What's the name of that program...
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marcosgt said:
It's not you who needs their coat...
I suspect those who think it's "utter crap" don't have kids.
One of the best comedies on TV for decades.
M.
I just hate the way BBC comedy has become so Americanised. My Family being a good example of a kind of cheesy Friends/Will and Grace type format. Why don't young writers look more to Only Fools and One Foot for inspiration? The whole "Starbucks" humour thing annoys me.I suspect those who think it's "utter crap" don't have kids.
One of the best comedies on TV for decades.
M.
essexplumber said:
I just hate the way BBC comedy has become so Americanised. My Family being a good example of a kind of cheesy Friends/Will and Grace type format. Why don't young writers look more to Only Fools and One Foot for inspiration? The whole "Starbucks" humour thing annoys me.
Can you really accuse Outnumbered of being Americanised?It was EXACTLY what our house was like when I was little!
Hardly Americanised IMO
Quite a funny program, in one episode the younger boy is talking to a lady who is looking to buy their house, when he realises she is having a baby and her husband is balck he comes out with some cracking questions
Will the baby be white on one side and black on the other?
Will it be like a Zebra
Will it be a checked baby
etc etc reminds me of the stupid questions I used to ask when I was young
ETA found it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72XhVA0bmNs
Quite a funny program, in one episode the younger boy is talking to a lady who is looking to buy their house, when he realises she is having a baby and her husband is balck he comes out with some cracking questions
Will the baby be white on one side and black on the other?
Will it be like a Zebra
Will it be a checked baby
etc etc reminds me of the stupid questions I used to ask when I was young
ETA found it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72XhVA0bmNs
Justin Cyder said:
I have kids & I think it's rubbish.
What do you find funny then? Humour's a very subjective thing, but Outnumbered seems one of the few intelligent comedies around to me.If you say "Ab Fab" I'll have to cry!
I can't understand how anyone could accuse Outnumbered of being Americanised...
M.
Edited by marcosgt on Wednesday 11th April 13:34
marcosgt said:
What do you find funny then? Humour's a very subjective thing, but Outnumbered seems one of the few intelligent comedies around to me.
I can't understand how anyone could accuse Outnumbered of being Americanised...
M.
I agree, Americanised it isn't, but neither is it particularly intelligent. The script is written for the adults only, the kids make up their own lines (within reason). The adults get told which direction to take a conversation and the 9 year olds do the comedy.I can't understand how anyone could accuse Outnumbered of being Americanised...
M.
I still like it though, as said it reminds me of a simpler time when I used to ask those questions, just as innocently
Big Fat Fatty said:
I agree, Americanised it isn't, but neither is it particularly intelligent. The script is written for the adults only, the kids make up their own lines (within reason). The adults get told which direction to take a conversation and the 9 year olds do the comedy.
I still like it though, as said it reminds me of a simpler time when I used to ask those questions, just as innocently
There was an interview with the kids after the first series, and it amazed me how aware the kids were (especially Karen - the youngest) of the differences between them and their characters. Even though a lot of it is not scripted for the kids, they still know how to react when in character.I still like it though, as said it reminds me of a simpler time when I used to ask those questions, just as innocently
Not every comedy is to every viewer's taste obviously.
People raved about Little Britain, I thought it was crap.
Outnumbered is quite clever in that it is to a limited extent improvised / a bit unscripted.
The character of the kids is good in that you want, at times, to tan their arses for being so effing annoying, but like their parents you can't.
Plus it exposes the hypocrisy of adults to their kids.
eg Jake (teenage son) and his mates ogling a girl with large boobs passing along the pavement.
The mother gives him some quiet advice about objectification of women and how it's not appropriate.
Jake then asks his Mother about her and her friends earlier objectification of the plumber working across the road and their speculation about "the size of his spanner."
Anyone who can seriously say this comedy is Americanised must be smoking crack.
People raved about Little Britain, I thought it was crap.
Outnumbered is quite clever in that it is to a limited extent improvised / a bit unscripted.
The character of the kids is good in that you want, at times, to tan their arses for being so effing annoying, but like their parents you can't.
Plus it exposes the hypocrisy of adults to their kids.
eg Jake (teenage son) and his mates ogling a girl with large boobs passing along the pavement.
The mother gives him some quiet advice about objectification of women and how it's not appropriate.
Jake then asks his Mother about her and her friends earlier objectification of the plumber working across the road and their speculation about "the size of his spanner."
Anyone who can seriously say this comedy is Americanised must be smoking crack.
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