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

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But Gervais is a cunt, so OTM.

no jokes, bruv

Gervais's "lol black/lol jew/lol homo" schtick would work better if he added a "jokes bruv" at the end of each sentence.

yeah unreasoned zinging of stiller and larry d is what turned me against. i bet when 'the office' was first on he was all over it.

this thread can trundle along with a few posts every week or so but someone mentions gervais or nathan barley and 100 odd posts. that the real jokes, bruvs.

there will not be 100 odd posts on the issue.

*cracks knuckles*

UK Comedy Thread: Knuck If Ya Buck

We really need a US Gervais defender in here. Maybe one of the same ones that have a hard-on for Jeremy Clarkson?

I'll happily defend The Office. Some of the stand-up routines are funny too. Everything after that has been Gervais spunking people's goodwill up the wall.

TS: The Office vs The Thick of It vs 15 Stories High

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TS: The Office vs The Thick of It vs 15 Stories High

is 15SH any good?

we always do this. hardly anyone has seen it. i'm boycotting it on "sean lock was involved" grounds.

it's really funny!

It's not as good as Ideal.

Better than that James Lance Is A Drug Dealer sitcom, tho

yr boy whitehouse has spoilt his copy book with that last enfield series no?

The special Blair-era-ending "Down the Line" wasn't that great either, tbh. Although "Ted 'eath was a pearly", was funny.

It's not as good as Ideal.

zinggggg

knowing dom i don't think that's actually a zing.

I liked Ideal! What's wrong with Ideal!

i didn't actually see it, i'm going by the 30-second advertising clips

if it's on bbc3, i'm not repping for it.

the big elephant in the room is monkey dust

(200 posts minimum?)

What I saw of that last Harry Enfield series was alright. His schtick hasn't really changed in 20 years. The "I saw you coming" bloke was lollable.

the second series of monkey dust was very dissapointing. yesterday i was wondering why mitchell and webb are as famous as they are. peep show really isn't that good. well not good enough to ride that kind of profile off. well at least c tate will be tied up with dr who for a bit. small mercies, man, small mercies.

I liked the doctors on the Harry Enfield thing.

That one with Nick Frost starts again this week. I quite enjoyed that the first time. But as I can't remember what it's called, or when it's on I shall probably miss it.

I watched Spaced series 1 again the other day. Man, Simon Pegg hates women.

I don't really like edgy anymore, and certainly not something as self-consciously edgy as Monkey Dust.

Man, Simon Pegg hates lols.

You have to over-enunciate all of the vowels in that sentence.

"I aaaaam Siiiimon Peeegggg, and Iiiiiiii haaaaaate loooools", complete with weird facial expressions and hand gestures.

Monkey Dust has a nice little recurring sketch about a guy who tells an elaborate story about where he's been for the last 48 or so hours that she would knock down by pointing out that he was actually recounting the narrative of Hotel California or something. He'd then admit to have been doing something "edgy", which imo wasn't really needed. I guess you could call it PROGRESSIVE COMEDY.

I think I remember that sketch. What would be a better post-punchline payoff then? He'd been doing something mundane ("I was at Morrison's looking at the damaged goods aisle"), or doing something "naughty" ("I was fucking my secretary")?

("I was at Morrison's looking at the damaged goods aisle")

ok this might have improved it

I love Monkey Dust for the beauty of animation, the finely-observed characters, and the refusal to compromise in order to make a point. It helps that it's also frequently hilarious, if perhaps a tad unsubtle.

The second series WAS a little disappointing, yes, but still contained many great moments, and to top everything off, the THIRD series was (by far) the best.

beauty of animation? third series?

you're all ignoring Karen Taylor. probably for the best.

i admired her unabashed showing off of her womanly curves. i did not, however, admire her womanly curves.

New series of Hyperdrive WHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

name one 00s BBC comedy series that DIDN'T get a second series.

According to Bex

BBC hates women

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/images/800/bex_1.jpg

"jokes, bruv"

According to Bex fun fact: Jessica "Hynes" Stevenson fired her agent after that series was transmitted for letting her make such bad decisions.

i think i want a (british) sitcoms cast pictures thread

Set it up, we run it.

so, Learners then - Jessica "Hynes" Hynes and Doctor Who back together again but this time FUNNY. oooooOOoo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/04_april/03/learners.shtml

see also http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/l/lforlester_1299001825.shtml