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

Detectorists appears to be on again from Monday, bbc2. Episode 1 of 6 and not marked as a repeat.

Series 1 apparently.

Yes, thanks.

Why could neither the guardian nor the freeview epg mention this?

they know you've been buying a daily coffee instead of quality journalism and they want revenge

(it was a print copy of the guardian fwiw)

Count Arthur Strong begins again on Friday too. He's very devisive though.

I'm pro the television programme, although I always disliked him on the radio. There, that's the news you need to know.

So I've just watched all of Peep Show from beginning to end. I'm confused and not sure whether I like it or hate it. What do ILX think of it?

I mean it's definitely sharply literate about 21st century Britain (well, London tbh) but on the other hand it seems to be pushing this proper cunty message which I can't quite decipher

whats on the other hand about that

not entirely certain what that 'but' is doing there

xpost with darragh!

Good shout.

I mean it totally skewers the Mark and Jez types of malformed people. It 'nails it'. Neither of them two are that exaggerated.

But then Mark gets mugged by/the house gets burgled by a character that's a 'feral youth' straight out of the papers.

I'm not sure it has a 'message', but it certainly presents an unremittingly cynical view of life, which is just the ticket if you're in the (bad) mood.

I think the "message" such as it exists is just a classic British sitcom one: characters brought down because of their inherent flaws and obliviousness towards same.

I've noticed quite a gender divide regarding Mitchell's character in that a lot of my female friends tend to react to his antics with "hahaha, why would he do that?" while a lot of my male friends, and myself, feel physically uncomfortable watching because we know exactly how the character gets to the ill-advised reasoning that makes him think things are a good idea, and feel very "there but for the grace of god" about it.

Isn't there a huge peep show thread?

Yes

What's This Country saying? Seen a clip or two which suggest it might be a bit above standard BBC 3 fodder.

I enjoyed it a lot, managed to rise above "let's laugh at rural people" which it could have fallen into.

Good enough, I'll watch it.

Actually, found the last episode Detectorists-level moving.

Speaking of which, this hasn't exactly been shouted from the rooftops.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-03-31/mackenzie-crook-comedy-detectorists-is-returning-for-third-and-final-series

I also watched the first episode of Loaded, a C4 attempt at Silicon Valley with none of the writing chops and little of the writing skills. Stars Danny Out Of Doctor Who, Gerrard Out Of Peep Show, Him Out Of Uncle and Him Out Of Together (you know, the dreadful BBC romcom starring Him, Her Out Of Downton Abbey And Crazyhead and Her That Played 'Drunk Girl' In Fleabag). Missed ep 2 and no desire to catch up.

Great to watch old people vote for their own destruction. Its like a Thomas Bernhard novel come to life.

LOL wrong thread but its a great idea for a comedy

That threw me for a moment there.

Ever Decreasing Merkels.

Nothing to do with Tory social care policy but I can flesh out the details later.

The Darling Cunts of May.

outstanding

*applause*

Him out of Uncle is fucking loathsome. Here's hoping he isn't the next few years of UK comedy, despite Ch4 depressingly pushing him as such.

Can't stand him. I can't even watch when he's in Dictionary Corner on Cars down, the only time I ever really encounter him.

Catsdown, even. Stupid phone not recognising my made-up contractions.

Who are we talking about?

Edgy, i.e unfunny, comedian whose entire schtick is hoarsely shouting at people.

Name?

Nick Helm

He looks hilarious based on a cursory image search.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/images/library/fringe/2012/250x250/nick_helm.jpg

the first time i saw him i thought he was fabulous, then i discovered that hoarse shouting thing is all

he

does

bbc1 preannounced hignfy as "with frankie boyle and strong language", which seems redundant

Can't believe I've never seen Black Books until now - this show rules

life's too short to watch detectorists repeats, so i almost didn't bother. but i did and i loved it (again). it's pretty perfect, all the little touches. the tr7 in yellow. the bit in episode 5 with the two 'did you see university challenge last night?' conversations. sophie's face painting...

series 2 starts next monday. i guess series 3 will follow.

elsewhere, Go 8 Bit: DLC was funny this week. it's scrappy, in a good way. and the guest was good this week (steve hill?)

> The Darling Cunts of May.

John Oliver coined 'Thatcher in the Rye' on his show last week, after playing the clip of the, gosh, wheat field revelations.

Anyone been watching Live From The BBC standup series? Enjoyed Liam Williams, had never seen him before. Pretty gloomy guy.

Good looking too.

So the gloomy thing is an act. LOL Footlights.

this jimmy carr interview by david tang is the most entertaining train wreck i've seen in a long time. tang (1) decided research and preparation are unnecessary and (2) evidently saw two minutes of a jimmy carr standup and decided being a shit to him would be funny. it's funny all right, but not for the reasons he thought it would be.

if you don't want to sit through the whole hour you can get the gist in the first three minutes. just incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRTMnJ6y14Y

Jimmy Carr is shit is a shit and, so being a shit to him is the only acceptable approach.

So the gloomy thing is an act. LOL Footlights.

― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 01:10

Dunno. He seems quite sad to me. Not that it matters too much.

Sad and not funny. Still, I'm sure he will do well, Footlights an' that.

Jimmy Carr is shit is a shit and, so being a shit to him is the only acceptable approach.

― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 10:25 (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you can hate him if you like but he's a generous and insightful interview subject, so wasting his potential by being a dick for a full hour is not a good use of anyone's time