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

Yeah, they are the best characters. Of I had lots of spare time, I'd probably be more into it. It's not comedy gold though is it?

No, it's not. I'm struggling to think of it as a comedy any more - although I laughed like a drain at "I'll just pretend it's a tit" this week, and the Canadian woman over the end credits.

I did laugh when the VC shouts at what is obviously normal people on a mega phone. Very cruel, but very funny.

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/jul/20/trip-belated-masterpiece/

Just rejoice at that news and congratulate the BBC ... Rejoice.

Unfortunately this seems to be the new comedy filling its slot.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14273434

Two Pints of Lager helped launch the careers of Ralph Little and Sheridan Smith

That'll be the same Ralph Little and Sheridan Smith who were in The Royle Family before TPoLaaPoC.

Yes, I wondered about that one

They do say "helped."

Also, is it not spelled Ralf?

As in the famous LP of trailblazing electronica, "Ralf and Sheridan"?

Just spotted there's going to be a second series of The Trip, set in Italy

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/steve_coogan_rob_brydon_set_to_travel_italy_with_michael_winterbottom_for_s/

Oh hell yes

Unexpected! Looking forward.

those lucky fuckers

ha ha awesome.

Prepare for Brydon doing lots of Pacino/Gofather references.

Pacino is definitely his worst impression.

You speak truth

One of the funny things was how Pacino was his go-to when it's so bad. Impressing the ladies at dinner comes to mind.

Maybe they'll bump into Peter Serafinowicz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXneIjC01D0
"Ah, come and give your grandad a kiss..."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-14646532

every year it seems like this award is designed to deter people from going to stand up gigs.

p sure I heard that joke years ago, and the runner-up

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54788000/jpg/_54788462_nick_helm_ivon.jpg

funny how Edinburgh award winners have changed over the years
http://www.comedycv.co.uk/philkay/2003-february-phil-kay.jpg

9) Andrew Lawrence: "I admire these phone hackers. I think they have a lot of patience. I can't even be bothered to check my OWN voicemails."

He can't even be bothered to check his OWN voicemails!!!

Those jokes all belong in one of those Armando Iannucci sketches where he flounders desperately making terrible stillborn quips to people who just look at him in embarrassment

comedy is the nexus of all that is stupid and depraved in uk bourgie culture

no goodness will come from it

I saw this guy Alex Love in Edinburgh and without damning him too much he was ok, engaging, a few good laughs but not quite the finished article. He has blog which is essential reading but is pretty grim in places, any lingering ideas I had that it's something I might want to try were put to bed after reading his experiences at the Fringe http://www.alexlove.co.uk (start from entry 338 and work forward).

http://chortle.co.uk/news/2011/09/06/13929/fast_show_to_return

Old favourites for Foster's. Even Caroline Aherne's involved.

I thought that new Channel 4 comedy, "Fresh Meat" (from Peep Show writers), was pretty funny. I ordinarily can't stand Jack Whitehall, but I laughed at a bunch of his gags. Inbetweeners guy exact same as on Inbetweeners. Scottish guy as token scumbag roommate was amusing. Anybody else see it?

Yeah, I agree with pretty much everything you say there

Me too. I never thought I'd ever laugh at anything Jack Whitehall said or did, but he was v funny in this.

jack whitehall forever disgusting but at least he isn't doing his own shite stuff

scottish guy funny didn't think the character that funny but I like the guy I liked it when he said YUM YUM YUM

this was a bit bad but not terrible

It's somewhere in the middle of Inbetweeners, Peep Show and Spaced, though not as sharp - or as funny - as any of them. But for now it's watchable. They need to give that third girl character something to do, the one who is Single White Female-ing the brassy girl. Her one-note-ness is particularly grating.

Brassy girl is wearying

always seen whitehead as the hipster michael macintyre

errr whitehall rather

Third girl looks and sounds uncannily like Jessica Hynes, which doesn't help with the Spaced comparisons. I think this is really poor tbh. The Robert Webb cameo was a particular lowlight

I've avoided anything with him in it but, on the evidence of this, he's quite a good comic actor (xp) Robert Webb cameo was embarrassing

whitehall as hipster michael macintyre OTM

hipster is the wrong word

interesting watching a bit of fresh meat.. it's a bit like whitehall is more his "real self" in this, and his standup persona a kind of uncomfortable half-sham

yeah you're right, not hipster, just "young" i guess

anyway enough about him, i like the tough girl listening to "kick out the jams"

this was really hard to watch and had no reason to be 55 minutes long

I smirked a few times in the final third but if I'd had absolutely anything else to do/go to last night I'd've been out of there by that point

had heard this was 'dark' which I can only assume gets taken to mean 'people constanctly acting like utter pricks to each other' these days

double the length of an ep = no pressure to be funny you can call it a comedy-drama plus extra mobile phone advertising revenue

altho of course what you end up with is some fucking children's porridge that's neither funny nor dramatic

I've only seen the second half of each episode, so not sure how it would hold up over 55 minutes, seems a daft thing to do to me

channel 4 in "desperate to fill prime time with anything aimed at 14-24 year olds" shocker