ghosts s3 didn't seem to get going before it was over, somehow.
first couple of Almas were ok (the sandwich shop...), but the last one, focussing on the sex work less so. maybe it's just a blip.
lots to like in B2L
― koogs, Thursday, 30 September 2021 11:38 (three years ago) link
I also watched all of Back to Life in case it got less depressing. It didn't, but I was sort of impressed at how bleak it made me feel, it sustained that throughout while also being well-written and funny (not in a laugh-out-loud way). I'll also always have affection for "teen in the 90s" references done properly.
I've really loved both series. It's subtly indebted to the sublime Home Time, IMO.
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:43 (three years ago) link
For the last few posts I have been getting Back to Life mixed up with After Life. I've worked it out now, though.
― trishyb, Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:44 (three years ago) link
(Yeah, me too)
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:57 (three years ago) link
me too, when it was first mentioned!
― kinder, Thursday, 30 September 2021 12:57 (three years ago) link
The Great British Cub Scout Off is pretty dire.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 30 September 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
What We Do In The Shadows s3 is on BBC2 from next Tuesday, and Stath Lets Flats s3 is also on on Tuesdays on ch4. (Not watched yet).
― kinder, Friday, 29 October 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
New season of WWDITS is pretty good but episode 6 is hilarious
― groovypanda, Saturday, 30 October 2021 11:17 (two years ago) link
Latecomer to Ghosts, we've been watching a couple of episodes each week over the past couple of months. On to S3 now and Kitty and Pat dancing had me crying tears of joy, just magical.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 30 October 2021 11:26 (two years ago) link
A bit behind on the current series of Taskmaster but the final task in the 100th episode, throwing darts at balloons, was excellent - I loved the tension and the sense of tactics.
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Sunday, 31 October 2021 10:33 (two years ago) link
I'm enjoying this series much more than expected when I found out who the contestants were. Guz is such a dude.
― chap, Sunday, 31 October 2021 12:16 (two years ago) link
And Alan's befuddled schtick is much more endearing in this context than usual.
― chap, Sunday, 31 October 2021 12:17 (two years ago) link
The David Mitchell-fronted Cub Camp Not-Taskmaster has actually turned out to be quite fun.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Sunday, 31 October 2021 12:22 (two years ago) link
I've been avoiding that given the premise and the host but the guests may make it worthwhile
Question Team is ok
but that episode of Goes Wrong Show i said I'd try was 20 minutes of my life i will never get back
― koogs, Sunday, 31 October 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
It's definitely helped by having almost exclusively Taskmaster MVPs.
I watched the first Question Team and it was ok but Bob was just recycling an Athletico Mince routine.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Sunday, 31 October 2021 13:38 (two years ago) link
new Worzel at the weekend.
― koogs, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
morgana's "snakes in a can' song slaps
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 November 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
(how does VCM not know how a swannee whistle works?)
― koogs, Thursday, 4 November 2021 22:25 (two years ago) link
david docherty cycles somewhere with someone. same kind of energy as gone fishing or travel man (or ed ventures) i guess. props (or the opposite) to ayoade for doing the whole thing on a brompton.
― koogs, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 13:59 (two years ago) link
Yeah I caught the second half of that, a nice gentle wind down after the episode of Succession I had been watching. I vastly prefer Docherty when he's not singing and playing his annoying little keyboard.
― chap, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
I haven't seen DoD yet, but I'd draw a distinction between Ed Ventures and Travel Man - you're dependent on the quality of the guests in the first, whereas interesting things can happen on a Travel Man episode even if the guest is a complete waste like Rob Beckett
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
The final noise making task was a classic, and I've never in my life laughed nearly as much at Alan Davies.
Not overly enamoured by next year's line-up.
― chap, Thursday, 25 November 2021 23:36 (two years ago) link
i think my highlight of the series was VCM learning to ride a bike there and then.
― koogs, Friday, 26 November 2021 05:45 (two years ago) link
VCM, even until the end, said at least one task every week was "impossible" and didn't really engage while we watched everyone else get on with it.
I think I would have been happy with any of the other 4 as series champions to be honest.
Not overwhelmed by the new lineup, although Bridget Christie is fine in other people's things I find her own material a bit hectoring. Don't think I know Sophie Duker at all.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 26 November 2021 09:55 (two years ago) link
Sophie Duker is great.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 26 November 2021 09:56 (two years ago) link
oh fuck tho, Ardal O’Hanlon? Worst stand-up I've ever experienced in my life.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 26 November 2021 09:57 (two years ago) link
Her and the bloke who isn't Father Dougal I don't know.
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― chap, Friday, 26 November 2021 09:58 (two years ago) link
Judi Love is pretty annoying.
Sophie Duker is a regular guest on Frankie Boyle's New World Order (and is the only one I predicted in our annual game of "who hasn't done Taskmaster yet that they might get for the next series"). Seems OK. Absolutely unenthused about any of them though.
VCM might be my least favourite contestant ever.
― ailsa, Friday, 26 November 2021 10:00 (two years ago) link
The other bloke is Chris Ramsey (Hebburn, Shagged Married Annoyed podcast, surprisingly decent on Strictly a few years ago). He might be ok.
Judi Love is really annoying, yes.
― ailsa, Friday, 26 November 2021 10:03 (two years ago) link
iirc this thread was tepid at best on at least the last two rosters as well and the show turned out all right anyway
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 26 November 2021 10:08 (two years ago) link
how has this thread managed to have not one post about Stath Lets Flats S3 in it
anyway it was good, episode 4 was completely classic, and there's a moment in episode 5 (the 'long boy' bit) that might be the funniest ten seconds in post-millennial UK comedy
― imago, Friday, 26 November 2021 11:06 (two years ago) link
I think I must be in the minority, because I found Stath a bit lacklustre this time round. The jumping in the canal bit positively annoyed me, it was so stupid. Although their Youtube channel is just fantastic.
― trishyb, Friday, 26 November 2021 12:00 (two years ago) link
Idk, that canal-jumping episode felt like the demented all-out antic climax of the entire thing before the last two episodes played it more sentimental
― imago, Friday, 26 November 2021 12:14 (two years ago) link
The series as a whole maybe used the slow-motion-with-song effect a bit much but that's nitpicking
― imago, Friday, 26 November 2021 12:15 (two years ago) link
Maybe I'm a man of simple tastes, but I pissed myself at the canal jumping.
― chap, Friday, 26 November 2021 18:24 (two years ago) link
I go up and down on the show but every episode there's two or three genius turns of phrase that makes me love it
― kinder, Friday, 26 November 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
it felt like it was trying harder this season and going heavier toward the conceptual but i enjoyed it even so
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 26 November 2021 19:26 (two years ago) link
DoD biking with grayson
i had to rewind it and watch it again and he really did say 'that's eight pounds' for what looked like 2 ninety-nines.
― koogs, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 13:24 (two years ago) link
Question Team. the moment the penny dropped during isy's round was a delight.
― koogs, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:36 (two years ago) link
manford and mack on the same team on Christmas 8/10 cats. in what way is this a "special"?
― koogs, Saturday, 25 December 2021 13:49 (two years ago) link
Toast, episode 3 and surprise! clem fandango is in LA
except it was in every single trailer for the last two months.
― koogs, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 20:05 (two years ago) link
I thought Toast was fine - bit more coherent than other seasons, bit less grotesque. It's the only version of Matt Berry I can tolerate for some reason, odd considering that most versions of Matt Berry are identical
― Vangelis fleadh (seandalai), Saturday, 22 January 2022 17:57 (two years ago) link
oh wow, I like WWDITS Berry and music Berry a lot
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 24 January 2022 11:06 (two years ago) link
Bingeing Ghosts on iplayer right now, it's very good and less trad sitcom than I'd imagined
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 24 January 2022 11:07 (two years ago) link
Zen Motoring on iPlayer is brilliant. Loved Ogmios's early YouTube versions of the show, and the transfer and ever so slight format change hasn't hurt it a jot. I may be biased as the first couple of eps are largely filmed on my road and surrounding area, but it's great.
― There's A Goots In My House (stevie), Monday, 24 January 2022 11:24 (two years ago) link
Also bingeing Ghosts. It's gentle and quite lovely in places. I am frequently pointing out the moon to people, saying 'moon-ah' and being very pleased with myself.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 24 January 2022 17:29 (two years ago) link
really enjoyed Zen Motoring ep1, ta for the nudge as it was not listed on my iplayer homepage, and had not heard of it.
― mark e, Monday, 24 January 2022 17:36 (two years ago) link
Worth catching his YouTube show as well, especially the Purim episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RidKpZEJj4E
― There's A Goots In My House (stevie), Monday, 24 January 2022 18:11 (two years ago) link
this seems like my jam, very much in the How To with John Wilson school
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 24 January 2022 20:43 (two years ago) link