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David Mitchell must write a good percentage of his dialogue I'm thinking.

― Masked Gazza, Sunday, 13 November 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

Which would include his monologue.

― Masked Gazza, Sunday, 13 November 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

Hi,

I have no TV or video recorder and I missed this wonderful show... Can anyone point me to a download?

― dog latin (dog latin), Sunday, 13 November 2005 02:28 (twenty years ago)

B1t-T0rrent site UK N0va is yr best bet for all new UK TV.

It's here:

www.uknova.com/

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Sunday, 13 November 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

jez in church: 'there's something almost spiritual about it'

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Sunday, 13 November 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

well googleproofed there paddy

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Sunday, 13 November 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha, no one's ever called me Paddy on the internet before. It feels quite sweet.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Sunday, 13 November 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

Jeremy: "You can't be pissed and be miserable, it's just not possible"

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

they made a big point of having near-contemporary films on at the cinema. stuff that came out just 2 or 3 weeks back -- they must have filmed the body of the series before then, and thrown that one shot into the edit.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 11:45 (twenty years ago)

Anybody else get the series 2 DVD yesterday?

"I've shot you jeff. With a bullet of Scottish Finance Regulations"

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 12:08 (twenty years ago)

BTW it's repeated on more4 on the following monday

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 12:12 (twenty years ago)

I'm doing it Dad, I'm studying Ancient History and there's not a thing you can do about it!

― Corrigan, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

This latest new one was fantastic; it just gets better and better, frankly. Strangely moving, as well as absurd. Brilliant use of "This Week"...! Despite the central pair's myriad flaws, you really do empathise with them, I'm finding.

― Tom May (Tom May), Saturday, 19 November 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

If by 'empathise' you mean 'feel like a particularly useless combination of their worst parts', then yes.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Saturday, 19 November 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)

Yeah this weeks was a good one too. Though i found that Superhands, a character i previously didn't like at all really stole the show.

When he threw the laptop and said

"it's just a metal box jez, it's indestructable".

Fantastic.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Saturday, 19 November 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

Superhands is easily the greatest Peep Show character.

"The secret ingredient is crime"

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Saturday, 19 November 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

Super Hans (as I believe it is) should definately have his own unsuccesful spin-off show.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Saturday, 19 November 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

Um I didn't like the second ep! I thought it was really weak and desperate to be weird and shocking. Disappointing, cos the first one was good.

― Cracks (Crackity), Sunday, 20 November 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

It lacked the believability and didn't hang together too well. Definitely the waekest episode.

This week has Jeremy organising a magic mushroom party though!

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Sunday, 20 November 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

i actually cried with laughter at jez at one point: "one thing we're definitely not doing is opening a pub called 'free the paedos'".

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 21 November 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

BTW it's repeated on more4 on the following monday

ah, this is U&K for fuckwits like me who, er, forgot to watch it or set the video on friday. woot.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 21 November 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

It's repeated on E4 actually. not More4

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 21 November 2005 10:01 (twenty years ago)

Watched the second ep last night. Still the funniest thing on TV, even if it was a little strange as far as the episodes go...

"No more sectioning for you today"

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Monday, 21 November 2005 12:05 (twenty years ago)

I have had that sectioning conversation before, and the sudden realisation of power was equally wrong. Very funny stuff, and I especially like the fact that Mark may not be the most fucked up person in his relationship.

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 21 November 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

'my bone's got a little machine'

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 21 November 2005 14:03 (twenty years ago)

"Your dream is people on the omnibus... grey... eating grey sludge... that's your dream isn't it?"

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:24 (twenty years ago)

So, who do you relate to most, Mark or Jez? I'm definately Mark, my other 'arf says both equally, which is a little scary.

― Zora (Zora), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:32 (twenty years ago)

i think being both equally is better than being just mark?

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:39 (twenty years ago)

that whole sequence in the clinic was fantastic. and for some reason just Mark saying "that's good tucking!" made me hurt myself laughing.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:39 (twenty years ago)

just watched ep2 this morning - many many splendid laugh-out-loud lines. dunno why people thought it was a weird ep tho, no odder than usual. "my bone's got a little machine", yeah! fuck, what was the other really obscure music reference in the script?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:56 (twenty years ago)

"People voted for Hitler and buy Coldplay records..."

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:00 (twenty years ago)

they referenced 'European Bob' from The Streets 'Weak Become Heroes'

also a reference to Spaced with 'the four Bs' thing (Big Blue, Blue Velvet, Betty Blue, Blues Brothers)

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:02 (twenty years ago)

You think Mark + Jez = rounded individual?

kk. Personally I think they cross-multiply, rather than balance each other out.

x-post etc.

― Zora (Zora), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

they referenced 'European Bob' from The Streets 'Weak Become Heroes'

that's it! exactly! thankyou.

when were the four Bs mentioned in spaced, stevem? i mean, i completely believe you, but i just can't remember it.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:05 (twenty years ago)

as student posters

they referenced 'European Bob' from The Streets 'Weak Become Heroes'

wtf!? i missed this. hwo and where?

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:14 (twenty years ago)

haha

TS 'The Blues Brothers' vs 'Blue Velvet' vs 'The Big Blue' vs 'Betty Blue'

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:15 (twenty years ago)

Super Hans: "I tried to get European Bob involved, but he's useless..."

Jez: "Yeah, arsehole..."

... or words to that effect

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:16 (twenty years ago)

damn i knew i got that reference wrong. there used to be an indie comic called International Bob by Terry laban.

noticed the 4xblue spaced thing too.

i've had a close friend go through a manic episode (at college) and it wasn't pretty. however this was teh funny.

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:27 (twenty years ago)

One thing I dislike about Peepshow is that both the main actors have funny teeth (to me). Once you are fixed on this you get distracted, perhaps it's because they often have those close up 'goldfish bowl effect' shots.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

yeah the part with "bone machine" lyrics was totally a WTF moment.

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

the thing about that pixies reference is that it's *so* wildly obscure (album track off non-Doolittle album etc) that it goes far beyond yer standard 'Spaced'-esque "hey, we really know our demographic, and to prove it, here's a cred cultural reference for you" into genuinely odd territory, like the writers had a bet to see who could squeeze in the most arcane, random references - ditto European Bob. And I love 'em for it...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

and now that crazy bird from friday's ep has shown up on new bbc3 series man stroke woman, playing...er, a crazy bird.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

it's not bad this Man Stroke Woman. it took me seven minutes to realise it was actually a sketch show though...

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

i thought it was a bit dull, to be honest. some vaguely fun ideas, but it's fairly low on flair. spoons is funnier, and christ that's not half saying something - but then, spoons has a far greater grasp on realisty. man stroke woman seems to be mainly surreal/absurdist riffs, only they're not all that original in concept or funny in execution. ah well. i'll watch ep 2 just to make sure...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 22:11 (twenty years ago)

i know not of Spoons.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/S/spoons/

New series beginning on Channel 4 Friday 30 September

Spoons is the brand new comedy sketch show from the producers of Channel 4's hit quiz 8 Out of 10 Cats.

The show follows the lives and loves of twenty and thirty-something urbanites as they flirt, argue and struggle to grow-up gracefully in bars, restaurants, parks, bedrooms, as well as the odd brothel. In this tangled web of fragile relationships and insecurity, we'll meet an colourful cast of spot-on characters.

There's the wife who constantly reminds her partner that she 'wants a f***ing baby' at every available inopportune moment, and the man who as a one-off treat offers to cook dinner tonight on the day his wife has given birth. We'll also meet the paranoid Keeping Tabs Boyfriend and the shameless Blind Date Man.

Written by Charlie Brooker, Ben Caudell, Peter Holmes and Neil Webster, Spoons features some of today's most talented comic performers, including Rob Rouse, Kevin Bishop, Josie D'Arby, Tom Goodman Hill, Rosie Cavaliero, Simon Farnaby, Elizabeth Bower and Kerry Godliman.

This blurb makes it sound less funny than it is: the guy who guesses entire afternoons of conversation and the guy who tries to convince people his girlfriend has kidnapped him are both pretty perceptive and funny despite repetition.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

the thing about that pixies reference is that it's *so* wildly obscure (album track off non-Doolittle album etc) that it goes far beyond yer standard 'Spaced'-esque "hey, we really know our demographic, and to prove it, here's a cred cultural reference for you" into genuinely odd territory, like the writers had a bet to see who could squeeze in the most arcane, random references - ditto European Bob. And I love 'em for it...
-- CharlieNo4 (starsandheroe...), November 22nd, 2005.

haha oh noes i was like god how obvious -- and not being an sf fan i don't get half of 'spaced'!

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 10:46 (twenty years ago)

the Pixies thing was lost on me as i don't know the song, still laughed at the wtfness of it tho.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 10:56 (twenty years ago)

haha oh noes i was like god how obvious -- and not being an sf fan i don't get half of 'spaced'!

I dunno what you usually watch, but in my tv universe there is no corner where quoting a pixies lyric - any pixies lyric - is anything but slightly unusual at least, and wilfully fucking bizarre at most.

This is like that bit in "totally frank" the other day where the girl wouldn't let the guy shag her unless he correctly stated her favourite joy division song...("transmission", as it goes)

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 11:07 (twenty years ago)

it's horses for courses. i've never seen/read harrry potter or 'lotr' so a lot of mainstream entertainment goes over my head.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 11:11 (twenty years ago)

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