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

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.

Bob Mortimer was fantastic on Would I Lie To You recently.

The Buzzcocks he presented two or three years ago was anomolously hysterical.

Agreed, he's a great WILTY guest. Have downloaded As Yet Untitled, which I keep forgetting about.

(i think AYU was the first of a new series this week)

WILTY always feels too cosy for my liking but i enjoyed BM's owl cushion story

jsut found out Mid Morning Matters is back on the 16th

Yeah, that is great news. Series 1 was my favourite Partridge thing since the first series of IAP.

Alan Partridge: I don’t need TV, I’ve got two Nutribullets

That was a great piece. Sidebar's possibly the best bit of it, too.

The Gibbonses really are the best writers Alan's ever had.

also not exactly gospel but...

https://twitter.com/RobBrydon/status/694808010481352704

Pulling s1 showing again on BBC3 from tomorrow

thanks for headsup. however, next week bbc3 moves online so i think there's only one episode. the next week's schedule looks like a best of bbc3 with odd episodes of everything.

not sure new room 101 format is logical - all wildcard rounds?

oh no, I just assumed they were re-showing them all! Ep 1 is brilliant though.

they might be iplayereable. but that only lists 2 upcoming repeats, the one on tonight and the one on later tonight

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/schedules/bbcthree/20160216 lol

Hoping they continue to show the rest of Pulling. Didn't seem as fully-formed as Catastrophe (the fiancé and the mother-in-law character were too sitcom, if that makes sense as a criticism of a sitcom) but more than enough for me to want to see more.

Spent ages trying to place the actress who played the sensible pal before realising it was Della from Raised by Wolves.

hadn't seen Pulling before but about 2 minutes in i recognised the pub/cafe they went to, the flea-pit in colombia road (apparently now called Brawn)

I bang on about it all the time but it really is underrated. Everyone in it is kind of horrible. Except Carrrrl.

new series of The Trip set in Spain confirmed now - on Sky Atlantic

Damnit. I'm annoyed all this Coogan is on Sky Atlantic. I guess its available elsewhere though.

I've really, really been enjoying the full 4 series of Him & Her in the last few weeks. I think its wonderful, lovely and very horrid all at the same time. These kids make me scratch. Amazing performances throughout the run from the main six actors - great understated work but they all seem to be having a fucking ball too.

New series of Raised By Wolves, yay