the last episode in on next week
>the last episode in on next week
How the fuck many of these shows are there? That's three false endings now.
I thought this week's was well written, but some of the skits dragged on for too long without adding anything to the original premise of the scene.
"I feel a bit sorry for Ringo Starr."
"What, the real one?"
"All of them, really."
"Do you want me to weigh you?"
"No!"
I've been championing this all along, but will concede that tonight's was a weaker episode, if only for the 'bored to death' sketch, which I found overlong, uncomfortable and unfunny. But the barber scene was one of the best so far, and the Scottish television bit (self-plagiarised, as I recall, from Facts and Fancies), was well-done.
Has the Pentagon sketch gone out yet? Or has it been dropped completely?
The gene 'dontpissitaway' skit I really liked. Found it quite touching.
Though, was the opening sketch missed out this week - The titles have always come in after the first sketch before - but it came in straight away this time.
It's been removed unless I'm mistaken and confused.
The series started off OK but has gone rapidly downhill. He does tend to over state the metaphor somewhat. I did like the Scottish TV heaven skit but last week he did a rip off the of Jam (I think it was?) SETI telling us to *** off or whatever,was it Big Train? Yea I seem to remember Simon Pegg in there somewhere.
Oh yeah & he has too much money, some of the sketches are well week but over the top filming, too may cameras = too much production money thrown at them without checking that there are sufficent credits in the comedy bank to actually make us laugh and reflect,which seems to be what his comedy is driving us towards.
Yes, last nights was the weakest but let's not forget that, like a great compilation, the order of the shows is important. I'm sure he realises which are better than which and the order of this series has been fucked around with quite severely.
That said, last nights was not in the same league as show 2 but at least we are getting an extra hours worth of scraps. These things normally only last 6 weeks.
If it had been edited down to 6 shows I'm sure the series would have worked better, but I'm not complaining. Who am I to judge? I design boxes for a living.
Better than Armistice though, which I only watched once, then got bored.
> a rip off the of Jam (I think it was?) SETI telling us to *** off or whatever,was it Big Train?
Armstrong & Miller.
The highlight of the show for me was the 'married couple documentary'.
'Stop bloody barking!' (Whack)
'Crucifix of beer cans!'
'I've injected tamazies in my leg, but the vein has gone solid!'
The wonderful thing about this show is that it has so many ideas, it's hard to remember all but a few by the end of the show; it has a remarkably high rate of inventiveness.
The show after September 11th featured firemen, islamic fundamentalists and conscription!
Next weeks 'swearing on the lawn' is great. Armando sits in his seat cringing at what in hindsight was a bad idea for a show. Look forward to his 'Tit of Cress'
It's one of the better ones next week.
Just watched this on video.
No one mentioned the sustained Scottish TV gag. Surely that was worth celebrating on a forum such as this?
Unlike everyone else, I loved the last episode.
Though having the tornado talk was a mistake (it's not funny having a tornado being treated as an actor if it talks like an actor. It needs to just be a tornado. That's the joke, surely?)
Hard to pick a favourite bit, but "Walking with Nazis" made a point in thirty seconds that it takes me days to explain on my many "Why BBC popular documentaries drive me up the fucking wall" rants.
And with special effects by the same guys who did the original. That's class.
I also spent this evening at a party with a group of people all talking excitedly about Armando, saying "you watch that too?" and doing impressions of his barber. That sort of thing hasn't happened with a comedy programme for ages. Lovely.
>I also spent this evening at a party with a group of people all talking excitedly about Armando, saying "you watch that too?" and doing impressions of his barber. That sort of thing hasn't happened with a comedy programme for ages. Lovely.
i haven't heard anyone mention it outside this forum, but then no one invites me to parties. no doubt 6 months from now i'll have to pretend to like it just to look cool. i'll practice now;
hey, what about that old person who talks nonsense, he's so funny, i've never heard anything like it before, do you think it's real. he said the internet used to be black and white...but it didn't!!!???!?!
>i haven't heard anyone mention it outside this forum, but then no one invites me to parties. no doubt 6 months from now i'll have to pretend to like it just to look cool. i'll practice now;
It's got a teenage cult now aswell. Which is annoying, but a good conversation opener.
I do like the fact there are so many different Heavens.
>i haven't heard anyone mention it outside this forum, but then no one invites me to parties. no doubt 6 months from now i'll have to pretend to like it just to look cool. i'll practice now;
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>hey, what about that old person who talks nonsense, he's so funny, i've never heard anything like it before, do you think it's real. he said the internet used to be black and white...but it didn't!!!???!?!
That's the ultimate example of advanced SOTCAA infection I've yet heard.
Predicting a "pleb" backlash before it's even happened.
"I really don't like this show because soon someone else will, and they'll doubtless get it all wrong. I hate it when shows pander to people like that..."
"It's got a teenage cult now aswell."
It's a stage we all go through: pop groups, silly haircuts, C4 comedy....
I've not met one person who has watched it so worry not.
>"It's got a teenage cult now aswell."
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>It's a stage we all go through: pop groups, silly haircuts, C4 comedy....
>I've not met one person who has watched it so worry not.
Is that because everyone in your neighbourhood is too busy stabbing each other?
oh dear, I've got another stalker.
Don't take it to heart young lad.
>>I've not met one person who has watched it so worry not.
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>Is that because everyone in your neighbourhood is too busy stabbing each other?
>oh dear, I've got another stalker.
Heh heh. So one person referring to something you mentioned earlier constitutes a "stalker". I can't work out whether that makes you a grotesquely arrogant cunt, or just a very very lonely one.
my friend really did have a stalker once, this really ugly girl whose whole family would follow him around town. i thought it was piss funny to be honest.
> i thought it was piss funny to be honest.
Yeah, I expect it is until you realise the girl following him is your girlfriend.
>my friend really did have a stalker once, this really ugly girl whose whole family would follow him around town.
Her whole *family*? Had she convinced them that your friend had done her wrong? Or were they all just, well, a family of stalkers?
The neverending series is back this Thursday.
bloody hell. calm down.
Door srep hero. If you were stood within 50 yards of me and called me a cunt you'd be fucked, incidentally.
>>oh dear, I've got another stalker.
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>Heh heh. So one person referring to something you mentioned earlier constitutes a "stalker". I can't work out whether that makes you a grotesquely arrogant cunt, or just a very very lonely one.
>>my friend really did have a stalker once, this really ugly girl whose whole family would follow him around town.
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>Her whole *family*? Had she convinced them that your friend had done her wrong? Or were they all just, well, a family of stalkers?
the whole family was insane as far as i could tell. a combination of the Wests, the Kilshaws and the Hamiltons. her parents would turn up at places they knew he would be and offer sexual favours on her behalf. the girl was about 15.
> her parents would turn up at places they knew he would be and offer sexual favours on her behalf. the girl was about 15.
???????????
This is a sitcom waiting to happen.
> her parents would turn up at places they knew he would be and offer sexual favours on her behalf.
This happens to a mate of a mate all the time. You aren't the only one it would seem... That or the family get around.
> That or the family get around.
Maybe it's an entire family of situationists.
>> her parents would turn up at places they knew he would be and offer sexual favours on her behalf. the girl was about 15.
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>???????????
>This is a sitcom waiting to happen.
"The Pervs"
I'm doing the theme music right now.
DAD - likes cycling, has a bike with a "special saddle" shaped like a penis. Works in a bank.
MUM - Wears a T-shirt with the slogan "Ten Quid for My Son's Arse." Also tries to bake tempting cakes to lure children into the house but the recipes always seem to go wrong!!
SON - Doesn't masturbate enough, Mum and Dan constantly fret over this. Do you see? It's the classic reversal of what we normally find to be the case.
>"The Pervs"
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>I'm doing the theme music right now.
>
>DAD - likes cycling, has a bike with a "special saddle" shaped like a penis. Works in a bank.
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>MUM - Wears a T-shirt with the slogan "Ten Quid for My Son's Arse." Also tries to bake tempting cakes to lure children into the house but the recipes always seem to go wrong!!
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>SON - Doesn't masturbate enough, Mum and Dan constantly fret over this. Do you see? It's the classic reversal of what we normally find to be the case.
wnd all the lightbulbs in the house have bayonet fittings. with hilarious consequences...