Remembered someone else - Sarah Millican. Geordie woman, looks like a fat su pollard, with a voice like a puppy being tortured. Most grating voice ever, and no jokes!
That's the middle aged frumpy looking swamp donkey bint I couldn't think of.
I've always found Will Farrell movies the most dumb and unfunny things I've ever seen, and his recent in-character appearance on the Comedy Awards was a complete plank. But then that was just a room full of idiots nudging each other to be a teensy bit ruder than the last speech.
But then I quite enjoyed Land of the Lost when it was on telly recently, and the trailers for the new Ron Burgandy movie have had me in stitches ("You didn't say you were gay on your resum?." - "Well, do you put 'Likes to sleep with women' on your resum??" - "Yes."). Although that may be because they've actually given Steve Carell some lines in this one...
this guy:
watched an entire standup routine on telly and didn't even know why I was supposed to be laughing. I checked, and apparently he is a comedian!
The thing with him is that I can't actually understand a single word he says! He may well be the funniest man alive (I doubt it to be honest) but he may as well be talking in a different language!
The Office is documentary, not comedy. Anyone who's worked in one for any length if time will be bored, not amused, by its portrayal since its too close to fact.
+1 for Michael Mcintyre, he has a face I want to slap. His horrid voice and delivery just multiplies that factor.
Add to the pile Brendan O'Caroll and his 'Mrs Browns Boys', who must be islamic rather than catholic to deliver that pile of shi'ite.
The thing with him is that I can't actually understand a single word he says! He may well be the funniest man alive (I doubt it to be honest) but he may as well be talking in a different language!
good point. That might be the problem!
Just seen an ad on tv for Mickey Flanagan. He's another one whose appeared from nowhere and is immediately some national star with DVDs out and on telly all the time. Rhod Gilbert is another one. They're all like random blokes who suddenly decided 'oh I know, I'll do a bit of comedy. Can't go wrong with a bit of comedy eh?'
They're all like random blokes who suddenly decided 'oh I know, I'll do a bit of comedy. Can't go wrong with a bit of comedy eh?'
Well, no, they're people who've worked their way up the live stand-up comedy circuit, filling out theatres for their acts, then off the back of being at the absolute top of their game they've just scraped a semi-regular slot in TV comedy. But it's only once they've been on the telly that anyone will think of issuing a DVD of one of their stage shows - basically, to sell to all those to whom it never even occurred to to go out and see a live comedy gig.
okay yes, I'm aware that's probably how their careers have panned out, I don't literally think they've come off some conveyor belt, but judging by their material it's like they have, which was my point - sorry if I didn't make that clear
Well, you're right, in that the TV producers are treating them like a conveyor belt - cherry-picking who they think are funny but inoffensive enough to make it in TV. Which does rather lead to them turning out rather similar.
But the point about the books / DVDs suddenly appearing is purely opportunism by the distributor. The performer will have probably had loads of gigs recorded and seen no money from it, until they happen to be in a regular TV slot and, co-incidentally, along comes Christmas.
Well, no, they're people who've worked their way up the live stand-up comedy circuit, filling out theatres for their acts, then off the back of being at the absolute top of their game they've just scraped a semi-regular slot in TV comedy. But it's only once they've been on the telly that anyone will think of issuing a DVD of one of their stage shows - basically, to sell to all those to whom it never even occurred to to go out and see a live comedy gig.
jack whitehall's dad is an agent, so I found out.. must be handy having connections... cynical , me ? :)
I think some comedians though , use their class e.g. macentyre , being twee middle class... and mickey Flanagan being a bit of a "geezer" , he reminds me of someone I know. Kevin Bridges also, but I know folk from glasgow who are nothing like that.
would older comics now be as funny now as back then I wonder ? or are they of their time.. e.g. Morecambe n wise
I do think sean locke and jon richardson would make a good double act. they seem to work like opposites in a way, they did a tv show together.
Didn't she write the script? It's better than wonk like My Family though. I don't think we (and by we I mean men who count number of peas on plates in retro gaming websites) are the target audience.
:lol:
Thanks for forcing me to question my absurdly pointless existence. Only briefly though. ;)
I didn't realise she wrote the script, it seemed a bit 'generic crap BBC sitcom'. Cripes.
On a vaguely related topic, I don't mind some canned laughter, but I think it can be detrimental to an already ropey sitcom. I wonder if it'll ever be done away with for comedy series 'in future times'.
Thanks for forcing me to question my absurdly pointless existence. Only briefly though. ;)
I didn't realise she wrote the script, it seemed a bit 'generic crap BBC sitcom'. Cripes.
On a vaguely related topic, I don't mind some canned laughter, but I think it can be detrimental to an already ropey sitcom. I wonder if it'll ever be done away with for comedy series 'in future times'.
I'm still pretty sure The League of Gentleman didn't have canned laughter when it was first aired, and they added the canned laughter to the first series when they played it all before the second one started. Then they added it after that as a safety blanket :D
I can see why it, was so dark and weird that nobody knew when to laugh, infact I'm sure the Beeb got complaints about how grotesque, and disgusting the show was :lol:
I can see why I guess the scene where Tubs is breastfeeding a piglet, that is funny, but 95% of conservative Britain probably thought it was akin to animal porn :D
the majority of bbc shows used to use a live audience, they rarely did use canned laugher back in the day anyway , although you would think so perhaps to compression on the audio itself.. a lot of the interiors of shows were filmed live,in wood lane with the audience recorded and they used to have warm up people also.. but the outside stuff they used to show on monitors..
used to get tickets for a lot of things due to dad working in wood lane, usual sit com stuff allo allo, bread etc etc . Either stuff was filmed there or the building thats the shepards bush empire. My sis and mum were on Kenny Everett show , when he decided to sit on my sisters lap in the audience.. they were on camera for about hhm 2-3 minutes.. and kenny feared my mum (wise man).. I should contact them to see if they still have it I guess.
I've seen one daytime quiz on the BBC where footage of an audience in a much larger auditorium is super-imposed over the actual few rows of audience to create a fake long shot from the back of the studio.
Martin Lawrence is an American actor who stars in quite a few "hilarious" films. I just don't find people falling over or disguising themselves as women particularly funny.
Ah, yes. That'll explain why I don't know him as I'm not that big into American "stuff" (although it's pretty difficult to avoid, granted).
And I got fed up of people telling me how funny the Office is. Must have watched tonnes of "hilarious" scenes on youtube without getting what all the fuss is about.
Must admit, I did find the Office pretty funny, but in quite an awkward, face-palmy kind of way as the situations and characters are so close to many real-life office situations. I'm not sure clips of the "funny" bits would really stand up on their own as it's more about how the characters interact over time than any immediate jokes or LOL moments. I saw a couple of episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which is also similarly face-palmy, but I didn't find it as funny as The Office and quickly gave up on that.
Must admit, I did find the Office pretty funny, but in quite an awkward, face-palmy kind of way as the situations and characters are so close to many real-life office situations. I'm not sure clips of the "funny" bits would really stand up on their own as it's more about how the characters interact over time than any immediate jokes or LOL moments. I saw a couple of episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which is also similarly face-palmy, but I didn't find it as funny as The Office and quickly gave up on that.
thought The Office (especially the 2nd series) is one of the funniest things ever. I would even say it's genius. It's more than just a comedy, there's some really poignant bits in there too, and some flat out nasty bits
Can't get into Curb Your Enthusiasm at all though. Every episode seems to descend into shouting. Also thought the US version of The Office was terrible, way too 'wacky'...
Russell Brand - I find his omnipresent head to be highly annoying... Though I'm forced to agree with his views on 'The war on drugs' and the state of British politics.
thought The Office (especially the 2nd series) is one of the funniest things ever. I would even say it's genius. It's more than just a comedy, there's some really poignant bits in there too, and some flat out nasty bits
Yes, The Extras and Derek were both like that too. I think Ricky Gervais is quite clever, and funny with it. But he also comes across as one of the most smug people ever -- I think that's why a lot of people aren't so keen on him. No surprise he's bezzie buds with fellow smugster Richard Dawkins :lol:
Yes, The Extras and Derek were both like that too. I think Ricky Gervais is quite clever, and funny with it. But he also comes across as one of the most smug people ever -- I think that's why a lot of people aren't so keen on him. No surprise he's bezzie buds with fellow smugster Richard Dawkins :lol:
Exactly how I feel about him. I don't think I could cope with his stand-up though. It's that smug face of his! With those teeth! This one!---->:D
Russell Brand - I find his omnipresent head to be highly annoying... Though I'm forced to agree with his views on 'The war on drugs' and the state of British politics.
ah yes the views on politic's that he mag pied off someone else.. then people assume he was the originator :) . not that he had anything to plug at the time when he commented.. cynical me..
he's done it a few times already, only proves he likes reading.. or using a search engine.
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That's the middle aged frumpy looking swamp donkey bint I couldn't think of.
Yeah 'swamp donkey' just about covers it :smile:
But then I quite enjoyed Land of the Lost when it was on telly recently, and the trailers for the new Ron Burgandy movie have had me in stitches ("You didn't say you were gay on your resum?." - "Well, do you put 'Likes to sleep with women' on your resum??" - "Yes."). Although that may be because they've actually given Steve Carell some lines in this one...
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The thing with him is that I can't actually understand a single word he says! He may well be the funniest man alive (I doubt it to be honest) but he may as well be talking in a different language!
+1 for Michael Mcintyre, he has a face I want to slap. His horrid voice and delivery just multiplies that factor.
Add to the pile Brendan O'Caroll and his 'Mrs Browns Boys', who must be islamic rather than catholic to deliver that pile of shi'ite.
Joe pasquali
Russel Brand
Russel Howard
Jack Dee
I can't stand any of them.
good point. That might be the problem!
Just seen an ad on tv for Mickey Flanagan. He's another one whose appeared from nowhere and is immediately some national star with DVDs out and on telly all the time. Rhod Gilbert is another one. They're all like random blokes who suddenly decided 'oh I know, I'll do a bit of comedy. Can't go wrong with a bit of comedy eh?'
I like jack dee tbh. Not "hilarious" but I like his deadpan style...
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But the point about the books / DVDs suddenly appearing is purely opportunism by the distributor. The performer will have probably had loads of gigs recorded and seen no money from it, until they happen to be in a regular TV slot and, co-incidentally, along comes Christmas.
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jack whitehall's dad is an agent, so I found out.. must be handy having connections... cynical , me ? :)
I think some comedians though , use their class e.g. macentyre , being twee middle class... and mickey Flanagan being a bit of a "geezer" , he reminds me of someone I know. Kevin Bridges also, but I know folk from glasgow who are nothing like that.
would older comics now be as funny now as back then I wonder ? or are they of their time.. e.g. Morecambe n wise
I do think sean locke and jon richardson would make a good double act. they seem to work like opposites in a way, they did a tv show together.
:lol:
Thanks for forcing me to question my absurdly pointless existence. Only briefly though. ;)
I didn't realise she wrote the script, it seemed a bit 'generic crap BBC sitcom'. Cripes.
On a vaguely related topic, I don't mind some canned laughter, but I think it can be detrimental to an already ropey sitcom. I wonder if it'll ever be done away with for comedy series 'in future times'.
I'm still pretty sure The League of Gentleman didn't have canned laughter when it was first aired, and they added the canned laughter to the first series when they played it all before the second one started. Then they added it after that as a safety blanket :D
I can see why it, was so dark and weird that nobody knew when to laugh, infact I'm sure the Beeb got complaints about how grotesque, and disgusting the show was :lol:
I can see why I guess the scene where Tubs is breastfeeding a piglet, that is funny, but 95% of conservative Britain probably thought it was akin to animal porn :D
used to get tickets for a lot of things due to dad working in wood lane, usual sit com stuff allo allo, bread etc etc . Either stuff was filmed there or the building thats the shepards bush empire. My sis and mum were on Kenny Everett show , when he decided to sit on my sisters lap in the audience.. they were on camera for about hhm 2-3 minutes.. and kenny feared my mum (wise man).. I should contact them to see if they still have it I guess.
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Must admit, I did find the Office pretty funny, but in quite an awkward, face-palmy kind of way as the situations and characters are so close to many real-life office situations. I'm not sure clips of the "funny" bits would really stand up on their own as it's more about how the characters interact over time than any immediate jokes or LOL moments. I saw a couple of episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which is also similarly face-palmy, but I didn't find it as funny as The Office and quickly gave up on that.
Can't get into Curb Your Enthusiasm at all though. Every episode seems to descend into shouting. Also thought the US version of The Office was terrible, way too 'wacky'...
Exactly how I feel about him. I don't think I could cope with his stand-up though. It's that smug face of his! With those teeth! This one!---->:D
ah yes the views on politic's that he mag pied off someone else.. then people assume he was the originator :) . not that he had anything to plug at the time when he commented.. cynical me..
he's done it a few times already, only proves he likes reading.. or using a search engine.