I would say that though, because I hate women.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Here's a scene. You're looking along your collection of CDs, or shuffling through your playlist, trying to find that new Lady Sovereign album or whatever. But you stumble across something else, something from 10 years ago - the Fugees, say."
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link
That senile dribbling cunt with his own column in the Guardian weekend magazine.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
Cue stock that's no way to talk about Zoe Williams gag.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Philip Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:27 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't have a Wikipedia entry either.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:35 (seventeen years ago) link
Radio 4 turns over the airwaves to solid gold laughter, as Steve Punt joins up with a host of stars, backstage movers and industry shakers from the comedy industry with a two-hour special.
Variety shows and radio were the traditional routes to comedy fame and fortune, but what about today? Super agents, DVD sales, straight-to-TV stars; where does radio fit in? Steve and a panel of guests pick apart the laughter seam of the modern comedy industry, as well as generating a few jokes along the way.
Includes News Summary at 9.00pm.
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link
like swimming in a cool sea and passing through a warm current, etc...
Where are the standards of today, I ask you.I don't have a Wikipedia entry either.
-- Marcello Carlin (marcellocarli...)
Oh, have I got one?
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Whew.
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:39 (seventeen years ago) link
also on the bad can someone please put Have I Got News For You out of its misery.
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:58 (seventeen years ago) link
At the risk of, on this reviewer's logic, inviting lynch-mobs to my door, I'd argue that Extras was shite.
― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:10 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 14:28 (seventeen years ago) link
To put things into context: Harry Hill aside, all British TV Comedy right now is total shit.
-- Ruairi Wirewool (horseproduction...), January 15th, 2007. (Ruairi Wirewool) (later)
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what were the chances of that happening? -- mark grout (mark.grou...), January 15th, 2007. (mark grout) (later)
If you can put CT and Green Wing on a par, you truly show a lack of discernment IMO. Frankly, now that GW has been and gone, I'm inclined to agree with Ruairi, minus the bit about Harry Hill.
-- You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (papiermachealamphibia...), January 15th, 2007. (Haberdager) (later)
If you can put CT and Green Wing on a par, you truly show a lack of discernment IMO.no it's just a 'higher' (or rather 'stricter') level of discernment.
-- vita susicivus (n...), January 15th, 2007. (blueski) (later)
'the thick of it' will be back, later in the year, and so will 'peep show'. -- the original hauntology blogging crew (miltonpinsk...), January 15th, 2007. (Enrique) (later)
but in a another more accurate sense... -- mark s (mar...), January 15th, 2007. (mark s) (later)
but then i do like Harry Hill so it's apples and roundabouts. -- vita susicivus (n...), January 15th, 2007. (blueski) (later)
rubbish -- RJG (RJ...), January 15th, 2007. (RJG) (later)
so you keep saying -- vita susicivus (n...), January 15th, 2007. (blueski) (later)
RJG's TV Burp -- Dom Passantino (juror...), January 15th, 2007. (Dom Passantino) (later)
Hmm. I was only talking about currently-running comedy shows. If Peep Show returns for a fourth bite at the cherry (and TTOI for a second), I will only be too delighted. Of course, the one I'm really looking out for is Nathan Barley II. -- You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (papiermachealamphibia...), January 15th, 2007. (Haberdager) (later)
i think it would be a big ask for there to be a 'great' uk comedy series to be running all 52 weeks of the year. i have low standards perhaps; but i don't ask for a 'great' film each month either. -- the original hauntology blogging crew (miltonpinsk...), January 15th, 2007. (Enrique) (later)
of course i too want 'nathan barley' back. -- the original hauntology blogging crew (miltonpinsk...), January 15th, 2007. (Enrique) (later)
They could drop scissors on a dog's head this time. -- Dom Passantino (juror...), January 15th, 2007. (Dom Passantino) (later)
uh, rose-tinted view there i reckon - but at least it was generating interesting discussion.one episode of Screen Wipe a month would be good. ditto TV Burp.
ha ha Dom OTM -- vita susicivus (n...), January 15th, 2007. (blueski) (later)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Unread Messages as with 'green wing', take away the hype and the expectation it'll live up to 'the day today' and 'nathan barley' was 23 minutes well-spent. i lolled anyway. -- the original hauntology blogging crew (miltonpinsk...), January 15th, 2007. (Enrique) (later)
i didn't laugh more than i did laugh etc. -- vita susicivus (n...), January 15th, 2007. (blueski) (later)
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:06 (seventeen years ago) link
And Screen Wipe rocks.
― Johnney B English (stigoftdump), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link
it was good, but not 300 times better than 'nathan barley'.
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link
steve otm
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link
this happened in the show except he thought she turned out not be under-age (at which point NB thinking it now okay to pretend she WAS under-age was actually quite a clever little point about...something or other).
i did hate NB but yes no less than anyone else around him.
― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Actually, scratch that, that's not the idea at all. It's funny caricatures falling into situations and scrambling to return to the status quo whilst simultaneously being trapped; a very old-fashioned sitcom thread. I certainly didn't feel that is was trying to make a big insightful statement about something, at least, nothing larger than "it's better to like something than to dislike something."
― Johnney B English (stigoftdump), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link
'THIR-FUCKING-TEEN'.
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link
(I didn't mean official-looking, but believable-looking, really.)
― trishyb, Saturday, 1 June 2024 16:29 (three months ago) link
House of Games? xxpost to koogs
― ailsa, Saturday, 1 June 2024 19:52 (three months ago) link
i checked imdb and there's a bunch of things under 'self' like Last Leg and 8/10 cats and as yet untitled
― koogs, Saturday, 1 June 2024 20:49 (three months ago) link
We went to a filming of Junior Taskmaster late last year (it was fun) - the one we saw was a round/ heat, and the winners of each of those were going on to film more tasks and then there would be more studio business. Haven’t noticed the next round of studio sessions yet.
― Tim, Saturday, 1 June 2024 21:10 (three months ago) link
Taskmasterclass (task-masterclass or taskmaster-class?)
i had forgotten some of the earlier contestants completely
― koogs, Friday, 7 June 2024 15:09 (three months ago) link
the studio audience was a LOT closer when they were on Dave
― koogs, Friday, 7 June 2024 15:17 (three months ago) link
that taskmaster thing was a one-off, given there's something else in the slot next week.
lady parts contained quite the euphemism this week - kfc bargain bucket for one...
― koogs, Sunday, 9 June 2024 19:46 (three months ago) link
i've been slowly rewatching taskmaster from the beginning and am on s6 now ... this is generally not one of my favorite series as the contestants are all kind of boring but tim vine in particular is probably the contestant i find the most annoying. i googled him and of course he's been in the running for that horrible "best joke at edinburgh fringe" contest multiple times. that group task where liza tarbuck finds the answer in the first minute and then tim vine and asim chaudhry ignore her and waste time for ten minutes until she finally just does the task herself, yuck.
― na (NA), Thursday, 5 September 2024 17:14 (three weeks ago) link
Yes season six is probably the weakest (not counting those early ones where the format's not established).
New season starts next Thursday!
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 5 September 2024 19:44 (three weeks ago) link
Tim Vine has a recurring role in Lee Macks's sitcom Not Going Out, which imo is as close as UK comedy gets to its own According To Jim.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 5 September 2024 19:56 (three weeks ago) link
We just watched season six - the last of the old seasons we hadn't watched (we only got into the show during lockdown and had been watching the previous seasons in order of a blog my partner found that rated them), and I don't know if it's because the most recent season was such a drag but I really enjoyed it - Asim Chaudry was a great contestant, I really liked Tim Vine, the two young ones were mostly rubbish (esp Russell Howard, who was uniformly unfunny and seemed to simply want to assert he was a 'proper' 'bloke' in each task), and Liza Tarbuck was a manic, mischievous energy I very much appreciated. Not peak TM by a long-run, but still fairly strong I thought.
Excited for the new series, though.
― nabisco poppins (stevie), Friday, 6 September 2024 07:44 (three weeks ago) link
Russell Howard, “one of the world's top comedians” (Sunday Times)
― Defund Phil Collins (Tom D.), Friday, 6 September 2024 08:15 (three weeks ago) link
A mate of mine worked for Deliveroo a while and delivered food to Russel Howard. He didn't tip.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 6 September 2024 09:22 (three weeks ago) link
Alice is very pretty but alas has a politics podcast with Matt Forde so is indefensible.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 6 September 2024 09:24 (three weeks ago) link
I rewatched all the serieses last year and concluded that Alice Levine is the least standout contestant they've ever had (is this what the young people call "mid"?). She's not super competent or incompetent or funny or anything, really. I'm sure she's a perfectly nice person.
I have to say, I love Tim Vine. I've been to see him a few times at the Fringe, and have laughed very hard at all his very stupid jokes. He's just excellent at what he does. I can see how not everyone could like what he does, however.
― trishyb, Friday, 6 September 2024 09:35 (three weeks ago) link
he should do a politics podcast with jeremy vine
― conrad, Friday, 6 September 2024 09:42 (three weeks ago) link
TM made me finally explore Tim Vine's standup stuff, and his brilliance at the dad-joke made me suspect if I ever caught a show of his I mighth legit die laughing - he tickles a spot within 49-yo me that only Harry Hill previously reached. Alice might have had potential but she was absolutely scuttled by being teamed-up with Russell Howard in every team task.
― nabisco poppins (stevie), Friday, 6 September 2024 09:50 (three weeks ago) link
Don't understand Alice Levine's appeal at all, much less how she spent nearly 10 years at Radio 1 including a stint in the Peel slot.
This series of Taskmaster New Zealand failed to deliver, despite Abby Howells delivering probably the greatest ever prize task item, first up in the first episode. I suppose it was always going to be downhill from there, but it actually felt a lot like S12 UK with all the contestants being generally competent and rarely outstandingly funny.
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Friday, 6 September 2024 10:17 (three weeks ago) link
S12 UK was great! Desree! Guz!! Morganna!!!
― nabisco poppins (stevie), Friday, 6 September 2024 11:00 (three weeks ago) link
Hmm, I just remember it as Alan Davies and VCM being able but not really funny. I thought Morgana was great but stood out in a shallow pool.
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Friday, 6 September 2024 11:08 (three weeks ago) link
> Liza Tarbuck was a manic, mischievous energy
the thing i remember most about her in this series was her just stomping something into the ground.
― koogs, Friday, 6 September 2024 11:18 (three weeks ago) link
The thing where she gets Alex to plant his naked arse into a cake
― nabisco poppins (stevie), Friday, 6 September 2024 11:22 (three weeks ago) link
That's what I won't forget
Anyway, this show is remarkable in how it's redeemed a whole slew of what I imagined were low-table DAVE panel-show dullards and proved they are actually very very very funny (tbh I watch no panel shows beyond WILTY). The TM magic failed with Russell, however.
― nabisco poppins (stevie), Friday, 6 September 2024 11:23 (three weeks ago) link
Very few people can't be redeemed by Taskmaster, so it's quite an achievement for Russell Howard to be as bad at this as he is at everything else.
Do you guys get to see the New Year one-off specials? There's some real gold in there too - Rylan Clark and Kojey Radical and Shirley Ballas should really have done a whole series.
― ailsa, Friday, 6 September 2024 11:54 (three weeks ago) link
I liked Alan Davies a whole lot more than VCM on their series. And I concur that it's probably possible to die laughing at Tim Vine's stand up. He's the absolute GOAT at his format.
― ailsa, Friday, 6 September 2024 11:56 (three weeks ago) link
Yeah Kojey was great.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 6 September 2024 12:32 (three weeks ago) link
i thought it was time for a dedicated taskmaster thread: a thread for Taskmaster
― na (NA), Thursday, 12 September 2024 20:46 (two weeks ago) link
I’m in!
― nabisco poppins (stevie), Thursday, 12 September 2024 22:42 (two weeks ago) link
catching up with Colin from Accounts and it's pretty good, albeit without much Colin. episode 5, the Brisket episode, especially good.
they were on Front Row tallking about it and it gave it a bit more context. all those jokes about being married, all the age difference jokes, the odd phrase here and there (Dame Edna, sleak brown dog...) all from life.
― koogs, Wednesday, 25 September 2024 17:21 (three days ago) link
and Ludwig starts tonight, him from everything and her from everything, comedy detective show. i will give it a go but it's on bbc1
― koogs, Wednesday, 25 September 2024 17:22 (three days ago) link
Love Colin, tho heart sank as everything went tits-up in the final ep (hoping there's a s3 to make it all good again). the episode in the resto with her mate's awful gf was excellent. it's a sharp and warm romcom but - and this is key - it also has a line or a joke or a setpiece every episode - and indeed, often several - than genuinely has me LOLing.
― Judge Judy, executioner (stevie), Wednesday, 25 September 2024 18:20 (three days ago) link
Still not clear if the couple also partook of the drug party in that one episode and I think they purposefully kept it vague
― Judge Judy, executioner (stevie), Wednesday, 25 September 2024 18:21 (three days ago) link
and Ludwig starts tonight, him from everything and her from everything, comedy detective show. i will give it a go but it's on bbc1― koogs, Wednesday, 25 September 2024 18:22 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― koogs, Wednesday, 25 September 2024 18:22 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Watched ten minutes of this and couldn't be bothered with continuing, not enjoyable or interesting on any level.
― John Backflip (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 26 September 2024 20:51 (two days ago) link
As someone who likes wry, silly, murder mysteries based around puzzles, and Mark Corrigan trying to wing it in fish-out-of-water situations, and Anna MM being a bit sarcastic, this in theory is right up my street. Unfortunately the "case of the week" aren't fun puzzles you can work out (yet) and you don't see any of the 'main' puzzle. So it's more for people who like the idea of puzzles but not actually doing them. I'll watch them all though I guess.
Really like Colin From Accounts. Altho - did I miss something with Meggles and who she was with then wasn't? And the Rumi character at the dinner was amazing!
― kinder, Thursday, 26 September 2024 22:45 (two days ago) link