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Bad call on the Apprentice tonight!
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watching it?
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Mar 9, 2023 23:13
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Julio Cruz posted:watching it? 
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Gorn Myson posted:Yeah, that show had a lot of pleasantly surprising casting. Mon Mothma's husband being played by the guy from Monarch of the Glen for instance. From ages ago but I think I got the best spot in this show. The bouncer of the club in the first episode was also the bouncer from the gay club/jury episode of Peep Show
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Mar 11, 2023 01:26
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I’m going to need someone to stage an intervention because I seem to have become hopelessly addicted to comedy panel shows. I was always aware they existed but never really sat down and watched one through until recently, and now I’m burning through twenty-odd years of back catalogue on a number of them. There’s something about a slightly unhinged David Mitchell rant that makes my stress melt away, and QI appears to be the perfect long-haul flight time-killer so I’m extremely thankful these exist. Only working through QI / Would I Lie To You so far, and Countdown on my horizon once I feel like diversifying. Rest of my TV queue is suffering for it, but I.. just.. can’t.. stop 
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Mar 14, 2023 11:20
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wait til you go through Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Have I Got News For You
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Mar 14, 2023 11:58
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It's panel show adjacent but Taskmaster has been a hot property for a few years. ( Plus some of the better international versions; NZ, Aus, Norway...)
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Mar 14, 2023 12:21
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This is the opposite of an intervention but I’m not saying stop 
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Mar 14, 2023 12:55
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Just keep going deeper! This time next year, early Shooting Stars and They Think It’s All Over!
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Mar 14, 2023 12:57
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You do mean 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown and not just regular Countdown though, right
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Mar 14, 2023 13:01
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I used to love panel shows but it's like they have an arsehole quota and must include at least one insufferable dickhead in every episode
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Mar 14, 2023 13:12
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HopperUK posted:I used to love panel shows but it's like they have an arsehole quota and must include at least one insufferable dickhead in every episode With 8 Out of 10 Cats it’s the host
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Mar 14, 2023 13:36
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I don't actually mind him to watch though I get why he'd get on people's nerves.
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Mar 14, 2023 13:40
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Oh yeah absolutely the cats one. Basically I just follow Mitchell around panel shows and find fun new stuff to watch.
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Mar 14, 2023 13:45
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Richard Ayoade is always great on them, especially when Noel Fielding is there too.
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Mar 14, 2023 13:52
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I used to watch Have I Got News For You religiously until Corbyn and I realised that they didn't give a poo poo about making stuff better Now I can't laugh at politics panel shows any more. Taskmaster's still great though
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Mar 14, 2023 14:52
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Panel shows really were the death of comedy. I’m glad the yanks don’t understand them.
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Mar 14, 2023 15:17
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HopperUK posted:I used to love panel shows but it's like they have an arsehole quota and must include at least one insufferable dickhead in every episode Alan Davies utterly loving ruins QI for me, why they decided that he should be ever-present I’ll never understand
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Mar 14, 2023 15:48
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Taear posted:I used to watch Have I Got News For You religiously until Corbyn and I realised that they didn't give a poo poo about making stuff better Yeah seeing the way all the nominally progressive panel show comedians closed ranks to legitimise the media's character assassination of corbyn really left a sour taste in my mouth and I've struggled to watch them since. I think Frankie Boyle was probably the biggest disappointment because it was obvious he didn't really believe it but was terrified of losing his comfy BBC gig. Bit ironic given he's a massive Scottish independence supporter but there we are.
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Mar 14, 2023 16:42
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The_Doctor posted:Richard Ayoade is always great on them, especially when Noel Fielding is there too. Now he's got to watch Big Fat Quiz of the Year
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Mar 14, 2023 17:12
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Who's been the longest stalwart of a panel show? Davies on QI or Jupitus on Buzzcocks? Merton/Hislop on HIGNFY?
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reality_groove posted:Who's been the longest stalwart of a panel show? Davies on QI or Jupitus on Buzzcocks? Merton/Hislop on HIGNFY? probably the remaining ISIHAC regulars if radio ones count
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Mar 14, 2023 17:24
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Kill All Cops posted:Now he's got to watch Big Fat Quiz of the Year Youtube randomly recommended me the 2004 episode. I was still a teenager back then, so I barely remembered any of the events (David Beckham's alleged propensity for extramarital anal sex didn't stay in my memory for two decades for some reason), but it was an interesting experience. Amazing how little has the show changed, in part thanks to Jimmy's plastic surgeons, and also how much has changed outside of the show.
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Mar 14, 2023 17:46
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HopperUK posted:I used to love panel shows but it's like they have an arsehole quota and must include at least one insufferable dickhead in every episode TOYTV sorry lol
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Mar 14, 2023 18:42
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Also, what is happening with the latest series of Cats does Countdown? C4 aired one new episode in January, then nothing...
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Tried a few episodes of Countdown Cats tonight and I don’t think it’s a keeper for me. Jimmy Carr always feels somewhat hammy but when he’s a guest it has its own charm in small doses. When he’s the host it feels tedious because it just goes on and on and on. I also don’t think the format is particularly interesting outlet for comedians or celebrities. Of the four episodes I watched today, the first ten minutes dragged and every joke felt so incredibly put on and scripted that I was begging for the actual game to start. The game feels fine and it’s funny to watch them flounder and banter back and forth, but ultimately it’s watching people do math and play scrabble which.. ok I guess. I think in describing it I just realized what I like about celebrity panel shows.. the back and forth banter. Jimmy reading lovely jokes off a card for ten minutes to set up lame gags didn’t do much for me.
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Mar 15, 2023 02:16
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Cats Does Countdown was my go to if I wanted an easy going TV show so I've watched loads of it. It started out okay, got really strong and now it too formulaic. Plus there's a giant Sean Lock shaped hole in the line up now.
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Mar 15, 2023 02:23
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imo if you've got a group of (mostly) funny people and you've got 30 minutes (or whatever) of TV time, it seems a bit daft to spend a good portion of that time having them play Countdown, which they're generally bad at, rather than have them be funny, which they're much better at
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Mar 15, 2023 02:34
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It’s an hour long, and it really feels it at times.
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I tried watching a few actual episodes after seeing a bunch of those "best of" edits and found the edits to be far superior.
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Gorn Myson posted:Cats Does Countdown was my go to if I wanted an easy going TV show so I've watched loads of it. It started out okay, got really strong and now it too formulaic. Plus there's a giant Sean Lock shaped hole in the line up now. Yeah I honestly find it tough to watch now because losing Sean Lock hurts, he was too good.
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Mar 15, 2023 09:27
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I'm probably the only person who actually watches Great British Menu but wow, the heat has been quite significant this week for being bad. During the first judging they looked like cowed schoolchildren. Tom Aikens would have torn them apart.
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Mar 15, 2023 22:10
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My Lovely Horse posted:I tried watching a few actual episodes after seeing a bunch of those "best of" edits and found the edits to be far superior. I love how Richardson started out thinking "I'm contractually obligated to do this", and then his competitive edge kicks in and he clearly worked hard in his spare time to being good at Countdown (Sean never gave a gently caress) and did really well, but the best punchline for this was the episode where he stopped giving a poo poo and made up nine letter words on every single round.
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Would I Lie To You is probably my #1 easy-watching panel show. Somewhat guest-dependent as they all are, but Rob is a great host and the format lends itself so well to silliness. And of course any time Bob Mortimer is on is fully incredible.
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Mar 16, 2023 10:45
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They did a US Wilty not too long ago. Was ok, not a trainwreck. Although the advert breaks did break the flow and it felt the truth:lie ratio was too much to the latter. The real highlight was Richard Kind as a contestant, they should get him on a UK episode.
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Mar 16, 2023 11:24
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reality_groove posted:Who's been the longest stalwart of a panel show? Davies on QI or Jupitus on Buzzcocks? Merton/Hislop on HIGNFY? For TV I'm sure it's Hislop, HIGNFY has been going for 33 years. At one point Merton got bored and skipped a series but I'm pretty sure Hislop's been there the entire time It's also wild to me that they've now had guest hosts for nearly twice as long as Deayton was ever on the show
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The whole “Angus Deayton couldn’t possibly carry on as the host once he Became The Story” is such a glimpse into a previous way of thinking about politics and the media. Can’t help but feel in 2023 (or for several years now), people would stop caring/move on after two weeks max.
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Mar 16, 2023 13:52
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back then doing coke and visiting sex workers was career suicide nowadays they make you PM
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UNRULY_HOUSEGUEST posted:For TV I'm sure it's Hislop, HIGNFY has been going for 33 years. At one point Merton got bored and skipped a series but I'm pretty sure Hislop's been there the entire time iirc Ian Hislop did one show with appendicitis and went to hospital immediately after it finished
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Susie Dent probably towers over Davis/Hislop, started in 92, does 3-4 shows a week too instead of 1 as the others
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