Mirrorball Posted Sun May 14 18:59:59 BST 2000 by Mike Parker

Anybody heard anything about the new sitcom from the Ab-Fab people? It's called Mirrorball and is going to star J Saunders, J Sawahla et al.


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Posted By Justin on Sun May 14 19:58:03 BST 2000:

>Anybody heard anything about the new sitcom from the Ab-Fab people? It's called Mirrorball and is going to star J Saunders, J Sawahla et al.
>
>I read somewhere that it was going to be about a former dancer fallen on hard times (Saunders) and her showbiz friend (Joanna Lumley - again). Let's hope Saunders writes some jokes this time - noticeably absent from AbFab series 2 onwards, and Let Them Eat Cake (which I know she didn't actually write, but it was still awful).

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Posted By Blake Connolly on Sun May 14 22:41:57 BST 2000:

> Let Them Eat Cake (which I know she didn't actually write, but it was still awful).

Oh, come on, it was *far* worse than that!

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Posted By Bent Halo on Mon May 15 08:17:16 BST 2000:

re:'Let Them Eat Cake'

Everyone should go down in a sinking ship. It's only fitting. And it pains me to say that of Alison Steadman.

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Posted By Richard Herring on Mon May 15 09:06:36 BST 2000:

I went to see the pilot.
And (though I may be a bit biased now) I thought it was very funny. Possibly a bit "in" - about show biz etc, but not in a way that seemed to bother the audience.
It's hard to judge it properly in the stop/start/stop/wait half an hour/see the same scene 4 times atmosphere of a TV studio, but there were some brillaint sight gags and bits of slapstick (better than getting stuck on the baggage carousel in AF) and some incredibly funny jokes - look out for what happens to Bonnie Langford at the audition - class.
The characters (especially Saunders and Lumley) aren't a million miles away from AF. But I thought the performances were more realistic (one of the things that jarred for me about Abfab was the oTT acting of the leads) and I would say that it is an improvement on even the first series.
I'm looking forward to the series

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Posted By Mike Parker on Mon May 15 17:40:07 BST 2000:

>I went to see the pilot.
>The characters (especially Saunders and Lumley) aren't a million miles away from AF. But I thought the performances were more realistic (one of the things that jarred for me about Abfab was the oTT acting of the leads) and I would say that it is an improvement on even the first series.
>I'm looking forward to the series

Cheers Rich, sounds good.
Let's hope they don't run it into the ground like they did with AF.

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Posted By a0d on Sun May 21 13:08:59 BST 2000:

i'd go as far as to say it sounds pretty lame, although that was me scimming through, cant be botherd to read all jargon rich said.


beeb2 i'm guessing, eh?


does it feature that pathetic old whench, thora heard?? i bet shes gonna feel really cool now!

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