What are you watching tonight?

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:19 pm

communistworkethic wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
General Mannerheim wrote:Britain's Got The Pop Factor And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Super.........

bag o shite!
peter kay's new thing. shot his bolt big time that fella. utter garbage. i've had funnier shits

I feared as much. I had the choice of watching that or Stephen Fry, and plumped for the latter. Mind, I only got ten minutes into that before assuming my unpaid role as IT and Facilities Helpline to the Barnet household, thereafter spending a full and dull hour moving a TV, tuning in a Freeview box and aligning a printer. I've now lost control over the TV remote and would already be off to bed in a huff had I not just made myself a lovely hot chocolate. Because, as I realised the other night while watching a programme about steam trains and clenching my (unlit) pipe between my teeth, I am an old man.

officer_dibble · Post by **officer_dibble** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:21 pm

that peter kay thing was awful

hope he isn't short on cash cos he is str-u-g-g-l-ing

tony cunninghams willy · Post by **tony cunninghams willy** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:25 pm

officer_dibble wrote:that peter kay thing was awful

hope he isn't short on cash cos he is str-u-g-g-l-ing

I agree.
Should've been renanmed.
Peter Kay's search for some new material to resurrect his failing career and convince himself that he's still a major force in British Comedy strictly on ice.

a1 · Post by a1 » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:40 pm

tony cunninghams willy wrote:
I agree.
Should've been renanmed.
Peter Kay's search for some new material to resurrect his failing career and convince himself that he's still a major force in British Comedy strictly on ice.

not really new , he did "talent show" spoofs on that peter kay thing. and phoenix nights.

meh..

i wanna know what that R-Wayne song with "huckleberrys (?)" was . "i were gonna sing it at me gran's funeral" .. if it was a real song or not.

+1 for the "calls cost £2.00 per min. with 9pence going to charity"

and the ,erm, 'certain presumption (?)' by the presenters that the winning song would be a number 1 hit .

-1 for releasing the song in real life. if its true.

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:27 am

It had it's moments (Rick Astley, Clinton Baptiste from Pheonix Nights ect) just not really enough to pad out a two hour show.

Definately seems like Pheonix Nights was a sum-of-it's-parts job, being as none of them have gone on to do anything nearly as good since.

As for him not being a major force in British Comedy, what a load of shite that is. Even if not everyone liked it you'd imagine the viewing figures will be massive.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:58 am

I watched the first ten minutes of the Peter Kay programme and I thought it was dire.

I then watched Fry in America and I thought it was superb. I'll watch it every week.

Trawled through the channels later and caught the last twenty minutes or so of the Peter Kay programme. I thought it was really funny! Very strange how its comedy value (for me) had changed through the course of the programme. It obviously didn't work overall - but the guy has got serious comedy talent - and he's a long way from being finished, in my opinion.

Daxter · Post by **Daxter** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:36 am

What channel is Fry in America on?

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:12 am

I watched the whole of the Peter Kay thing and the documentary in between. Laughed like a drain all through ( which didn't improve Mrs EW's mood as she was trying to work) oh well.

Comedy really is subjective, isn't it?

I thought the supporting roles in Pete Waterman, Dr. Fox and Nikki Chapman were superb. The two girls in the Wheelchairs 'flying' in the Hero's medley was hilarious.

Highlight of the show was the beautiful Cat Deeley's audience wrangling when she told them to 'F*CKING SHUDDUP!' and the perfect parody of the overextended explanation before announcing the winner and 'Two Up, Two Down' mistakenly thinking they'd won.

A1. 'Do the Hucklebuck' was a song by some pseudo-Rockabilly band in the 80's.

And if Winners Song (penned by Peter Kay and Gary Barlow) is released as a single, I'll plait Sh*t!

SuperWhiteWarrior · Post by **SuperWhiteWarrior** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:07 am

I'm planning on watching the film Glory, on tonight at 11:05pm on Five.

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:30 am

Edge oF Darkness. I bought the DVD set last week. Every bit as good as I remembered. What a loss Bob Peck was.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:45 am

Tombwfc wrote: Definitely seems like Pheonix Nights was a sum-of-it's-parts job, being as none of them have gone on to do anything nearly as good since.

That's what I tend to think, too. I tried to get into that Road to Nowhere thing that he did with the alarmingly unwitty Patrick McGuinness but gave up when I realised that it wasn't about to get any funnier than toothache.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:47 pm

watched Beautiful People (BBC2) - with that guy off The History Boys (cracking film) - very funny...

I think the next one is on Thursday.. I liked it so much I am downloading the first one off Mininova...

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:28 pm

enfieldwhite wrote:
A1. 'Do the Hucklebuck' was a song by some pseudo-Rockabilly band in the 80's.

coast to coast

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:06 pm

Kebabette is out. Kebabling is in bed. House to self. I'll fight the temptation for Pornhub, and opt instead for a Planet Earth marathon on TV On Demand.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:48 pm

warthog wrote:Edge oF Darkness. I bought the DVD set last week. Every bit as good as I remembered. What a loss Bob Peck was.

Man - wasn't that the most brilliant series? Great scripts, classy acting. And something to say that was worth listening to. how rare is that combination on TV? At least a hundred times more likely in the theatre.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:51 pm

Paul Merton in India, from last week. Tis pleasant enough wallpaper.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:09 pm

I'm watching Harry & Paul - rather taken with the notion of the hip-hop alphabet

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:44 pm

Worthy4England wrote:I'm watching Harry & Paul - rather taken with the notion of the hip-hop alphabet

The new series of Harry & Paul has been brilliant! clarkson island the highlight but i like the father & son builders... a bit of 4 by 2 by 4 by 2 by...

jmjhb · Post by **jmjhb** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:51 pm

Persepolis

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:44 pm

General Mannerheim wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:I'm watching Harry & Paul - rather taken with the notion of the hip-hop alphabet
The new series of Harry & Paul has been brilliant! clarkson island the highlight but i like the father & son builders... a bit of 4 by 2 by 4 by 2 by...

I've only seen one and thought that it was a real return to form. As such, I'm ducking out of it and will get the DVD at a later date (probably blag it for Christmas).

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