nah, monty python appleshop parody was gleefully done and pretty brill.
― Henry Frog (Frogman Henry), Monday, 13 April 2009 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
i like that, but it went on too long.
― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Monday, 13 April 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
liked even
I find the constant repitition thing a bit wearing, but the use of it in the Dyl Spinks mouse/rat skit caused actual lols. It was the only time I did laugh though.
― DavidM, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
the end of the apple shop sketch was loool.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
loled at Jesus Lizard reference, but then I am a London hipster apparently.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Monday, 20 April 2009 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
was the religious episode the last one? i hope not, loving it.
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:05 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, it was the last one.
― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:21 (fifteen years ago) link
zoe williams is better than robert webb, although admittedly pitting guardian columnists against bbc sketch comedians is a bit like making a slug fight to the death with an earthworm
― thomp, Thursday, 23 April 2009 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
favorite thing: apparently robert webb thinks this is grammatically sound —
"As usual, the logic of her argument is impossible to follow because it's irrational, cretinous and seems to be written by a child."
and this isn't —
'This false sense of security buoys up all kinds of ill-fated formats and combinations.'
― thomp, Thursday, 23 April 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
well, he drunkenly thought it was grammatically sound and then said he felt embarrassed by it the next morning, yeah
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Thursday, 23 April 2009 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, i guess the grammatical error isn't really the thing making him look like a twat there
― thomp, Thursday, 23 April 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
er and a) he twatted it b) it makes sense
iirc he just says it's a shitty, meaningless sentence, not gramatically unsound.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, 23 April 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone see the one hour Pulling final episode last night? Pretty funny IMO.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Monday, 18 May 2009 10:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I thought it was pretty good too. I really liked both series as well - the opening scene of episode 1 is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
― nate woolls, Monday, 18 May 2009 10:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Good that it didn't really tie up any loose ends, and that there was absolutely no learning of life lessons.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Monday, 18 May 2009 10:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's Down The Line - spoof talk radio phone-in on Radio 4 has some classic lols. Impeccably timed Gaunty reference as well.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw a trailer for a new Michael McIntyre standup show yesterday. OMG GO AWAY YOU UNFUNNY LITTLE MAN.
― ailsa, Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:43 (fifteen years ago) link
there is a copy of Time Out in the loo at work with a giant MM on the cover striding over London and the caption 'King Of Comedy'.
ethelred the unfunny perhaps. or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut_the_Great (who, oddly, was absent from school history lessons)
― koogs, Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:54 (fifteen years ago) link
down the line is stone cold classic, true next-level ish.
― wear a latex or you might be getting that late text (stevie), Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah the "you'd be well within your rights to do that" guy is the icing on the cake.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:03 (fifteen years ago) link
"Ed Reardon's Week" is as funny as Black Books and Love Soup and sometimes quite a bit funnier. Peng is maybe my favorite British comedy character.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/edreardon.shtml
(hint: try a torrent)
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:29 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^ amazingly the only ref to ERW on ilx! rep it to the death.
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Humph-less 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' starts tonight. Thoughts anyone? Personally going with 'glad its back on' mixed with hesitation.
― b!tchass, birdchested bastard sees a dude bigger than he (a hoy hoy), Monday, 15 June 2009 11:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I trust Stephen Fry not to fuck it up. ISIHAC + Saturday Night Fry might well be awesome. Rob Brydon - not so much.
― NotEnough, Monday, 15 June 2009 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Just watched the first episode of Psychoville and thought it was entirely excellent.
― chap, Friday, 19 June 2009 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link
so there's this, which isnt v british but is being shown on british tv first? http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/poor_todd_margaret/
― just sayin, Monday, 22 June 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Won't be broadcast until December, says Cross? Bring on December.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 22 June 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
New trailer for The Invention of Lying, written and directed by Ricky Gervais. At least he doesn't look as terribly pasty-faced in this as he did in Ghost Town.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ThtN7qoWgM
― DavidM, Saturday, 27 June 2009 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Just because I'm clearly obsessed with Ricky Gervais...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP7Lxqbkf-c
^I actually like The Office but this makes me want to smash something. Anyway...
BBC2 will dedicate an entire evening to airing the first series of The Office later this month, including new footage of Ricky Gervais and the team talking about its impact alongside comedy stars such as Friends’ Matthew Perry and Spinal Tap’s Christopher Guest.
The tribute night, scheduled for 30 August, will feature the full 6 x 30-minute run with an introduction and 10-minute inserts between the episodes.
― DavidM, Saturday, 15 August 2009 09:27 (fourteen years ago) link
that bloke who wrote Love Actually is SUCH a cunt
― She's big on the mental illness scene (stevie), Saturday, 15 August 2009 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
His mum just asked me to co-sign that.
― James Joyce da 5'9 (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 15 August 2009 12:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Invention Of Lying looks like the worst shit ever
― unban dictionary (blueski), Saturday, 15 August 2009 12:09 (fourteen years ago) link
and 10-minute inserts between the episodes
right because most people interested would already have the DVD...GENIUS
― unban dictionary (blueski), Saturday, 15 August 2009 12:11 (fourteen years ago) link
anyone see this - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mx9yr - last night? it was FAB
― rich, velvety condescension (stevie), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 09:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2009/09/21/9648/storm_over_tiernans_jewish_jokes
― I saw your posse, but now it's me who's bossy (DavidM), Monday, 21 September 2009 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Umm, where is the punchline? The article makes it sounds like they just gave a crazy a microphone.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 21 September 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Looks like he was going for the standard mildly bigoted Catholic "lol you killed Jesus you bastards lol!" thing that the likes of Frank Skinner can get away with when one of his best friends are Jews but once he got going it turned out he was a real actual 100% anti-Semitic prick.
― Jimenez, Jio, Giovannagetti, and Doug (onimo), Monday, 21 September 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Tiernan is a completely unfunny tool who for some inexplicable reason is huge in Ireland. Probably thought he would be extra edgy cos he was playing to the kids at a festival.
― Number None, Monday, 21 September 2009 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, it seems like he reached for provocotive but ended up all http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Richards#Controversy
― I saw your posse, but now it's me who's bossy (DavidM), Monday, 21 September 2009 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
demetri martin's show starts on uk tv tonight. e4 23:00.
― koogs, Thursday, 24 September 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
This School of Comedy show is as bad as it had to be. Kids dressed as adults doing comedy sketches that would be unfunny even with proper actors but the kids are doing swears. Brilliant!
― CosMc (Raw Patrick), Thursday, 1 October 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
is anyone else watching home time (bbc2 mondays)? its really really good.
― butchered in the spooky twilight (stevie), Friday, 2 October 2009 09:53 (fourteen years ago) link
(xpost) I haven't seen this, but it's the background pic on C4's website at the moment, and it just has "bad idea" written all over it.
― a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Friday, 2 October 2009 10:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Campus may be the worst comedy I have ever seen. I couldn't even tell what was meant to be funny.
― Disco Stfu (Raw Patrick), Friday, 6 November 2009 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
― just sayin, Monday, June 22, 2009 10:35 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
not really sure about this.
it wasn't terrible, but it didn't really live up to expectations. it was full of horrible, awful british people. think i'd rather see a sitcom about arnett, jonze, and tobias.
― history mayne, Friday, 4 December 2009 11:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I laughed a lot at Todd Margaret - the physical side was fairly well done. A cert to be picked up for a series, you'd think? Going by the paucity of the competition in that Showcase strand anyway (didn't see them all though).
― Michael Jones, Friday, 4 December 2009 13:00 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, was going to say, the physical humour worked best. i just really hated the scrote from 'the history boys', he was just unpleasant and nothing more. it reminded me a little of 'bottom', where the whole outside world is totally hostile all the time.
― history mayne, Friday, 4 December 2009 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
The bits that relied on scripted gags were weak. The bits that relied on Cross or Arnett going mental were pretty funny.
Good to see Super Hans as the taxi driver too.
I think this is the first time I've ever realised what it was called. It's just been "the one with the people out of Arrested Development" in to me till now.
― Disco Stfu (Raw Patrick), Friday, 4 December 2009 13:20 (fourteen years ago) link
wld like to see cross do a sitcom as allen ginsberg
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 4 December 2009 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ that could definitely work. dorm-com, set at columbia in the late 1940s or whenever. neal cassidy is the kramer.
― history mayne, Friday, 4 December 2009 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link