#31
deadsetgav wrote:
I always thought the funniest thing about little britain was the guy who went round to his mates grandma’s for a bit of perving… the bit where he sucked her toes was funny as fuck.
They let themselves down by dropping all that kind of thing in favour of “I’m the only gay in the village” and “yeah but no but yeah”…
Posted on Sat, 4 October 2008 at 23:32
#32
Alan wrote:
Dusty wrote:
First series was good when it first come out , the one sketch that always stood out for me was a character that only appeared once A police officer/driving instructor that went quite mad and in the end started shouting at his learner and then said the classic line “… Now on your way you black bastard” lol when the learner was a white male. Thought it was a good odd evil sketch.
I also agree Holy Grail is better than Life of Brian even though it is great.
Yep, that’s probably one of the only sketches that I like from that show - the cop who pulls over the white driver and calls him a black bastard. The ‘posh son suckling at his mothers breast’ gag got old very quick and was quite cringeworthy, much like all the other gags - basically, they made a series every year out of just one episode of ideas. How they got away with it I don’t know.
Like yourself, I agree Holy Grail is better than Life of Brian - I regularly quote the “We are the knights that say ecky ecky…” bit to the girlfriend when I’m drunk for her amusement/disgust.
Posted on Sun, 5 October 2008 at 09:14 in reply to an earlier post
#33
Charlie wrote:
Last nights “new” Mitchell and Webb from 2001 was HILARIOUS. :D
Posted on Sun, 5 October 2008 at 11:50
#34
Taunty Dan wrote:
Yeah, what was that? i was a bit pisse dand flicking channels and saw it. Didn’t bother with it mind.
And yeah, holy grail beats life of brian. Both excellent, but grail is daft whereas brian is more satirical than anything. And i like daft. :D
Posted on Sun, 5 October 2008 at 13:46
#35
Charlie wrote:
It was a show from 2001 being aired again. I didnt expect it to be as funny as it was. Puts little Britain to shame. Mind you - most sketch shows do. Man Stroke Woman especially.
Posted on Sun, 5 October 2008 at 15:25
#36
zomboid666 wrote:
Anything by Chris Morris is fantastic. Brass Eye is still funny as fuck.
Has anyone here seen ‘Jam’? Probably his most overlooked creation. It’s one of the darkest (yet one of the funniest) comedies I’ve ever seen.
Posted on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 10:55
#37
deadsetgav wrote:
I never watched Jam - someone warned me off it saying that it was nowhere near as funny as Brass Eye / Day Today - so I kinda let it skip by. So its worth a watch then?
Posted on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 11:01
#38
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
I thought it was really lame, but I know people who think it’s a work of genius so maybe I’m missing something. I don’t get all the fuss over The Mighty Boosh either.
Posted on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 11:19
#39
deadsetgav wrote:
Ah - I really like that! I’m going to see them live sometime near Christmas!
Posted on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 11:22
#40
zomboid666 wrote:
Yeah deadsetgav, ‘Jam’ is DEFINATELY worth watching in my opinion. Check out some clips on youtube first or something and see what ya think.
It does boil down to personal taste though. I know people that absolutely love it and some that think it’s the biggest pile of shit they’ve ever seen! One thing is for sure though, it makes for very uneasy viewing.
Posted on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 11:43
#41
deadsetgav wrote:
Will do - I’ll have a browse for some clips tonight!
Posted on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 11:46
#42
Taunty Dan wrote:
Jam is…odd. Not laugh out loud funny, more the kind of “isn’t this a bit wrong…?” uncomfortable funny. Not essential in my opinion. His best work remains the fake news/documentary format for me.
Boosh series one and two are amazing, 3 was piss poor, and live they really are taking the piss.
Posted on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 19:10
#43
Charlie wrote:
I dont MIND The Mighty Boosh - its certainly a lot better than Lirttle Britain. They’re scraping the concrete where the bottom of the barrel used to be.
Posted on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 21:20
#44
Graeme55? (Graeme Williams) wrote:
at first i found mighty boosh a load of crap, but now i think its ok, little britain i love, but i think the novelty has well worn off.
Posted on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 22:05
#45
Gimme Back My Brainsaw (Fuck it) wrote:
little britain is the worse thing to ever appear on tv, it set civilization back 200 years
Posted on Mon, 6 October 2008 at 22:37
#46
buffalo-boy wrote:
deadsetgav wrote:
Nah - I think Big Train is still fantastic. I’m part way through watching a show that I downloaded (missed it first time round) called Man Stroke Woman - its a few years old (bout 2005 i think - only 3 years but LoG isn’t much older) and that is really funny.
I wasn’t mad on that but Big Train is awesome! the jockeys who want to be firemen are fantastic!
Posted on Tue, 7 October 2008 at 07:19 in reply to an earlier post
#47
deadsetgav wrote:
Yeah - I think my all time favourite was where they had the artist formally known as price stalking jockeys in the wild!
Posted on Tue, 7 October 2008 at 07:35
#48
Dennis wrote:
Sorry, it’s all about Peep Show for me.
I hope, really, that they lay it to rest instead of past-its-sell-by-date-ing it like every other comedy
Posted on Tue, 7 October 2008 at 14:14
#49
Gimme Back My Brainsaw (Fuck it) wrote:
you’ll be happy to know the new peep show season is in production now then.
Posted on Tue, 7 October 2008 at 16:34
#50
Charlie wrote:
My favourite big train sketch was where simon pegg was terrified of spoons, and someone came in stirring a cup of tea, and the camera pans back to simon and hes gone - and they all look out the window and hes dead on the floor :D
Posted on Tue, 7 October 2008 at 17:07
#51
deadsetgav wrote:
Another great one was there they all wanted a pay rise and the boss kept distracting them with card tricks and puppies!
also the one where they banned wanking in the office! classic!
Posted on Tue, 7 October 2008 at 18:35
#52
Taunty Dan wrote:
Mine was the one where the guy thought everyone was talking about him not being married. Hard to explain it here, but for god sake try and find it on youtube. Amazing.
Posted on Tue, 7 October 2008 at 19:21
#53
Taunty Dan wrote:
..in fact i just found it! :D dunno how to post a link so just type “me not being married” in the search bar.
Posted on Tue, 7 October 2008 at 19:23
#54
deadsetgav wrote:
I’m gonna get the DVD out after - its fucking awesome that show!
Posted on Tue, 7 October 2008 at 19:45
#55
buffalo-boy wrote:
My fave is when Simon Pegg is in the operating theatre doing an emergency operation and the phone rings and he just can’t get away from the person on the other end then the patient flatlines and he says, “Doesn’t matter they’re dead now, carry on!”
Posted on Wed, 8 October 2008 at 07:20
#56
deadsetgav wrote:
I think when you start to remember Big Train and you see how good a sketch show can be - it kinda shows Little Britain up to be the total piss-stain that it is
Posted on Wed, 8 October 2008 at 07:39
#57
Taunty Dan wrote:
Absolutely. :) I found the Jesus and Satan in the workplace one as well. :D
Posted on Wed, 8 October 2008 at 17:25
#58
chr1s (The T.F.M) wrote:
Was Big Train the one that had the World Stare Out Championships too???
Posted on Thu, 9 October 2008 at 11:03
#59
Charlie wrote:
Posted on Thu, 9 October 2008 at 11:10
#60
Viirkokka wrote:
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