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Friday Night Dinner starts tonight at 10pm. It's nothing groundbreaking and nowhere near laugh out lound funny as the Inbetweeners, but is very well put together and does the 'aren't families weird' stuff very well. It's written by Look Around You's Robert Popper, stars Simon Bird basically being Will, Jim Rosenthal's son, Tamsin Grieg and Paul Ritter. Also the indescribably talented Mark Heap is a creepy neighbour. And the first episode has Matthew Holness aka Garth Merenghi in a guest role. I think it's a grower.
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Did anyone read this article about Jim Davision yet?: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12569498 I can't decide if its just a cynical ploy at trying to make a comeback or if he is genuinely changing his views.
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Feb 25, 2011 14:17
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Lord Dekks posted:Did anyone read this article about Jim Davision yet?: My Dad was used to be involved with keeping the troops entertained when he was in the RAF while they were stationed in the Falklands, and he would meet and greet all the various entertainers as they landed, and made sure they got what they needed. He said Jim Davidson was a total dick head, was extremely arrogant, treated people like poo poo, and forced a very ill dancer to perform in a freezing cold hanger in a tiny outfit even though she was nearly passing out, and gave her loads of verbal abuse when she said she was ill. Frankie Howard on the other hand was pretty cool from the sounds of it. He landed in Cyprus, walked past all the high ranking officers who were waiting to greet him and went straight to chatting with all the lower ranks, and was really friendly and pleasant.
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Feb 25, 2011 14:23
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Lord Dekks posted:Did anyone read this article about Jim Davision yet?: I attended a set by Chortle award winner Joe Lycett last week in which he told an anecdote about being on the same bill as Jim Davidson recently. He was talking to him and asked him about the racism, words like 'chink', pulling a disapproving face. Apparently halfway through his set, Davidson came to a joke, looked off stage to Lycett, and censored himself by using the words 'chinese man' instead. Strange days are afoot.
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Feb 25, 2011 16:49
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It's political correctness gone mad, Stew
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Feb 25, 2011 17:10
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Brown Moses posted:My Dad was used to be involved with keeping the troops entertained when he was in the RAF while they were stationed in the Falklands, and he would meet and greet all the various entertainers as they landed, and made sure they got what they needed. This certainly is quite true, as a few years later men like my dad who served would be told this and he passed down great wisdom to me too: That man will always be an unfunny oval office.
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Feb 25, 2011 17:28
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SeanBeansShako posted:This certainly is quite true, as a few years later men like my dad who served would be told this and he passed down great wisdom to me too: And now that unfunny oval office writes for our local paper. Oh, the shame 
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Feb 25, 2011 17:33
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Friday night dinner, aka "The bit's in the trailer were the funniest but not really that funny" I've gone to watch some paint dry instead.
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Feb 25, 2011 23:19
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Ben Soosneb posted:Friday night dinner, aka "The bit's in the trailer were the funniest but not really that funny" I thought it was pretty good 
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Feb 26, 2011 00:13
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Metrication posted:I thought it was pretty good Don't worry, we can both be wrong together (I quite enjoyed it too, especially Mark Heap's creepy next door neighbour, but then Mark Heap tends to steal every show he's in anyway)
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Feb 26, 2011 03:18
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Friday Night Dinner really caught me off guard with the sudden appearance of Garth Marenghi.
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Feb 26, 2011 04:06
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Wootcannon posted:
I could be completely wrong but was it Distant Shores? Family go and live on an Island off the coast and wife shags some other guy are the main things I remember about it. Plus it had Doctor Who (of my childhood in it). edit: Just found out that there was a second series that never aired in this country. The buggers. lazyjane fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Feb 26, 2011 |
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Feb 26, 2011 04:18
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So what are people's opinions of Andrew Lawrence? He's a very underrated comedian that occassionally pops up on various shows. He's one of those comedians that are perpetually playing Edinburgh and such but never really getting any recognition for it. He had a very short-lived series on Radio 4 called "What to do if you're not like everybody else" that was absolutely hilarious and well worth tracking down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWn5r5e_hOc
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Feb 26, 2011 23:36
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Holy Doughnuts! posted:Friday Night Dinner really caught me off guard with the sudden appearance of Garth Marenghi. Not to get off topic but I thought I'd mention I live in the same city as Matthew Holness. Apparently he was really approachable. A friend of mine's friend worked in a cafe he'd go into occasionally and asked for an autograph and he stayed in Garth character for it, which makes him sound like an awesome guy. I've only seen him a couple of times on the street though, haven't approached him yet
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Feb 27, 2011 01:15
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As someone who loved Life on Mars I just realized that Phillip Gleinister and John Simm are in another show together, Mad Dogs. I know it won't be anything like LoM based on the premise, but is it good? I saw the trailer and it didn't stand out as amazing, but I'm curious what people here think.
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Feb 27, 2011 11:43
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They are both in State of Play as well.
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Feb 27, 2011 11:46
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Superrodan posted:As someone who loved Life on Mars I just realized that Phillip Gleinister and John Simm are in another show together, Mad Dogs. I thought the first episode was almost completely worthless and without merit, but it picks up right at the end there and becomes really, really good. I'm actually anxious to see how it all turns out now
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Feb 27, 2011 11:54
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Thanks! Since I don't have any need to watch it immediately, I'll come back in here in a few weeks or so when it is closer to the end of the first season and see if it is still worth watching. The best thing about BBC shows is the small number of episodes so that the writers always have a chance to tell their story for at least a season.
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Feb 27, 2011 12:05
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Brown Moses posted:Next year it should be "Ten O'Clock with Mitchell and Brooker", not live, and with various guests presenters. Brooker and Mitchell are genuinely great. Both absolutely on fire. edit: oh god, Jimmy Carr just gets worse
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Feb 27, 2011 15:32
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The Supreme Court posted:Lauren Laverne's slideshow It was a god drat PowerPoint presentation.
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Feb 27, 2011 15:41
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Friday Night Dinner was pretty bad. Mark Heap was good, a bit Green Wing. Also does anyone know what the arcade machine in the cafe in Eastenders is. Just wonderin'
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Feb 27, 2011 15:41
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The show does seem to have found its place, each episode is getting more about highlighting our apathy towards politics and global events. Like how Brooker was mocking Gadaffi, but then jabs at us with "yes he's hilarious, that murderous insane dictator who has killed thousands - but look at his clothes! teehee!". Laren does something to try and highlight some injustice or bring to our attention some horrible contradiction, Dave tries to do an interview poking at hypocrisy. There were moments where I thought the audience were going to stop gobsmacked, look at each other and start shouting "Yes! The current state of affairs is poo poo! We've got to do something about this, our eyes are open! We need action" and then they start to tear the set apart and hoist Brooker and David onto their shoulders and by the echo of their clarion call, we begin a revolution. Then Carr goes "al-Qeada are calling the Royal Wedding Christmas LOL" and the audience falls about laughing.
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Feb 27, 2011 15:53
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I thought the first episode was almost completely worthless and without merit, but it picks up right at the end there and becomes really, really good. I'm actually anxious to see how it all turns out now Looking back at it, I quite like how the first episode makes you seem to think 'tch typical, middle aged men being wankers on holiday' and then they pull the stops out at the end in a classic HOLY poo poo cliff hanger. Just sad it is a little bit short now it is finishing this week .
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Feb 27, 2011 19:23
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Some Strange Flea posted:Oh christ I completely forgot about that. That was loving awful.
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Feb 27, 2011 19:39
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DaWolfey posted:Then Carr goes "al-Qeada are calling the Royal Wedding Christmas LOL" and the audience falls about laughing. I can't begin to imagine the amount of frantic arm waving that the Floor Manager must be doing...
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Feb 27, 2011 20:21
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The man at this point is simply bad and should not return if they do another series of this. No Brooker-esqe hatred against him, outside the show with his own stuff he is worth a chuckle or guffaw but his style of comedy doesn't work trying to run with satire.
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Feb 27, 2011 20:28
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His style of comedy meaning his trying to turn absolutely everything into an innuendo?
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Feb 27, 2011 20:38
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Lady Galaga posted:His style of comedy meaning his trying to turn absolutely everything into an innuendo? Well yeah, thats got to change too now that you mention it. Carry On films mined the poo poo out of that stuff decades ago.
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Feb 27, 2011 20:40
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Just tuned in to watch Top Gear only to be presented with Fiona Bruce in a skin tight blue outfit, maybe I should be watching the Antiques Roadshow more often.
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Feb 27, 2011 20:59
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SeanBeansShako posted:Looking back at it, I quite like how the first episode makes you seem to think 'tch typical, middle aged men being wankers on holiday' and then they pull the stops out at the end in a classic HOLY poo poo cliff hanger. Except they did the flash forward thing at the start so you know it won't always be this boring. Cheap trick.
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Feb 27, 2011 21:05
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I don't hate Carr on 10 o clock live, but he really needs to stop doing that looking around at the audience thing after every joke in the headlines.
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Feb 27, 2011 21:15
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Being Human's ratcheting up the tension pretty effectively I thought  series started off weak but it's definately improved by strides
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aga. posted:Except they did the flash forward thing at the start so you know it won't always be this boring. Cheap trick. Still a good TV show. Also holy god, rewatching Friday Night Dinner is that the son of Spud Gun from Bottom in the latter half using the toilet?
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Feb 28, 2011 01:15
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Are there any movie review/news shows on TV anymore (apart from Film 2011)?
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Feb 28, 2011 16:38
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reality_groove posted:Are there any movie review/news shows on TV anymore (apart from Film 2011)? Doesn't The Review Show cover films?
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Feb 28, 2011 18:28
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Squalitude posted:Friday Night Dinner was pretty bad. Mark Heap was good, a bit Green Wing. yeah I didn't even make it through the whole episode, no laughs to be had really.
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Feb 28, 2011 18:39
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Baby Arm Balloon posted:Not to get off topic but I thought I'd mention I live in the same city as Matthew Holness. Apparently he was really approachable. A friend of mine's friend worked in a cafe he'd go into occasionally and asked for an autograph and he stayed in Garth character for it, which makes him sound like an awesome guy. I've only seen him a couple of times on the street though, haven't approached him yet Wikipedia says he lives in Norwich, this still true? Repping my hometown! I rather enjoyed Friday Night Dinner, but I'm unashamedly a bit in love with Tamsin Greig.
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Feb 28, 2011 21:38
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Huh. I wrote a big post about Friday Night Dinner but I guess the Awful app ate it. I loved it and don't see how people weren't laughin'. Probably helps that the dad is so much like my dad and I think he's hilarious, although my dad intentionally doesn't wear his hearing aids because of the ensuing comedy of errors. Matthew Holness frantically trying to open the door had me in stitches. eating only apples posted:I rather enjoyed Friday Night Dinner, but I'm unashamedly a bit in love with Tamsin Greig.
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Feb 28, 2011 22:08
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For any feature doc fans, last year's Oscar winning The Cove is being repeated on More4 tonight at 10.
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Personally I feel bad about jokes that rely on the dad's hearing problem, but that's just because I've enjoyed South Park style jokes about cripples too much in the past and now have epic shame. Tamsin Greig is great, but she just feels wrong as a sensible lady with two nearly-grown-up children. She should be a desperate alcoholic crazy lady.
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