The last leg was... Strange.
― koogs, Friday, 12 October 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
Oh I was wondering if anyone would post about Desiree Akhivan's The Bisexual. I really liked her films Appropriate Behaviour and Miseducation of Cameron Post, so was looking forward to this. But it seems incredibly flimsy and insubstantial, and not that funny - so I was actually having trouble concentrating on it. Probably the best bit was conveying the grimeyness of East London, in the housing and social venues.
― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 12 October 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
pls like s1 was better than it had any right to be. mainly because of the guy playing james wirm. but s2 is doing nothing for me. though i have only watched ep 1.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 12 October 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
It isn't funny, the Irish writer character is imo irredeemable, but I am getting quite into it anyway, Desiree is just really good at playing herself.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 12 October 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
Xp
James Wirm in Pls Like is Tim Key
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 12 October 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
Yeah, series 2 starts and ends badly, episodes in the middle were better. I don't like how they made the protagonist more stupid.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 12 October 2018 22:58 (five years ago) link
The last leg was... Strange.― koogs,
I think its fair to say that Chris had enjoyed hospitality to the max.
― mark e, Saturday, 13 October 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
I liked how everyone was totally on board with him being hammered - the dawning realisation of the lack of wisdom when they put the cakes and candles in front of him was good.
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 October 2018 12:39 (five years ago) link
Way behind the curve here but a couple of years ago this was posted upthread:
Armando Iannuci's Radio 1 shows from 1994 are back up for a few weeks:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jzbt
still totally holds up imo
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 12:03 (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
But what shows are these? I went on a mega download spree getting all the AI stuff I could, and the only thing from 94 is his In Excess series. Is that the same thing? His wiki page radio section has Armanndo Iannucci (1994) but no mention of the two 'In Excess' series. Can anyone nerdier than me about AI help out?
― NI, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
here's a list of 24 episodes of Charm Offensive.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007w6x6/episodes/guide
there's also this from 93:
Armando Iannucci (BBC Radio 4 Extra) Sun 28 Sep 2008, 22:00:00 BSTAnarchic humour originally heard on Radio 1 in 1993. Armando Iannucci is joined by David Schneider, Rebecca Front and Peter Baynham. Episode 1 of 2.
Armando Iannucci (BBC Radio 4 Extra) Sun 28 Sep 2008, 22:30:00 BSTMore anarchic humour originally heard on Radio 1 in 1993. Armando Iannucci is joined by David Schneider, Rebecca Front and Peter Baynham. Episode 2 of 2.
but there's no other details
― koogs, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
i think 'when records began' in this case is 2007 and anything before then may not be on the web pages unless it's been repeated in the meantime
― koogs, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
april 19 1994 he says in the second one of those, so not 1993...
― koogs, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
on the Radio 1 show he played a lot of records and did bits inbetween, often keyed quite hilariously to what record he was going to play next
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
he's adding john major samples to the records he's playing in those latter two things...
― koogs, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
I don't think it's Charm Offensive, that was a lot later than 94, right?
There's a mention of In Excess here in an article from Dec 94:
You can hear undiluted Armando on Radio4 at 3.30 this afternoon, and for the next three days, in a bijou series called In Excess, filling in at this funny, floating, weightless,timeless part of the year. He will just be himself, thinking aloud on various topics, such as money, and doing a few interviews with money people. Hard to explain, really. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/when-news-satire-is-beyond-a-joke-life-1390697.html
But that doesn't really sound like this sketch show feat Rebecca Front et al, esp when the R4 webpage above says "Anarchic sketches and music, first heard on BBC Radio 1 in March 1994." Seems like this sketch show wasn't recorded by anyone, annoyingly, not even when it was repeated a couple of years ago.
― NI, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
Tell a lie, just found these episodes in my archives:
Armando Iannucci R1 Show S1E1 (27393).mp3Armando Iannucci R1 Show S1E2 (4493).mp3Armando Iannucci R1 Show S2E1 (7394).mp3Armando Iannucci R1 Show S2E2 (14394).mp3Armando Iannucci R1 Show S2E3 (21394).mp3Armando Iannucci R1 Show S2E4 (28394).mp3
Which all tallies up, Mystery solved. Think I got them off Soulseek if anyone's interested.
In other UK comedy news, I wax lyrical about Limmy's recent audiobook over at: Limmy's Show
Those two stories I mention (three including Benidorm finale epic) are up there as the best and most surprising things he's ever done.
― NI, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
Did anyone watch the Inside No.9 Hallowe'en special? Hmm. Moments were good, but mostly it felt a bit 'will this do?'. It was almost worth it for the Bobby Davro clip.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Monday, 5 November 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
there were ~3 comments in the dedicated LoG thread. but yes. apparently that clip is now used inside the BBC as a Health and Safety lesson. i thought they'd faked it, specifically because the people in it were so quintessentially 80s light entertainment.
i need to watch the whole thing again.
― koogs, Monday, 5 November 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
it was clever but it wasn't great.
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 5 November 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
have been watching The Office (UK) since it kind of passed me by at the time. and it's underwhelming, really. i prefer the US version, a lot of which comes down to the time of broadcast, i think, the intended audience. in the UK one there's a lot of crude sexual references that are missing from the US one and that make everyone, including the Jim/Tim character less likeable.
i still have the two xmas specials to watch, maybe that'll salvage things.
odd seeing mackenzie as the 'baddy' though given his later role in Detectorists
also, cameos by garth marenghi (IT guy) and olivia colman (reporter). both look very young.
dvd extras make no mention of the US version despite being from 2011.
― koogs, Thursday, 8 November 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
It wasn't underwhelming at the time. Crude sexual references often make people more likeable to me FWIW!
― chap, Thursday, 8 November 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
no-one in the uk version of the office is supposed to be likeable in the same way their american counterparts are, tbf
― i want donald duck to scream into my dick (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 November 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
I find Dawn and Tim miles more likable than their American counterparts.
― chap, Thursday, 8 November 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
Like Tim's smugness is undercut with self deprication and vulnerability, whereas often Jim just comes across as smug and nothing else.
― chap, Thursday, 8 November 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
the thing i found the oddest is that Tim is also sharing the pornography, hiding the doldoes etc, things that would be o_O in any 2018 office = he's a dick. jim's practical jokes only ever get as bad as replacing dwight's desk with cardboard...
― koogs, Thursday, 8 November 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
Loved the UK Office when it first ran, but find it unwatchable now. Partly its the surfeit of cringe comedy since, partly its Gervais-malaise. I definitely prefer the warmth and redemption of the US series.
― Jacob Lohl (stevie), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 10:50 (five years ago) link
Everyone's likeable in US sitcoms, that's one of the problems with US sitcoms.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:00 (five years ago) link
*cough* Seinfeld, It's Always Sunny, Larry Sanders, etc etc
― two Barongs don't make a Wight (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:03 (five years ago) link
Generalization. I don't know what It's Always Sunny is tbh.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:14 (five years ago) link
Comedy of douchebaggery
― two Barongs don't make a Wight (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:17 (five years ago) link
I know it now I've seen the full title but if it's not on Freeview I've never seen it. Who's hidden my Werthers?
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:20 (five years ago) link
I just couldn't be bothered typing out the whole title. It's good, inasmuch as I ever comment on or care about stuff
― two Barongs don't make a Wight (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:22 (five years ago) link
Gervais is unwatchable now for me but I thought the cruelty and pettiness of the 2 proper seasons of the Office, before he disappeared up Freeman's colon, were horribly real
― two Barongs don't make a Wight (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:24 (five years ago) link
That kind of comedy of cruelty feels anachronistic in this day and age, in that its a more overtly cruel era for the world and British comedy seems to have got gentler. The humour in Detectorists or People Just Do Nothing is more in a sort of quiet desperation but everyone is essentially likeable.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:29 (five years ago) link
Same goes for This Country as well. I'm probably the first person to have ever described PJDN as 'quiet' but I think you get what I mean.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
It's not unaffectionate towards its hapless characters, yeah. It's near impossible for a writer to really hate their characters and not come across as a nob a la Gervais
― two Barongs don't make a Wight (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:33 (five years ago) link
I think The Xmas special 2-parter is the best thing anyone involved will ever be in, easily one of the best things I’ve ever seen. The rest of it is funny but much more often grim and sad but it kinda felt that way back then too.
And things like this still crack me up
https://youtu.be/13Bn-PT9TKE
― piscesx, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:48 (five years ago) link
everyone is essentially likeable.
Well apart from Grindah.
― chap, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:49 (five years ago) link
Speaking of hateable characters, has anyone watched Julia Davis's new thing? Caught the first episode and wasn't particularly moved to continue
― Number None, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link
I never watch anything she's done, oh so transgressive misanthropy seems like her entire shtick
― two Barongs don't make a Wight (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:54 (five years ago) link
OTM.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 11:58 (five years ago) link
Yeah, she does only have one trick. But I enjoyed Camping and Human Remains is a classic
― Number None, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 12:02 (five years ago) link
i don’t know where to put this so i’m putting it here: someone’s been going around norwich spraying “LES DENNIS” on walls
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 23 November 2018 07:23 (five years ago) link
the connection with “uk comedy” is that i’m on a tram and am trying really really hard not to cry with laughter
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 23 November 2018 07:24 (five years ago) link
about 20-30 years ago Glasgow was covered with graffiti that simply said
AL JOLSON
― brokenshire (jed_), Friday, 23 November 2018 09:01 (five years ago) link
new Big Night Out on bbc4 from wednesday
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0btc4d3
― koogs, Friday, 23 November 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
Sweet
― or something, Friday, 23 November 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 23 November 2018 07:23 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag PostPermalink
Beats east London's "NAT HAS HERPES" slogan on every wall
― plums (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 24 November 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
sally4ever's first couple of episodes were good. really ott sex sequence juxtaposed with nerdy, awful, cuckolded fiancé flossing etc. to the sound of "china in your hand" had me in stitches
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 10 December 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link