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

"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.

It definitley helped that they didn't explain what the show was about between pretty much every sketch and just had a procession of gags instead.

E4 have The Inbetweeners, Misfits and Skins, while the Beeb's youth channel keep on giving the green light to dismal, violently unfunny wank

Struggling with the "while" here.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/feb/08/alan-partridge-film-steve-coogan

thought limmy's show on monday was actually good.

he's uncanny at John Paul.

Have you guys got hold of 'Your Bad Self' yet. Best thing to roll out of our green shores since Fr Ted (if Fr Ted counts tbh?)

The funniest UK comedy programme on right now is Sorry I've Got No Head.

― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 17 January 2010 16:49 (1 month ago)

I saw this for the first time yesterday, and it bears repeating.

Interesting information on Fast Show writer Jane Bussmann's wiki entry:

" A rotten vendor: Jane's guide to selling dodgy property in W9," 2001
" I think I can stiff a purchaser and run to LA...What goes around comes around." 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Bussmann

Had the misfortune to catch a snatch of BBC3's This Is Jinsy the other day, and dere god, it's like what people who don't like Boosh think Boosh is like.

The funniest UK comedy programme on right now is Sorry I've Got No Head.

Yes, but is that because it's a children's show and therefore you're surprised it's funny?

it gets very samey after the first couple of episodes (although the two series are different enough). but the cast is rather good - brigstock, giedroyc, magda from that thing. gnorton does some of the voiceover. it's a cut above rentaghost (say)

Limmy's webcam is some bizarre shit.

This afternoon he's dancing in his seat to "Chance to desire" by Radiorama.

I watched 10 minutes the other day of him sitting in a chair hating everyone who'd bothered to tune in and say anything to him. Not really comedy in any way, shape or form.

he played it three times, dance to it in his chair, stood up and danced at the chorus and then that was it.

aye it's not comedy, i had it on in the background a couple of weeks ago and he had a wee rant about homophobia that lasted about half an hour.

I watched 10 minutes the other day of him sitting in a chair hating everyone who'd bothered to tune in and say anything to him. Not really comedy in any way, shape or form.

Jerry Sadowitz might disagree with you on that one

he does lots of spelling nazi stuff as well, and going off his head whenever someone uses an americanism. which is fairly funny. It's just a strange thing. I like having it on in the background if i'm browsing the web when he's on.

Jerry Sadowitz might disagree with you on that one

At least he cracked the odd gag.

sadowitz more 'important' than funny, tbf

I actually know both Sadowitz and Limmy! Haven't spoken to Limmy in years though, I knew him when he had nuthin', by the way

now he's got a webcam

And Jerry doesn't even have that

i smeelll a sitcom!