The sacred cows
cobretti
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Re: Charlie Brooker, I enjoy his column from time to time, but don't bother with any of his TV pursuits as he just comes across as an utter bellend at pains to express his dislike or hate for something. Of course he does come out with some constructive stuff every now and then, but I'm not keen on someone's whole comedy shtick being negativity & finger pointing.
Not seeing the Curb Your Enthusiasm hate, that show has made me feel more second hand embarrassment than I ever thought possible (in a good way obviously).
Not seeing the Curb Your Enthusiasm hate, that show has made me feel more second hand embarrassment than I ever thought possible (in a good way obviously).
mixed_biscuits
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Curb Your Enthusiasm is dull and almost as pleased with itself as Seinfeld is.
Brooker swears at the telly with a touch more discrimination than my flatmates do, but is no less irritating for it.
Thumbs up for Arrested Development (and 30 Rock too).
And, as a concession, Seinfeld's Jesus Fish episode.
Brooker swears at the telly with a touch more discrimination than my flatmates do, but is no less irritating for it.
Thumbs up for Arrested Development (and 30 Rock too).
And, as a concession, Seinfeld's Jesus Fish episode.
andysays
not andy
Exactly. How can people be saying Seinfeld are Curb are mean-spirited, but then praise Charlie Brooker? I mean I know he's supposed to be satirical and all that but the guy is practically a liberal Jeremy Clarkson.
craner
Beast of Burden
Punt and Dennis. Ha ha ha ha.
Stewart Lee is actually worse because his jokes are no better than Dennis or Punt's, but he thinks he's smarter than Lenny Bruce.
Actually, when I see Mock the Week, I want to emigrate. To Libya. All your favorite hated Radio 4/Comedy Club stand-ups pretending that their pathetic "jokes" are spontaneous witticisms. The only thing more hideous is...QI. Oh fuck, it's Fry again! Most of my friends are far funnier than all of these cunts but they don't ask me to pay them for it. They don't excpect to go on fucking TV. Lee Hurst. I used to hate Lee Hurst more than anyone else. I used to go beserk every time I saw Lee Hurst. I also have a bit of a problem with Larry Sanders.
Stewart Lee is actually worse because his jokes are no better than Dennis or Punt's, but he thinks he's smarter than Lenny Bruce.
Actually, when I see Mock the Week, I want to emigrate. To Libya. All your favorite hated Radio 4/Comedy Club stand-ups pretending that their pathetic "jokes" are spontaneous witticisms. The only thing more hideous is...QI. Oh fuck, it's Fry again! Most of my friends are far funnier than all of these cunts but they don't ask me to pay them for it. They don't excpect to go on fucking TV. Lee Hurst. I used to hate Lee Hurst more than anyone else. I used to go beserk every time I saw Lee Hurst. I also have a bit of a problem with Larry Sanders.
craner
Beast of Burden
I have watched quite a few episodes of How I Met Your Mother. It's so weak and worthless that it holds a certain fascination for me. I assume that Josh Randor is related to an important CBS shareholder or Cobie Smulders is shagging the Chairman or something. There is no reason this shit should go on...and on...and yet, inexplicably, it does.
crackerjack
Well-known member
This thread needs killing. Y'all complain about mean-spiritedness but this is just a competitive hatefest.
craner
Beast of Burden
No, it's not, it's a healthy release. We get bombarded with this rubbish on our Freeview channels daily and we're expected to put up with it. We hardly even mention it. I walked around for years thinking I was the only person in the world who loathed Stephen Fry. Now I discover I'm not. This is highly restorative. You're mistaking negative waves for something truly destructive like, I don't know, anti-semitism or something.
craner
Beast of Burden
It's not mean-spiritedness I object too. It's the lockdown of the bland and the smug and the stupid and the reductive. And there is something truly pathetic and poisonous about UK comedy club culture. This is where the BBC draws it talent. Which is desperate and deadening.
scottdisco
rip this joint please
Vince Cable.
matt b
Indexing all opinion
get to fuck!
i like stewart lee, but his tv stuff is pretty poor in comparison to his live act. He's no way near as smug live and does take risks re; the audience and their expectations.
so you are all wrong.
now, michael mcintyre, there's one unfunny cunt
cobretti
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If there's any current comedian undeserving of sacred cow status, it's Frankie Boyle. Sure, he's funny but he has to be the worst for regurgitating material. Between the Apollo show, Mock The Week, & his own stand up gigs, he has about half an hour of original material. The rest is just the same old shite. He's still got a place in my heart for his joke about doodles in school history books though
bassbeyondreason
Chtonic Fatigue Syndrome
You're not wrong.
Can't believe no one's mentioned Monty Python yet. Of course a lot of it is genius, but there's quite a lot of stuff that's near unwatchable.
don_quixote
Trent End
scared?
fuck off. delia is awesome. maybe jumped the shark a bit with the curries with alan hansen, but she came up trumps when i needed to joint a chicken last year.
don_quixote
Trent End
brooker was so much better when he worked for pc zone. he's just too popular nowadays
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don_quixote
Trent End
how is hollyoaks a sacred cow? puh-lease