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The Extras Christmas special, with Andy Millman in the Big Brother house, was for me one of the best things I've ever watched on TV. Talk about viciously savaging the hand that feeds you, it was a fantastic indictment of everything that's wrong with British tv in particular, and society in general.
Randy Winkman said:
I though it was OK, but the Hitler wedding speech made up for the OKishness. It was the funniest thing I've seen in years.
I just watched the show, and it was nothing like as bad as some of the posts suggested. Not vintage, but some of the better moments made up for the dross. A lot of typical Gervais sentimentality and quasi-moralising, but on the whole I was entertained.The wedding speech was a classic.......
nicanary said:
Randy Winkman said:
I though it was OK, but the Hitler wedding speech made up for the OKishness. It was the funniest thing I've seen in years.
I just watched the show, and it was nothing like as bad as some of the posts suggested. Not vintage, but some of the better moments made up for the dross. A lot of typical Gervais sentimentality and quasi-moralising, but on the whole I was entertained.The wedding speech was a classic.......
Can't say I enjoyed the Xmas special at all.
Derek, in Series 1, was amusing due to his outlook and naivety, however in Series 2 his character became more savvy and less savant. At the same time Tinny man (Kev) became even more exaggerated, unrealistically so in my opinion.
This was continued in the Xmas special, I couldn't understand why Ricky thought the whole dinner-date scene inside the care home would have any narrative or comedic interest. Tinny man wasn't shown to have any epiphany or real change, he was still an a
hole when sober (and would the bride and groom really sit there during his awful 'speech' without saying anything?),
Was the whole message "Here is this grotesque caricature of a man, who despite making changes to his life will always remain an ahole?" If so, then such a message has, for me, no interest and I can't see the point of filming & delivering such a message.
Bah humbug < me.
Derek, in Series 1, was amusing due to his outlook and naivety, however in Series 2 his character became more savvy and less savant. At the same time Tinny man (Kev) became even more exaggerated, unrealistically so in my opinion.
This was continued in the Xmas special, I couldn't understand why Ricky thought the whole dinner-date scene inside the care home would have any narrative or comedic interest. Tinny man wasn't shown to have any epiphany or real change, he was still an a
hole when sober (and would the bride and groom really sit there during his awful 'speech' without saying anything?), Was the whole message "Here is this grotesque caricature of a man, who despite making changes to his life will always remain an a
hole?" If so, then such a message has, for me, no interest and I can't see the point of filming & delivering such a message. Bah humbug < me.
MrOnTheRopes said:
Got that bloody song stuck in my head (and now you do too)
Everybody 'ere loves 'avin puddin
We has it everyday at six o'clock
Sometimes it is jelly what is cold and
Sometimes it is crumble what is hot
Takes me back to "saying grace" at the table when I was a kid. Everybody 'ere loves 'avin puddin
We has it everyday at six o'clock
Sometimes it is jelly what is cold and
Sometimes it is crumble what is hot
"Thank you Father for the pudden,
Mother made it, it's a good 'un."
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