his silly songs from there as an NHS charity single last year. But even so, it's hard to imagine a normal human being looking at some of the stuff in Little Britain/Come Fly With Me and thinking "Yeah this is okay, we should definitely do this." I think the worst thing was LB actually managed to coin a new racial insult ("Ting Tong") that hadn't existed prior to then. Well done there lads. Well done.
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Dec 4, 2021 03:27
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Paladinus posted:I don't think Williams did much actual comedy since Williams & Friend, which I thought was atrocious. But it's unavoidable that as a well-known comedian he would still have a career of guest appearances and judging talent shows. Talent shows on which, if stories are to be believed, he's super creepy backstage. His kids book empire is super weird but I suppose Lidl Rhold Dahl was an obvious open market.
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Dec 6, 2021 00:14
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I read both Matt and David's autobiographies fairly recently and it's clear which one of them is a) the actual funny one and b) not a total oval office. Spoiler - It's Matt.
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Dec 10, 2021 09:59
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Dell_Zincht posted:I read both Matt and David's autobiographies fairly recently and it's clear which one of them is a) the actual funny one and b) not a total oval office. Why would you do this to yourself
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Dec 10, 2021 11:39
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The Perfect Element posted:Why would you do this to yourself Being involved in the world of professional comedy once upon a time means I read a lot of comedian's autobiographies. It's fun to read the lies in quite a few cases. See; Kay, Peter
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Dec 10, 2021 12:34
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Dell_Zincht posted:Being involved in the world of professional comedy once upon a time means I read a lot of comedian's autobiographies. It's fun to read the lies in quite a few cases. Frank Skinner's autobiography is incredible.
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Dec 10, 2021 12:43
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Matt Lucas always seems nervous to me. He just gives off this vibe of someone trying really hard to be loud and funny and bubbly at a social event because he's dying inside and is terrified people won't like him. I know that is almost a definition of 'comedian' but with him it's really obvious.
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Dec 10, 2021 12:49
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Dell_Zincht posted:Being involved in the world of professional comedy once upon a time means I read a lot of comedian's autobiographies. It's fun to read the lies in quite a few cases. If you could write, anonymously, a devastating expose of all the lies I'd be very grateful, and titillated.
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Dec 10, 2021 13:27
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Dell_Zincht posted:Being involved in the world of professional comedy once upon a time means I read a lot of comedian's autobiographies. It's fun to read the lies in quite a few cases. Are you telling me that every single gig Peter Kay ever did might not have been a smash hit?
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Dec 10, 2021 13:28
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If you want a palette cleanser, Bob Mortimer's autobiography is a good read. Especially if you can't get enough of him on Would I Lie To You, there's an opportunity to play along at home...
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Dec 10, 2021 15:13
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Heavy_D posted:If you want a palette cleanser, Bob Mortimer's autobiography is a good read. Especially if you can't get enough of him on Would I Lie To You, there's an opportunity to play along at home... He also debunks one of the lies Peter Kay told about him in his second autobiography. Intentional or not it's pretty funny.
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Dec 10, 2021 17:37
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The Perfect Element posted:If you could write, anonymously, a devastating expose of all the lies I'd be very grateful, and titillated. That would take forever, ha
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Dec 10, 2021 17:41
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An american magazine of some sort did a write up on why they don't like matt and noel as hosts of the bake off. While the HEADLINE I agree with, god it just feels so loving american. They don't get self deprecation at all.
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Dec 16, 2021 02:25
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They're making an american Would I Lie to You? https://deadline.com/2021/12/would-...mat-1234868258/ As formats go, I can see if being a better fit than many for a new world remake but they'll probably make a hash of it.
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Dec 16, 2021 11:19
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On the (tenuous) subject of game show remakes I saw an ad for what looks like a British version of Jeopardy but it's called, ahh... "I literally just told you". And hosted by Jimmy Carr. Switzerland had the right idea, I tell you
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Dec 16, 2021 22:56
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Marmaduke! posted:On the (tenuous) subject of game show remakes I saw an ad for what looks like a British version of Jeopardy but it's called, ahh... "I literally just told you". And hosted by Jimmy Carr. Switzerland had the right idea, I tell you It looks nothing like Jeopardy.
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Dec 16, 2021 23:05
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I saw a clip of that where the question was which game show host and comedian was caught in a tax evasion scandal in 2012. That was fun to watch Jimmy Carr presenting. especially as the contestant didn’t get it. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8ca32J6/ Red Oktober fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Dec 16, 2021 |
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Dec 16, 2021 23:05
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It’s one of Richard Bacon’s shows in his new capacity as “television producer” and the format is nothing like Jeopardy.
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Dec 16, 2021 23:20
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Paladinus posted:It looks nothing like Jeopardy. Nah I'm just getting mixed up with the shows having different ways of approaching giving answers, I think the (apparent) awfulness broke my brain briefly
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Dec 16, 2021 23:20
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Just bring back real Jeopardy! We had it back in the early 90s, I think?
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Dec 17, 2021 13:30
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Think there was a few versions. I remember one hosted by Paul Ross on Sky maybe?
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Dec 17, 2021 15:13
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Pablo Bluth posted:They're making an american Would I Lie to You? It will fail. American TV makers and audiences don't get panel shows
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Dec 17, 2021 16:42
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@midnight got so damned close, they really got the format and seemed to build up a nice little audience. Just obviously not enough.
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Dec 17, 2021 17:06
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I don't know how well they can do the polite embarrassment and self deprecation that are a core part of the format. Maybe if it goes a bit more grandiose.
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Dec 17, 2021 17:09
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I guess the closest we've come to a panel show crossing over is Whose Line is it Anyway?, which shares a lot of similarities with stuff like Mock the Week and WILTY but isn't really the same thing.
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Dec 17, 2021 17:11
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Part of BBC4's reduced remit as an archive channel, they've been showing the 1970's Christmas ghost stories on monday. Though to find them on the Iplayer I've had to google "BBC Christmas ghost stories" and see what's on, because they aren't pushing them at all and they don't even have "M. R. James" in the title or description. They've got a modern one out on Christmas Eve (iirc) by Mark Gatis about a hosed-up mezzotint. It's called The Mezzotint. Also, and I know this is treading over old ground, but how poo poo is BBC Sounds? I listen to something on Radio 3, and want to hear more like that from that channel, I now have to do some serious searching to find the Radio 3 schedule. There's a Radio 3 logo on the programme page, but it's just a background image. It's been one of the most destructive changes for their online offerings, as they've forced all of their radio offerings into a provider that doesn't respect the traditional channels at all.
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Yeah, the removal of the homepages for the stations has hosed it right up. It's also got an absolutely dogshit recommendations algorithm because it's impossible to tell it you're not interested in something. Probably some of the worst interface design I've seen in a while as well. So much dead space, repeated content and bad info.
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goatface posted:I don't know how well they can do the polite embarrassment and self deprecation that are a core part of the format. Maybe if it goes a bit more grandiose. Americans just don't get being self depricating, it just doesn't work Hell that article I posted about bake off shows it
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Dec 17, 2021 21:51
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you know what's poo poo? me
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Dec 17, 2021 23:31
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Stephen Toast makes a grand return; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PZcg_7EmJ0
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Gorn Myson posted:Stephen Toast makes a grand return; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PZcg_7EmJ0 Really excited for more Toast. The popularity of What We Do in the Shadows probably helped getting it greenlit. There was even a tiny Easter egg in the last season, where Berry's character played Toast's theme on piano.
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