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

that's a new series of Starstruck showing at the moment - i thought it was repeats and missed the first episode 8(

(not entirely sure it needs a second series tbh)

elsewhere (ie ch4) the last in the series of 8/10 cats does countdown had sean lock on it for the first time this season and probably the last time ever.

Didn't want to bring levity into the Ukraine thread (or confuse non-brits) but this made me laugh a lot.

A bare-chested Putin is currently wandering round the Kremlin shouting “they’ve turned Ukraine against us” pic.twitter.com/36ulbMwJsy

— Niall Paterson (@skynewsniall) March 3, 2022

Lol

New Ogmios today, rejoice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMxYm0r8bY8

Yesssssss

Any love for the Witchfinder? Graun panned it, and it certainly depends on how much you can bear Tim Key, but it's an enjoyable watch imo.

Watched the first and it was ok but not much more. It's very much a vehicle of the two stars with them playing 'their sort of character' and the script sort of writing itself.

Maybe I have enough faith in the Gibbonses to pull it round but I'm not completely convinced.

i do love tim key, will watch this

new taskmaster tonight.

ardal o'hanlon, bridget christie, chris ramsey, judi love, sophie duker.

girls outnumber the boys, interestingly. and i don't know who chris ramsey is...

girls outnumber the boys, interestingly.

not the first series where this happened iirc

you are right

9 David Baddiel / Ed Gamble / Jo Brand / Katy Wix (and friends) / Rose Matafeo

12 Alan Davies / Desiree Burch / Guz Khan / Morgana Robinson / Victoria Coren Mitchell

Didn't know Chris Ramsey either but he's fun!

O'Hanlon seeming to slot in as perpetual loser, which is prob the best case scenario for his meagre talents.

Great first episode, great new contestants. Sophie's my favourite so far, Chris seems up for winning it.

Yeah as pretty much always the line-up is far better in practice than in theory. Bridgette is so entertainingly odd!

Have you heard her appearance on Off-Menu? It's great - entertaininly odd is entirely her vibe. My partner has decided she wants to wear Bridget's in-studio dress for our civil partnership ceremony later this year.

I've not had much exposure to her - aware who her partner is of course and that she's a successful stand up.

She was a bit rude to me when I attempted to sell her my fanzine at the Garage, but it was 24 years ago and I should probs let it go now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016hfl

Radio 4 tomorrow at 6

"Quizzer and comedian Paul Sinha and his audience join together to compile a perfect pub quiz, this week on the theme of literature."

this seems to be a slightly different format from the last two series he did for radio 4, but i enjoyed those.

Just hoovered up new Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani's new comedy drama on Channel 4: Chivalry. I see it got fairly widespread good reviews for the first two episodes which were broadcast last might.

It's really beautifully timed filmed with fantasy ocean-side residences, glamorous Hollywood hotels and interiors, and very easy to watch with episodes being around the 20 minute mark. Agree with some of the reviews that it backed away in its stated aim of examining the environment of Me Too for film industry. Was still not quite sure what to make of it until it took a complete nosedive in the last episode - which is one of the worst tv episodes I have seen for several years.

I'll be interested to see if commentators update their appraisal when they reach the end of the series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUCuJS3Tg68

On rather more cosy note, I enjoyed Here We Go miles more than expected. Some good writing and acting.

Though I don't know why I gave the qualifier, Ogimos is kind of cosy too!

*ogmios

last taskmaster on thursday and it's been good, i think. all contestants quite different but hard to pick a favourite.

Sophie Duker is too committed. eating a whole slab of butter and basically outlasting the tongue task. frightening.
Chris Ramsay started well but seemed to run out of steam the episode before last.
Bridget Christie for the win, she seems way odder than her comedy led me to believe.

I couldn't look at that tongue task. Even listening to them talk about it turned my stomach.

Sophie Duker is too committed. eating a whole slab of butter and basically outlasting the tongue task. frightening.

I quite massively fancy her.

The two contestants I had slightly negative opinions of pre-series, Ardal and Judi, have both been pretty good. The Taskmaster effect.

Pretty sure I'm not alone in thinking this series is well named as I've been trying to avoid this cunt for years.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jun/10/avoidance-review-romesh-ranganathan-may-make-you-feel-seen-in-the-worst-way

After I posted I literally turned on the TV to see an advert for that show (for the umpteenth time), followed by the new version of The Weakest Link, which is presented by ..... AAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHH!

No Taskmaster next series contestant reveal?

Will come after Champion of Champions I expect.

next taskmaster:
dara o'briain
fern brady
john kearns
munya chawawa
sarah millican

i like fern brady, not wild about the others

Fine with all of them except Millican.

Munya's viral comedy raps are pretty good as viral comedy rap goes.

As always, I'm underwhelmed by the lineup reveal, and as always it'll probably turn out to be good.

question team last night had a round on take away food and one of the places was four hundred rabbits pizza. question for mike, if he sees this, is that the place around the corner from you?

three months pass... ilx really does hate comedy

There are a few branches of 400 rabbits; one of them is the one you're thinking of, koogs.

Watched the new Philomena Cunk, bored of her joke now, just felt like "why am I watching this bad history documentary that doesn't even make me laugh?"

There's a new series of Ghosts, I quite like that.

ilx really does hate comedy

UK comedy

ILX's fave type of comedy

youtube.com/watch?v=SqSiaH5A3WM

400 Rabbits is a very SE London reference (I think our SE19 branch was the first), and there are a lot of Dave-employed comics in SE London ime :)

(I tend to avoid Dave Originals as they all look pretty terrible to me, even if I sort of like some of the ppl involved. But I recommend the dirty vegan sourdough and the garlic bread).

Not entirely against UK comedy of course; I did watch a 1975 episode of Rising Damp last night, after my usual Bob’s Burgers double-bill, and that was good.

The election one or the fitness one? Both funny and cringe-inducing at the same time.

It was the one where Philip bets Rigsby he can’t go without food for 48 hours.

Extra edge from knowing that the bigoted landlord was played by an old-school Scouse Tory and his liberal do-gooder tenant was a loosely aristocratic member of the WRP (de la Tour).

Rossiter was an Evertonian so that redeems him greatly in my eyes.

Cunk drives me crazy because Diane Morgan is so good, and her character is so pitch perfect, and the writing is just terrible. she deserves so much better. though after awhile you do start to think - this is your baby, Diane. raise the bar or try something else.

she did do that Mandy thing that made me a chuckle a few times.
and i'm totally bored with Cunk now.

Rossiter was an Evertonian so that redeems him greatly in my eyes.

In one of the episodes last night, Rigsby mentioned Tommy Lawton in a discussion with Philip and Alan about how football was so much better in his day. However in another episode it's implied he's a Leeds Utd fan - the series is apparently set in Leeds, though that's never stated - which makes me think the Tommy Lawton line came from Rossiter.

Almost certainly! I have a 1978 EFC match day programme somewhere in which he goes on about Lawton at some length.