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Lauren Laverne said funny stuff but came across as unlikeable

only to you, WEIRDO

I don't know, something a bit unpleasant and sneery about her

But I suppose that's what the kids want these days

see what you want to

i didn't see her on HIGNFY, but my fondness for la laverne has diminished these past ten years. she is a bit superior, in a guardian guide sort of way, on the culture show, and, in a guardian guide sort of way, without having much to be superior about.

Right. Supercilious, middlebrow and proud of it.

examples?

'the culture show' is EXACTLY THE SAME as, say, the housewife/dolie/oap-oriented lunchtime show 'loose women': some fucker plugging their new book/record/film. that's it, that's all they do, there is no chance of criticism or perspective; just the inevitability that not one choice will take you by surprise. it's all incredibly safe -- tate modern, arcade fire, ang lee, that kind of shit. only it's presented as if you the viewer should be proud for having discovered something. and you don't need any of this shit.

don't think that's right. Kermode and to a lesser extent Graham-Dixon do offer the criticism/perspective on things but if you want more of that watch Newsnight Review anyway. TCS mandate as a light general arts guide is fine (under the circumstances and if this is how much time the BBC want to spend on this). I mean middlebrow is the POINT and there's no shame in that at 7.30pm on a BBC2 Saturday night. Laverne is kinda wasted as a presenter tho despite being competent and 'bubbly' enough to front it. Verity Sharp was doing a good enough job before her.

Kermode and to a lesser extent Graham-Dixon do offer the criticism/perspective on things but if you want more of that watch Newsnight Review anyway

Newsnight Review's worse! Unless you actually believe that what Julie Myerson thinks about anything is of any interest to anyone in the universe

i don't even dislike middlebrow stuff exactly... probably more like i'm bored with the same old stuff. in the summer TCS did a "british movies spesh" and it was... 'wicker man', 'clockwork orange', fucking 'notting hill'. whereas last night channel five included 'taking of the pelham 123' in a clip show (i guess for some people *that's* played, but not as badly).

i don't dislike kermode but he does reinforce received opinion -- by dint of being everywhere he kind of *is* received opinion. TCS will never kick something unless its down -- recently 'southland tales', giving the impression of occasionally being badass.

think forward or back to the meltdown festival -- would TCS ever, ever say "lol this curator is a twazz"? and yet they usually are.

xpost

aye, i can't even watch newsnight review now.

On tonight's show: the latest Ian Rankin; the newest offering from Dreamworks; some other shit and, right at the end of the show, 15 seconds of footage to commemorate the death of Karlheinz Stockhausen, but, don't worry, we won't actually talk about Karlheinz Stockhausen because we know fuck all about him or about almost anything to do with music

the point is you will still get a bit of argument on that show even it is just Morley vs Harris on Shrek 3 (fun fun!). whether TCS should try and do this or not is another issue. i do know that Laverne should leave it in order to be more roffley tho.

she does other shows, i think -- corporate indie at 11.40 on channel 4 kind of stuff? live from koko.

'tonight on the culture show laverne talks to dizzee rascal / next week on transmission laverne talks to dizzee rascal' was my zingy cos it's true earlier this year

tcs made me have some respect for sting. thus i hate it.

laverne was interviewing him about his dowland record, and said "so, it's not just for chinstroking beardy weirdos, then?"
he answered bemusedly and then performed live, pretty good i thought.
havnae bought it or anything.

"so, it's not just for chinstroking beardy weirdos, then?"

she said this to dizzee too, or should have.

Is it common knowledge that Peter Cook was originally going to play Alf Garnett?

Peter Cook as Alf Garnett vs Les Dawson as Victor Meldrew.

(I don't think it's common knowledge, no. I didn't know about it.)

New series of "Little Miss Jocelyn" folks, put it in yer diaries

[scrit ... scrit] ... right, it's in. "new series of little miss jocelyn starts thursday night. so go to the pub."

oh noes it clashes with Echo Beach

:)

Right, so, in a rare moment of curiosity and having nothing better to do, I thought I would watch the "live" episode of Two Pints of Lager that was on BBC3 tonight. Dear fucking GOD. They were killing off Ralf Little's character, and to do this they sent his character off as a competition winner to go to America to, get this, JUMP A SHARK. The scriptwriters's backs must be black and blue from all the mutual slapping that must have gone on when someone came up with that one.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/downtheline.shtml

Radio 4's Down the Line with Gary Bellamy

a) Fuck me this is brilliant
b) Why was Felix Dexter never a true star, he had a window of opportunity in about 95/96 to make it as a comedy A-liner
c) Wow, Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery in something that isn't complete shit
d) Paul Whitehouse is, pound for pound, the best comedy performer of his generation, six lengths ahead of yr Morrises and Ianuccis
e) "Do you know if Foxton's is owned by Bruce Foxton of The Jam?"

-- Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 13:35 (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

Series 3 is still amazing.

"She used to look at me like my taste in music was bad. I don't wanna get a look. I like KPak, TJ, Mooseboy, this goth at the counter look like she into terrible music like Kasabia or something. What about them what like Girls Aloud?"

^^^ILM summed up

So what are me most looking forward to then? The Mighty Boosh movie, or the Russell Brand biopic?

The Alan Partridge movie.

The Mighty Boosh movie

say it ain't so

A movie version of TV show The Mighty Boosh is in the works.

Stars Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt have signed a deal with BBC Films to bring the cult series to the big screen.

The show focuses on friends Vince Noir (Fielding) and Howard Moon (Barratt), who embark on a series of magical adventures.

BBC Films editor Christine Langan told Variety: "Noel and Julian are phenomenally talented, there's an existing, very loyal fan base, and the project has huge potential."

The pair are currently working on a script for the movie, which is likely to begin filming early next year.

Holy Hail on the soundtrack, I hear.

i'm going to review this, to do my bit in their hardsonning. sight unseen.

Somebody should really launch a film mag called Sight Unseen, full of reviews of films the reviewers haven't seen

they could go on

-press release
-trailers
-internets "buzz"

i doubt anyone could spot the difference.

I think y'all sleeping on the fact that Russell Brand is to write and star in a film adaptation of his own life. It's be like Private Parts.... ON DRUGS!!!!!

My Filmy Wilm?

I'm a moderate fan of the Boosh, but there's no way a film's not going to be shit (for reference - League of Gentlemen: Apocalypse).

Is LoG:A really as appaling as everyone says? I never really fucked with the show, but that movie seems to get the gasface from everyone.

A repost from another board

Absolutely DVD Box Set Get's Release Date
Dear All,

I am pleased to announce that we will be releasing the box set of Absolutely on DVD on the 21st of April 2008.

This is in no small part due to all of you for getting in touch and reminding us that there were people out there who loved the show and we should do something about it. Well it has been a bit of a marathon but it is happening soon, so thank you, all of you, for getting in touch.

If you go to the web site http://www.absolutely.biz you will see a request for material to put on the web site and if we can on the extras DVD. If you can help with this thank you again.

Thanks again and speak to you soon.

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Best wishes

Gordon Kennedy

STONEYBRIDGE!

I didn't mind it at all, but it's not as clever as it thinks it is. xpost to Dom

I watched about twenty minutes of LoG:A and found it really predictable and tired.

Big Train is being repeated on Dave at the moment, and it's still very funny. Didn't realise Catherine Tate was in it though.

Such a breeding ground for the current generation of UK comedy, that show.

Mark Heap should make a movie.

And by "make a movie" I mean "fuck off".

I like Mark Heap! What's wrong with Mark Heap?

I don't like Mark Heap.

So I gather.

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