Peep Show (now with added Mitchell & Webb Look)

A++++++

Insta-meme

david mitchell has been writing the funny sports bit in the observer for the last few weeks. here's the last one:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/06/14/televised_traffic_is_nothing_b.html

"It's like something out of an Injury Lawyers 4U advert. Doubtless a whiplashed Raikkonen will be suing 'no win no fee' for thousands of pounds, almost enough to buy an F1 tyre: 'and the good news is, they've re-sited that pit lane.'"

(am trying to find the other two but searching for david mitchell on the guardian web site throws up a lot of book reviews and lit blog stuff...)

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/05/31/hohum_kiwis_could_try_haka_to.html

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/06/07/no_talent_but_britain_has_sple.html

watched first 4 episodes of series 4 last night... first one where they visit sophie's parents was classic, second with project zeus was not too far behind ("great, now I'm getting an angry lapdance"), 3+4 were kinda meh.

oh look series 5 is on dvd now.

also this thread needs more animated gifs

like jez's job interview tic from series 1

The best episode in S4 was the school reunion, by a mile.

dholliday

June 7, 2008 3:44 AM
Hamburg/deu

Um...I sort of lost track here, but I love Peep Show so thanks for that!
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Royal to marry Peep Show actress!

booo

This series of Mitchell & Webb has been quite good so far.

Snooker guys = still as funny as bowel cancer

nah, they go over my head. OTOH the rest of the series is brilliant.

Bowel cancer isn't funny, or have I misunderstood you?

I wouldn't go as far as brilliant. The bit that made me laugh the most last night was Polite Taxi Driver. I actually thought the snooker commentators were a bit funnier than usual.

the first two get me hennimore sketches were brilliant. they've fallen away since, or is that the point? pretty quality all around imo.

there's been some good bits every week. i watched the last 3 back to back the other night. i liked the meta sketch where they discuss the hits/misses ratio of the show and did their smug voices. also HENNIMOOOOORE.

Bowel cancer isn't funny, or have I misunderstood you?

1/2 tempted to use that as a Display Name.

David Mitchell's column is pretty much the best thing in the Observer at the moment (which isn't that hard).

Although having just said that he doesn't appear to have one today!

Back back back next Friday!
Behind the scenes clips at
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/peep-show/articles/peep-show-is-back

Bit of a dud that one.

I thought it was alright. Men with ven got a laugh the first time. I find Peep Show a bit diminishing returns in general really. Oh and the wedding between the royal and Sophie Winkelmann just happened, I saw it on the cover of some woman's magazine. In case anyone was interested.

given it's the sixth season/series, i thought it was pretty dece.

Men with ven was a good joke, yes. I also liked the reversal of the German guy Mark was lampooning being very urbane and smooth.

"froenkforrt" was the only bt i lolled at.

Most Mark-centric episode ever? You really need equal bits of Mark and Jeremy to keep it funny. I thought the last series was pretty lolsome all the way through but this one was a dud.

i irl lol'd about five or six times, which isn't bad. "byatt and drabble" i just remembered.

lolling like a drain here but I lol at neighbours so

the Mitchell & Webb Sound radio show is on at the moment & has been really good, the jokes work much better on the radio than on their Look tv show

I'm a total Peep Show stan, was laughing at every single line here. "I've been screwed- you've, at best, been diddled"
also the fantastic way Jez replied to Mark's "That's a Spinal Tap joke" with "I know..."

Yeah I remember hearing the first M&W Sound and was really looking forward to it being on telly, but it works so much better on radio.

Return to form this week.

No question.

Really liking this series. They lost their way for a bit, but this is the good stuff again.

Aye, we had to pause it for Jez's "she watches porno" song, we were laughing so hard.

"Just because I've never gone to Zimbabwe to buy a fucking cake" was gold.

Totally on top form this week.
"Sussex"
"Fewer"

^haha, yeah, that too. Also, Dobby is a very welcome addition (we went on a history walk in York a few weeks ago taken by some kind of mixture of David Mitchell and Terry Pratchett. I bet he fancies Dobby). Needs more SuperHans, but otherwise, great.

Yeah episode 3 was cracking.

This series has been decent since the slightly flat first episode. There hasn't been one as good as the one last series where Super Hans made Sophie's cousin into his sex slave yet, though.

I don't know - I think the last couple have been right up there with the best ones.

Sophie's new haircut is shit and makes her look rough. There, I said it. Someone had to.

Jez's new girlfriend's pretty tasty on the other hand. Anyone have any idea what her accent is?

Having seen Superhans in Skins, I'm really not missing him from this series. Also quite glad that "Soph" seems to have become a minor character.

Wikipedia tells me she is Ukrainian.

xpost to chap

"Please don't pull me into your emotional fuck pie."

Cracking episode. Nearly every line was gold.

Many many actual lols. Seriously, why is there not more TV of this quality?

The Johnson/Big Suze one last week was mostly pish. This week, gold. Snoopy on a 'lude!