Someone should commission that mental puppet show from Screenwipe this week.
Someone should commission that mental puppet show from Screenwipe this week.
I actually fail to notice it as I said earlier.
Latest IT Crowd was a bit of a letdown. About to watch new QI though
Bishop on Law of the Playground when he was talking about the gay lad beating the fuck out of the girl bully is literally one of my biggest laugh out loud moments of the year.
Which episode is that?
Something like that happened at my school. This scrawny little kid was being picked on by a girl bully that seemed to be a couple of years older. The girl kept saying "What are you going to do about it". Well, actually it was more like "Whurrr ya gonna dae aboot it?" The kid just smacked her in the face, which sent her flying to the deck. He just shrugged and walked on. Just thinking about it makes me laugh.
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The Butterfield Diet Plan from The Peter Serafinowicz show, which I think is hilarious.
Check out the Christmas special on the BBC iPlayer, think it is the funniest yet. I especially like the Butterfield character on the show but there are some other gems as well.
Think the main series can be a bit hit or miss with some of the sketches and characters but overall is an enjoyable watch.
The christmas special was fucking brilliant.
The estate agent was funny the first time, but it was the repeats of the sketch that ruined that one. OTherwise the whole show was genius.
Rab C Nesbitt last night was fantastic.
Right ok I watched Bill Baileys DVD as I was given it by a friend for christmas.
It was pure shit and I will fight anyone who disagrees. He isn't that funny. He also thinks an awful lot of himself intellectually and I'm not quite sure where he has got this idea from.
Ohh also he made the stupidest joke the world has ever known which is people like huimself making fun of footballers FOR JUST KICKING A BALL AROUND bit rich coming from a man who tells shit jokes.
That last DVD is his worst.
Part Troll is good.
You guys should give The Life and Times of Tim a go.
I mentioned it in the Ramble thread and no one responded, but I have to believe some one a with dry sense of humor would generally enjoy it.
What is it about you dashing fiend?
Animated (poorly), mid-20's Tim with horrible luck always gets caught in the worst possible situation. Each episode is 12 minutes or so, there were 20 in the first season. I'm praying for a second.
Pretty much every character is great. The Boss and the Priest both surpass this. Especially wonderful episodes include: "Monday Night Confession" and "Mad Dog Tim"
Here's Wiki with not much more to say on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Times_of_Tim
You would definitely love it.
saw Izzard at the Lyric a couple of weeks ago. Still the most intelligent man in comedy. Sublime.
Saw Stewart Lee doing test material for his new tv series last night at the Hen and Chickens.
Very funny.
Since I just got Brit-bombed I should mention I've been watching "Coupling" on BBC America and quite enjoying it. Old news but I JUST WANT TO FIT IN.
Also, Jane =
Coupling is awesome. Jeff makes the show, it went shit when he left.
I bought myself 'A bit of Fry and Laurie' over the Christmas period, classic stuff.
Coupling is a weird one IMO - at times it was inspired, with a Curb-esque ability to weave plots that all unravel at the end...but at times they tried too hard to develop that element and it was a little bit stupid. The episode with the language differences was spot on.
Another problem was that the three men were funny while the three women were absolutely not.
There are probably three or four women who can make me laugh. I hope I am not sexist by saying this.
Fuck, I'm having trouble coming up with that many.
The return of Shooting Stars was a little underwhelming, also. The documentary before it was great though.
Jessica Stevenson is a witty girl. Whenever I've seen her she genuinely makes me giggle. I am talking about funny on their own, not with a load of amazing shit some bloke has written for her for a shag.
I don't know, 'les jours heureux' was pretty amazing also.
Plus, HIP HOP IS THE BEST.
PEANUTS was the best IMO, but yeah that song was good. I liked the final challenge as well.
Jeff was fantastic in Coupling.
Yea the new Shooting Stars was pretty decent IMO, as if the show had never been off air at all, and a return to the glory years, before it all went a bit pants with Vegas and that writer guy I forget the name of.
Also whomever was talking about Jessica Stevenson being funny, I agree. I also find her to be very attractive nowadays, the humour maybe helps this though
Yeah, I find his pure comedy segments to be pretty poor. I find his music stuff tends to be a lot stronger ie his bits on U2, foreign sirens and cockney music's influence on classical music.
Regarding women in comedy, I honestly can't think of a single female comedian I find remotely amusing. The majority of them bog their comedy down in lazy 'look at me being a woman in a man's world' shit which is guaranteed to put me off straight away. Simon mentioned Jo Brand and her entire act seems to consist of reminding people she's a fat troll.
Also that she has periods, and a husband that actually wants to have sex with her.
more the reason I like Jessica Stevenson, shame she's semi-retired, or so it seems
She's not even that funny. They struggle to even get women to be funny on sitcoms.