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Started by msd in Chit-Chat

Any good new comedy on the box in Blighty? I’m a fan of Partridge, The Office, Chris Morris, Mighty Boosh etc…

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 10:56

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#1

Dermot wrote:

People tend to either love him or hate him but I really liked Russell Brand’s new show Ponderland - it was on Channel 4 every night last week. Watched them back to back on Channel 4 On Demand hungover on Sunday morning, was a great cure :) Think it’s finished its run now though. Screenwipe with Charlie Brooker on BBC4 was good as well.

Can’t think of anything else really… or any sitcoms for that matter. Thought The Eejits was insulting and terrible… pale imitation of Father Ted! >:-<

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 11:07

#2

Taunty Dan wrote:

new series of Boosh this month i believe…erm, not much else about. Do you do Peep Show? or that mitchell and webb look? The latter is ace, Sir Digby Chicken Caesar is the best character of the year for me.

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 11:08

#3

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Dermot wrote:

Thought The Eejits was […] terrible

Agreed, I was well disappointed with that.

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 11:26 in reply to an earlier post

#4

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

I didn’t want to be the first to say it.

Mind you, it was funny when the U2 roadie’s revelations about the band included ‘“The Edge” is just a made up name’. That was about it, though.

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 11:47

#5

mrs h wrote:

Down The Line is usually pretty good, you can listen to it here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/downtheline.shtml

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 11:52

#6

Gav wrote:

Peep show for me has been the funniest in a long time - not really ‘new’ though,

Other than that its been a bit shithouse lately

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 11:54

#7

mrs h wrote:

Down The Line isn’t new either. But it is a new series so I guess it counts.

Peter Serafinowicz has his moments, but I’m not sure if it’s because he’s funny or because I adore him.

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 11:56

#8

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Definitely the latter, mommy. His show is not funny, but I am reminded of the scene in Black Books where Fran gets very excited by the sound of his voice… that was funny.

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 12:04

#9

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

‘Fraaaaan?’ :D

Why didn’t series three have a commentary? :( The ones for the first two were almost as entertaining as the show itself.

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 12:07

#10

Taunty Dan wrote:

Do people actually listen to commentaires? is it worth it?

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 12:16

#11

Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

Usually not. But when it’s Dylan Moran berating himself for the shite he’s produced, then yes, it’s actually quite entertaining. :)

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 12:22

#12

msd wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions…doesn’t sound like I’ve missed a right lot to be honest…

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 12:44

#13

Taunty Dan wrote:

i’ve a few dvds with commentaries, never bothered with them. Maybe i’ll start with the Boosh…

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 12:49

#14

mrs h wrote:

You haven’t. There was a really good show on a week or so ago, but it was part of a thing called ‘Comedy Lab’ ,and was just a one off. It was very funny. About some Scottish people who met up every week to play poker, and it had Claire Grogan in it. Did anyone else see it?

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 12:51

#15

mrs h wrote:

That was @ Sam btw

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 12:51

#16

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

I think the Comedy Lab is what that Eejits programme was from too. At least they’re not all shite :)

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 13:01

#17

mrs h wrote:

Was it? There was one that was an American stand up comic, and I really enjoyed his show too :)

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 13:11

#18

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Was it Doug Stanhope? I randomly saw him doing some standup on TV last week and he was excellent. His website is dougstanhope.com (it’s been catagorised as ‘hate speech’ by Leeds Learning so it must be good ;))

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 13:30

#19

mrs h wrote:

That sounds familiar, I’ll go have a look :)

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 13:38

#20

mrs h wrote:

Yes, it was. The show was called ‘Doug Stanhope - Go Home’ …

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 13:41

#21

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

Taunty Dan wrote:

i’ve a few dvds with commentaries, never bothered with them. Maybe i’ll start with the Boosh…

listened to the commentry for the Electro episode the other night, twas alright. Roll on series 3!!!!!!

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 14:46 in reply to an earlier post

#22

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

mrs h wrote:

Peter Serafinowicz has his moments, but I’m not sure if it’s because he’s funny or because I adore him.

only seen the bits of Peter Serafinowicz’s show when he was on Rossy. The Cillit Bang one was very funny, the X Factor wasn’t that good. I do like him though.

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 15:05 in reply to an earlier post

Last edited by Teethgrinder on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 15:09 (Corrected use of quotes)

#23

mrs h wrote:

It’s on catch up tv if you have cable. The joy of it being you can fast forward if you’re not amused and then watch the funny bits as often as you like. And no adverts - ever!! I love technology :)

Posted on Thu, 1 November 2007 at 15:11

#24

opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:

i thought the IT crowd on channel four was quite good..
don’t usually watch a lot of that there telly-vision but someone bought me the first series on dvd…and it was rather good..
that and green wing!!
that was bloody hilarious..!!

new comedy..we haven’t really had anything worth mentioning really.. well in my opinion..
not that big of a fan of boosh..
wish they’d bring back the league of gentleman!!
That was amazing!!
best thing on TV ever!!

Posted on Fri, 2 November 2007 at 13:06

#25

MonkFish (Ruth- Thanks for coming, mind yourself on your way home) wrote:

you -have-all-got-to-watch- ‘Flight of the ConChords’ on saturday night at 00.25 on BBC4 (repeat of Tuesday night’s episode). It’s the funniest thing this side of buttered bread…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/conchords/

It’s a very gentle, improvised, observational ‘real life’ style of comedy in the style of ‘the office’..about a band called ‘The Flight of the ConChords’ who are the 4th biggest Digi-folk act in New Zealand, and have now come to New York to seek fame and fortune. Their hapless manager, Murray (who is also the assistant cultural attache to NZ in NYC) guides their misfortunes..and each episode features a musical break out in the style of a famous pop video of recent times. In recent weeks we’ve seen ‘Urban Pressure’ (in the style of Pet Shop Boys West End Girls) and a hilarious Bowie tribute this week just gone (the one thats on saturday night!) in which the ghost of Bowie advises one of the band to wear an eye patch to make himself look more mysterious, and he loses all depth perception with humourous results!
Not to everyone’s taste, but i like it so much i’ve ordered the DVD already - 12 episodes (that and its filmed on location in NY and i like it there :-D ). It was originally on the Radio, with Rob Brydon narrating.

Watch out for the hilarious NZ Tourism posters in Murray’s office - advertising the charms of NZ with such gems as ‘New Zealand - like Lord of the Rings only a bit better’! and ‘NZ - it’s cool!’.

bloody hilarious…

Posted on Fri, 2 November 2007 at 15:31

#26

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

surly its not as funny as buttered bread, i mean come on!

Posted on Fri, 2 November 2007 at 15:36

#27

MonkFish (Ruth- Thanks for coming, mind yourself on your way home) wrote:

ooh i don’t know, buttered bread is pretty hilarious but this is better :-D

Posted on Fri, 2 November 2007 at 15:49

#28

msd wrote:

opal_mantra wrote:

i thought the IT crowd on channel four was quite good..

I watched the first 2 episodes stoned and thought it was hilarious, then watched the next four and thought it was average at best. It just got pretty shit by the end.

Posted on Fri, 2 November 2007 at 21:21 in reply to an earlier post

#29

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

tried my hardest to like it as on of thye Fr Ted guys wrote it but i just found it a bit weak.

Posted on Fri, 2 November 2007 at 21:34

#30

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

although the episode with Noel from the Boosh was very funny

Posted on Sat, 3 November 2007 at 09:49

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