Nathan Barley comes to TV

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I dunno man, it really grew on me. Hated it when I saw it on TV but I dutifully got the DVD and ended up watching the whole thing through four times in about a week. Noticed something new/funny eacha nd every time. It really is awesome.

I heard (maybe on this thread, can't be arsed to scroll up) that a second series had been drafted, with Dan Ashcroft sleeping in a van in Nathan's garden or something.

― Louis Giomblechett and his kerayzy friends (dog latin), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:00 (twenty years ago)

The Mighty Boosh is better than this.
And Nighty Night.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:01 (twenty years ago)

THIS is better than Extras, though.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:01 (twenty years ago)

I really liked it. Obviously, it's not as cutting edge and epochal as Day Today and Brass Eye were, but people should cut him some slack - it's still a very funny, well-crafted, close to the knuckle show. I imagine it was something of an experiment on his part to see if he could pull off something a bit more traditional, format-wise.

Mugged - GET HOLD OF BRASS EYE. Can't be stressed enough.

― chap who would dare to no longer work for the man (chap), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:01 (twenty years ago)

When does this happen? Wile E. Coyote never catches the roadrunner, that's his whole schtick.

He did once, but the point is Roadrunner always escapes Wile E's elaborate traps, not through intuition but by sheer, well, stupidity.

― Louis Giomblechett and his kerayzy friends (dog latin), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:04 (twenty years ago)

The only "Brass Eye" ep. I have seen is the pedophilia one, which was amazing, of course. I have also heard the Blue Jam CD, which has some good laughs. With "Nathan Barley," though, I was really amazed by the characters - namely the sort of running thing of Dan Ashcroft just eventually throwing his hands up in futility and joining in with the rest. I think it's the fact that he's jammed so much into a 30 minute sitcom.

I don't think there ARE that many Nathan Barley's in L.A.!!! Nathan actually seems to DO stuff, like update his website and pursue creative exploits (even if that means just filming his assaults on Pingu)!

Loved "Nighty Night"; I have also got "Peep Show" S1 and "Mighty Boosh" S1 DVDs but have yet to view them.
I need to find "Brass Eye" on import DVD sometime soon to see the rest of them.

― Mugged Outside the Jabberjaw, 1993 (Bent Over at the Arclight), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:11 (twenty years ago)

Oh - also - I got the "Little Britain" S1 DVD and didn't get the appeal at all - seemed like half-baked approximations of ancient bits about huge targets. (I only made it through the first 2 eps of S1, so please let me know if I need to go forward).

And that BBC laugh track is such an instant comedy killer... are they still using that 3 seasons on or whatever?

― Mugged Outside the Jabberjaw, 1993 (Bent Over at the Arclight), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:14 (twenty years ago)

if you don't like series one of Little Britain you won't like the rest - it's pretty one-note and gets worse. If you want some good Lucas and Walliams stuff, go back to the far superior 'Rock profiles.'

― chap who would dare to no longer work for the man (chap), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:17 (twenty years ago)

I have also got "Peep Show" S1 and "Mighty Boosh" S1 DVDs but have yet to view them.

You lucky man! You're in for a treat.

Little Britain is such a hateful excuse for a sketch show.

― Louis Giomblechett and his kerayzy friends (dog latin), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:44 (twenty years ago)

Adam I thought you didnt like Mighty Boosh?

Can somebody start a Noel Fielding thread, KTHXBYE!

― ddb (ddb), Thursday, 26 January 2006 23:56 (twenty years ago)

I like Mighty Boosh.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:06 (twenty years ago)

just LIKE???

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:10 (twenty years ago)

really like.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:10 (twenty years ago)

not good

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:10 (twenty years ago)

because I (CUTTLY TOO!) am OBfuckinSESSED.

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:10 (twenty years ago)

Cutty likes any British comedy!

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:12 (twenty years ago)

i also thought adam was talking shit about the boosh

the boosh is the greatest thing to happen to pothead entertaiment since... i dunno.

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:13 (twenty years ago)

watch out for "The I.T. Crowd" starring chris morris and noel fielding, in production.

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:13 (twenty years ago)

AND WHO DO YOU THINK IS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HIM "TAKING THE PISS"

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:13 (twenty years ago)

I saw Mighty Boosh on the plane and REALLY liked it in parts. It seemed tailor-made just for me! The only problem I have with it is the indie d00d (you know the one) reminds me of my brother. But...where can I see more?

-- adam. (adamr...), September 18th, 2004.
xp hahahaha!

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:14 (twenty years ago)

I MEAN THAT LITERALLY....HIS TV IS IN THE BATHROOM

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:14 (twenty years ago)

I swear that ddb posts from cutty's lap.
rofl

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:14 (twenty years ago)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0487831/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9dGhlIGkudC4gY3Jvd2R8ZnQ9MXxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8Y289MXxodG1sPTF8bm09MQ__;fc=1;ft=20

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:14 (twenty years ago)

CUTTY IS ON MY LAP.

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:15 (twenty years ago)

no!

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:15 (twenty years ago)

AM I TOP?

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:16 (twenty years ago)

After being doubtful upthread, I came to really like Nathan Barley. The first two series of Peep Show are better though.

(IT Crowd ads already on TV!)

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:17 (twenty years ago)

n barley's funnier than boosh

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:18 (twenty years ago)

WAY

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:18 (twenty years ago)

No WAI

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:21 (twenty years ago)

I DISAGREE.

BUT BOTH RULE....SO HIGH-5 AMERICAN STYLE!

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:22 (twenty years ago)

There must be Nathan Barleys in Brooklyn.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:22 (twenty years ago)

why does it annoy me that people like unfunny crap?

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:23 (twenty years ago)

CAUSE YR LAME?

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:24 (twenty years ago)

You must be projecting something. Let it go. It doesn't change your life and how you feel.

You didn't go to that yoga class that I posted for you.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:25 (twenty years ago)

You are a little bitter, but not as bitter as Theorry Henry. There's hope for you.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:26 (twenty years ago)

I see the child inside you still.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:26 (twenty years ago)

: (

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 27 January 2006 00:28 (twenty years ago)

haha

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 02:48 (twenty years ago)

THERE IS NOTHING IN NATHAN BARLEY AS FUNNY AS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/mightyboosh/images/gallery/picture11.jpg
NABOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 27 January 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

The love for Peep Show is a bit baffling. Isn't it just more repressed middle-class perma-students who get all flustered about plain girls called Sophie - with not especially hilarious results!

― Merryweather (scarlet), Friday, 27 January 2006 18:25 (twenty years ago)

In other words the lives of half the men on this board - including me.

― chap who would dare to no longer work for the man (chap), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:19 (twenty years ago)

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/I/itcrowd/video/index.html

First episode of the IT crowd available on the channel 4 site.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:31 (twenty years ago)

The love for Peep Show is a bit baffling. Isn't it just more repressed middle-class perma-students who get all flustered about plain girls called Sophie - with not especially hilarious results!

uh. yeah. And therein lies the rub.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Friday, 27 January 2006 22:00 (twenty years ago)

Jesus... I made it through 9 minutes of that. Again with the laugh track! How can anyone allow that insane canned laughter to be broadcast??

I recognized the one SugaRAPE employee from Nathan Barley in there; is the Robert Pollard lookalike from something else?

Seemed like a watered down mish-mash of Rob Schneider's copy guy / Jimmy Fallon's IT guy (both from "SNL," and both - *shudder* - funnier that this), "Office Space," and any workplace sitcom since "WKRP in Cincinnati."

― T/S: Pinks/Oki Dog/Scoobys/Tail o' the Pup (Bent Over at the Arclight), Friday, 27 January 2006 22:16 (twenty years ago)

(x-post: Meaning ep. 1 of "The IT Crowd," of course)

― T/S: Pinks/Oki Dog/Scoobys/Tail o' the Pup (Bent Over at the Arclight), Friday, 27 January 2006 22:17 (twenty years ago)

i can't get this shit to load.

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 22:57 (twenty years ago)

I only made through 8 or so minutes too but that's more because I want to watch this with the missus on the telly. It's very Father Ted in its lightness and daftness and Morris has clearly been watching his Perrin videos - he's practically channelling John Barron.

Not canned laughter - a live studio audience. Y'know, like sitcoms used to be made before Larry Sanders.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 27 January 2006 22:57 (twenty years ago)

Peep Show has been cancelled.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 27 January 2006 22:58 (twenty years ago)

i doubt morris is performing in front of a live audience

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 23:03 (twenty years ago)

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