Rolling UK Comedy Thread - "Ricky Don't Lose Larry David's Number

Wikipedia (yes, I know) says Denzil was invented because John Sullivan wanted Del to have had a black friend since school. No idea why that made him a Scouser though, aye.

Let's spot all the continuity clangers, using this ep as a reference point. Is Roy Slater going to be on dis ting?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_of_%2762

I really want this to be good, I have a great deal of affection for OFAH and at least one of these retreads has to actually work, doesn't it?

No idea why that made him a Scouser though, aye.

Or why he cast an actor not only from Liverpool but 11 years younger than Jason. Whatever. He can do what he likes. As long as it's funny.

James Buckley is on Soccer AM just now explaining how it's nothing like the original series, and it's not a sitcom. Hmmmmm.

I'll rep for the early serieses of OFaH but Sullivan is a guy who desperately needs an editor/somebody to step in and tell him when he's stopped being funny, cos on the whole his characterisation is the weakest thing about his writing. So I'm pretty sure the prequel's gonna suck.

Well, comedy = tragedy + time and this prequel is OFAH S1 minus 21 years, so...

tv listings are saying it's a one-off, albeit one that's 90 minutes long.

luckily i have unwatched dvds.

So did anyone watch the otah thing? was it any good?

only tools and horses?

oops

it is on my tellybox.

i don't think bellamy's people worked. it wasn't *awful, but the visuals really added nothing to Down The Line, and they have a better grasp of the call-in format than ponderous documentaries. hopw they still do another series of the radio show, tho that's unlikely, and maybe they've done everything they can with it now.

I watched OFAH. It was meh, continuity was a bit rubbish in places (they were Millwall fans! Thought Rodney's middle name was Charlton, after the JaggerAddicks?), some utterly dreadful jokes (the "I'm looking for a minge" bit looked like it had been teleported in from another show), mostly drama instead of comedy (neither of which quite rang true), and mostly about Del's mother and Freddie the Frog - after the trumpeting of Jaynbetweener as the new Del, he might as well not have been in it, tbh. Apart from the very odd bit where he appears to be perving at his own mum. It probably worked better in John Sullivan's head.

The Persuasionists - Adam Buxton responds

i am watching it now. i don't know why.

i have bumped into simon farnaby twice in widely different parts of W6 but both times he's been crossing a zebra crossing in the opposite direction.

Bellamy's People got a bit better last night. Think I might listen to Adil Ray's radio show when I get home, he's pretty great in this.

Meanwhile, The Persuasionists has pretty much officially had a fork stuck in it - it's been bumped to the post-Newsnight slot on Thursday the week after next.

I think Bellamy's People was better last week, but there you go. I was sort of hoping they'd have completely new characters each week, but I suppose that'd be a bit much to ask.

The Limmy sketch this week with the dopy dopehead pondering the gang pecking order in his kitchen was the funniest thing I've seen in ages.

The wilful unevenness and dumbness of Limmy's Show is hilarious to me, but Mrs Px4a has basically turned into a Scot-hating racist curmudgeon as a result of it

love that junkie guy just saying ".....fukeyyyn..." every five words

Stoned guy and Falconhoof are superb. Apart from that I'm usually doing that "What?" face that Limmy does to the pub storyteller.

his twitter is just him boasting about how good he is at Modern Warfare and Street Fighter IV

I think the thing I love most about Limmy is his eagerness to fuck his audience about. Also, the way he yells "LLOYDSPHARMACY!" has been stuck in my head all week, following on from that bit where the Elephant Man danced to David Bowie the week before. And Falconhoof not possessing the powers the week before that. And the bit with the piano. And the zombie feller. Yeah, I pretty much love this show an awful lot (though the second episode was a touch ropey).

"if you picked blue, you are out. If you picked red, you are out. But if you picked green....

YOU'RE GONNA DIE"

Also, the way he yells "LLOYDSPHARMACY!" has been stuck in my head all week

Absolutely. Thanks to iPlayer, I've watched ep 3 and part of ep 1, so I'm not sure whether the recurring nature of the some of the characters (do I need to see Falconhoof more than once? Great in ep 3 tho') will dilute it a bit.

I think Falconhoof has improved with every passing week and the stoned guy has been good every time. Can't see any mileage in the mischievous Mulvanie character.

I still think the pilot episode made me laugh more than anything in the series so far.

I'd imagine that poor Falconhoof getting his heart trampled on will eventually wear thin, but not at the moment.

I thought Mulvaney was bang on form in episode 3, myself, though his previous appearance in the series was a bit of a letdown.

His trying to feign ignorance of the Kinder Egg in the pilot is his highlight so far, I think

Not sure if 80s cop drama "YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME...HUHUHUHUH" is funny or not, but shit American accents are basically hilarious to me irregardlessly

My first exposure to Limmy was the opening sketch of ep 3 - the "Modus Operandi" toddlers' DVD encounter - and I knew I was going to like him from that point on.

never forget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDYwzKaicFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKEOwkkmQ68

and last one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwfxvo34fRY

Actual tears of laughter at those three. I'm definitely on the Limmy bandwagon now.

And there's this, fun to play in offices:

http://www.limmy.com/playthings/xylophone/

I keep on thinking Falconhoof is based on Neil Oliver.

this cracks me up

Limmy.com: Requiem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnIgXlvOQpo

limmy's show is pretty pish imo. I have watched all of them and really enjoy the odd bit but it's overall a dud. Dee Dee is brilliant, as is Falconhoof, and there are a number of other good bits I could mention but for me the majority of it is fucking dire.

going to keep watching it out of loyalty to the big man since it feels cool to have been following his career since when he was just posting the odd video on his website, through his stand-up shows, to this and because I watch so few television shows it can't hurt me wading through the mire for the bits I find really funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-daaulqpQ8

This is the funniest thing BBC Scotland has produced in a long time.

Entire show hit and miss, but the hits are worth it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCw9XeXp7P8

;_;

didn't really get this limmy thing at first but those last 3 clips are just brilliant

I still don't really get him. Kind of interesting but I don't find it actually funny.

Requiem is the kind of thing where you watch it and think "yeah that's...that's pretty funny I guess, but it's going on a bit long and nothing else is really happening", and then you think about it in bed hours later and start cracking up

dee dee's voice is scarily spot-on

Love the way he always starts with "fuckeeyynn..." even though that annoys the shit out of me irl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWfyyUkPCdc&feature=player_embedded

New BBC3 comedy, This is Jinsy. E4 have The Inbetweeners, Misfits and Skins, while the Beeb's youth channel keep on giving the green light to dismal, violently unfunny wank. Just like this student revue, sub-Boosh/LoG-at-best absurdist load of tut.

http://www.thisisjinsy.com/ <-- the horror, the horror.

for real when is the BBC going to start actually competing with C4 on the yoof comedy tip.

managed to get my hands on the first series of down the line. so funny

Bellamy's People got much better last night, btw. They seemed to have actually sorted out the issues of structure and focus and it really worked far better than in the previous two episodes.