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

:((( hope he's okay. he was HILARIOUS on would i lie to you a few weeks back (ps that is pretty much my favourite UK comedy show at the moment) but he didn't look very well

WILTY often way funnier than it should be, yes.

i don't even know if its funnier than it should be - the format is strong, and the guests are often great.

I guess what I meant is that in these days of panel show over-saturation, it's surprising to come across one that's decent.

oh yes, definitely.

it took me ages to work out wtf was going on in Catastrophe. Probably because waters breaking doesn't actually mean you're having the baby straight away, in real life.

Yeah, it took me a while to work out it was over a year later on (in fact, it didn't happen until the kid was stood in the doorway).

I really liked that twist. And I really liked the whole episode, too.

Detectorists was perfect last night.

I didn't quite get the fuss about The Detectorists, the first series rarely rose above just OK for me. I'll give the new one a bash though.

It's a vibe thing man

london people can catch Love Soup series 1 at 9 tonight on London Live. i remember it being great and innovative at the time, but that time was 10 years ago now.

detectorists still very good, happily.

subtle gag in the first scene of catastrophe ep 2, more lols than in the first ep.

just watched it but wait what was it

when she says she's sure other people have it worse than her... but she can't think of any right now, i don't know, greek people. then it cuts to the very unambiguously african doctor.

I liked in the first ep when Rob still had Sharon's number in his phone as Sharon London Sex.

ha yep.

My favourite bit of last night's was near the end when she told him all about her day and he said "between work and other things they consume all my 'care' during the day so I really haven't got anything to give you".

Passed a load of these (giant) posters on the way to work today,

http://underthebridge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dapper-laughs-poster-small-.jpg

Notice that he ducked playing Glasgow on his tour.

I've just realized the dates are in October, so why the posters have appeared in November I have no idea.

Notice that he ducked playing Glasgow on his tour.

There was a poster for a Glasgow gig on Argyll Street on which someone had written CUNT right across his forehead. I think the gig was cancelled after protests/poor sales.

Josh is utterly fucking dreadful. And just when you thought it couldn't get worse, Jennifer Saunders' (who turns up herself in Ep 2) daughter is in this and is arguably not even as good as in The Wright Way. She should really consider another career.

Yeah, it's awful. Sat through the opening two episodes the other night and didn't laugh once.

JW has been on the cusp of over-exposure for about a year now, imo, so this was probably a bad idea. that said, bbc3, so i reckon you're the only two watching it 8)

Think, may be wrong, I watched it on BBC2 late the other night. I won't be sticking with it (and I'm mostly pro-JW in other guises)

I watched the first on iPlayer out of curiosity, and the second on iPlayer out of voyeurism. I won't make the mistake again.

And unlike The Wright Way or Mountain Goats, it's not so unremittingly awful that I still have to watch it.

But then what do I know, I watched all of Together; a less funny Boy Meets Girl. It also did the 'posh girl gets deliberately bad boyfriend to annoy her dad' sub-plot that Josh did, although without the benefit of Martin Brown Off KYTV.

Because I'm a bad person who hates things, I did a search for D*pper L****s live reviews, but it looks like there was some kind of media blackout on the entire tour. Still, there will be a DVD so I look forward to see what Amazon punters make of that.

I like reading about shit sitcoms on ILX.

the last Detectorists was beautiful

just watched it, bloody wonderful stuff.

absolutely

Detectorists Christmas special tonight at 10!

ooh!

I only just had time today to go through the Christmas Radio Times, and we're already 4 days into it - but caught this just in time

detectorists christmas special was missing that certain something, i thought.

8/10 cats christmas special was funnier than i expected, mainly due to the carrot in the box segment.

caught 'Insert Name Here' last night by mistake and again that was funnier than it should've been, mainly due to the woman from Quizeum. better panel than i expected too. but josh widdicome needs to start saying no to doing everything he's offered soon.

i kept making the mistake over christmas of watching the original airing of something and then watching the extended version of it 2 days later. which is just a waste of 30 minutes.

detectorists christmas special was missing that certain something, i thought.

simon and garfunkel ?

i thought it added a nice end to the "what happens if they ever do find gold?" aspect of the show.

peters and lee...

parts of it looked like it was filmed using a different medium than the rest of the series, like video rather than film or digital rather than film or something. hard to put a finger on. might just've been the british museum parts. i liked the slightly spooky M R James aspect of it but, i dunno, something was off. (also annoyed that the special isn't on the dvds)

it was only ok, but if it's the last ever episode of the show I'll be a little miffed

I found it depressing tbh, he should be able to enjoy it

omg I watched that Russell Howard piece of crap. Was as bad as when Richard Herring did the same thing.

Bowie really talked up this 1960 Anthony Newley series (6 episodes) on US radio a few years ago. There's a UK DVD, anyone seen it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRfg9kvcA-g

dont care about old stuff, eh

I own the DVD but have never gotten around to watching it. So I half-care.

i have a friend who watched 5 episodes and then stopped. i think the meta episode may've broke him.

theme tune is a classic though. and laughing gnome is pure anthony newley. see "moogies bloogies" that he did with delia derbyshire.

(AN went on to do Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory music, which i didn't know)

him and Bricusse, yeah. he went really Rat Pack in America, was on TV, in Vegas all the time in late '60s, 70s.

the guys who created the show moved to the US too, had more limited success.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Hills_and_Sid_Green

Bob Mortimer was great on As Yet Untitled last night (Dave), mainly stories from his days in the legal profession before he dropped that for comedy.

i keep forgetting the tracy ullman show, the bbc has buried it slightly, after 10 on a monday. probably because it's quite poor, like a female version of the last couple of harry enfield tv shows, but there's the occasional ok bit.

Last Leg Down Under isn't really comedy but is entertaining in its way.

Yeah, enjoyed Last Leg, though it was a bit Clarksonesque and more mean-spirited than I would have expected in places.

I think Tracey Ullman is a very good mimic with reasonably good ideas and a decent line in observation, but it doesn't quite work. These shows never really do. I liked the libraries sketch in the first one.