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

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

zomg Jessica Hynes husband in that is Rose Tyler's dad!!!!

I LIKED GAVIN AND STACEY.

ban pj miller

There is no-one, NO-ONE that is improving British Comedy on TV right now. No-one. Everything is middling to dreadful. How the hell did we arrive at this state of affairs?

My doomy outlook may be informed by spending too much time at Cookdandbombd. The most positive thing you're likely to read on there is 'Everything is fucking awful apart from X. And even he's a cunt.'

THE THICK OF IT

'The Thick of it' is alright. That's depressing though, given that it is actually the best comedy thing on TV at the moment. it's clever, well made and acted, witty.....and i've never once laughed out loud at it.

the first part of 2-part special had me laughing out loud around 20 times, and that's a conservative estimate

Well, i can't really argue with your experience of it, Louis. i feel that it's a very smart show, but isn't that funny. Without the Malcolm character (the most trad element)would it be anything more than slightly amusing?
i like it fine enough, but i don't think it's a GREAT comedy show.

I thought the programme's strength came from its excellent and universally funny ensemble cast (the 'tory' faction being especially amusing). The Malcolm character may be the funniest (and, oddly, most complex) character, but it succeeds whether its set-pieces contain him or not.

'Universally funny' is quite a stretch.

Perhaps, but I didn't detect any clear weaknesses.

My doomy outlook may be informed by spending too much time at Cookdandbombd. The most positive thing you're likely to read on there is 'Everything is fucking awful apart from X. And even he's a cunt.'

Emergency Lalla Ward 10 and Josie Long share a Facebook friend. Should we be told?

The secret of great comedy is, never visit Cookdandbombd.

Lalla and Long's facebook friend : Kofi Annan.

lol @ me going to same summer camp as josie long when i was 12/13

Lalla and Long's facebook friend :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/images/2006/04/11/wrestlemania_22_11_470x360.jpg

Must dash - Mock The Week's on. i never tire of Frankie Boyle call someone 'a paeeeeeeeeeeeeeedoh'.

are you an american or an american't?

can i be a canadiboth?

Josie Long latest name in Phil Astin steroid prescription controversy - you gotta go out there on the road every night and be whimsical thirty, forty minutes a night, somethin's gotta give and etc

Robin Ince expects a specific LOOK for his performers, he's made his name putting on comedians with comic book bodies and it's hard for him to get out of that mindset.