― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Philip Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
xp
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:18 (seventeen years ago) link
I would say that though, because I hate women.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Here's a scene. You're looking along your collection of CDs, or shuffling through your playlist, trying to find that new Lady Sovereign album or whatever. But you stumble across something else, something from 10 years ago - the Fugees, say."
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link
That senile dribbling cunt with his own column in the Guardian weekend magazine.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
Cue stock that's no way to talk about Zoe Williams gag.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Philip Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:27 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't have a Wikipedia entry either.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:35 (seventeen years ago) link
Radio 4 turns over the airwaves to solid gold laughter, as Steve Punt joins up with a host of stars, backstage movers and industry shakers from the comedy industry with a two-hour special.
Variety shows and radio were the traditional routes to comedy fame and fortune, but what about today? Super agents, DVD sales, straight-to-TV stars; where does radio fit in? Steve and a panel of guests pick apart the laughter seam of the modern comedy industry, as well as generating a few jokes along the way.
Includes News Summary at 9.00pm.
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link
like swimming in a cool sea and passing through a warm current, etc...
Where are the standards of today, I ask you.I don't have a Wikipedia entry either.
-- Marcello Carlin (marcellocarli...)
Oh, have I got one?
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Whew.
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:39 (seventeen years ago) link
also on the bad can someone please put Have I Got News For You out of its misery.
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:58 (seventeen years ago) link
At the risk of, on this reviewer's logic, inviting lynch-mobs to my door, I'd argue that Extras was shite.
― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:10 (seventeen years ago) link
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― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:28 (seventeen years ago) link
To put things into context: Harry Hill aside, all British TV Comedy right now is total shit.
-- Ruairi Wirewool (horseproduction...), January 15th, 2007. (Ruairi Wirewool) (later)
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what were the chances of that happening? -- mark grout (mark.grou...), January 15th, 2007. (mark grout) (later)
If you can put CT and Green Wing on a par, you truly show a lack of discernment IMO. Frankly, now that GW has been and gone, I'm inclined to agree with Ruairi, minus the bit about Harry Hill.
-- You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (papiermachealamphibia...), January 15th, 2007. (Haberdager) (later)
If you can put CT and Green Wing on a par, you truly show a lack of discernment IMO.no it's just a 'higher' (or rather 'stricter') level of discernment.
-- vita susicivus (n...), January 15th, 2007. (blueski) (later)
'the thick of it' will be back, later in the year, and so will 'peep show'. -- the original hauntology blogging crew (miltonpinsk...), January 15th, 2007. (Enrique) (later)
but in a another more accurate sense... -- mark s (mar...), January 15th, 2007. (mark s) (later)
but then i do like Harry Hill so it's apples and roundabouts. -- vita susicivus (n...), January 15th, 2007. (blueski) (later)
rubbish -- RJG (RJ...), January 15th, 2007. (RJG) (later)
so you keep saying -- vita susicivus (n...), January 15th, 2007. (blueski) (later)
RJG's TV Burp -- Dom Passantino (juror...), January 15th, 2007. (Dom Passantino) (later)
Hmm. I was only talking about currently-running comedy shows. If Peep Show returns for a fourth bite at the cherry (and TTOI for a second), I will only be too delighted. Of course, the one I'm really looking out for is Nathan Barley II. -- You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (papiermachealamphibia...), January 15th, 2007. (Haberdager) (later)
i think it would be a big ask for there to be a 'great' uk comedy series to be running all 52 weeks of the year. i have low standards perhaps; but i don't ask for a 'great' film each month either. -- the original hauntology blogging crew (miltonpinsk...), January 15th, 2007. (Enrique) (later)
of course i too want 'nathan barley' back. -- the original hauntology blogging crew (miltonpinsk...), January 15th, 2007. (Enrique) (later)
They could drop scissors on a dog's head this time. -- Dom Passantino (juror...), January 15th, 2007. (Dom Passantino) (later)
uh, rose-tinted view there i reckon - but at least it was generating interesting discussion.one episode of Screen Wipe a month would be good. ditto TV Burp.
ha ha Dom OTM -- vita susicivus (n...), January 15th, 2007. (blueski) (later)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Unread Messages as with 'green wing', take away the hype and the expectation it'll live up to 'the day today' and 'nathan barley' was 23 minutes well-spent. i lolled anyway. -- the original hauntology blogging crew (miltonpinsk...), January 15th, 2007. (Enrique) (later)
i didn't laugh more than i did laugh etc. -- vita susicivus (n...), January 15th, 2007. (blueski) (later)
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:06 (seventeen years ago) link
And Screen Wipe rocks.
― Johnney B English (stigoftdump), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link
it was good, but not 300 times better than 'nathan barley'.
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link
steve otm
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Mandy is back. it is nonsense, but it's also short.
was struck by the scope of the first episode, it felt expensive, but probably wasn't
and the second episode was worth watching for the reveal at the end
― koogs, Saturday, 30 March 2024 13:23 (one month ago) link
I really like Mandy, I like that it's short enough to just be as daft as it wants
― kinder, Saturday, 30 March 2024 17:23 (one month ago) link
as an aside, Whitstable Pearl is a crime thing on Drama starring comedian Kerry Godliman and is quite poor, but i like her and she just about saves it (3 seasons according to imdb, i guess Drama is behind)
New Taskmaster is also ok. needs to bed in a bit more, i think. still surprises me we don't have a dedicated taskmaster thread.
― koogs, Monday, 1 April 2024 20:12 (one month ago) link
Surely this is the dedicated Taskmaster thread.
Still not finished the previous season, which is more due to our 9yo currently cycling through all previous seasons (and us not then wanting to watch more Taskmaster after she goes to bed) than any comment on the series. Watched the penultimate one over the weekend and it was hilarious. Also, after watching his sublime appearance on WILTY recently, am ready to shave my eyebrows and join Sam Campbell's cult. Watched his special Companion over the weekend, and he is so very funny. Not necessarily consistent enough for an hour, but had us laughing constantly.
― Is he an evil man who makes chocolate or is the chocolate itself evil? (stevie), Monday, 1 April 2024 22:23 (one month ago) link
Two eps into the new series, not screaming classic lineup so far
― chap, Friday, 5 April 2024 23:13 (one month ago) link
As individuals they all seem ok, but it's not exactly up there with the best line-ups, though looking back there have only been a couple of straight-up gold and a couple of clunkers so perhaps I rose-tint this a bit, every series has had some gold in it (I think perhaps the Lou Sanders series was the worst with little redemption even though most of the participants are absolutely fine in their own right)
I don't think I've ever seen Steve Pemberton be himself before, but he's my instant favourite, he just seems naturally amusing.
― ailsa, Friday, 5 April 2024 23:35 (one month ago) link
He does too many* dad jokes.
*There can never be too many dad jokes
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Friday, 5 April 2024 23:38 (one month ago) link
Just having an instant dad joke for everything is good in my book.
― ailsa, Friday, 5 April 2024 23:43 (one month ago) link
Maybe he gets a better edit than some people who try and land jokes at every opportunity and end up surrounded by tumbleweed before the odd one actually raises a giggle. I like him. He doesn't seem like he's trying too hard.
Obvs John Robins was wearing a HMHB t-shirt on this week's show, so he gets a free pass.
― ailsa, Friday, 5 April 2024 23:45 (one month ago) link
I love Taskmaster, it’s my favorite TV show, but as an American I often don’t know who most of the contestants are so all of my conceptions of them come just from Taskmaster. I agree this batch seems weak, though I’ve only seen the first ep. It feels odd that in season 17 they still get contestants who don’t seem to understand the show and what makes an entertaining guest.
My favorites are the genuine weirdos. Sam Campbell and Lucy Beaumont were both incredible last series and now they have a podcast together. Susan Wokoma was delightful too.
― na (NA), Friday, 5 April 2024 23:59 (one month ago) link
I like him a fair bit in his other endeavours, but in this he's a bit Dara O'Brien style 'I'm probably going to win' smug for me.
Nick is very likeable, but hardly hilarious.
― chap, Saturday, 6 April 2024 00:21 (one month ago) link
Lucy Beaumont absolutely does my head in. I can't fathom how someone can be that ditzy and yet get herself together enough to fashion a career out of her ditziness. Career weirdos just baffle me (see also Sam Campbell and Mike Wozniak, for example).
Absolutely *loved* Susan Wokoma, up there with Katy Wix in terms of people I only knew through acting roles before Taskmaster and now absolutely adore.
― ailsa, Saturday, 6 April 2024 00:26 (one month ago) link
And yeah, my previous encounters with Nick have been in his magician persona on Catsdown, and acting roles which don't count. Based on the former I thought I'd hate him, but he's ok. Amiable and silly are good Taskmaster traits, but the series needs someone to root for, and I can't summon much enthusiasm for any of them.
― ailsa, Saturday, 6 April 2024 00:29 (one month ago) link
i just find it odd that Steve P isn't sat in the traditional old man seat.
and the fact i can't remember the woman's name two episodes in probably doesn't bode well.
― koogs, Saturday, 6 April 2024 05:37 (one month ago) link
Lucy Beaumont absolutely does my head in. I can't fathom how someone can be that ditzy and yet get herself together enough to fashion a career out of her ditzinessit's an act, right?
― ledge, Saturday, 6 April 2024 06:40 (one month ago) link
if it is an act it's brilliant. if it isn't, you're right it's mystifying.
― ledge, Saturday, 6 April 2024 06:42 (one month ago) link
For me it's Joanne McNally this year, for absolute comedy snob reasons. She's just not for me. I don't rate her one bit.
I absolutely love John Robins (fellow Queen enthusiast that he is), and his attempts to stick a chopping board to a whiteboard really made us laugh this week. Otherwise it's all a bit meh so far. I love Nick's vampire costume, though.
Jamali was a terrible contestant, I remember, but that must have been a stressful season to be on. Total social distancing, whole country on edge, etc. But yeah, it's not a show to try to maintain your cool persona on. If being in control is your thing, you should not answer the call.
― trishyb, Saturday, 6 April 2024 09:27 (one month ago) link
They sit in alphabetical order of first names, always have. They must have forgotten to get younger people with names later in the alphabet.
― ailsa, Saturday, 6 April 2024 09:32 (one month ago) link
Joanne would probably be a laugh to hang out with, but hardly a comic genius.
― chap, Saturday, 6 April 2024 09:43 (one month ago) link
> They sit in alphabetical order of first names, always have.
mind blown.
i kinda wish they'd have some of the Dave-era people back onto the bigger budget show
― koogs, Saturday, 6 April 2024 10:15 (one month ago) link
5, 7 and 9 are the best series imo. Don't think 8 was that bad either.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 6 April 2024 11:32 (one month ago) link
I’ve seen Sam Campbell live and his energy is off the charts nuts
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 13 April 2024 01:50 (one month ago) link
This is amazinghttps://bsky.app/profile/blueno.se/post/3kqgtq5hlir2f
― Big Bong Theory (stevie), Friday, 19 April 2024 09:08 (three weeks ago) link
I watched this last night and noticed we were getting a lot of low angled shots showing the puddles but didn't twig that they'd edited out Nick Mohammed's reflection. I wonder if there's much more of that kind of thing they've included that hasn't been picked up on yet? (I know about them having the contestants sit in alphabetical order each series)
― soref, Friday, 19 April 2024 09:35 (three weeks ago) link
Ooh, I didn't notice about the puddle reflections, that's a nice trick. I'm sure there are loads of wee Easter eggs in the linking shots. It took me about three series to work out that Alex was holding up the number of fingers of the episode part in the inserts cutting to and from ads.
― ailsa, Friday, 19 April 2024 10:44 (three weeks ago) link
It was also kind of mindblowing for reasons I couldn't quite fathom that the age-split of teams has Nick on the old person team. So I looked them all up and it's because there's ten years between the four younger ones then another ten years up to Steve.
Sophie youngest by four years, Jon and Joanne about the same age, then Nick about five years older than them but still ten years younger than Steve.
― ailsa, Friday, 19 April 2024 10:49 (three weeks ago) link
do they always split the teams by age? I always assumed it was mostly about scheduling and who was available to film stuff at the same time.
― soref, Friday, 19 April 2024 10:54 (three weeks ago) link
I don't think it's always by age but they like to have the teams contrast imo, age is one way to do that.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 19 April 2024 10:57 (three weeks ago) link
It seems quite age-based most of the time (basing entirely on Brand and Baddiel here, tbf) I haven't really looked it up.
― ailsa, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:05 (three weeks ago) link
Alan Davies and VCM an obvious age-split one as well
― ailsa, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:06 (three weeks ago) link
Season 7 for example it was gender based, Jessica Knappett is the same age as Acaster and Phil Wang but got paired with Kerry Godliman.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:07 (three weeks ago) link
The pairings aren't always age-based: Frankie Boyle and Ivo Graham developed a weird father-son relationship in the Series 15 group tasks, for example.
― Wry & Slobby (Portsmouth Bubblejet), Friday, 19 April 2024 11:55 (three weeks ago) link
I would have guessed Sophie was second oldest by a few years. She's had a hard paper round and is being played in the 'slightly crazy/menopausal woman' personality slot on the panel.
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Friday, 19 April 2024 12:26 (three weeks ago) link
I was surprised as well but yeah she was born in '87!
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 19 April 2024 12:28 (three weeks ago) link
I honestly don't know how old I thought Sophie was, but I'd absolutely have gone "older than Joanne" every day of the week.
― ailsa, Friday, 19 April 2024 12:51 (three weeks ago) link
aw I thought *every* reflection of nick had been removed but it's only the ones in that task.
― ledge, Friday, 19 April 2024 20:23 (three weeks ago) link
Yeah I would've swapped Sophie and Joanne's real ages! (36 & 40 respectively)
― chap, Saturday, 20 April 2024 12:26 (three weeks ago) link
Sophie has definite eccentric aunt vibes
― chap, Saturday, 20 April 2024 12:27 (three weeks ago) link
I've been trying to work out who Nick Mohammed reminds me of and just realised it's Bobby G (the one from Bucks Fizz)
― Platinum Penguin Pavilion (soref), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 10:34 (one week ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29186
― koogs, Saturday, 4 May 2024 17:15 (one week ago) link
^ the pembleton crossword
― koogs, Saturday, 4 May 2024 17:16 (one week ago) link