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stev
Jan 22, 2013

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DominoDancing posted:

WILTY very much depends on the chemistry between Lee Mack and David Mitchell, so I don't think replacing one of them would work out in the long run, but I agree. Greg Davies was great.

Lee Mack has no chemistry with any human. His side of the banter is so forced that anyone could do it.

I mean I never really enjoyed him on WILTY, but it wasn't until Not Going Out that I realised how terrible he actually is.

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stev
Jan 22, 2013

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pentyne posted:

All he mostly when not having to think on his feet about a ridiculous lie he's been given does is dive into the tired jokes of "David is so posh and doesn't know anything about pop culture".

And pounce onto other people's good comedy moments like in the above example.

He's tolerable on WILTY in small doses, but he absolutely ruins stuff like 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown with his bullshit.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Paperhouse posted:

Sandi Toksvig is on QI a lot and she is not funny

She's quite interesting though. Which pretty much qualifies.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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I doubt anyone on here still watches Waterloo road, but Lisa and Shaznay are loving scumbags. How they haven't been expelled or prosecuted so far this season is beyond me.

Why am I watching this poo poo? :bang:

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Russell Brand was loving great tonight. The rest weren't all that funny, though Jack and Claudia had their moments.

Warwick Davis may as well have not been there, and was once again dragged out so that someone could say 'we got Warwick Davis'.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Ddraig posted:

There's like one agency that is responsible for 90% of all comedians on the BBC, I believe.

Would that be Chortle? I looked at their site the other day and it's basically everyone I can possibly think of.

http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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I saw Whitehall's standup a few years back. The jokes themselves were fine, but his delivery was really off putting.

He clearly wrote the entire set's structure out, memorized the entire thing and regurgitated it without stopping to breathe, think or interact. I walked away feeling like I'd just watched it on TV.


I do quite like him overall though. The problem with Russell Howard is just how repetitive he is. Watch more than one of his stand up shows or a few panel appearances and you just hear the same jokes over and over. He seems to just sit there with a bank of them waiting to pop one out for an un-earned laugh. He never stopped coming off like a sixth former doing a talent show.

stev fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jan 6, 2015

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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I was going to make a joke about the last time a hateful bitch reality "star" was on Celebrity Big Brother, but then I felt bad.

Still, fingers crossed though yeah?

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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The Big Taff Man posted:

I cant loving stand Warwick Davis, he comes off as so fake and fame hungry

It's weird what's happened to him in the last 4 years or so. I can't tell if it's come from him or if cunts like Ricky Gervais just do that to people.

He contributed less than nothing to that quiz though.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Brown Moses posted:

Harry Hill is back on ITV with a new version of Stars In Their Eyes, with Matthew Kelly making a guest appearance in a sketch, so I assume it's not sticking closely to the 90s format.

Nails in my eyes please.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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I give it three days before an apology is issued after 12 people complain.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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WeAreTheRomans posted:

For better or worse, I'm watching this Cyberbully thing with Maisie Williams, so far it's pretty insipid stuff, and one teen just referred to another as "hack-man". :munch:

How many times middle aged people used the word 'troll' so far? I'm guessing 45.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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I've only seen the first two seasons of Fresh Meat, but it was great.

I had to stop watching it because it's ridiculously depressing to watch when you're not a student anymore. Even if Jack Whitehall is in his 40s.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Nah whenever I've seen her on QI she's pretty good.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Mr. Squishy posted:

I need to catch that then.
Bit of fantasy casting, who would play the big fat Henry 8 we all know and love? A slightly younger Brian Blessed?

Get Benedict Wong to do it.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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What I love about Brooker's shows is that he and his mates actually get this stuff. They don't just throw around words like troll or vlogger to appear relevant.

The Zeb bit was so depressingly true to life.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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I think it's a combination of her being purty and living such a downbeat lifestyle with someone so purty that's appealing.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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goatface posted:

Who wants to watch Eurovision

:barf:

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Is anyone taken in by the 'live' gimmick? It adds literally nothing to the show, and only means that it's a poorly acted mess with terrible editing and pacing.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Oh I'm sure it could produce great results with a talented comedy cast and a few good chances at improv.

I'm guessing most people only watch them in the hopes that something goes wrong and they can have seen it live.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Oh my god this is the worst TV ever.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Holy gently caress the bookies must have cleaned up. I wonder what the odds on the kid were.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Honestly better put together than you'd expect. That Ian oval office is one of the most depressingly bad actors there is though.

And since none of the other cast knew, nothing will come from this 'revelation' for a long, long time. And now I can forget this poo poo exists again.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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XMNN posted:

Is the next Weekly Wipe a clip show again? It seems like such a waste on a 6 week series.

e: That was more a rhetorical question than anything, I just checked and it is.

Yeah I really don't understand the reasoning. If they only have the budget and time to make a 5 week series, do that. Clip shows should be reserved for the mid-point of a 15+ episode run.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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stickyfngrdboy posted:

Jeremy Clarkson is the reason top gear works and is hugely popular

In my experience, Clarkson is the reason cunts like Top Gear.

I mean, I have a lot of friends/relatives in the pro-Clarkson camp. They're lovely but they're cunts.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Just put a bullet in that embarrassing show's head.

stev fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Mar 18, 2015

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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stickyfngrdboy posted:

That embarrassing show makes the BBC more money than anything else ever

Which is pretty embarrassing for them.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Tenebrais posted:

It was extremely ordinary children's entertainment.

By ITV's imaginary standards.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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The Big Taff Man posted:

Awful decision imo, Claude is best ripping people apart in the interview, the whole point of monitoring is to be a hiddenfigure making notes and the occasional side comment. Claudes too much of a beast for that.

I'll give him a shot before I assume he's be bad. I can see him staying silent for a whole episode, then tearing into everyone in the boardroom. Which could easily overshadow Sugar.

Then again, Sugar is pretty much the worst thing in the show. I'd say replace him, but I can't think of any failed, bored businessmen that people think of as credible (for some reason).

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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One Swell Foop posted:

Diane Morgan, then?

I'd watch that.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Lemon posted:

One thing that always confused me about Top Gear - When you watch it, are you supposed to believe that the majority of the crazy moments in the features aren't scripted? Or is it like wrestling, where you know it's fake but enjoy it anyway?

My cousin refuses to believe it's not real. Talks about these guys like they go on amazing adventures every other week.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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I'd love to see an actual businessman take over Apprentice UK. The US can take Sugar and keep him.

Also, I'd love to live in a world where Vicious is a good, watchable program. Whenever I catch some of it I feel like the majority of people involved are genuinely talented and want the show to be great, but it's covered in that sickly ITV sneer that's impossible to get over.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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netally posted:

I wonder if they'd give it to Katie Hopkins? As lovely a person as she is the viewing figures would be spectacular.

I'd make it my life's work never to watch another second of the show.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Are they replacing Alan Sugar yet? I'd really like to not have to look at or hear him but I still want to watch the show.

Realising that I'm at the age now where there's a genuine possibility that I'll see a oval office from school/uni/work as a contestant. Here's hoping for next year!

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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TomViolence posted:

Oh, I don't know. They've been pretty lax on child abuse over the past few decades.

OH HO HO!

Zing!

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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WeAreTheRomans posted:

Why has Karl Pilkington not been on QI though?

Because he's awful?

Toksvig is basically Stephen Fry in lady form. Very interested to see how she does.

And I too prefer Fish to the actual show these days.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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WeAreTheRomans posted:

they wanted him to play violin as his talent. He's really lovely at the violin, but still what a wasted opportunity.

Maybe he shouldn't have told them he could play violin.

Unless one of you told them. That wasn't very nice.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Oh gently caress I'm rewatching Peep Show and the internal monologues are way closer to my own thoughts now than they were a decade ago. That's a bad sign.

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stev
Jan 22, 2013

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Rondette posted:

I watched a couple of episodes of series 7 recently, is it me or is Mark a totally different in character from the first series? I thought he was a total twat in s7, but in the first few series I was rooting for him. It doesn't matter coz I'm gonna watch it anyway....reading a brief synopsis Johnson has got him working for a Payday loan style bank which should be funny, in a depressing way.

Maybe rewatch the first few series'. He's basically a subversion of the lovestruck sitcom hero that you root for. He's a needy, manipulative oval office.

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