"Topical" Comedy on Radio 4
Discussion
checkmate91 said:
Agreed, some of those others quoted (esp. Old Harry's Game and People Like Us) were superb. Replacing Nicholas Parsons on Just a Minute was always going to be difficult. They did fine with Jack Dee on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (and JD got it and does a great job) but who, reasonably, could replace NP?
Just a Minute was going to be the trickiest to replace NP, but they've done okaaaaaay so far (Nish aside as I just don't like his voice).Silverage said:
Nimby said:
New series of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme starts tonight, 18:30.
Listened to the first half of this this morning. What on earth is going on? It used to be a series of clever / funny sketches. I’m not sure what it is now. Certainly not funny.Nimby said:
Silverage said:
Nimby said:
New series of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme starts tonight, 18:30.
Listened to the first half of this this morning. What on earth is going on? It used to be a series of clever / funny sketches. I’m not sure what it is now. Certainly not funny.I fear he may have fallen down the stairs.
RizzoTheRat said:
Steve vRS said:
A Fair Cop is back too. That is quite funny.
We "went" to an online recording of that a few weeks back, not one I'd head of before but not a bad show.Having just about given up on most of R4, not just the usual woeful comedy deliverings, Alfie Moore is the exception to the rule!
Of course we all know that, on the whole, members of the constabulary - not unlike the dark humour found in other emergency services, and undertakers for probably obvious reasons - can be quite the wag. Fair Cop is a tremendously good example, with the benefit of being both clean and often informative - and even with the canned laughter, his timing and delivery is just excellent. Of course, Zeus was the star of this latest show and proved that the best shaggy dog stories are.... quite literally.... the best.
If there's anyone out there in PH Land who hasn't sampled this yet you should detain yourself in front of the Sounds app and prepare for a treat!!
K12beano said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Steve vRS said:
A Fair Cop is back too. That is quite funny.
We "went" to an online recording of that a few weeks back, not one I'd head of before but not a bad show.Having just about given up on most of R4, not just the usual woeful comedy deliverings, Alfie Moore is the exception to the rule!
Of course we all know that, on the whole, members of the constabulary - not unlike the dark humour found in other emergency services, and undertakers for probably obvious reasons - can be quite the wag. Fair Cop is a tremendously good example, with the benefit of being both clean and often informative - and even with the canned laughter, his timing and delivery is just excellent. Of course, Zeus was the star of this latest show and proved that the best shaggy dog stories are.... quite literally.... the best.
If there's anyone out there in PH Land who hasn't sampled this yet you should detain yourself in front of the Sounds app and prepare for a treat!!
"Timing" is also interesting, until you see something live you don't realise how heavily edited things are, with quite a few retakes (we've also seen The News Quiz, and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue live)
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Friday 7th May 14:29
Silverage said:
I got the impression he was trying to be too clever.
I didn’t get beyond whatever the recounting of certain moments from someone’s life told in reverse order was supposed to be so maybe it all turned round and was hilarious in the second part. I suspect not though.
I thought the last series was self indulgent and that he'd become fixated on being clever and humour suffered as a result; he just wasn't as funny as he had been in the past. I didn’t get beyond whatever the recounting of certain moments from someone’s life told in reverse order was supposed to be so maybe it all turned round and was hilarious in the second part. I suspect not though.
Doofus said:
Nimby said:
Silverage said:
Nimby said:
New series of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme starts tonight, 18:30.
Listened to the first half of this this morning. What on earth is going on? It used to be a series of clever / funny sketches. I’m not sure what it is now. Certainly not funny.I fear he may have fallen down the stairs.
RizzoTheRat said:
K12beano said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Steve vRS said:
A Fair Cop is back too. That is quite funny.
We "went" to an online recording of that a few weeks back, not one I'd head of before but not a bad show.Having just about given up on most of R4, not just the usual woeful comedy deliverings, Alfie Moore is the exception to the rule!
Of course we all know that, on the whole, members of the constabulary - not unlike the dark humour found in other emergency services, and undertakers for probably obvious reasons - can be quite the wag. Fair Cop is a tremendously good example, with the benefit of being both clean and often informative - and even with the canned laughter, his timing and delivery is just excellent. Of course, Zeus was the star of this latest show and proved that the best shaggy dog stories are.... quite literally.... the best.
If there's anyone out there in PH Land who hasn't sampled this yet you should detain yourself in front of the Sounds app and prepare for a treat!!
"Timing" is also interesting, until you see something live you don't realise how heavily edited things are, with quite a few retakes (we've also seen The News Quiz, and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue live)
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Friday 7th May 14:29
rich350z said:
Doofus said:
Nimby said:
Silverage said:
Nimby said:
New series of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme starts tonight, 18:30.
Listened to the first half of this this morning. What on earth is going on? It used to be a series of clever / funny sketches. I’m not sure what it is now. Certainly not funny.I fear he may have fallen down the stairs.
It was dire, rambling, unfunny verbal diarrhoea. Lockdown hasn't been kind to Finnemore's creativity, quite the opposite.
Riley Blue said:
I finally managed to listen to it all the way through last night having fallen asleep part way through before.
It was dire, rambling, unfunny verbal diarrhoea. Lockdown hasn't been kind to Finnemore's creativity, quite the opposite.
I’m glad it wasn’t just me then. I did wonder if it might in fact be super funny and it was all going over my head for some reason. I won’t bother listening to the other half.It was dire, rambling, unfunny verbal diarrhoea. Lockdown hasn't been kind to Finnemore's creativity, quite the opposite.
OK, this will not convert any of the "no-such-thing-as-female-comedian" orthodoxy but I have enjoyed Sara Pascoe's "The Modern Monkey" in which our behaviour is examined under the humorous spotlight of evolutionary psychology. If you enjoyed Paul Sinha's "General Knowledge" you might like this. Intelligent and light of touch, there are some bits that are a bit cringey but one of the better recent products to come out of the Beeb.
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