― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 4 February 2005 15:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Miles Finch, Friday, 4 February 2005 15:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevie (stevie), Friday, 4 February 2005 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link
he has a point here but i'll reserve judgement 'til i've seen tonight's episode which i'm really looking forward to!
― jed_ (jed), Friday, 4 February 2005 19:39 (nineteen years ago) link
can't wait for torrents.
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 4 February 2005 19:45 (nineteen years ago) link
1) Who'll turn up in the series first: Kevin Eldon or Mark Heap?2) Which episode and how long into it will this be?
Winner gets something or other.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 4 February 2005 20:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Friday, 4 February 2005 20:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 4 February 2005 20:05 (nineteen years ago) link
he has been involved in just about everything the past 6 years.
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Friday, 4 February 2005 23:51 (nineteen years ago) link
tvgohome was intensely vitriolic, but i al ways felt it was the bitter anger of just some old guys who werent really in touch anymore, but just took it out on a bunch of idiots. the "cunt" bits of tvgh were the least funny anyway.
― ambrose (ambrose), Saturday, 5 February 2005 01:05 (nineteen years ago) link
"it became difficult to distinguish between genuine creatives and opportunistic charlatans."
oh yeah real creatives theres a ton of them about, many of them with the surname Boorman, eh neil?
"Why the real players in youth culture are never drafted in to help is a mystery"
hahahaha WTF you mean, like, kids? oh no, you mean NB and a bunch of failures from sleaze. theyre the real players in youth culture.
that article is pathetic
― ambrose (ambrose), Saturday, 5 February 2005 01:08 (nineteen years ago) link
from the stills gallery: is this kevin eldon?
http://www.trashbat.co.ck/images/barley/gallery/programme_stills/still_5.jpg
if it is, then my bet's on him.
― Slump Man (Slump Man), Saturday, 5 February 2005 01:28 (nineteen years ago) link
I hate to be a hata, but HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
-- Markelby
Hata.
― Anna (Anna), Saturday, 5 February 2005 13:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― nick.K (nick.K), Saturday, 5 February 2005 23:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 6 February 2005 06:48 (nineteen years ago) link
I haven't seen even a trailer for the show, but I imagine this idea of casting to be the truth.
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 6 February 2005 20:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Monday, 7 February 2005 07:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Miles Finch, Monday, 7 February 2005 09:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 7 February 2005 11:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 7 February 2005 12:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 7 February 2005 12:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Miles Finch, Monday, 7 February 2005 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 7 February 2005 12:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― stelfox, Monday, 7 February 2005 12:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― stelfox, Monday, 7 February 2005 12:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Miles Finch, Monday, 7 February 2005 12:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― stew, Monday, 7 February 2005 12:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 7 February 2005 12:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― stelfox, Monday, 7 February 2005 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link
I think the Daily Mail thing was suggesting that a young Rik Mayall (bear in mind this is the Daily Mail and they aren't quite au fait with the current times) could be the stereotypical obnoxious arsehole, and that Dylan Moran has the cynical world-weariness to play Dan Ashcroft.
Anyway, I am not defending the daily mail, but, as you were...
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 7 February 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 11 February 2005 21:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 11 February 2005 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Frogman Henry, Friday, 11 February 2005 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Friday, 11 February 2005 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link
I didn't realise, not having read (read?) 'shoreditch twat', that morris had spawned a band of this kind of neologistic followers but I got the broad generalities.
― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 11 February 2005 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 11 February 2005 22:38 (nineteen years ago) link
the nathan barley charater/actor was completely unconvincing
he seemed pretty much in keeping with the TVGH character
― Alienus Quam Reproba (blueski), Friday, 11 February 2005 22:39 (nineteen years ago) link
I think the point of the character was "Hi, I'm popular TV critic Charlie Brooker, and man do I meet some foolish people in my ever-so-rivetting life".
That wasn't even Chris Morris' "Max And Paddy". It was Chris Morris' Tony Ferrino.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 11 February 2005 22:42 (nineteen years ago) link
(xpost)
― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 11 February 2005 22:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 11 February 2005 22:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 11 February 2005 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link
the scene with the Weekend On Sunday editor...maybe lacking the poise of The office but reminded me of it a lot
i liked it when he joined in 'cock muff bumhole' at the end too, the sense of hopelessness and resignation was well captured.
― Alienus Quam Reproba (blueski), Friday, 11 February 2005 22:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― stew, Friday, 11 February 2005 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
They humour is that they're idiots. We are supposed to identify with the Ashcrofts here. But seriously, I don't really, to be honest. The real bite would have been the rage of 'AND THESE FUCKHEADS ACTUALLY EXIST AND GET PAID AND ARE UTTER CUNTS' but actually, they're all on the dole because their dotcoms crashed and it's all a huge case of missing your moment. The TVGH show should have been this. The time was right then.
― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 11 February 2005 23:06 (nineteen years ago) link
Clapham seems to be a major gathering place for these people now, though.
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 11 February 2005 23:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, only in the way the best lyrics are the ones we mishear and turn out to have made up ourselves. The headline was actually "Tom Paulin: Haunted By Rumour". Which I think is funnier.
― Momus (Momus), Saturday, 12 February 2005 00:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Saturday, 12 February 2005 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 12 February 2005 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― stew, Saturday, 12 February 2005 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link
i'm not sure - i thought so at first but it soon became clear that he was a pitiful character, somewhere between David Brent and Tim for me. actually that's me in a nutshell, maybe. ack.
the timing thing isn't so relevant for me because of this 'nostalgia' aspect mentioned upthread, plus the humour relying a great deal on just the absurd exaggeration of it all. i can enjoy it whilst thinking back to my own experiences as a numeeja design underling and personal hatred/envy conflicts re Hoxditch hype.
― Alienus Quam Reproba (blueski), Saturday, 12 February 2005 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link