Shooting Stars isn't as good as it used to be

Best, of course, when members of the panel don't entirely get it - anyone see Larry Hagman the other week? Completely bemused and baffled throughout.

Will Self is great for the sheer nastiness he pputs over, and his deadpanning. Also the Ulrika thing as Nigella last night was very funny.

Wonderful car = blip.

vikandblob vs. knt + dic ?

Comedy quiz show Shooting Stars will return for a Christmas special.

Hosts Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, along with Matt Lucas's romper suit-wearing George Dawes character, will return for a BBC Two one-off this December to mark the show's 15th anniversary.

The station's controller Roly Keating has additionally ordered a "best of" clip show that will include behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes.

The original version of Shooting Stars ran from 1992 to 1997 on BBC Two with team captains Mark Lamarr and Ulrika Jonsson. The show was revived in 2002 for digital channel BBC Choice with Will Self replacing Lamarr.

It is not yet known who will captain the teams, though Russell Brand is rumoured to be one of the celebrity panellists.
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I will watch it.

Vic Reeves' recent TV appearances would indicate he's lost it big time.

he's always crap on his own

Mortimer was always the funny one

just like Merchant, Canon and Dec

I always thought Ronnie was funnier than Ronnie.

Have they located Mark Lamarr yet?

Mortimer was always the funny one

Yes, TittyBangBang proved this.

Vic was funny back in the day. His darker comic persona was a good counterpoint to Bob's enthuiastic goofing.

And Vic is funny on QI

The demise of Reeves and Mortimer as a creative partnership is frankly fucking heartbreaking. And I'd have swapped 10 seasons of Shooting Stars for one more series of sketch shows.

Also Martin Amis would've been shit as a team captain. Just sayin', like.

The demise of Reeves and Mortimer as a creative partnership is frankly fucking heartbreaking.

boohoo they had a pretty good innings of 10 years

I liked Randall and Hopkirk!

The original version of Shooting Stars ran from 1992 to 1997

this isn't right surely

I guess not everyone can keep finding the comedy gold like the Chuckle Brothers do.

'95 to '02 according to Wikipedia. In Wiki we trust.

I thought this was a Barry George thread.

I hope that Reeves is working on volume 2 of Me:Moir. Taking him through the 80's, as volume 1 was comic gold.

The trailer for the Shooting Stars special is just perfect. Gives me hope that R&M can come out of their comedy sabbatical (i.e appearing on Hole in the Wall/Brainiac) and produce something equally funny.

I thought this was a Barry George thread.

lol

wow vic and bob are really unfunny these days aren't they?

Now It's Just Getting Sad

You just wouldn't let it lie, would you?

I thought it was alright. Not great or anything, but alright. As good as a 7/10 episode from the old days. Not the nostalgia snoozefest I was expecting, anyway.

That doc on before it was a pile of self-congratulatory talking-heads nonsense tho.

yeah that was what i meant. the actual show was as good as one of the self/vegas ones, i.e. middling.

It wasn't that good.

i love this clip

Opera singer singing at Jack Dee was a) funny and b) would slot into S5 perfectly xp.

Yeh, Peanuts is a good one.

I enjoyed it, but then I went in with rose tinted spectacles and wasn't expecting much.

Good things about it: George Dawes song, Jack Dee in general, Dizzee drumming, the edible shoe. The opera singer finale, apart from Wallace & Gromit and Morecambe & Wise/Andre Previn sketch that was the funniest thing I saw all Christmas.
Bad Things: Lame American/Mexican accents, Ulrika's Panda makeup, dull and thick gardening manwoman. No pub singer. No Vegas/Self.

It was all so forced and stilted. Jack Dee phoned it in.

i lolled a lot. love that show.

Yeh, me too. Not a classic episode, but still fundamentally great.

And I enjoyed the clip-show thing. Wish I'd seen more of it in the Will Self era: some of that looks absolutely awesome, and I missed almost all of it.

the premise of the final game was one of the best they've ever come up with, even if it turned out to not be all that funny.

. Wish I'd seen more of it in the Will Self era: some of that looks absolutely awesome, and I missed almost all of it.

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Sweet. As long as it can give me back several weeks' worth of time in which to watch ;)

It was bearable in 2002 because UK Gold was saturated with Shooting Stars at the time... and the cultural differences weren't spectacularly different either, it was like it had never left.

It was still bearable last night, the editing seemed a bit forced though. Like they were trying to follow a formula to make a show that famously had no formula? Came across as a bit more linear than it used to be, or maybe I'm just not 14 and *not* doing my geography homework in my room any more.

I would like another series, but please, Dee was just some sort of test, wasn't he?

Who would we like (apart from Lamar back, obv)?

Lemar

They should go with Lemar. Wouldn't that be a simply hilarious contestant opportunity for S6, I can hear the camaraderie even now.

What about Christina Hendricks?

michael macintyre for the grumpy team captain!

Marcus Brigstocke, or roly-poly funnyman Phil Jupitus!

Pretty good last night! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mg315/Shooting_Stars_Series_6_Episode_1/

Yes, much better than expected. The bit where Vic showed his 'sketch' to Christine Beakley is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on TV. Nearly choked from laughing so much.

seriously.

It was indeed very funny.

seriously.

Yes, my sis and bruv in law were getting quite concerned. Having had a small ale beforehand it may have clouded my judgement but I did lose it big style.

i watched it with my sandwich in my office. big mistake.

I made the mistake of showing my bf the xmas comeback show as his first ever exposure to this. He hated it :( And he likes the Fast Show!

I think this show's really a bit of an acquired taste, took me ages to get into it (and I thoguht the comeback xmas show was a bit crap).

The bit where Vic showed his 'sketch' to Christine Beakley is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on TV. Nearly choked from laughing so much.

Absolutely otm. I was laughing so hard that my wife could hear me from the bathroom.

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That burger van chappie is going to end up as the next Pub Landlord, isn't he?

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lol spat coffee all over my laptop when he did his duncan bannatyne impression

Wikipedia says he was in the Office Christmas Specials but I don't recognise him at all.

3:25 here

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Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nj5nHGTkMI

Last nights show was patchy, but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6agezcg-3uc

still love this bit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004f0tn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fguFfc5y3mo&feature=player_embedded

Vic and Bob otm :D

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