Wrong end of the stick Posted Tue Jun 6 16:25:04 BST 2000 by Gee

Comedy has always been a let down. I remember waiting with anticipation for the very first "Shooting Stars". Instead of the blood bath I expected I was confronted with a silly quiz. Anyone else been let down in a similar way?



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Posted By John! on Tue Jun 6 17:03:21 BST 2000:

'Last of the Summer Wine' would have been considerably more enjoyable had it just been a 28 minute shot of an empty bottle of plonk.

With a load of dead old people in the background, being pecked by crows.


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Posted By Richard on Tue Jun 6 17:04:46 BST 2000:

>Comedy has always been a let down. I remember waiting with anticipation for the very first "Shooting Stars". Instead of the blood bath I expected I was confronted with a silly quiz. Anyone else been let down in a similar way?

Wrongfully Accused - the Leslie Nielsen film.

Most of Red Dwarf 7.
Some of Red Dwarf 8.


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Posted By John! on Tue Jun 6 17:16:55 BST 2000:

All of Red Dwarf seasons Seven and Eight, surely?

It's amazing how British comedies go downhill so quickly. They only managed 36 good episodes of Red Dwarf. Look at Frasier and The Simpsons, and they've managed about 400 great episodes between them.


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Posted By subbes on Tue Jun 6 17:28:20 BST 2000:

With some groanfully bad ones thrown in for good measure, mind you.


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Posted By Compo on Tue Jun 6 18:00:25 BST 2000:


>With a load of dead old people in the background, being pecked by crows.

Die on a hilltop, eyeing the crows, waiting for your lids to close. You want to watch as they peck your flesh, ironic that they go for the eyes first.


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Posted By Gee on Tue Jun 6 18:21:57 BST 2000:

Or is that deCompo-sition!


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Posted By Justin on Tue Jun 6 18:50:40 BST 2000:

Naked Video - huge disappointment for a 15-year old schoolboy like me. Especially as it wasn't funny either (apart from John Sparkes, maybe).


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Posted By John! on Tue Jun 6 19:00:18 BST 2000:

Amazingly, I've only ever seen one bad episode of Frasier, out of the 120ish I've seen.

The Simpsons has a higher amount of badness (the first season, for example).

I'm happy to say I've never been bored enough to watch an entire episode of Last of the Summer Wine. And I wouldn't care if I never saw Red Dwarf again.


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Posted By subbes on Tue Jun 6 20:21:29 BST 2000:

One of the biggest wrong end of the stick-getting-ness was probably The Big Breakfast. Thought it was a food show.


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Posted By Chirpish on Tue Jun 6 20:29:32 BST 2000:

Subbes you live in America!! Why so concerned with Brit-TV that you'll never see again?


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Posted By subbes on Tue Jun 6 20:41:54 BST 2000:

I'll be seeing it in summer, and when i move back. i miss it. *sniff*

Donny & marie is pants compared even to Kilroy.


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Posted By Gee on Tue Jun 6 22:31:55 BST 2000:

New Year's Eve I went to a celebrity party; well if you have the contacts, why not? Anyway, I was with the cast of EastEnders and I was doing quite well chatting up Danniella Westbook. We were both getting rather drunk and a little flirty. I was hoping for a kiss and as midnight approached it looked certain I would get one. Danniella said to me: "So what sort of things have they got planned for midnight?" I said they're going to drop lots of ballons and then it's the hokey cokey. "Great", she said, "I'm starting to comedown, I could do with a line."


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Posted By Gee on Tue Jun 6 22:50:17 BST 2000:

I'm quite pleased with the Westbook joke. It took me 6 minutes to write that. And Suii, my plant just got smaller (if you got my email, you'll know what I mean.)


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Posted By Suiii on Tue Jun 6 23:38:51 BST 2000:

Check this out Mr Gee http://www.facelink.com/westbrook

And about that plant of yours....where's my share eh? If it wasn't for me you'd probably have done something very stupid and regrettable last week, like *gulps* found a job!!


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Posted By John! on Wed Jun 7 11:35:19 BST 2000:

No-one really needs a job.

Just sit at home and eat stilton like I did for 6 months.


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