I've forsaken American television.

LordHart · Fri 02/01/2004 18:02:17

Quote from: DGMacphee on Fri 02/01/2004 12:53:14
Quote from: Las Naranjas on Fri 02/01/2004 06:27:36
Beaten only by Roy and HG getting Charlie Perkins to sing "I'm wishing for a white christmas".
I still have a soft spot for Pete Smith singing "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)"

I still have a soft spot for Mike Whitney singing "I Will Always Love You".

DGMacphee · Sat 03/01/2004 01:58:27

I think this is one of the best examples from The Late Show: http://www.sylpher.com/DGMacphee/Photoshop/Shirty_3.avi

Sorry about the size, but I need to relearn Gordian Knot.

LordHart · Sat 03/01/2004 22:24:49

Hehe, Shirty... one of Russell Crowes early acting jobs.

deltamatrix · Sun 04/01/2004 00:00:18

on the topic of british comedy. I no that it is the best but it ain't perfect.

The BBC has had a load of crap comedies and well as good ones.

Only fools and horses is hilarious and one of the best. Red Dwarf and Coupling are masterpieces. The Office is shit.

Fast show, goodness gracious me, little britain and the kumars are funny.

Did anyone ever watch Big Train? God that was a weird cult comedy that it did make me laugh sometimes.

Anyway, did anyone ever see the Beeb comedy TLC? What a load of shit that was. An obvious brit rip-off of scrubs that didn't work (but I don't like scrubs anyway).

Comedy is going downhill on both sides of the atlantic as the writer run out of ideas.

Privateer Puddin' · Sun 04/01/2004 00:13:40

May i ask why you don't like The Office but think Coupling is a masterpiece?

Simple · Sun 04/01/2004 01:50:13

Yeah, I'm curious as well.

I think The Office is pretty amazing, if only for the acting. A lot of shows have the ability to make their audience feel awkward, but The Office is the only one I've seen so far where the characters themselves are made convincingly awkward.

And how is Little Britain since you mentioned it? The only real review I found for it called it "League Lite." Which could be good, or bad.

AGA · Sun 04/01/2004 02:25:59

They take a cross-section of... weird people and social stereotypes from Britain, and play them up. It stars two guys, who play all the roles, male or female. It can be hilarious at times. It is quite similar to LoG in many ways.

deltamatrix · Sun 04/01/2004 03:07:08

I find Office totally boring. OK it has made me laugh a few times but too few.

Office is too dull and samey and that christmas special was rubbish. Yes the actors are good. In fact there the only good thing about it.

Coupling is much funnier and very well crafted with great actors, great scripts and good characters like JEFF and his phases like the
Melty Man(I'll never forget that one)
Giggle loop
Nudity buffer
and steve funny speech about cushions and their purpose. WATCH IT!
The situations the characters get themselves into in Coupling are hilarious. Never before have I seen such a extremely well put together comedy.
Steven Moffat is a comic genius!

Office is rancid.

One other comedy/gameshow I'd like to mention:

DISTRACTION!

Las Naranjas · Sun 04/01/2004 03:19:15

Coupling seemed far too stilted and reliant on scripted gags then the result of the entire production, that is scripting + acting + set work and so on and so forth.

But that's the greatest weak point in sitcoms generally.

And it serves to show how sublime LoG is.

DGMacphee · Sun 04/01/2004 05:54:14

I don't know if it's been mentioned, but...

Black Books!

Haddas · Sun 04/01/2004 10:33:11

I found out that conan o' brien excisted... the 25th of december :'(.

Since then I've been trying to download every clip of the show that I find. The Ozzy clip, the simpsons voice actors clip, ANYTHING! I love the "albums" The fake ones, where there's always a celebrity who kicks one of his friends ass.

CONAN, CONAN, CONAN, CONAN, CONAN, CONAN, CONAN, CONAN,
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veryweirdguy · Sun 04/01/2004 15:25:17

Quote from: DGMacphee on Sun 04/01/2004 05:54:14
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but...

Black Books!

w00t! I loved Black Books, but I'm not sure if they're making another series or not. Bill Bailey is great in that - I think he's a great comedy performer. I've also seen some of his stand-up stuff (although not as much as I'd like) & it's hilarious because of the energy he puts into it.

Little Britain was a big surprise for me - I've always liked Matt Lucas, but never seen David Walliams before, so I didn't really expect much. If you do get a chance to see this outside the UK, then watch it - very similar to Log, and much funnier (IMO).

deltamatrix - I saw one episode of TLC. It was crap. I vowed then never to watch it again.

And everything Phil said about The Office is true. Death to anyone who says otherwise.