Yes
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 15 May 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
What's This Country saying? Seen a clip or two which suggest it might be a bit above standard BBC 3 fodder.
― chap, Thursday, 18 May 2017 09:32 (six years ago) link
I enjoyed it a lot, managed to rise above "let's laugh at rural people" which it could have fallen into.
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Thursday, 18 May 2017 09:39 (six years ago) link
Good enough, I'll watch it.
― chap, Thursday, 18 May 2017 09:45 (six years ago) link
Actually, found the last episode Detectorists-level moving.
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Thursday, 18 May 2017 09:48 (six years ago) link
Speaking of which, this hasn't exactly been shouted from the rooftops.
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-03-31/mackenzie-crook-comedy-detectorists-is-returning-for-third-and-final-series
I also watched the first episode of Loaded, a C4 attempt at Silicon Valley with none of the writing chops and little of the writing skills. Stars Danny Out Of Doctor Who, Gerrard Out Of Peep Show, Him Out Of Uncle and Him Out Of Together (you know, the dreadful BBC romcom starring Him, Her Out Of Downton Abbey And Crazyhead and Her That Played 'Drunk Girl' In Fleabag). Missed ep 2 and no desire to catch up.
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Thursday, 18 May 2017 09:55 (six years ago) link
Great to watch old people vote for their own destruction. Its like a Thomas Bernhard novel come to life.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 18 May 2017 10:00 (six years ago) link
LOL wrong thread but its a great idea for a comedy
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 18 May 2017 10:04 (six years ago) link
That threw me for a moment there.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 May 2017 10:05 (six years ago) link
Ever Decreasing Merkels.
Nothing to do with Tory social care policy but I can flesh out the details later.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 18 May 2017 11:00 (six years ago) link
The Darling Cunts of May.
― chap, Thursday, 18 May 2017 11:03 (six years ago) link
outstanding
― early morning reverse rumplestiltskin rage (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 18 May 2017 11:32 (six years ago) link
*applause*
― Drive Your Lover Wild In Bed By Cosplaying As Jeff Lynne (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 18 May 2017 11:33 (six years ago) link
Him out of Uncle is fucking loathsome. Here's hoping he isn't the next few years of UK comedy, despite Ch4 depressingly pushing him as such.
― NI, Thursday, 18 May 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
Can't stand him. I can't even watch when he's in Dictionary Corner on Cars down, the only time I ever really encounter him.
― ailsa, Friday, 19 May 2017 10:22 (six years ago) link
Catsdown, even. Stupid phone not recognising my made-up contractions.
― ailsa, Friday, 19 May 2017 10:23 (six years ago) link
Who are we talking about?
― chap, Friday, 19 May 2017 10:27 (six years ago) link
Edgy, i.e unfunny, comedian whose entire schtick is hoarsely shouting at people.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Friday, 19 May 2017 10:39 (six years ago) link
Name?
― chap, Friday, 19 May 2017 10:44 (six years ago) link
Nick Helm
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Friday, 19 May 2017 10:47 (six years ago) link
He looks hilarious based on a cursory image search.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/images/library/fringe/2012/250x250/nick_helm.jpg
― chap, Friday, 19 May 2017 10:50 (six years ago) link
the first time i saw him i thought he was fabulous, then i discovered that hoarse shouting thing is all
he
does
― early morning reverse rumplestiltskin rage (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 19 May 2017 10:55 (six years ago) link
bbc1 preannounced hignfy as "with frankie boyle and strong language", which seems redundant
― early morning reverse rumplestiltskin rage (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 19 May 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
Can't believe I've never seen Black Books until now - this show rules
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Sunday, 18 June 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
life's too short to watch detectorists repeats, so i almost didn't bother. but i did and i loved it (again). it's pretty perfect, all the little touches. the tr7 in yellow. the bit in episode 5 with the two 'did you see university challenge last night?' conversations. sophie's face painting...
series 2 starts next monday. i guess series 3 will follow.
elsewhere, Go 8 Bit: DLC was funny this week. it's scrappy, in a good way. and the guest was good this week (steve hill?)
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
> The Darling Cunts of May.
John Oliver coined 'Thatcher in the Rye' on his show last week, after playing the clip of the, gosh, wheat field revelations.
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
Anyone been watching Live From The BBC standup series? Enjoyed Liam Williams, had never seen him before. Pretty gloomy guy.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 22 July 2017 12:04 (six years ago) link
Good looking too.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 24 July 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
So the gloomy thing is an act. LOL Footlights.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
this jimmy carr interview by david tang is the most entertaining train wreck i've seen in a long time. tang (1) decided research and preparation are unnecessary and (2) evidently saw two minutes of a jimmy carr standup and decided being a shit to him would be funny. it's funny all right, but not for the reasons he thought it would be.
if you don't want to sit through the whole hour you can get the gist in the first three minutes. just incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRTMnJ6y14Y
― blink truther (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:17 (six years ago) link
Jimmy Carr is shit is a shit and, so being a shit to him is the only acceptable approach.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:25 (six years ago) link
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:10
Dunno. He seems quite sad to me. Not that it matters too much.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
Sad and not funny. Still, I'm sure he will do well, Footlights an' that.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 10:25 (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you can hate him if you like but he's a generous and insightful interview subject, so wasting his potential by being a dick for a full hour is not a good use of anyone's time
― blink truther (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:30 (six years ago) link
Playing at 'Being a dick' is how Jimmy Carr earns his money surely?
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:32 (six years ago) link
that's his act, not how he conducts himself professionally (outside gigs, at least)
― blink truther (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:33 (six years ago) link
Fuck comedians with 'acts'. It's a pity his generosity doesn't extend to paying his taxes.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:33 (six years ago) link
which comes back to my point that david tang apparently thought jimmy carr's act = jimmmy carr, without bothering to do any further research whatsoever
xp yes i get he's done dickish things, doesn't mean he's not worth listening to as an interview subject
― blink truther (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:34 (six years ago) link
Well that's one way of looking at it, but who is really interested in some boring little bourgeois businessman who is 'Jimmy Carr' for a living?
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:37 (six years ago) link
thanks for your input
― blink truther (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:38 (six years ago) link
Thanks for the video.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:44 (six years ago) link
Lex couldn't make it, i'm standing in for him.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:45 (six years ago) link
Good video, thanks. Carr handled that immensely well, I thought.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:25 (six years ago) link
he was great. it seems he very quickly decided the audience was only going to get value for its money/time if he took control. most people would have politely fumbled their way through, or just stormed out.
― blink truther (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:33 (six years ago) link
Just finished it, that was a lot of fun.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:50 (six years ago) link
(are the volume levels of that all over the place?)
Mash Report was ok, but they don't seem to have left space for the laughing - they just kind of keep talking.
― koogs, Thursday, 27 July 2017 11:15 (six years ago) link
I enjoyed Nish's John Oliver schtick, he carried it off well, but I struggled with the rest of it. The news sketches were poor and the social media section was a nice idea which didn't really work for me in practice.
― ailsa, Thursday, 27 July 2017 13:04 (six years ago) link
Anyone watching Ill Behaviour, Sam Bain's "comedy drama" on iPlayer? Not hitting the mark for me mainly because main man is pretty much Will from Inbetweeners
― kinder, Saturday, 29 July 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
Jimmy Carr clip was great
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 29 July 2017 21:36 (six years ago) link
the interviewer is human garbage
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 29 July 2017 21:44 (six years ago) link