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It's a lot like You've Been Framed when it could be a lot better if they just got worse clips - not enough Bernard Manning variety program, too much "Dr. Who has poo poo special effects" - and didn't have as much narration. I really just want an Everything Is Terrible TV show
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# ? Jan 4, 2011 23:05 |
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I reckon it's mostly that McIntyre is so overexposed at the moment. Among comedians he seems to be thought of as a decent guy who's getting more fame, fortune and success than he deserves. Like Joe Stalin said a lot of grumpy comedians (like Lee, whom I love) seem to think he hasn't earned his dues, so to speak. Personally I don't have a problem with him, even if I'm not actively going to seek out anything he does. He's a decent but unexciting observational comedy dude. If I lived in the UK I might have been fed up as all hell though, who knows.
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# ? Jan 4, 2011 23:05 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:I think it is that his humour is so simple, and his voice so annoying. He tells jokes about noticing things that everyone notices. It's dull, and shallow. Also there is a perceptioon that he seems to have essentially popped straight into the limelight as a product more of his management than his talent. He did seem to kind of pop right out of nowhere. Still, I'd rather we had him than Corden, Whitehall and that awful Nigerian woman whose only joke is that she is from Nigeria.
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# ? Jan 4, 2011 23:06 |
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I don't mind Corden when he's hosting a League of Their Own, but Horne & Corden was dreadful, he seems to have a reputation (among disgruntled colleagues perhaps?) of only hanging around with other celebrities now that he has made it, and he needs to stop joking about his weight. A lot of fat comedians do it and it's always about as fun as hearing comedians from ethnic minorities tell us about their hilarious parents. In conclusion white people eh eh eh, black people doo doo doo. Skinny people eh eh eh fat people doo doo doo. Straight people eh eh eh gay people doo doo doo.
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# ? Jan 4, 2011 23:11 |
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Did anyone watch Stargazing Live? The new picture of the Andromeda galaxy was loving incredible.
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# ? Jan 4, 2011 23:34 |
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King Crab posted:Man, I don't get all the Micheal Macintyre hate that's going on here. He seems to really love what he is doing and I think it gives him a great energy. See, what I (and a lot of people) can't stand is that guy who's already laughing at his own punchlines 30 seconds before they come along, and Michael Macintyre is that guy. He's got some great jokes (the one that sticks with me is the piece about trying to spend Scottish money in English supermarkets), but I just can't stand the preening, self-satisfied way in which he tells them. I do object to a comedian who's apparently not secure enough in his own material to trust that it's actually funny; the vibe I get off Macintyre is a constant narrative of "this is funny! I'm funny, me! I'm being incredibly incredibly funny now!"
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# ? Jan 4, 2011 23:36 |
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Zorba the Greek posted:Did anyone watch Stargazing Live? The new picture of the Andromeda galaxy was loving incredible. Fantastic wasn't it? What I want though is a copy of the amateur photographers image of the partial eclipse with the birds, it was also beautiful.
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Trin Tragula posted:See, what I (and a lot of people) can't stand is that guy who's already laughing at his own punchlines 30 seconds before they come along, and Michael Macintyre is that guy. He's got some great jokes (the one that sticks with me is the piece about trying to spend Scottish money in English supermarkets), but I just can't stand the preening, self-satisfied way in which he tells them. I do object to a comedian who's apparently not secure enough in his own material to trust that it's actually funny; the vibe I get off Macintyre is a constant narrative of "this is funny! I'm funny, me! I'm being incredibly incredibly funny now!" This is exactly my feeling but I couldn't articulate it.
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Zorba the Greek posted:Did anyone watch Stargazing Live? The new picture of the Andromeda galaxy was loving incredible. I'm not sure about this programme. With less engaging hosts it would be unbearable. The pre-recorded sections are great but the bits in Hawaii seem too much like filler, and the opening to the CME talk veered into disaster-movie trailer territory (also "you turn on the TV news and hear reports of city-wide blackouts" - what do these people's TV's run on?). We had a partial eclipse and a meteor shower, but the cloud meant we saw hardly anything of them. It might have been better to record it, get some decent images from around the country, and then broadcast the show the following day, rather than trying to rely on what could be seen in the one hour it was on-air. And Jonathan Ross, this is not your finest moment. Three telescopes and a library of astronomy books, and he can't recognise any of the stars?
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# ? Jan 4, 2011 23:59 |
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The bint in Hawaii is awful. loving biologists, can't be trusted.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:02 |
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Lady Demelza posted:I'm not sure about this programme. With less engaging hosts it would be unbearable. The pre-recorded sections are great but the bits in Hawaii seem too much like filler. The Hawaii bits are awful, because of that woman host. Have you noticed she keeps saying stuff is fantastic, brilliant or amazing in the most uninterested voice often while changing the subject.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:07 |
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Lady Demelza posted:And Jonathan Ross, this is not your finest moment. Three telescopes and a library of astronomy books, and he can't recognise any of the stars? How can anybody who has lived in the northern hemisphere not know what the Big Dipper is (no matter what they locally call it)?
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:13 |
Yeah, I meant Dara and Brian are good hosts. I didn't know who the woman presenter was until someone mentioned she's on some kids' science programme.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:15 |
Oh poo poo, Sergeant Hakeswill is dead .
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:20 |
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FINE, I'LL BE THE ONLY ONE COMMENTING ON EASTENDERS THEN SHALL I? More about the dead baby, Ronnie slowly losing it, some genuinely touching moments from Shane Ritchie, happy gays, pretty much everyone else miserable. The amount of makeup they usually slather on Kat makes the difference all the more dramatic when they leave it off
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:36 |
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goatface posted:The bint in Hawaii is awful. Nice.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:42 |
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oxford_town posted:When I got to sixth form, though, going in late and watching Frasier at 8:30 in bed was the way to go I used to go home for lunch at college (5 minute walk, just round the corner), eat a bowl of super noodles and watch 1 and a half episodes of Cheers. Maybe channel 4 could put that show on endless repeat instead of Friends.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:43 |
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Old Madeyes posted:Did I just hear Robert Webb voicing an advert for Cushelle toilet roll? :/ It seems to be getting ever increasingly common for large companies to hire comic personalities to do their ads. Kinda depressing, I can't imagine it's a hard life being a massively popular TV personality, so selling out to adverts just seems greedy. On the other hand, it doesn't really affect anything (like musicians watering down their sound for well paying contracts), so I guess it's okay. I just hope that these "endorsements" don't mean that these people are bound from saying certain things in order to keep sponsors happy.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:45 |
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Beeswax posted:Like Joe Stalin said a lot of grumpy comedians (like Lee, whom I love) seem to think he hasn't earned his dues, so to speak. For the most part, Lees grumpiness is just part of his act on stage. In interviews hes much more laid back.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:51 |
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Fatkraken posted:FINE, I'LL BE THE ONLY ONE COMMENTING ON EASTENDERS THEN SHALL I? I think quite a few people in here watch it but are slightly ashamed, I haven't seen it since before Xmas because I thought it was going be awful/depressing. Was it?
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:53 |
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haywire posted:It seems to be getting ever increasingly common for large companies to hire comic personalities to do their ads. Kinda depressing, I can't imagine it's a hard life being a massively popular TV personality, so selling out to adverts just seems greedy. On the other hand, it doesn't really affect anything (like musicians watering down their sound for well paying contracts), so I guess it's okay. Well I'll give it to you straight...
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 00:55 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:I think it is that his humour is so simple, and his voice so annoying. He tells jokes about noticing things that everyone notices. It's dull, and shallow. Also there is a perceptioon that he seems to have essentially popped straight into the limelight as a product more of his management than his talent. to quote that Stewart Lee book "I'm reliably informed that Michael Mcintyre doesn't actually have a 'man drawer', and invented the concept in order to ridicule ordinary people, for whom he has nothing but haughty contempt."
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haywire posted:It seems to be getting ever increasingly common for large companies to hire comic personalities to do their ads. Kinda depressing, I can't imagine it's a hard life being a massively popular TV personality, so selling out to adverts just seems greedy. On the other hand, it doesn't really affect anything (like musicians watering down their sound for well paying contracts), so I guess it's okay. Robert Webb Doing voice-over work doesnt make peep show less funny, does it? its not like the horrible product placement that you get in some shows in america. Unless it's got something directly to do with the comedians work then i dont see the problem? Stand-up doesn't seem to pay that well, so thats why some comedians do it, others do it when they are in-between series'. If an voice over ad for like toilet roll ruins a comedian for you then Also micheal mcintyre is reported "physically to not be able to watch impressions of himself". The guy cant seem to handle anything but praise in my opinion. That said a lot of hate is simply because he is popular and he has shows on BBC1 instead of BBC4. Personally he reminds me of peter kay except without the nostalgia, he can be funny but its 99% just crap. Ponce de Le0n fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Jan 5, 2011 |
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What the gently caress is a mandrawer?
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 01:00 |
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The thing that always rubs me the wrong way about people like that girl going to Hawaii is that I know that I am partially paying for her to be there. I know this is an argument that could be applied by anybody to anything, but it still seems like an unnecessary extravagance.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 01:09 |
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I don't bemoan them sending someone to Hawaii. If they're going to discuss solar astronomy on a winter evening and want to show off some of the bigger astronomical hardware, it's a perfectly logical place to go. She's just a bit poo poo.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 01:15 |
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Im sure some of you will have seen this ad on tv, now see the making of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4BwLLenhKw
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 01:24 |
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Alan BStard posted:What the gently caress is a mandrawer? It's that drawer you keep all your old keys and spare batteries and other odds and sods in. It's apparently a Thing now. My grandad used his pocket for the same purpose.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 01:46 |
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Dr Snofeld posted:It's that drawer you keep all your old keys and spare batteries and other odds and sods in. It's apparently a Thing now. My grandad used his pocket for the same purpose. I'd not heard Michael MacIntyre go on about that, EVERYONE has a drawer full of crap like that not just men.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 02:08 |
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hookerbot 5000 posted:I'd not heard Michael MacIntyre go on about that, EVERYONE has a drawer full of crap like that not just men. Exactly. My mum has one. Apparently, though, a legitimately good idea that most people have is ripe for comedy.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 02:15 |
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I have a manbaby draw full of ds games. Batteries are scattered throughout the house usually under furniture.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 02:48 |
My family has an entire drawer full of crap in the welsh dresser, batteries, glade plug ins and a million plug fuses along with other stuff.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 02:52 |
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I have a penis.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 03:10 |
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:I have a penis. Great, now say that in a flustered sort of way while shaking your head about and you'll be in the Royal Variety Performance in no time!
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 03:24 |
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hookerbot 5000 posted:I'd not heard Michael MacIntyre go on about that, EVERYONE has a drawer full of crap like that not just men. The skit is that the MANdrawer is full of things only the MAN can use, and the woman may not go near it because the MAN will handle this! The only problem is that I don't know anybody whose family had a notably man-exclusive mandrawer, and I'm from the countryside where DIY is rampant. None of my city friends recognise the phenomenon either, is it a middle-class thing? That's my problem with Michael MacIntyre, that as far as I'm aware, the man drawer doesn't exist.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 04:27 |
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Lady Demelza posted:
"Jonathan Ross there, the man with more telescopes than sense" I'm starting to think that every science show should be presented by Dara O'Briain and Brian Cox. (or at least a double act of nerdy-presenter plus presentable-nerd) They just seem to have so much passion for what they're talking about and are clearly enjoying it, but they don't let that interrupt the actually content.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 11:46 |
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Noonsaliwah posted:The skit is that the MANdrawer is full of things only the MAN can use, and the woman may not go near it because the MAN will handle this! I'd go as far to say that it doesn't and that's the problem with MacIntyre. Almost everyting he jokes about is some general stereotype, but it's that type of lovely stereotype that people make up to try and sound cool when talking to other people. "I have a drawer of gadgets in my house that my wife is too stupid to use, har har, look at me say something to try and sound cool and fit into your group of friends". "i have a lovely car but i take it on the road and race those posh cunts in the fast cars, i'm cool arent i?" "I'm Michael MacItyre and i'm a funny fucker, you should like me now yeah?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q41eoZXDb64
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Strom Cuzewon posted:"Jonathan Ross there, the man with more telescopes than sense" You've listened to Infinite Monkey Cage on Radio 4 right? Brian Cox pairs with Robin Ince there, and they get some good guests on. Doesn't seem to be any on iPlayer right now, but they podcast it so you can just add it to your RSS feed or iTunes.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 12:37 |
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Jonathan Ross can be an annoying prick, but he seems to be pretty interested in nerdy stuff and the more celebrities promoting science etc the better.
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# ? Jan 5, 2011 12:40 |
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There's been a lot of old Adam and Joe podcasts being posted on the 6Music website recently, good for catching up with them if you've never listened to it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/adamandjoe
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