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fuf posted:Can anyone confirm my suspicion that Britain is the only country that has these kinds of "comedy quiz shows" (Mock the Week, HIGNFY, Shooting Stars, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, etc). Actually the panel quiz show is an American invention dating back to Depression-era radio, but it's only really still popular in the UK. NPR (radio) still does "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me". I remember "Front Page Challenge" in Canada growing up but apparently that was finally cancelled in 1995.
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They should just have a TV show where they give Dara a crate of beer, 48 hours and a modern game and demand him to complete it anyway possible. That'd be entertaining.
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Oct 21, 2010 14:49
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/psychoville/halloween/ Psychoville is back for a Halloween special. I cannot wait! The cliffhanger ending of series 1 was brilliant, and the trailer looks pretty scary. David looked to be absent from the trailer, but I assume he will be back as he was the only major character other than the two dwarves to not be in the hospital during the explosion.
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Oct 21, 2010 15:41
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I am so eager to see what happened to Mr Jolly.
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Oct 21, 2010 16:40
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SeanBeansShako posted:They should just have a TV show where they give Dara a crate of beer, 48 hours and a modern game and demand him to complete it anyway possible. This would be very entertaining, as he seems to be incredibly bad at them. I remember his segment on Gameswipe about how he couldn't get past the berserker in gears of war.
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Oct 21, 2010 17:00
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Ddraig posted:I remember his segment on Gameswipe about how he couldn't get past the berserker in gears of war.
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Oct 21, 2010 17:12
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Kin posted:Have I got news for you; You have been watching; The Bubble; Mock the week; Would i Lie to you. Amongst others. You are comparing four topical quiz shows about very specific and current real-life or pop culture events (plus one that I hadn't considered so I'll give you that one) to a panel show that has always, always, always, always, always, from the first episode with Mark Lamarr and Sean Hughes right through to the admittedly terrible Dr Who-themed episode, been about getting whichever tv or music-based people were available and taking the piss out of them. The slack approach to the format has not changed since the first episode, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Actually thinking about it kind of makes me miss the classic They Think It Was All Over. Ah well  Figaro posted:I have an almost irrational hatred of that small bald comedian in Mock the Week. I think it's his voice. No one I know seems to mind him, so it's proberly just me. I really don't have enough time in the day to listen to that man start and finish a joke.
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Oct 21, 2010 17:14
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His radio stuff used to be quite good.
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Oct 21, 2010 17:25
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You know what ? Frankie Boyle is poo poo. He has a narrow range of 'lolol edgy as gently caress' jokes which work on a shock basis the first time round, but beyond that he has nothing but a snide attitude. He probably left Mock The Week because he ran out of ideas. Boyle is one of those comedians who use the same material every time they appear on something, and quickly get stale, but because he says "oval office" a lot and does rape jokes idiots like him.
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Oct 21, 2010 17:27
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No, you are wrong. There are only two comedians on Mock the Week who are so funny that they occasionally tell a joke that brings the show to a halt because everyone has to stop laughing first. Frankie Boyle is one, Stewart Francis is the other. Sometimes they can see things that are genuinely funny, rather than things that you recognize as something a comedian would say and therefore laugh at.
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Oct 21, 2010 17:35
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Frankie Boyle definitely overdoes Scotland/Glasgow gags, but he's definitely still a much sharper comedian than all the others. That's one of my comedy pet peeves, filling an entire act with jokes about your heritage, but outside of that he's still really funny. Russel Howard is getting better, but he still seems like he doesn't have belief in his jokes, there's no commitment in his eyes when he talks. When he's being more natural he can come out with some really funny lines. Parsons and Dennis can gently caress off though, you can literally feel the humour level drop when they start talking.
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Oct 21, 2010 17:52
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I sort of gave up on Never Mind the Buzzcocks once Simon and Bill left. I would have been happy if they replaced them with someone decent but instead we get rotating hosts and Noel loving Fielding.
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Oct 21, 2010 17:52
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The best guest on Buzzcocks, by far, was Bill Oddie. Throughout half the show Amstell literally had no loving idea what to do with him.
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Oct 21, 2010 17:58
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Gorn Myson posted:I sort of gave up on Never Mind the Buzzcocks once Simon and Bill left. I would have been happy if they replaced them with someone decent but instead we get rotating hosts and Noel loving Fielding. I normally hate Noel Fielding too but he's kind of funny in bursts, just not when he does stuff like wearing a cape just so he can randomly go I AM WEARING A CAPE ISN'T THAT PRECIOUS
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Oct 21, 2010 17:59
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How do you control a man who's both nuts, and was working in comedy before you were born?
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Oct 21, 2010 18:02
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I'm not much of a fan of Frankie Boyle either. He's not terrible, but he does rely too much on the 'shocking' "A BEAR RAPED A SCHOOLBOY IN GLASGOW!" stuff instead of actually telling a joke.
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Oct 21, 2010 18:29
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Ddraig posted:The best guest on Buzzcocks, by far, was Bill Oddie. Throughout half the show Amstell literally had no loving idea what to do with him.
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Oct 21, 2010 18:39
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At least Frankie Boyle genuinely has a very quick wit, most of the people on Mock The Week don't seem to
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Oct 21, 2010 19:04
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I like to think that Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive is an accurate portrayal of what goes into making a panel show.
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Oct 21, 2010 19:09
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I've always loved Milton Jones since I saw him live, once, years ago, for about 5 minutes, and I think he's consistently really good on Mock the Week as well.
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Oct 21, 2010 19:19
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Frankie Boyle was great on Mock the Week because he pipped up with his offensive one-liners at the right time. As a stand-up, he's terrible.
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Oct 21, 2010 19:26
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I'm glad there's other people who don't like Frankie Boyle. I don't hate him, he's okay as a panelist because he can be genuinely quick, but I thought his stand-up was just grating and awful. gently caress Andy Parsons forever though. "IM TELLING A JOKE. HERE COMES THE JOKE. THERE IS THE JOKE."
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Oct 21, 2010 19:54
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Junkenstein posted:Frankie Boyle was great on Mock the Week because he pipped up with his offensive one-liners at the right time. As a stand-up, he's terrible. I'd really have to agree. He's an excellent ad-libber but he's a terrible writer. All the stuff he's sat down and wrote (i.e. all his stand-up stuff, and the stuff he recycles for mock the week) is awful, but the times when he comes out with something spontaneously is hilarious. It's almost as if he's got all these really dark, horrible ideas bubbling round his head and when he unleashes them they're amazing but when he decides to write them down they just become horribly sterile and bland.
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Oct 21, 2010 19:58
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Ddraig posted:This would be very entertaining, as he seems to be incredibly bad at them. I remember his segment on Gameswipe about how he couldn't get past the berserker in gears of war. Which is why the premise would be utterly hilarious, I want to hear the confused drunken ramblings of a Irishman wondering who the hell are half the bands in Rock Bands or Guitar Hero now trying to work for a song he knows and wants to play.
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Oct 21, 2010 21:08
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Bill Oddie on Buzzcocks was one of the best things I've ever seen on TV. He must have been drunk or high on something even he isn't that weird usually.
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Oct 21, 2010 21:34
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I think he was having bipolar issues at the time, might have been manic.
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Oct 21, 2010 21:43
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Junkenstein posted:Frankie Boyle was great on Mock the Week because he pipped up with his offensive one-liners at the right time. As a stand-up, he's terrible.
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Oct 21, 2010 21:50
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I think his original, well written sitcom getting very little recognition while his stint in the light entertainment purgatory that is 8 Out of 10 Cats stretches off indefinately into the future may have affected his passion for comedy.
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Oct 21, 2010 22:40
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That episode of Buzzcocks was okay, I guess. Mark Ronson was wittier than I thought he would be. I remembered how I know Paul Foot - He for whatever reason was on one of those Last Comic Standing shows that was on a few years back when I was visiting America. I think he teetered between being insufferable and being loving hilarious, I'd probably check out his stand-up at least.
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Oct 21, 2010 22:45
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Is it just me, or is Phil Jupitus getting even fatter?
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Oct 21, 2010 23:12
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Hoops posted:Frankie Boyle definitely overdoes Scotland/Glasgow gags
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Oct 21, 2010 23:28
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goatface posted:Is it just me, or is Phil Jupitus getting even fatter? Not possible.
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Oct 21, 2010 23:30
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Wootcannon posted:I'm sorry, while Kevin "Schcawtland" Bridges is still alive no oval office can be accused of this. This is so true. While it's occasionally nice to recognise places comedians reference, it's so boring if every joke is based around not even Scotland but a very specific area of Glasgow.
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Oct 21, 2010 23:32
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goatface posted:Is it just me, or is Phil Jupitus getting even fatter? He was on one podcast or another and told an anecdote about himself and Harry Hill before a gig. Hill, who used to be a GP before he went into comedy, told Jupitus "if you want to see your little daughters growing up you should probably think about losing some weight". Jupitus gave the impression that he thought that was out of order.
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Oct 21, 2010 23:32
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I wouldn't mind but Phil Jupitus does little to justify his massive bulk. I can't remember last I laughed at anything he said.
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Oct 21, 2010 23:35
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I never knew Harry Hill was a Doctor.
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Oct 22, 2010 00:05
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SeanBeansShako posted:I never knew Harry Hill was a Doctor. Neither did I. I assumed he'd always just been the idiot's choice comedian.
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Oct 22, 2010 00:19
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Akuma posted:Sean Lock is pretty much the same way. I know some people don't like him but I think he's consistently hilarious on every panel show he's on, but his stand up is just... wooden, and he doesn't seem very comfortable with it, and it's kind of boring.
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Oct 22, 2010 02:48
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Paperhouse posted:really? Sean Lock's standup is one of the only standups I actually like, I think he's excellent. And Phil Jupitus justifies his girth with the anecdote about Dale Winton liking fatties.
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I liked Buzzcocks, they seemed to keep in a lot of adlibbed banter. Or I've been fooled .
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