― vita susicivus (blueski), Monday, 15 January 2007 12:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Monday, 15 January 2007 12:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Monday, 15 January 2007 12:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― acrobat (elwisty), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:11 (seventeen years ago) link
is this true?
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:14 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Philip Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
xp
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:18 (seventeen years ago) link
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
― 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
Joanne would probably be a laugh to hang out with, but hardly a comic genius.
― chap, Saturday, 6 April 2024 09:43 (two months ago) link
> They sit in alphabetical order of first names, always have.
mind blown.
i kinda wish they'd have some of the Dave-era people back onto the bigger budget show
― koogs, Saturday, 6 April 2024 10:15 (two months ago) link
5, 7 and 9 are the best series imo. Don't think 8 was that bad either.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 6 April 2024 11:32 (two months ago) link
I’ve seen Sam Campbell live and his energy is off the charts nuts
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 13 April 2024 01:50 (two months ago) link
This is amazinghttps://bsky.app/profile/blueno.se/post/3kqgtq5hlir2f
― Big Bong Theory (stevie), Friday, 19 April 2024 09:08 (two months ago) link
I watched this last night and noticed we were getting a lot of low angled shots showing the puddles but didn't twig that they'd edited out Nick Mohammed's reflection. I wonder if there's much more of that kind of thing they've included that hasn't been picked up on yet? (I know about them having the contestants sit in alphabetical order each series)
― soref, Friday, 19 April 2024 09:35 (two months ago) link
Ooh, I didn't notice about the puddle reflections, that's a nice trick. I'm sure there are loads of wee Easter eggs in the linking shots. It took me about three series to work out that Alex was holding up the number of fingers of the episode part in the inserts cutting to and from ads.
― ailsa, Friday, 19 April 2024 10:44 (two months ago) link
It was also kind of mindblowing for reasons I couldn't quite fathom that the age-split of teams has Nick on the old person team. So I looked them all up and it's because there's ten years between the four younger ones then another ten years up to Steve.
Sophie youngest by four years, Jon and Joanne about the same age, then Nick about five years older than them but still ten years younger than Steve.
― ailsa, Friday, 19 April 2024 10:49 (two months ago) link
do they always split the teams by age? I always assumed it was mostly about scheduling and who was available to film stuff at the same time.
― soref, Friday, 19 April 2024 10:54 (two months ago) link
I don't think it's always by age but they like to have the teams contrast imo, age is one way to do that.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 19 April 2024 10:57 (two months ago) link
It seems quite age-based most of the time (basing entirely on Brand and Baddiel here, tbf) I haven't really looked it up.
― ailsa, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:05 (two months ago) link
Alan Davies and VCM an obvious age-split one as well
― ailsa, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:06 (two months ago) link
Season 7 for example it was gender based, Jessica Knappett is the same age as Acaster and Phil Wang but got paired with Kerry Godliman.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:07 (two months ago) link
The pairings aren't always age-based: Frankie Boyle and Ivo Graham developed a weird father-son relationship in the Series 15 group tasks, for example.
― Wry & Slobby (Portsmouth Bubblejet), Friday, 19 April 2024 11:55 (two months ago) link
I would have guessed Sophie was second oldest by a few years. She's had a hard paper round and is being played in the 'slightly crazy/menopausal woman' personality slot on the panel.
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Friday, 19 April 2024 12:26 (two months ago) link
I was surprised as well but yeah she was born in '87!
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 19 April 2024 12:28 (two months ago) link
I honestly don't know how old I thought Sophie was, but I'd absolutely have gone "older than Joanne" every day of the week.
― ailsa, Friday, 19 April 2024 12:51 (two months ago) link
aw I thought *every* reflection of nick had been removed but it's only the ones in that task.
― ledge, Friday, 19 April 2024 20:23 (two months ago) link
Yeah I would've swapped Sophie and Joanne's real ages! (36 & 40 respectively)
― chap, Saturday, 20 April 2024 12:26 (two months ago) link
Sophie has definite eccentric aunt vibes
― chap, Saturday, 20 April 2024 12:27 (two months ago) link
I've been trying to work out who Nick Mohammed reminds me of and just realised it's Bobby G (the one from Bucks Fizz)
― Platinum Penguin Pavilion (soref), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 10:34 (two months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29186
― koogs, Saturday, 4 May 2024 17:15 (one month ago) link
^ the pembleton crossword
― koogs, Saturday, 4 May 2024 17:16 (one month ago) link
Watched the episode last night. Picking away at the crossword, I've got about half done.
― ledge, Monday, 13 May 2024 13:49 (one month ago) link
aside from a kind of boring cast, this season also seems to have more team tasks and more tasks that are about creativity (like make a portrait of this person using the contents of the hamper), which are usually less fun imo
― na (NA), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:14 (one month ago) link
they were more fun, dare i say it, when it was lucy and sam doing it...
― koogs, Monday, 13 May 2024 14:53 (one month ago) link
(or bob or sally...)
i just prefer when the contestants are stressed out and tortured, not making fun drawings or videos or whatever
― na (NA), Monday, 13 May 2024 14:56 (one month ago) link
i agree this series is lacking something, there's no great spark between any of the contestants in the studio. anyway i finished the xword, had to reveal three or four but all solid clues imo, great job.
― ledge, Monday, 13 May 2024 15:05 (one month ago) link
steve and nick are the first people i've seen posting about their experiences on twitterx, which is nice. but maybe that's just an algorithm thing.
― koogs, Monday, 13 May 2024 15:21 (one month ago) link
I like the creative tasks. I agree that this series has generally been less laugh-out-loud funny than some, but I've still found it enjoyable in a more low key, gently amusing way. Maybe it's because there are fewer stand up comics than usual? (or at least fewer comedians who do wisecracking, riffing stuff rather than more character stuff?)
― Platinum Penguin Pavilion (soref), Monday, 13 May 2024 19:36 (one month ago) link
I find all the contestants likeable enough now (Nick is just hardcore adorable), but yeah not the funniest bunch.
Some of Greg's recent postmortems have been suffocatingly hilarious, on the other hand.
― chap, Monday, 13 May 2024 19:48 (one month ago) link
the channel 4 streaming service had some episodes of the Swedish version of Taskmaster available a while ago, and the Swedish one felt a bit like this, mostly not uproariously funny but the participants were all likeable and it was fun to watch, sometimes you don't want to see people straining to be funny or wring every last drop of comic possibility out of every riff.
― Platinum Penguin Pavilion (soref), Monday, 13 May 2024 19:58 (one month ago) link
I absolutely can't go Joanne McNally but the rest of them are very amiable and amusing without being annoying, and I also wish they had better tasks.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 May 2024 21:12 (one month ago) link
Agree on both counts.
― trishyb, Monday, 13 May 2024 23:06 (one month ago) link
Aw she's a bit grating but basically quite sweet.
― chap, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 07:07 (one month ago) link
ATTENTION, PUNKS:
lady parts actually good. and quite a scoop with the cameo.
was distracted by work through the taskmaster final and the announcement of next series contestants. andy, babatundi, emma, jack, rosy. couple of names i can't quite place.
― koogs, Saturday, 1 June 2024 12:06 (one month ago) link
Emma plays Rose Matafeo's flatmate in Starstruck. Babatunde seems mostly stand-up though he did do I'm a Celebrity recently and thus does things like Celebrity Gogglebox etc now as well. I assume you're familiar with the other three.
― ailsa, Saturday, 1 June 2024 16:10 (one month ago) link
banatunde's name is familiar certainly. QI? Hignfy? but i tend to avoid things with Celebrity in the title which don't involve them making things.
i have watched all 3 series of Starstruck but still can't visualise a flatmate. i hope she's even half as good as RM, one of my favourite taskers.
speaking of which, what happened to junior TM she was going to present?
― koogs, Saturday, 1 June 2024 16:25 (one month ago) link
According to this official-looking page, the tasks were filmed in late 2023, but the page hasn't been updated in months. Does seem a bit odd.
― trishyb, Saturday, 1 June 2024 16:29 (one month ago) link
(I didn't mean official-looking, but believable-looking, really.)
House of Games? xxpost to koogs
― ailsa, Saturday, 1 June 2024 19:52 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 weeks ago) link
the studio audience was a LOT closer when they were on Dave
― koogs, Friday, 7 June 2024 15:17 (three weeks 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 weeks ago) link