"Topical" Comedy on Radio 4
Discussion
Quite awful; at least Mitch Benn could hold a tune, the new music guy is painfully left-wing and a quarter tone flat. They're very excited about The Donald and Brexit, but like a dog with two dicks they made good use of neither. They did slip in a couple of funny ones about Clinton's email though.
marcosgt said:
Is Gloomsbury the'Sackville-West' thing? If so, yes, that was an all time low...
Seems it was although I wouldn't recognise it from the Beeb's description
"...a riotous comedy about the Bloomsbury Group."
I have to say, though, 'stellar' though the cast may be, they've all had some stinkers (Sessions, especially, seems to be very up himself most of the time), so putting them together always had a 50-50 chance of producing a major effluent outage!
M
I caught an episode of this on Wednesday, it's still going and my God it's bad.Seems it was although I wouldn't recognise it from the Beeb's description
"...a riotous comedy about the Bloomsbury Group."
I have to say, though, 'stellar' though the cast may be, they've all had some stinkers (Sessions, especially, seems to be very up himself most of the time), so putting them together always had a 50-50 chance of producing a major effluent outage!
M
Smiler. said:
Lasted 10 minutes of the Now Show.
It's actually become a parody of itself.
Still, diversity targets & all that are what counts with the Busted Broadcasting Collective
It has become entirely predictable and unfunny. The May, Hammond and Clarkson joke was only hardly original. Time to put it out of its miserable existence.It's actually become a parody of itself.
Still, diversity targets & all that are what counts with the Busted Broadcasting Collective
dxg said:
Did anyone have the misfortune to catch "The Fair Intellectual Club" on Thursday?
I know it's not topical, but it's so bad it's worth mentioning. As a Scot, I thought I'd give it a shot, but it's just dire.
I listened to part of it by accident, I was busy trying to reassemble something that needed 6 hands so was initially unable to stop and turn the radio off or to another station; what utter dreck, I wrote better and funnier lines when I was a school boy. There might be some mileage in the concept but the script and execution was woeful and appeared to be unrehearsed and recorded in a cupboard.I know it's not topical, but it's so bad it's worth mentioning. As a Scot, I thought I'd give it a shot, but it's just dire.
hidetheelephants said:
dxg said:
Did anyone have the misfortune to catch "The Fair Intellectual Club" on Thursday?
I know it's not topical, but it's so bad it's worth mentioning. As a Scot, I thought I'd give it a shot, but it's just dire.
I listened to part of it by accident, I was busy trying to reassemble something that needed 6 hands so was initially unable to stop and turn the radio off or to another station; what utter dreck, I wrote better and funnier lines when I was a school boy. There might be some mileage in the concept but the script and execution was woeful and appeared to be unrehearsed and recorded in a cupboard.I know it's not topical, but it's so bad it's worth mentioning. As a Scot, I thought I'd give it a shot, but it's just dire.
Riley Blue said:
hidetheelephants said:
dxg said:
Did anyone have the misfortune to catch "The Fair Intellectual Club" on Thursday?
I know it's not topical, but it's so bad it's worth mentioning. As a Scot, I thought I'd give it a shot, but it's just dire.
I listened to part of it by accident, I was busy trying to reassemble something that needed 6 hands so was initially unable to stop and turn the radio off or to another station; what utter dreck, I wrote better and funnier lines when I was a school boy. There might be some mileage in the concept but the script and execution was woeful and appeared to be unrehearsed and recorded in a cupboard.I know it's not topical, but it's so bad it's worth mentioning. As a Scot, I thought I'd give it a shot, but it's just dire.
MarshPhantom said:
Riley Blue said:
hidetheelephants said:
dxg said:
Did anyone have the misfortune to catch "The Fair Intellectual Club" on Thursday?
I know it's not topical, but it's so bad it's worth mentioning. As a Scot, I thought I'd give it a shot, but it's just dire.
I listened to part of it by accident, I was busy trying to reassemble something that needed 6 hands so was initially unable to stop and turn the radio off or to another station; what utter dreck, I wrote better and funnier lines when I was a school boy. There might be some mileage in the concept but the script and execution was woeful and appeared to be unrehearsed and recorded in a cupboard.I know it's not topical, but it's so bad it's worth mentioning. As a Scot, I thought I'd give it a shot, but it's just dire.
http://www.absolutely.biz/portfolio/the-fair-intel...
Slightly Off topic
But Dom Joly's (Trigger Happy) Facebook page is an exercise in "lefty comedian, going mental" right now.
In light of the ruling on Brexit by the judges. He's been raising the victory flag for the Remain camp. And anyone who dares to criticise this decision gets told where to go. Or called Racist or Ignorant. The irony is that more than once he's said to the Leave camp "You lost get over it" Hinting that if you don't agree with him don't support him or consume his content.
(Heard the same s
t storm with the owner of Hospital Records in light of the election result last year. "It was the wrong result" etc)
It really is telling that a substantial section of our mainstream media is so shifted to the left. With the usual bashing of the right. Normally followed by the left saying that's not true
Reminds me of the Vegan meme.
But Dom Joly's (Trigger Happy) Facebook page is an exercise in "lefty comedian, going mental" right now.
In light of the ruling on Brexit by the judges. He's been raising the victory flag for the Remain camp. And anyone who dares to criticise this decision gets told where to go. Or called Racist or Ignorant. The irony is that more than once he's said to the Leave camp "You lost get over it" Hinting that if you don't agree with him don't support him or consume his content.
(Heard the same s
t storm with the owner of Hospital Records in light of the election result last year. "It was the wrong result" etc)It really is telling that a substantial section of our mainstream media is so shifted to the left. With the usual bashing of the right. Normally followed by the left saying that's not true
Reminds me of the Vegan meme.
Smiler. said:
Lasted 10 minutes of the Now Show.
It's actually become a parody of itself.
Still, diversity targets & all that are what counts with the Busted Broadcasting Collective
Yup, caught up with it this morning. They've given up on any pretence of impartiality. The guest slot - which has long been the shield behind they have historically hidden some of their views - was particularly vile this week, I felt. What was interesting, however, was the fact that even the audience seemed to find it rather strong as they were not as receptive to the biased ranting as they normally are...It's actually become a parody of itself.
Still, diversity targets & all that are what counts with the Busted Broadcasting Collective
Anyway, on a better front and vaguely topical, is the Halloween special of the Casebook of Max and Ivan, which can be found on iPlayer. It's a lovely little thing. Grab a listen while you can...
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