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SEX BURRITO posted:The GBS Maddie thread was insane. Didn't it go on for about 4 years? Somewhere the editor of the Daily Express makes a derisive snort
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So rewatching League Of Gentleman and Psychoville on the Netflix, for the most part League hasn't aged too badly (I don't like the bad Vet bits, are they too grim or am I soft now?) but out the two I think Psychoville for the most part has aged a lot better.
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May 10, 2017 16:27
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SeanBeansShako posted:So rewatching League Of Gentleman and Psychoville on the Netflix, for the most part League hasn't aged too badly (I don't like the bad Vet bits, are they too grim or am I soft now?) but out the two I think Psychoville for the most part has aged a lot better. They are fairly bleak, but I'll still laugh like an idiot at the turtle and the compressed air.
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May 10, 2017 16:36
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I do like at the end of League everyone (mostly) gets a happy ending. Is the movie worth tracking down?
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May 10, 2017 16:44
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Doubtful Guest posted:Isn't it run by a goon? I recognised a couple of user names and the Baby/Stupid Newbie thing is familiar. No Neil Bomb'd is not a goon(as far as I know). I think the baby avatars thing is just a coincidence. It's supposed to be a a Chris Morris Fan Forum but as he hasn't done anything for about eight years, it's mainly just middle-aged men with depressions discussing old comedy and arguing about the impending Conservapocalypse. Used to be a lot more active on the creative side with internet radio, podcasts and so on but that's gone a bit quiet since people got jobs, babies, etc and have less time for dicking around.
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May 10, 2017 18:09
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SeanBeansShako posted:I do like at the end of League everyone (mostly) gets a happy ending. I love the movie but it's a peculiar thing. Self-indulgent. If you love League you'll probably enjoy it.
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May 10, 2017 19:40
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SeanBeansShako posted:So rewatching League Of Gentleman and Psychoville on the Netflix, for the most part League hasn't aged too badly (I don't like the bad Vet bits, are they too grim or am I soft now?) but out the two I think Psychoville for the most part has aged a lot better. I enjoyed rewatching League but wasn't too keen on season three. Maybe it was for the same reason you disliked the vet sketches, it became too grotesque and mean-spirited. It seems like other people loved the season though so maybe I just didn't get it.
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May 10, 2017 22:36
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Yeah I feel the final series was the weakest one, I did like the more solid storyline thing they had going but christ that whole episode with the handyman doing tugjobs for the massage parlour was well, just soul crushingly mean.
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May 10, 2017 22:42
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RIP Catweazle
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May 11, 2017 16:18
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I finally got round to watching a Taskmaster episode last night. Holy poo poo it is just as good as you were all saying.
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May 11, 2017 18:50
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It is my favourite show at the moment. It is so funny there are times when I laugh that I do a little double breath and choke a bit. It's fantastic.
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May 11, 2017 18:54
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thehustler posted:It is my favourite show at the moment. It is so funny there are times when I laugh that I do a little double breath and choke a bit. Series 3 was probably the worst but they've pulled it back a lot with 4. The mix wasn't great on 3 unfortunately. Also Mindhorn really was a 70% sort of film. The plot is quite predictable but it's still funny.
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May 12, 2017 12:05
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Without moving the fish bowls. I too would have failed the chocolate clause
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May 12, 2017 12:45
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Taear posted:Series 3 was probably the worst but they've pulled it back a lot with 4. The mix wasn't great on 3 unfortunately. I'm glad there's two women this time.
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May 12, 2017 19:50
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I live outside the UK and - 70% or not - was a little disappointed about missing Mindhorn, since it's so niche it probably wouldn't find a distributor, and especially since I was in Ireland only the week before it started and even saw posters around. But now Netflix has picked it up outside the UK. If that's the new way of the home video world, I embrace it.
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May 12, 2017 20:12
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Did anyone see the King Charles III tv movie on the BBC the other day? Was it any good? I haven't seen it but I've heard the late Tim Piggott-Smith was very good in it.
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May 12, 2017 20:52
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thehustler posted:It is my favourite show at the moment. It is so funny there are times when I laugh that I do a little double breath and choke a bit. That first episode where Romesh Ranganathan just launched that watermelon into the ground nearly killed me. That was when I knew it was something special.
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May 12, 2017 21:06
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McDragon posted:That first episode where Romesh Ranganathan just launched that watermelon into the ground nearly killed me. That was when I knew it was something special. Oh Jesus Christ  https://youtu.be/ISIsdLS0lzY
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May 12, 2017 21:16
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McDragon posted:That first episode where Romesh Ranganathan just launched that watermelon into the ground nearly killed me. That was when I knew it was something special. Series 1 has been the stand out. I think they just had the right group of comedians for it. Although I'm loving Mel in this one because she's so absolutely bizzare.
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May 13, 2017 11:44
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Wheat Loaf posted:Did anyone see the King Charles III tv movie on the BBC the other day? Was it any good? I haven't seen it but I've heard the late Tim Piggott-Smith was very good in it. It's pretty good, but it feels like it was written by two people who didn't talk much. It's in iambic pentameter, and while some of the scenes sound natural a lot of the time the characters awkwardly backwards do talk.
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May 13, 2017 14:32
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Taear posted:Series 1 has been the stand out. I think they just had the right group of comedians for it.
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May 13, 2017 15:20
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Wheat Loaf posted:Did anyone see the King Charles III tv movie on the BBC the other day? Was it any good? I haven't seen it but I've heard the late Tim Piggott-Smith was very good in it. I've started on it, and will probably finish as a end-of-marking-this-batch-of-exams treat. I had to stop after about 10 minutes when the same actor who plays Harry in the Channel 4 satire showed up in this one as Harry. I keep expecting Morgana Robinson as Pippa (or 'Pahppah' as Bants pronounces it in The Windsors) to hove into view. Is there some sort of edict out of Buckingham Palace that William must be depicted with a full head of hair in every dramatisation?
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May 13, 2017 16:29
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Taear posted:Series 1 has been the stand out. I think they just had the right group of comedians for it. I love how it never feels like put-upon weirdness. She seems to exist in this constant state of "well it made sense at the time", which is exactly where Taskmaster shines. Also Hugh Dennis always finding the loophole in the challenges.
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May 13, 2017 16:32
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Strom Cuzewon posted:I love how it never feels like put-upon weirdness. She seems to exist in this constant state of "well it made sense at the time", which is exactly where Taskmaster shines. Yep. Roisin was the same, it's absolutely great. In other news, BBC News twitter just ruined the final of Masterchef for me. That's so frustrating and now i don't feel like I should watch it.
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May 13, 2017 18:51
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Taskmaster series 1 def had the best group of comedians Also it seems they increasingly set up tasks for visual gags. For me the funny bits are comedians trying to do things either well or badly and then making me laff while doing it because they're funny people. I don't want to see Noel Fielding imagine himself as small banana with a crappy camera effect to achieve it. It's dirty birdyism. If you'd like to know what I mean by 'dirty birdyism', quote this part of my post.
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May 13, 2017 19:47
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Pissflaps posted:If you'd like to know what I mean by 'dirty birdyism', quote this part of my post.
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May 13, 2017 19:48
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You may or may not remember the great Stephen King book Misery and the even greater movie by the same name. In it, there's a character called Annie who quickly reveals herself to be insane. One way this is achieved is by her telling the story of how she'd go to the movies to watch movie shorts, and one episode enraged her because while at the end of the previous one the main protagonist appeared to die by being driven from a cliff, but at the start of the next one they just said it didn't happen. So they just made up a bit of the story and she called them - and other people - 'Dirty Birdies'. Some years later my wife would complain about Top Gear, saying that the stuff they did with cars - such as one time they appeared to launch a caravan - was fake in a show that's supposed to be 'real'. I replied that it's entertainment and they can do what they like. This made her cross so I asked if she thought they were 'dirty birdies' - both to describe what they are, but also to suggest my wife is touched in the head to be bothered by it. And so here we are. Taskmaster is resorting to Dirty Birdyism by using visual gags to replace what should be practical tasks and challenges.
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May 13, 2017 19:55
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Taear posted:Yep. Roisin was the same, it's absolutely great. Yep, same thing happened to me. Very annoying, especially as they keep doing this.
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May 13, 2017 19:55
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never change pissflaps
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Pissflaps posted:Taskmaster series 1 def had the best group of comedians That task annoyed me - the task was they had 10 minutes to hide, there is no way that guy managed to get all of those identical outfits and the people to arrive in 10 mins.
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May 13, 2017 23:38
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Mr Beens posted:That task annoyed me - the task was they had 10 minutes to hide, there is no way that guy managed to get all of those identical outfits and the people to arrive in 10 mins. It's bullshit isn't it.
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May 13, 2017 23:40
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Yeah, that banana thing was bullshit even if it did make me laugh. The door was better
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May 13, 2017 23:49
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The camoflage thing was pretty dumb but otherwise the series has been pretty legit this far. Also why can't I find a clip anywhere of Joe Wilkinson throwing a potato into a hole?
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May 14, 2017 00:13
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How had I not heard of Taskmaster before, it's brilliant. I love that the series 1 winner is Josh by the one point he got for the bullshit counting tasks.
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May 14, 2017 08:32
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Could you spoiler that please not everyone has watched it yet.
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May 14, 2017 08:33
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Pissflaps posted:Could you spoiler that please not everyone has watched it yet. It aired 3 years ago.
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May 14, 2017 08:39
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And there are multiple people in this thread saying how they're just starting to watch it.
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May 14, 2017 08:41
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Mr Beens posted:It aired 3 years ago. I just watched that episode last night.
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Was actually pondering whether to spoiler that or not for a bit before posting. In the end I didn't think who wins a panel show would be much of a deal, but that's fair enough. 
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My Lovely Horse posted:Was actually pondering whether to spoiler that or not for a bit before posting. In the end I didn't think who wins a panel show would be much of a deal, but that's fair enough. Pissflaps takes spoilers extremely seriously and his wife is a dirty birdy
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