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Van B
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Posted: 26th Aug 2005 17:04
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Hiya,

Feel like some real funny British comedy to start of your Friday?

Check out:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/

And click those 2 strange looking fellows, they will lead you to the Mighty Boosh website where you can watch all the recent episodes of this genius series. That's 6 episodes at 30 minutes each, the humour is mad but strangely positive, very British and very funny. Personally I put it before Little Britain, Extras, and The Office in the 'gotta get the DVD' stakes - the funniest thing on bar 'Still Game' .

I really liked ep.5...

''I'm old GREGG!!!''

Priceless.


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Chris K
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Posted: 26th Aug 2005 17:45
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Absolutely awesome I remember this was on after the Simpsons for a bit...

I love it when he's talking to the polar bear about Paul Newman ( "He's a musician, but he's got a pilot license... cool huh?" )

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Posted: 26th Aug 2005 17:57
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Yeah, it's one of the BBC2 things that are real tricky to track down, I can never remember when they're on - but having all the episodes online is just great, I hope the BBC do that with all their comedy shows, like Catterick for instance, I missed a lot of that.

I'll have to get the DVD's because I missed most of the first series (set in a zoo), for some reason I did'nt think I'd like it based on the trailers, it seems kinda cheesy until you sit and watch a whole episode. The thin guy who plays Vince (Noel Fielding) is a great stand-up comic as well.


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Posted: 26th Aug 2005 18:44 Edited at: 26th Aug 2005 19:19
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The good news is that the ultimate plan for the BBC is to put their entire archive online

Edit: The Mighty Boosh is a bit too surreal for my liking.

Extras is pure class. The acting is spot on, the lives of the extras are whacky without being unrealistic, and the character interactions are just perfect. Some of the scenarios are like an entire episode of Fawlty Towers condensed into 2 minutes of cringeworthy predicaments. So close to the bone, he only gets away with it because the minorities in the focus of the dialogue are part of the scene

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I love this

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Posted: 26th Aug 2005 20:37
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I agree about the Extras, although I would compare it more to Seinfeld than Fawlty Towers (both of which I am also a tremendous fan of).

Some of the situations, i.e. Gerry Gervais being forced to go out to dinner with another man because he got him a speaking role in a film--- reminded me of the episode where Jerry Seinfeld was forced to take out fellow comedian Bana to dinner because he gave him a nice jacket.

But the characters in Extras are where it counts. The woman companion is hilarious, and since I've never seen most of these English actors from other shows, I can truly see them fit into their roles perfectly. Can't wait to see Episode 6


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Posted: 26th Aug 2005 21:27
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Interesting to see the humour being appreciated on the other side of the atlantic, Jeku. Some of it is very English.

Ricky Gervais co-wrote / starred in The Office, which the Americans rewrote for their audience. I've seen the American version, and it just isn't funny. David Brent, the boss, has been totally obliterated in the USA version, and has none of the characteristics of the original.

I don't know if you're familiar with English TV, but some of the people are in it because of their history. "Barry", the other guy on the agent's books, used to be a prominent character in Eastenders, one of the biggest soaps on TV. The fact that he is now a nobody, licking his own envelopes at the back of the office, is very significant.

Les Dennis, in episode 4, was a popular comedian in the '80s and early '90s. Recently, his much younger girlfriend and actress ran off with another bloke. So the whole scenario around his new girlfriend in the show and "bigging himself up" is all very significant too.

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Posted: 26th Aug 2005 22:33
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Quote: " Interesting to see the humour being appreciated on the other side of the atlantic, Jeku. Some of it is very English."


Yes, I eat up English comedies Some of them are so hilarious, and I'm fortunate that we get some of them on TV here. I will admit to Bit Torrenting the extras as it's not something I can get, though. Ali G is another great show I enjoy watching

Quote: "I've seen the American version, and it just isn't funny."


I admit that I was pissed off when I heard about the American version, and how Steven Carrell (the boss) hadn't even seen the British version when he agreed to do the show. That being said, on its own, I have to say I enjoyed it. The first episode was a complete and blatant ripoff of Episode 1 of The Office, but the other episodes I've seen were done in the same vein as the English version. Ricky Gervais and co. co-wrote the American episodes too, so that was probably what saved it from yet another American betrayal (American Fawlty Towers, anyone?).

Quote: ""Barry", the other guy on the agent's books, used to be a prominent character in Eastenders, one of the biggest soaps on TV."


Yah, I remember him from the Eastenders when I saw some pics of it from the net a while back. Many of the names they spout off in some of the English shows I don't recognize, so I immediately go onto the 'net to look them up

I'm incredibly envious of you lucky chaps with your public-funded BBC--- we have the CBC here in Canada, and I'm not exaggerating when I say that 99% of it is left-leaning politically-correct crap. The best thing we have on that channel is Hockey Night in Canada--- and that's saying a lot.


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