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WastedJoker posted:So, I'm a big fan of cookery shows and I've been watching series 8 of Great British Menu which has a brief related to Comic Relief and adding humour to dishes. Probably because witty is a good way of saying "here's why this plate of food is actually funny, without immideately appearing to be".
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I saw Kevin Eldon do a show at The Stand in Edinburgh during the Fringe and it was genuinely piss funny, but unfortunately it was mostly cobbled together from things he's done on and off for like 20 years. The funniest bit is his poet character, which has some brilliant punning, but he actually started doing that in the mid 90s. I'm not sure you can hold a gun to his head and go BE FUNNY. It's Kevin was at least strange and bad instead of bland and bad, and if you'd watched Horne & Corden you'd know what I mean.
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Mar 18, 2013 22:53
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I saw his stand up show a couple of years back and really enjoyed it. It's Kevin was pretty disappointing though, It felt like a more family friendly Jaaam. The sandwich bit was great though... "i just throw bread at a pig".
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Mar 18, 2013 23:20
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Actually quite enjoyed It's Kevin. Lots of it didn't really work but the bits that did were enjoyable enough to make it worthwhile for me. I guess it was only the first one, its worth seeing whether it picks up at all as it goes on. Poor Kevin, he's so good in everything else I really want him to succeed with it.
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Mar 18, 2013 23:30
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The guy in the preview picture for In The Flesh looks a lot like me, it was freaky when I just loaded up the iPlayer site. I'm not depressed and ill-looking though. [edit]just GISed him. Also not ginger or that skinny.
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Mar 18, 2013 23:31
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The Heckler posted:I saw his stand up show a couple of years back and really enjoyed it. It's Kevin was pretty disappointing though, It felt like a more family friendly Jaaam. The sandwich bit was great though... "i just throw bread at a pig". The sandwich bit just killed me; the rest of it was pretty terrible though. I really wanted to like it 
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Mar 19, 2013 00:09
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Broadchurch is pretty good so far. Wasn't planning on watching it but ended up seeing the first episode last week, decided to keep watching. "Get away from me or I'll piss in a cup and throw it at you" is one of the greatest threats I have ever heard. I like that it's not all doom and gloom, there's some really funny bits in there.
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Mar 19, 2013 00:17
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In The Flesh is legitimately quite good. I recommend. Even if that one guy looks a bit too much like RDJ for my liking.
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Mar 19, 2013 00:29
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It's Kevin was a disappointment for me too apart from sandwich guy. The constant "no" just slayed me. Some people are just better at comedy acting.
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Mar 19, 2013 09:09
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David Mitchell's got a new panel show on Channel 4 about " quotes, tweets, literature and TV & film dialogue". http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2013/03/19/17456/another_panel_show_for_david_mitchell
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Mar 19, 2013 12:38
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reality_groove posted:I've been watching it. Really enjoyed the first episode (the Apprentice spoof is spot-on) but was massively disappointed when subsequent eps were the basically the same sketches. Diminshing returns and all that. My experience differed. I don't know which one is Anna and which one is Katy, but the brunette one had better acting ability, with the blonde one being just painful. A lot of the sketches felt like writers sat around a room saying 'you know what would be funny? A dinner party where a woman tells jokes and people take them as serious comments and she has to explain herself' or 'It's the Apprentice but it's really low level, like a taxi rank' (the Apprentice is low level anyway. They make and sell cupcakes. They buy toasters one at a time). The actual scenes are less funny than the idea behind them. Then you get the threat that there'll be one each of these in every episode in the series. The 'Congratulation' sketch in which two white Lorraine Kelly types affect Jamaican accents and read letters from the audience (which may or may not be meant to be funny by themselves) in a voice that wavers close to geordie half the time, before saluting the cameras at the end by rolling over and displaying their genitals and arseholes is...questionable. To say the least. I read an interview with them in which they claim to eliminate any sketches where another actor could play the characters. The characters are so unique and nuanced they have to be played specifically by Anna and Katy! That's some amazing arrogance, especially once you've watched the show.
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Mar 19, 2013 12:45
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It's Kevin reminded me of something from years back - Cool Head. Remember rubber-faced comedian Phil Cool? He was everywhere for a few years in the late 80s, then he got given his own show on ITV, which had a pretentious linking narrative between sketches and somehow even though he was doing basically the same thing he'd been doing all along, it just wasn't funny.
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Mar 19, 2013 13:43
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I'm going to check out Bluestone 42 later and hope it really is a thing of its own and not some version of Gary Tank Commander.
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Mar 19, 2013 13:46
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SeanBeansShako posted:I'm going to check out Bluestone 42 later and hope it really is a thing of its own and not some version of Gary Tank Commander. It's...ehhhh. A few good lines, certainly not a comedy classic. The Scottish characters are funny at least. Better than GTC anyway. Although stubbing my pinky toe is better than GTC.
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Mar 19, 2013 14:06
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If it is vaguely funny and kills time it is good enough.
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Mar 19, 2013 14:07
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It's Kevin should be on BBC 3.
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Mar 19, 2013 14:18
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onoflalks posted:David Mitchell's got a new panel show on Channel 4 about " quotes, tweets, literature and TV & film dialogue". It's Radio 4's Quote Unquote for millenials and I hope everybody involved chokes on it.
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Mar 19, 2013 15:30
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I quite enjoyed it's Kevin. Although I went in with low expectations. There's been much worse wacky disjointed sketch shows. I think that's where the problem is though. It felt like a wacky disjointed sitcom with a disclaimer, rather than something taking the piss out of the genre itself.
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Mar 19, 2013 16:18
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onoflalks posted:David Mitchell's got a new panel show on Channel 4 about " quotes, tweets, literature and TV & film dialogue". Someone had left a Sunday Times supplement on my table in a pub a few weeks ago. I had a flick through it. It was a bit like the Guardian's Guide - film reviews, celebrities, culture, that sort of thing, but a bit more out of touch. They interviewed someone over a quarter or half a page. While it didn't mention Twitter, the interview had the tagline 'Answers in 140 characters or less!'. I was just stunned at the stupidity. Twitter is popular because people can give you random amounts of info without having to think they're 'wasting' a blog post. This interview would be better with more characters. All interviews are pared down to the 'good stuff' anyway. These media people just jump on what's popular and hammer it into their own template without knowing why it was popular in the first place. Rude Tube is Youtube for people who can't work a computer. This new show is bringing tweets to people who can't read.
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Mar 19, 2013 16:32
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eating only apples posted:I have the vividest memory of the two guys in shades at the end of this video. The one on the left said "we don't need no tactics" and the one on the right added "yeah! We don't need no small minty things." This was a couple of pages back, sorry, but that sounds a lot like Hale and Paces schtick. It's possible you're thinking of them. The one on the left looks a bit like Hale I guess, or Pace. I don't know.
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Mar 19, 2013 17:08
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SeanBeansShako posted:I'm going to check out Bluestone 42 later and hope it really is a thing of its own and not some version of Gary Tank Commander. It falls into that middle ground of not terrible but not something you'd ever sky+, there isn't anything that bad about it, it just seems utterly forgettable.
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Mar 19, 2013 17:09
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Leon with a Zero posted:It falls into that middle ground of not terrible but not something you'd ever sky+, there isn't anything that bad about it, it just seems utterly forgettable. Yeah, exactly. It's a bit naff, but certainly not a total waste of time.
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Mar 19, 2013 17:36
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Padje posted:This new show is bringing tweets to people who can't read. Not sure about that. To me, "based on quotes, tweets, literature and TV & film dialogue" sounds like an excuse to get comedians talking about the week's events, much like 8/10 cats. Which, whilst it obviously won't set the world on fire, will probably be worth watching on demand to pass half an hour.
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Mar 19, 2013 17:45
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This can be a huge success if it has David Mitchell reading tweets from the Iron Shiek.
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Mar 19, 2013 18:10
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Nobody will ever be as good at reading comments/tweets as Adam Buxton. Brooker and Mitchell can try, but they are pale imitations.
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Junkenstein posted:Not sure about that. To me, "based on quotes, tweets, literature and TV & film dialogue" sounds like an excuse to get comedians talking about the week's events, much like 8/10 cats. Which, whilst it obviously won't set the world on fire, will probably be worth watching on demand to pass half an hour. Yeah, I enjoy panel shows with David Mitchell because he actually tends to come up with funny points and banter on the fly rather than just redirecting to some bit he's written for a stand-up show that relates to _____. It's too bad he's the host though, because it's usually awkward as hell when he tries to deliver the kind of cheesy prewritten stuff that they make hosts say. Like, on The Unbelievable Truth you can often kind of tell that he isn't really fully committed to some of the jokes he has to deliver.
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Junkenstein posted:To me, "based on quotes, tweets, literature and TV & film dialogue" sounds like an excuse to get comedians talking about the week's events, much like 8/10 cats "Tonight on Ten O'Clock Live, we're
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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BizarroAzrael posted:This can be a huge success if it has David Mitchell reading tweets from the Iron Shiek. Isn't that what John Oliver does on The Bugle anyway?
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Mar 19, 2013 20:30
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Padje posted:Rude Tube is Youtube for people who can't work a computer. ...that airs primarily on a channel targeted towards people who grew up with the bloody things.
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Mar 19, 2013 20:36
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BizarroAzrael posted:This can be a huge success if it has David Mitchell reading tweets from the Iron Shiek. DAVID MITCHELL A PUSSY I BREAK HIS BACK MAKE HIM HUMBLE LIKE OLD COUNTRY Seriously, Iron Sheik's twitter is the best loving thing on the internet. It's just broken english threats of sodomy against random celebrities.
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VogeGandire posted:DAVID MITCHELL A PUSSY I BREAK HIS BACK MAKE HIM HUMBLE LIKE OLD COUNTRY Having just quickly scrolled through it, it seems he really dislikes The Ultimate Warrior, Lindsay Lohan, and Chris Brown's mother.
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StrawmanUK posted:3 2 1..ACTIVATE! Killertron is best remembered for being thrashed by a piece of cheese in series four.
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Flatscan posted:Having just quickly scrolled through it, it seems he really dislikes The Ultimate Warrior, Lindsay Lohan, and Chris Brown's mother. He's basically taken too many blows to the head and WAY too much coke, and now lives his gimmick. He loving hates Hulk Hogan too.
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VogeGandire posted:DAVID MITCHELL A PUSSY I BREAK HIS BACK MAKE HIM HUMBLE LIKE OLD COUNTRY He really sums it all up in his description "Respect the legend I love you otherwise go gently caress yourself #teamsheikie buy my #1 T Shirt http://www.theironsheik.org or go gently caress yourself" Flatscan posted:Having just quickly scrolled through it, it seems he really dislikes The Ultimate Warrior, Lindsay Lohan, and Chris Brown's mother. If it's current, he likely hates it. e: also Hulk Hogan lets go swimming fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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Mar 19, 2013 21:11
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What is this Bedtime live poo poo? I assume this is the cheapest way to fill airtime or something.
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Leon with a Zero posted:What is this Bedtime live poo poo? Jake Humphries left the BBC's F1 coverage for this?
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Mar 19, 2013 21:23
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If you have a couple of minute spare, the video below is probably my favourite anecdote about anyone, ever, but its made even funnier by that fact that its about the Iron Shiek. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J2-KqnSXso
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Mar 19, 2013 21:31
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Bluestone 42 certainly is eh, alright. Though holy gently caress can it be a rule now that unless it is Rich Fulcher the whole large obnoxiously brash BBC TV American thing be dropped?
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Mar 19, 2013 21:55
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VogeGandire posted:He's basically taken too many blows to the head and WAY too much coke, and now lives his gimmick. He loving hates Hulk Hogan too. He doesn't actually write his Twitter. His managers (who he refers to as 'intelligent Jews') update it based on the sort of things that Sheik would say. Having said that, it all sounds exactly like the stuff he says in shoot interviews, so well done to his agents for making it so authentic.
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SeanBeansShako posted:Bluestone 42 certainly is eh, alright. It's not great, it's not even got any army insider jokes.
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