Oh dear.
I dance on its grave, come and join me!
da-da-do-do
I'll drink to that!
That's the best news I've heard in aaages!
#celebrate good times come on!#
woohoo!!!!!!!!
*dancing*
At last the end of the show that somehow managed to make some pretty funny people not funny at all. About time, really..
But apparently the thing that decided it was that Daisy wanted to leave - how would that have made the show any worse???
It's a difficult one.
But anyway.
It's been cancelled!
<sings>
And how peculiar that all threads pertaining to this programme have been removed from the C4 forums.
Just been to the Channel 4 site - interesting the C4Ed doesn't want to say either way...
Thanks for the plugs though peeps ;)
S'OK mate, if it wasn't for you we'd probably be corrupting ourselves with hardcore Thai porn! 3 Cheers for Rob, he's saved our souls!!
News alternative- my arse!
Oh look in my excitement with all the dancing on the grave I've pushed over its headstone...I shall now jump upon it
But...we're allowed to look at porn as well as come here, aren't we?
So, does Daizy want to move on to something new? I'm sure there are lots of opportunities for an air-headed bimbo whose only talent is the creative use of the word "farck".
She'd make a good Kerplunk stick thingy!
Don't mock scrawny people!
Don't count your chickens... 11ocs may not be cancelled, but it may be...
I was at the tapings of the last show of Series 4 on 27/4. (Yes, I enjoy the show, everyone has their tastes, and before you say anything, I am a big fan of Chris Morris as well).
Anyway...
FACT 1 - Standing Room Only, who distribute the show's tickets, have told me they are expecting a new series in the autumn.
FACT 2 - The crew members were doing a lot of hugging and crying, and Iain Lee and the delightful and dishy Daisy Donovan each received a bouquet of flowers and bottle of champagne after the show. This did not happen after the Christmas Special (I was there for that too) which closed Series 3, so this points to it being the last show.
FACT 3 - In the compilation show segment recording that same night, Iain said that "This will be the last compilation show for a few months." Whether this will be broadcast, I don't know as it's still essentially Saturday.
FACT 4 - Daisy was asked by someone after the show whether there will be a new series. Her reply was "I don't know."
FACT 5 - I've copied and pasted this from the C4 Forum...
Re: 11ocs cancelled???
posted by c4ve on 18:27 29/4/2000
the third series is about to finish and there is no news as yet on a 4th series.
Except they got their series numbers wrong.
To me, everything seems to be up in the air at the moment. Signs point in both directions, some saying there will be a new series, whilst others say they won't. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
But one other point I want to make. Society has changed, so has it's mannerisms, it's language and tastes. People do like this sort of comedy now, why do you think shows like They Think It's All Over get so high ratings - it works along a similar line - sex related jokes and swearing with a quiz underneath the surface. I'm wondering what sort of comedy these people like here (besides Morris - everyone with any sense likes Morris)? Last of the Summer Wine? Goodnight Sweetheart?
COMEDY? Whatever.
Anyway, back to the complaints made against me by my husband, if I were to ever share a room with a scrawny person I would surely die, and if said scrawnster was also bent, I would be overcome with horror!!
You're on dangerous ground there, woman.
Oh, and I reckon we should all prey that The 11 OCS has been cancelled.
Scrawny poofs rule!
>
>But one other point I want to make. Society has changed, so has it's mannerisms, it's language and tastes. People do like this sort of comedy now, why do you think shows like They Think It's All Over get so high ratings - it works along a similar line - sex related jokes and swearing with a quiz underneath the surface. I'm wondering what sort of comedy these people like here (besides Morris - everyone with any sense likes Morris)? Last of the Summer Wine? Goodnight Sweetheart?
Right - seeing as you asked: speaking for me personally, Frasier, Simpsons, Morris, Lee & Herring, Harry Hill, People Like Us, One Foot IN The Grave, Seinfeld, Python, Fry & Laurie, Porridge, Ted....I could go on.
Just because some people who contribute to this forum finds 11ocs/They Think/Buzzcocks humour tiresome bollocks does not make us old-fashioned. It is precisely the humour you talk about that is so conservative because TV execs are encouraging it, in the knowledge that such shows are cheap to do, and tend to appeal to people back from the pub, in the same way that people used to defend the Word's music policy (except people only ever remember Nirvana's golden 60 seconds and L7 wearing no knickers or whatever it was....). In other words it's got precious little to do with actual comedy.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, of course - but my point is that we are living in an era where there should be more of a variety of comedy than ever. There are different age groups, fragmented tastes and so on - so how is it there are so few new sitcoms (for those of any age) and so many quiz shows about the news/adverts/music/etc.? What are the entertainment departments at TV companies up to? The problem is that very few people in charge now have any experience in comedy at all, whereas at least in the past various producers (James Gilbert, Humphrey Barclay, Duncan Wood, John Lloyd) were actually interested in what they were doing, and did not look at comedy as a stepping stone to something else. I'm not saying there were more great programmes back then or anything like that, but at least there appeared to be more enthusiasm - perhaps reflected in the huge audiences of progs like Hancock or Steptoe or even something like The Good Life. It would appear One Foot was the last show which genuinely appealed to an audience across the board - I think a couple of episodes from '93 hit the 20 million viewer mark. Does that make it a conservative, dull suburban sitcom? I would argue that no, in fact it was a brilliantly written show which appealed to everyone from someone of my grandmother's age, down to teenagers, and possibly younger than that.
As for the sex-obsessed quizzes, I would like to point out that American shows like Frasier and Seinfeld are arguably more daring with their humour. They might not be able to swear (because of network constraints), but a Seinfeld episode like The Contest was about which character could abstain from masturbation for the longest would have been utterly ruined by Game On, for example. I'm not saying no-one can swear ever, but look at TMWRNJ - on at 12.15pm on a Sunday, but which managed to be more subversive than most post-watershed programmes.
I've gone on a bit - and I appreciate that the bit I've quoted may have been from another website anyway - but I do think that most people who contribute to SOTCAA are not cynics, ready to snipe at any new show at the drop of a hat. We want to see well-written, incisive, and funny comedy. And no, I don't like Last Of The Summer Wine. Or Goodnight Sweetheart.
OK, so name me another two comedy news shows that have been on air this year, besides 11ocs that AREN'T a quiz (rules out Have I Got News For You).
Who cares if it's a news show or not?
As long as it's good comedy, which The 11 OCS isn't.
Simple Simon.
>OK, so name me another two comedy news shows that have been on air this year, besides 11ocs that AREN'T a quiz (rules out Have I Got News For You).
I wasn't specifically referring to "news" shows - I just mean those complacent little panel games (do I really have to name them, most of them made by TalkBack) which are clearly so formulaic that they seem to alternate repeated episodes and new ones. As for The 11 O'clock Show, it may well have been the only "topical" comedy show on TV, but most of its topicality centred around "gags" like "Here's some film of Frank Dobson - what a fat f*****!!!". That's hardly topical, is it? You might as well suggest Week Ending should come back (although I should stress that I'm not in favour of such a move).
Maybe Iain and Daisy's next job will be as presenters of the rapidly-diminishing-in-quality Live and Kicking.
Or Iain's next job could be stand-in for the ventriloquists dummy that plays the controller of Channel 4 in the Harry Hill Show?
"Why do they staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare?"
Er, 'cos you're deformed Iain, thass why.
Or, perhaps he'll go back to what he does best, standing outside schools at home time and beckoning young girls to his van.
Aren't there rumours that Daisy is leaving to do the Big breakfast?
I hope that they are just rumours, I really do.
And John, I think that old pederast Lee probably prefers little boys!
Well, Suiii, I think you'll find he's easy either way!
Animals, too.
11 o'clock show cancelled.
Now I know what it was like to be alive on VE day...if you were from one of the Allied countries, obviously...
The words '11 O'Clock Show' and 'Cancelled' are like music to my ears.
I have just given Siros (at R2R) the Sally treatment.
I have just given Siros (at R2R) the Sally treatment.
Aren't you Siros then??
Shall we have an 'End of 11OCS Par-tay'?
I am worried now though. Where will all the comedians find their TV outlet?
I liked the opportunities the show arised for comedians such as Dave Fulton, Marcus Brigstock and the wonderful Arj Barker to gain TV experience even amongst the rancid matter of Ian Lee.
Why should the talentless of the few deny exposing real comedians?
Perhaps Channel 4 should bring back that Saturday Night Zoo thing.
Wow!! Someone else who remembers Saturday Zoo! That used to be ace, Steve Coogan, Raw Sex, and not forgetting the incomparable Wossy!
But no-one on the 11 OCS was funny in the slightest.
Saturday Xoo?
Is it better than Paignton Xoo?
No Suii I'm not Siros. He's a real neo-Nazi. How are you and John! by the way? I've been following your postings and the two of you have certainly been busy. Keep up the good work.
cancelled yayyy
just when you thought the humour level had hit some kind of absolute zero -bottom level - it got worse!
The worst bit was that prick in the football shirt who wanders round talking the most un-entertaining vomit i have ever heard. paxman seemed to see through him straight away though. Its just a shame non of the celebrities called the bouncers over to kick the sh1t out of him and dump his bloodied body in the broken bottle skip out back.
anyway the actual reason i posted was because harry hill has been mentioned a couple of times....does anyone actually find him funny?
Thanks Gee, Suiii and myself will continue to spread our baffling (to everyone else) postings far and wide.
<punches Suiii in the chest>
Isn't that right, my love?
Those adverts for Sky with Mark Williams doing the voice over - did we dream it, or did Iain Lee do the voice originally (ie, about two weeks ago)?
Yup, that was I Lee
Not the same ads, was it?
Mark Williams plays the techie guy behind the scenes.
Iainain Lee plays the bloke who walks around all the studios. "Without sacrificing quality...". Yo ho ho.
Or am I wrong?
Look the 11 0'clock show could have been a great idea if they had seen the funny side to a stories instead of adding "having a wank", "fucking arsehole" or "steven hawking is a cripple" which aren't funny and just insulting. a much better replacement for Ian Lee is Paul Merton from "have I got news for you" he sees the funny side to most news stories without using swearing and can also keep a straight face
it is surprising that talback made this as they made the excellent "they think it's all over" which is funny where as the 11 oclock show isn't
I can't believe I actually used to find 11 OCS mildly amusing....help me.....
Cheers Gee! I shall burn Siros to death I think and then deny it ever happened, cos it's practically impossible, and John! don't punch my chest......
....you'll lose your hand dear!
Yes, but what a way to lose it!
Hoooo-aaaahhhhh!
*lmao*
Filthy bender!!
It's not my fault I'm a deviant.
Richard Madeley can help to cure you!
All hail Madeley!
We bow down before him!
He'll make us normal!
Thank God for that!
I don't think I could stand to be gay a moment longer!
Ah, Iain Lee. Bitterly ironic that a man so avowedly homophobic should so closely resemble an AIDS patient.
Rocking! Fizz, we're gonna like having you around, welcome!
Are you the Fizz from Eldorado, the one that was revealed as Bunny's wife at the end of Episode One?
Oooh! A star in our midst!
<combs hair>
It's an honour to meet you, Miss Fizz!
<curtsies>
At your service Ma'aaaaam
<pushes Suiii over>
She saw ME first!
<punches him in the face>
She *wants* me!!
<stamps on Suiii's arms>
I think NOT!
NO!
<picks Fizz up and runs away>
<cries>
Come back!!
<touched by his pathetic display>
Oh OK, we'll share her!
Yay!
Fizz, make me some tea.
Fizz, fetch me some chips. And I mean chip shop chips, not your spanish patatas fritas, OK!
Tsk!
We have to mould her in our own image!
Think it'll take long? I'm starving.
Erm...hmmm...ummm.
Oh, Fizz, just go and get food, we'll mould you some other time.
Yaaaaaay! To Somerfield, immediatement!
Here, take this Premier Points card!
Make haste, for the store shuts in but...5 minutes.
And watch out for the BadMan!
<rolls on the floor>
Man, he's stalking us again!
I covet his hat, and uniform.
I bet he's got a huge nob!
And a smoooooth ass!
Oooh, yeah!
Huge nob, smooooooth ass, beautiful face!
Maybe he wasn't following us, maybe we just wished he was?
Man, he followed me again today.
Believe me...he wants us.
Our youthful bods?
Yeah.
He was eyeing me up as I purchased my Red Squares.
Dirty fucker.
I groped him as I walked past.
Did he enjoy it?
Well, there was a distinct bulge.
A jar of Branston?
No, a jar of paste.
Shippams Chicken and Ham?
That's what it tasted like.
Small dick.
You gobbled him?
I'm afraid so.
*turns away in disgust*
NEWS FLASH!
New Security Bloke in Somerfield!!
OH!!!
I think our one is on holiday!
Or maybe my 'friend' did that 'job' I asked him to do!
But I saw him talking to the new one the other day.
Right, I've made a few phone calls, it's all under control.
<phones Herald Express>
"This is...'Mr Bendy'...I've got some hot information that something BIG is going to happen at Somerfield...get there."
Big? Wow, are they knocking 10p off the price of ciggies?
Indeed we are. We also have a fine new range of kitchen towels available at half price for a limited period.
<runs to Somerfield>
I needed me some kitchen towels n'all!
Let the good times roll!
Who was that? Wasn't me!
Perhaps it genuinely was a Somerfield spokesman?
Wow!
<humbled>
They're a dying breed!
Should we set up a sanctuary then?
Yes.
Those men in their grey overalls deserve a place to die.
A place where they can live out their final days with dignity.
*sniffle*
They're the salt of the earth!
Gawd Bless 'Em!
Didn't you just say that?
S'cos I'm so old, I repeat myself!
Well, I'm so old I wouldn't have noticed if you'd denied it.
You're only a ickle baybee!
A lickle baby with all the added bonuses of being a man.