I was a loyal fan until the debacle that was 'Casting Couch', some people however cannot admit that this was utter bollocks. Their best material is either in the second series of Light Lunch and their stand up stuff. Late Lunch (in both its incarnations) and CC were at times cringeworthy.

even they didn't like CC....it was pretty poor...

That long trailer they did for 'Late Lunch' is one of the best pieces of television ever made.

I keep listening to that trailer.

And are we all agreed?

Mel and Sue, until they do anything good again, are classified as rank.

*nods*

John and myself spent many an hour (90 secs) listening to that trailer, and remembering what used to be *sniff*.

Heheh, yeah they need to restore our faith in them. I almost wish I hadn't seen their live show, cos it makes everything else look well rank.

Well, I didn't see their live show, and I'm quite annoyed about that.

Mel and Sue are very talented girls. Live television is notoriously hard and they were brilliant at it. Apart from the fact that they are funny, they never pandered to the perceived image of what women should look like on tv - Lisa Tarbuck could never get a look in on BB until Channel 4 realised you could have female presenters who weren't traditionally pretty.
They hated doing Casting Couch and they didn't much enjoy Late Lunch - why do you think they're not doing it anymore? That was their decision.
Their live show was fantastic and was honestly one of the best tour shows I've ever seen.
Have some faith in them - they are funny girls and they're the nicest pair you could ever meet. They just need the right vehicle and news on the grapevine is they are working on a new project which is their idea and not foisted upon them by idiotic tv executives - so watch this space.

Did I sense some sort of seriousness creeping in then for a minute?

Anon is so right on the Liza Tarbuck thingy. She was passed over for the host's job (oh, I wonder why?)and the public (well 400,000~ BB viewers) had the marketing men's choice of Kelly Brooke foisted on them for 5 months.
Erm, I think this is getting off the track on this board. The comedic link is waferthin :)

But back to M & S, fab on Light Lunch, dull on Late Lunch and that word RANK on CC.
Are they away from that shower Princess Prods?

I hope so, if the best they can manage is 'Why Weight'.

And I think Liza Tarbuck is the best thing ever on TBB, it's a shame she's leaving so soon.

fair dos to them, though: they are among the few female presenters (kirsty wark, joan bakewell, valerie singleton) that don't treat their audience like complete cretins.

and they're only crap when they're nervous.

casting couch was just a presenting job, but late lunch let them breathe more and light lunch even more, and that's when they were at their most attractive (in a comic sense).

they should definitely knife it with princess, who are an honest, if small, bunch. a friend of mine recently got prematurely ejaculated from them. princess should just go totally middlebrow, and stop dicking around with talent, maybe. devil's advocate and all that...

j xxx

and corpses, own up: one (or both) of you fancies one (or both) of them. which is not as rearful a confession as it seems to admit.

j xxx

Well, I'd never be accused of "letting my c*nt rule my comedy", but I confess that M&S' live show was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long while, even if I did have to watch it with a 16-year-old boy beside me, going on about their breasts.

Main whinge I had about the standup show was that their "adlibs" were scripted. Other than that, it was great.

Luckily i never got to see Casting Couch. but Princess Prods deserve to be taken down to a traintrack and mercilessly beaten, every single man-jack of them.

To be fair, surely if an adlib works well, what's wrong with incorporating it into the script? It's not as if people are going to go to see it repeatedly and realise that they're no longer genuine adlibs......

Ah. And therein lies the flaw....

You try telling that to Ro and... oh, damn, I've forgotten her then-girlfriend's name. Slip of the memory.

(P.s: only here because cakeshop has been flooded by 500 topics about Aleks Krotoski. Will attempt not to ruin this forum like I did the cakeshop.)

<shines torch around TVF>

I know there's a CSer in here somewhere. Where's me crossbow......

Don't shoot me by accident, my love.

It's alright darling, it's a CSer seeking missile, and as we've officially left, we are impervious to it's sharp tip and lethal venom. Here, have some Easter Cake.

<scoffs>

Beautiful! Thanks for that!

<beams>
I knew you'd like it! Glass o' milk to wash it down with Sweetness?

Officially left?

When was that, then?

Cardinal "I was a 4Later-er first. can't touch me with that thing." Biggles

Ages ago, but we just went. Didn't shout about it.

But then there's no point!

So who would be dy2ke, then?

mmm?

Cardinal "bed^H^H^H forum hopper" Biggles

dY2Ke is a friend of ours, exceptionally cute and v. talented she is too. Should we have started a topic then? Hmmmm. Na. *g*

mel and sue, is it really you? or did i dream it?

mel and sue, is it really you? or did i dream it?

We've got better things to do than start leaving topics.

Yes, like eating oranges.


Ugh, you've got it all over you, you filthy boy.

Cardinal "Don't know why I let you out, really i don't..." Biggles

You say you're not going to ruin this forum, and then you go and start doing just that!

Mel & Sue are undoubtedly very funny women, but they've basically done nothing since Light Lunch. Their scripted stuff is, to be frank, shit, but they are absolutely electric on live TV.

Once, when I really fancied Sue, I got drunk on rakes of Buckfast and tried to make a wish that she would fancy me by making a doll effigy of her out of twigs. I've still got it - the thing's fucked up! It looks like a wee Lena Zavaroni.

>You say you're not going to ruin this forum, and then you go and start doing just that!

Oh, dont be stupid. If you want to define "ruining" a forum, i doubt "having a conversation" would rank at all in the list.

Now, anyway, back to mel and sue, which was where we were before john, suiii and i got started.

Got started what?

I dont know. i assume that's what Iain meant to mention.

So. does Sue still have blue hair?

I'll not be revealing any details of my lesbians life in here.

No comment.

Is Sue your lezzer now then?

Well, it would be nice to have her, but she wouldn't be as entertaining as my other one.

You mean the one with the humorous nipples?

Mine has a massive pair.

No, can't be me then! Tis only my boobies that are big, my nipples are averagely sized!

I was talking about your boobies...oh, curse you and your female bits! I don't understand them!

At least they aren't all.....dangly!

I think we need proof of your nipular area...

Ah well y....

No. I won't go there.
*ahem*

No worries!
She can show me next time we're together!

*lol*

Almost did so inadvertently once!

"NO! Get out! OK, you can come in now!"

Heehee!!

b-b-but... when do iiiii see?

Er....never?

Oh, all right.

That was actually a close call, Suiii!

"Man, good job you shouted! I nearly saw your tits!"

Not that they aren't lovely, but not your scene at all Darling, and I only show them to people who wouldn't vomit atthe sight!

Well, okay.

But only people who really deserve to see them, I hope? Not just any passing person.

Oh I wouldn't show them to say.....Reverend McGrimm or the lady at the Sweet Shop!

john! and suiii - are you two going to fuck or just keep on flirting with each other? don't forget - the internet is a VIRTUAL medium etc etc etc.

Please leave them alone.

Even if you don't agree with their talking over the forum, there is such a thing as free speech, and i think you ought to respect that.

thanks.
and sorry.

i do respect that, but i'm bored with reading their flirtations. fairly straightforward, really.

j xxx

Er...J is it?
a) John's gay
b) I'm a lesbian
c) We're best mates, we can say what the fuck we like to each other.
Now, if you have a problem with that, don't read what we post, simple as that. we've been here for a loooong time, and we aren't about to go anywhere in a hurry Jason.

Oh BTW, thanx subbes, mucho appreciado and all that. Now I must be off, i have an appointment with my video remote control.

Is it just me or are people getting thicker?

That'll be the fault of higher calorie foods, then.

3 names? That's just greediness.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm calories

Actually, only two. Cardinal B is no more.

okay, okay - john! and suiii, i apologise. i realise that i spoke out of turn and you two are mates and that i was rather rude. i was also rather drunk, but that doesn't necessarily excuse it.

so, in all sincerity, please accept my apologies. i know when i've been an arse, and i've been an arse.

love and peace all round (and word up to mel and sue, wherever they are).

humbly,

j(ason) xxx

*ruffles his hair*

Drunkenness as an excuse is perfectly acceptable, I shall put my gun away now!!

*ruffles his hair*

Apology accepted, drunkenness is a perfectly acceptable excuse in our books mate!! Just shaaaare the booze around next time eh?

Ooops! That was me twice, cos I put 'Super Pup 54', one of my comedy names!!

Does this mean we're all friends again?

Awwww!! Lovely!

It's like an episode of that American sitcom, what's it called...oh, erm...Cybill.

sounds like i owe you lot a case of vodka. right, that's it, i'll have to sell the dog.

(still chagrined, but basking in the glow of your good-mannered kindness.)

j xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

DON'T SELL YER DOG!!

Although we worship vodka, dogs are the most important creatures in this Universe, and should be lauded as the great beings they truly are!

Pfft!

You act like you actually have a dog or something!

Like a big black labrador or suchlike!!

Hahahaaa, I'd like to see that!

You're right, I haven't.

I knew it!

*sobs*

I made her up!

<weeps>

She was so real.

Aww, i'll get one in for when you stay!

You'd better!