Peep Show (now with added Mitchell & Webb Look)

Just watched the second and third episodes and felt they were many steps above the first of the series - wonderful.

kenneth

I like the way Jez and Mark are interacting more this series. Feels like they're friends again.

Most of my favourite moments of Peep Show have been just Jez & Mez and their conversations.

superhans' wood-crack-running monologue was his finest moment so far, eye-bulgingly brilliant

love mark's mockery of mr. nice

The scene with Mark & Jez walking along the street where Jez suggests Mark needs to "grow a pair" and then "rip her a new one" had me in near tears.

I noticed there was a different writer on Friday's episode - not Armstrong/Bain. They should use Friday's guy more often, was miles better than the previous two episodes.

Yeah, this was great stuff. First two were a little iffy. Still funnier than 99% of stuff on TV.

The boss character is so great, what a horrible bastard.

Peep Show absolutely revels in creating supporting characters who are either total idiots or total wankers.

first half of last night's was great (very stephen moffat in his press gang / joking apart years. i thought). second half tailed off a bit but...

Yes - from the netherzone bit it was shaping up to be all-time... fizzled out once they got in the shower.

bottled the bottle episode

ive seen something using that 'locked in the stairwell between the flat and the main exit' type plot device before, possibly an old film noir or a hitchcock presents/twilight zone. is it a nod to something really obvious that im missing?

Episode was amazing I thought, one of the best in any series. Jeff is now looking like a cross between David Cameron and Dennis Wise, which is about as easily hateable as its possible to be.

dobby <3

yes, plot very familiar but am having trouble placing it. involved being naked iirc.

ive seen something using that 'locked in the stairwell between the flat and the main exit' type plot device before, possibly an old film noir or a hitchcock presents/twilight zone. is it a nod to something really obvious that im missing?

This actually happened to me several years ago, at night, with those lights that automatically turn themselves off after a minute, until I was rescued in the morning. But I'm guessing/hoping I wasn't the inspiration for this episode. There was an episode of The Peter Prinicple (where Jim Broadbent is a bank manager) where he got trapped in the entrance to his bank for the whole weekend in similar circumstances.

the early malle policier ascenseur pour l'echafaud involves a meticulously planned murder going awry when the protagonist spends most of the movie trapped in the elevator. not very close but ' an old film noir or a hitchcock presents/twilight zone ' type scenario

dial 'm' for murder turns on access to the stairwell via a certain key

There was an episode of The Peter Prinicple (where Jim Broadbent is a bank manager) where he got trapped in the entrance to his bank for the whole weekend in similar circumstances.

There was an episode of Friends where this happens to Chandler. Except instead of his irritating best mate, he gets stuck with a playboy playmate. Less comedy than Peep Show ensues.

i dont think its any of these im thinking of, it's a v hazy memory though - could even be something like an episode of league of gentlemen. this is gonna bug me for ages..

haha, OK, Christmas episode was aces.

There was a hilarious conversation about potatoes. Not sure I bought Mark's mum being all risque, but his dad was suitably monstrous.

fuck off poirot = alltime lolz, also potato conversation, plus everything Superhans said.

This one and episode 3 were both pretty good. I know it's dangerous for the show for characters to have any kind of growth or self-knowledge, but Dobby and Mark both had pretty awesome moments that came close.

christmas ep was bloody brilliant (although in an old ep, Mark was sniggering about how Jez thinks potatoes "count" as one of your 5-a-day, would have been good to elaborate on this a bit...?)

Oh hey, Mark's dad was Kate Winslet's dad in Heavenly Creatures. Knew he looked familiar.

Wow yeah, well spotted.

No love for the final episode of s7? I thought it was great. "No Mark, not the Hootenanny, never the Hootenanny!"
Mark is a little weasel though. You'd think he'd be wise to Geoff (GEOFF?!!) by now.

Eh, has it broadcast already? I had no idea.

last night. is repeated on E4 on 31st at 11:00pm and 1:50am (and an hour later on E4+1)
and on the 5th on CH4 at 11:40pm (and 00:40am on CH4+1)

Dave's also showing repeats *from the beginning* starting at 11:00pm on 3rd

(repeats are weekly)

SuperHans' party.

that was actually the first ever episode, last night? I saw most of it.

Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:59 (5 days ago)
"Dave's also showing repeats *from the beginning* starting at 11:00pm on 3rd"

yes, first ever

Loved the bit with Superhans' party. Sometimes what you don't show is funnier than what you do.

"I've looked inside the hurt locker" made me lol. Each party reminded me of a different NYE I'd had - this one was 1996, listening to punishing techno in a freezing cold warehouse with outside toilets.

been watching so much peep show lately. wasn't crazy about the barbecued dog episode but they made up for it with the awful (in a good way) wedding episode.

i thought dude's name was "superhands" until yesterday btw.

mark's crazy boss is my favorite supporting character though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLmmr52p410

is there a fresh meat thread?

bit of talk about it in Rolling UK Comedy

♫♫ I am in loco parentis/I am the last remaining contestant on the Apprentice/I am the home-trained dentist ♫♫

yeah i want more plz

I spent much of my xmas/new year break watching all of m&w look/m&w situation/Bruiser on youtube. I do like sketch shows, I must admit (should I make a get coat joek now....)

Feels like the writers got themselves distracted with Fresh Meat this year and Mitchell and Webb got distracted by appearing on anything that wasn't nailed down.

Jesse Armstrong has a lot of other stuff going on, including writing for Ianucci's Veep