Hello Ladies

[Halb]

Christ this is excruciating!


Painful to watch in the funny way....

[SWoll]

I hope it's better than the identically named stand up show he did.

That was also excruciating to watch, but for all the wrong reasons...

[Halb]

If you've seen the clip from Extras where he tries to chat up a woman, it's a bit like that, but this character is also actually funny and nice....when he is not attempting courting techniques.

[s70rmp]

I've watched the first couple now and it's poor very poor
I shouldn't bother downloading it but u do just to see how bad it is

[Halb]

I loved the first episode.

[Keith Lard]

This is really growing on me.

Bit like CYE meets Entourage, where all the 'chicks' are hot but no-one gets lucky, and the lead has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Might be its downfall though as Merchant has made his character so unlikeable that I'm not sure how the audience can root for him at all. I'm sticking with it for now - its a cringe-fest.

[Halb]

Keith Lard said:

and the lead has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Might be its downfall though as Merchant has made his character so unlikeable

He has redeeming qualities, he is funny, and giving. And when he is not so frantically chasing women is OK.

[BrotherMouzone]

It’s not too bad and it’s watchable, and this week’s episode (S1E3) was the best yet. I like Merchant’s colleague (the one with fuzzy hair).

I’m also in the camp of finding Merchant’s character a bit of a moron and it’s hard to root for him. (I understand that IS the point)

It’s no Curb, US Office or VEEP though.

[ooo000ooo]

I lol'd and cringed in equal measures at the first episode when his mate opened the car door onto the pavement.

[Halb]

ooo000ooo said:

I lol'd and cringed in equal measures

Same here. Excruciating.

[Keith Lard]

You all should try and catch this, the latest episode 'Long Beach' is the best yet.

Merchant mixing it with the Long beach crew was cracking me up. The other characters are being fleshed out as well, almost got a Seinfeld feel to it.

Finished off with a bit of Rafferty this week

[PurpleTurtle]

Keith Lard said:

You all should try and catch this, the latest episode 'Long Beach' is the best yet.

Merchant mixing it with the Long beach crew was cracking me up. The other characters are being fleshed out as well, almost got a Seinfeld feel to it.

Finished off with a bit of Rafferty this week

I did love the Long Beach nightclub scene and ensuing story, class stuff from Merchant!

[R0nin]

Enjoyed the first episode, second wasn't too bad either but the third was poor and switched off during the fourth. Poor man's Gervais!

[Halb]

PurpleTurtle said:

I did love the Long Beach nightclub scene and ensuing story, class stuff from Merchant!

The one with the 'fight'?
I liked that one. Warming a bit to the character, though he is a cretin.

[DSLiverpool]

The film version has just shown on Atlantic quite out of the blue - it's worth catching on demand

[Halb]

Ace! I've watched a few of the repeats last week.

I'll watch it...behind my hands no doubt.

[Halb]

WTched it.
fking ace
Glad I did

[wilwak]

I loved the whole series. So much I've had the DVD on order with Amazon for ages. Release in May I think.

[V8covin]

The film was surprisingly good, even better than the series.....and he finally got the girl,ahhhhhhh

[Halb]

V8covin said:

The film was surprisingly good, even better than the series.....and he finally got the girl,ahhhhhhh

It's on tonight!