Limmy's Show

"Stop Larrying me!" and "something beginning with allpaper" had me in tears. Loads of meh scattered elsewhere though.

The "reaction" sketch tied it all together (perfect deployment of the yelled "fanny" n'all), specifically justifying the scratch card sketch where the subverted expectation was resubverted by it having exactly the punchline you would expect have expected it to, had it not been a Limmy sketch.

Loved the fact that PARTY CHAT guy was always in the process of skinning up, even though it felt like the whole thing took place over a couple of hours.

Some banter on 'em on all man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PtwbY7fP6VQ

t is quite funny I realised watching this ep but in eps back to the first series that he often uses liminal spaces for the outdoor sketches or maybe that isn't quite funny

― conrad, Tuesday, November 20, 2012 2:06 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

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3 of his best here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yy8pz/clips

Went to a friend's engagement party last night and ended up staying quite late then getting a taxi home on my own - was severely tempted to lean in to the driver and go 'So mate, what's your hing?'. Managed to restrain myself, but only just.

Think my all-time favorite sketch from this though is the 'Winged Sandals' installment of Adventure Call.

There was talk of an Adventure Call spin off. Don't see it myself.

Think my all-time favorite sketch from this though is the 'Winged Sandals' installment of Adventure Call.

I love when he forgets himself in that one and is "naw ye didnae... em... no you did not."

^Yeah it's just spot-on. The guy calling in on that one is pitch-perfect as well.

can't imagine falconhoof making it to a spin-off. i'd say jacqueline mcafferty is most likely but my, and most people's, fave would be dee dee. huge undertaking though - he's hugely skilled at the under-3-min sketch but to stretch this out to a 30 min episode x 6, i dunno. fascinated by what he'll do next. can see him attempting a bunch of different stuff, charlie brooker style.

can actually imagine a show with those 3 leads (jm, f & dd), plots interweaving. not inconceivable that those 3 would interact in real life

well he did that to amazing effect in the world of glasgow christmas special podcast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rgq_t92jxg

is that youtube showing or just blank? it's not showing for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rgq_t92jxg

people really rate that final ep of WoG but i dunno, felt a bit forced. great example of form but the content felt weak and restrained, just didn't have the lols. but yeah something he can clearly pull off from a 'creation' pov

i liked it a lot. there were a couple of duff characters in WoG but they brought the goods in this.

which did you think were duffs? i ended up loving phil the most, with john-paul close behind. malice for malice's sake, something you don't see much on tv/radio but come across all the time in day to day life. could never really get into tom, vijay or benjamin but i have some mates who properly love the benjamin character

do any american ilxors like his stuff? interested in if it translates

I'm not American, but he's lols

American; love it; though I live in the UK. I sometimes have to rewind sketches a couple of times to make sure I understand him in the sketches where he's real slang-y. I think I get about 72% total. Love it, though.

72% !

ok, seems there needs to be some link to the UK for someone to *get* it. shame in a way but i guess it's mostly observation based so it's bound to be kinda parochial.

Ep 3 particularly dark, even more references to mental illness than usual.

Never seen any of this - is there reason why I need to watch the first series first or can I just dive straight into the second?

nah, it's a sketch show. You can pretty much pick it up whenever

I think that might have been my favourite episode overall. It was particularly bleak, even by the show's usual standards, but there was a thrilling kind of tightness to it; it felt like the themes were in even sharper relief than normal.

And Falconhoof. Poor, poor Falconhoof.

i thought this week's was awful and depressing. i only laughed at the "receipt in the bag" sketch.

i loved the bleakness yeah. not far off laughing along with (not at) mental illness some of those sketches

to answer your question upthread,NI, my WoG duds were Phil and Wee Gary. Benjamin and Tom verged on dud but were saved by being played really well and being well observed. Jacqueline, Xander and Vijay were my favourites.

you didn't like directions by phil?! that's one of my go-to 'laugh out loud on buses' just thinking about it things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG2b0BdWLMM

First "building bricks!" was great, last sketch was definitely [sidelong raised eyebrow slightly pained glance at camera limmy-style] but i liked the bit with the gun/sideways gun/gun & torch.

When the woman buying booze froze with that face on, making that noise (and before the gun stuff), I was absolutely delighted that I wasn't stoned. Nightmarish.

i couldn't stop laughing at the final "building bricks"

I didn't really get building bricks

did the phrase "building bricks" bring back some weird childhood toy or playschool memory for everyone else?

limmy christmas fun
http://www.chunkgames.com/snowball/

This was always fun when I worked in an office

http://www.limmy.com/playthings/xylophone/

the xylophone is an all-time classic. love the new series & started to follow him again on twitter after having to give him a rest for a while

Is it wrong to be mildly freaked out by the fact that the receipt-in-the-bag actor guy from the show has the same mouth as the Third Stage Guild Navigator from Lynch's Dune?

placed a pre-order on amazon for this limmy s2 dvd (out on monday) but unless i pay a shedload extra i'm not gona receive it til wednesday or so. where's likely to stock it in a city centre (manchester)? hmv or something? not bought a dvd on day of release ever before, dunno how it all works - will an english shop even stock it? questions questions!

lol u can't wait two whole days?

fopp mb? vague scottish connection might give you marginally better odds

it kills me how iplayer takes a full day to put the latest limmy's shows up so no i can't wait two (actually three) whole days, no. gona try fopp and hmv tomorrow, wish me luck!

purchased. and because i love him so much, i actually bought TWO. the only two copies in the whole of the city. have THAT, manchester

(not actually mental, it was two for £20 at hmv, one alone cost £17. so if anyone in manchester wants a copy give us a shout, a tenner to you. otherwise my girlfriend gets it and she's already promised she'll punch me hard in the face if i give her anything limmy for christmas)

best adventure call yet

first half of the show was hard going i thought

NI i ilxmailed yiz

sorry bud, it's already been passed on to a new owner!

i should have guessed you'd sort it out swiftly

think this series has been his weakest yet but he's my favourite comedian of any description right now.he absolutely kills me.his twitter ramblings are sort of anti-comedy,but can be amazing. coco jambo.