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« Reply #1305 on: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 08:41:12 » |
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I saw Ben Elton live a couple of times back in the 80's - the best stand up comedy perfprmances I have seen.
I hate it when a celeb you liked becomes shit.
Its all down to the secret of comedy................................timing! Elton was good in the 80s because his overall message was about poking fun at the establishment and commenting on how shit things were and what a bunch of bastards the Tories were. Strong acerbic wit backed up by some strong actors around him - Rik Mayall and Rowan Atkinson being two. Dave Allen was another one who was brilliantly funny at the time. But the majority of his comedy came from poking fun at authority and the Catholic church, which was such a taboo thing to do at the time that it resulted in death threats from the IRA. Fact is, that everyone and everything has a shelf life. |
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« Reply #1306 on: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 09:23:16 » |
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Its all down to the secret of comedy................................timing!
Elton was good in the 80s because his overall message was about poking fun at the establishment and commenting on how shit things were and what a bunch of bastards the Tories were. Strong acerbic wit backed up by some strong actors around him - Rik Mayall and Rowan Atkinson being two.
Dave Allen was another one who was brilliantly funny at the time. But the majority of his comedy came from poking fun at authority and the Catholic church, which was such a taboo thing to do at the time that it resulted in death threats from the IRA.
Fact is, that everyone and everything has a shelf life.
It wasn't all politics with him though, in the live show. Yes he had a fantastic sketch about Maggie Thatcher masturbating, but his best bit was probably a non-political one about motorway service station toilets. |
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« Reply #1307 on: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 10:33:58 » |
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I watched a documentary called 'Skint' the other day. Proof, if proof be needed, that Scunthorpe is an absolute hovel.
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« Reply #1308 on: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 12:12:24 » |
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I watched a documentary called 'Skint' the other day. Proof, if proof be needed, that Scunthorpe is an absolute hovel.
Ah, I saw the trailer for that but didn't realise where it was set. |
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« Reply #1309 on: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 12:26:44 » |
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I watched a documentary called 'Skint' the other day. Proof, if proof be needed, that Scunthorpe is an absolute hovel.
I watched that, it was quite funny. I thought the shoplifter turned prossie was funny, when she said " i only do blow jobs at £15 a time but that dirty whore over there will do anything you want for £10 " |
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« Reply #1310 on: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 12:35:30 » |
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It wasn't all politics with him though, in the live show.
IIRC it was only a little bit of politics there  |
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« Reply #1311 on: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 12:40:42 » |
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I watched that, it was quite funny. I thought the shoplifter turned prossie was funny, when she said " i only do blow jobs at £15 a time but that dirty whore over there will do anything you want for £10 "
Ignoring the fact these people barely have a chance in life, it did raise a smile in places. The shoplifter was a bit of a 'character'. |
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« Reply #1312 on: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 21:25:37 » |
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« Reply #1313 on: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 00:22:05 » |
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The Fall got off to a good start.Although I cant see the serial killers logic in killing really hot women whilst letting the his wife Chelle off of Hollyoaks live.
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« Reply #1314 on: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 09:45:21 » |
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The Fall got off to a good start.Although I cant see the serial killers logic in killing really hot women whilst letting the his wife Chelle off of Hollyoaks live.
Thought I was on the music thread and you were on about this:
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« Reply #1315 on: Monday, May 27, 2013, 15:35:21 » |
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It's finally happened - Arrested Development is back for a nu start.
Wasn't sure with the first episode but it gets funnier - partly due to the way all the episodes overlap each other and you see things from the different characters point of view, which makes more sense of it all the further in you get.
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« Reply #1316 on: Monday, May 27, 2013, 17:24:20 » |
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A bit late, but really getting into big bang theory.
currently watching hannibal and elementary. both well worth a watch
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« Reply #1317 on: Monday, May 27, 2013, 17:30:09 » |
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It's finally happened - Arrested Development is back for a nu start.
Wasn't sure with the first episode but it gets funnier - partly due to the way all the episodes overlap each other and you see things from the different characters point of view, which makes more sense of it all the further in you get.
Watched all 15 while hungover yesterday. Was very concerned after the first couple, but by the end some of it was best ever. It all ties together and twists so well. It's incredibly well written. It's ace |
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« Reply #1318 on: Monday, May 27, 2013, 22:40:08 » |
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The Fall got off to a good start.Although I cant see the serial killers logic in killing really hot women whilst letting the his wife Chelle off of Hollyoaks live.
I'm loving this, another corking episode tonight. Strangely I'm find myself hoping that matey boy gets away with it as his murders are very well executed |
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« Reply #1319 on: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 06:49:01 » |
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I'm loving this, another corking episode tonight.
Strangely I'm find myself hoping that matey boy gets away with it as his murders are very well executed
The Fall has me hooked as well! I wasn't convinced that Gillian Anderson would make a good English cop but she is actually pretty good and the accent isn't that bad for a yank. |
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