Pegasus Bridge 0 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 (edited) Grr, just have. Edited February 22, 2007 by NewcastleRocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I can't understand anyone not liking The Office tbh. It was the perfect British comedy imo. Aye, its absolutely brilliant. Most people that don't like it say that because they don't 'get it', so to speak. Their loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14031 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I can't understand anyone not liking The Office tbh. It was the perfect British comedy imo. Aye, its absolutely brilliant. Most people that don't like it say that because they don't 'get it', so to speak. Their loss. Yeah, fancy trying to use 'not getting it' as an excuse for not liking a comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I can't understand anyone not liking The Office tbh. It was the perfect British comedy imo. Aye, its absolutely brilliant. Most people that don't like it say that because they don't 'get it', so to speak. Their loss. Yeah, fancy trying to use 'not getting it' as an excuse for not liking a comedy. Wha? Most comedies consist of characters trying to be funny people, so people either like it if they think its funny, or don't like it if they don't find it funny. With The Office, quite a lot of people watch it and presume that Brent is meant to be a funny character, and when they don't laugh at his shit banter they say they don't like the show. He's a really un-funny bloke, which is what makes it so funny. Can't think of many other comedies where the humour comes out of someone basically being a bellend, Partridge obviously but not a lot else off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I can't understand anyone not liking The Office tbh. It was the perfect British comedy imo. Aye, its absolutely brilliant. Most people that don't like it say that because they don't 'get it', so to speak. Their loss. Yeah, fancy trying to use 'not getting it' as an excuse for not liking a comedy. Wha? Most comedies consist of characters trying to be funny people, so people either like it if they think its funny, or don't like it if they don't find it funny. With The Office, quite a lot of people watch it and presume that Brent is meant to be a funny character, and when they don't laugh at his shit banter they say they don't like the show. He's a really un-funny bloke, which is what makes it so funny. Can't think of many other comedies where the humour comes out of someone basically being a bellend, Partridge obviously but not a lot else off the top of my head. Dad's Army? Fawlty Towers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I can't understand anyone not liking The Office tbh. It was the perfect British comedy imo. Aye, its absolutely brilliant. Most people that don't like it say that because they don't 'get it', so to speak. Their loss. Yeah, fancy trying to use 'not getting it' as an excuse for not liking a comedy. Wha? Most comedies consist of characters trying to be funny people, so people either like it if they think its funny, or don't like it if they don't find it funny. With The Office, quite a lot of people watch it and presume that Brent is meant to be a funny character, and when they don't laugh at his shit banter they say they don't like the show. He's a really un-funny bloke, which is what makes it so funny. Can't think of many other comedies where the humour comes out of someone basically being a bellend, Partridge obviously but not a lot else off the top of my head. Dad's Army? Fawlty Towers? Never really watched Dad's Army, but why do you say Fawlty Towers? Can't see the relevance - the characters in that are funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I can't understand anyone not liking The Office tbh. It was the perfect British comedy imo. Aye, its absolutely brilliant. Most people that don't like it say that because they don't 'get it', so to speak. Their loss. Yeah, fancy trying to use 'not getting it' as an excuse for not liking a comedy. Wha? Most comedies consist of characters trying to be funny people, so people either like it if they think its funny, or don't like it if they don't find it funny. With The Office, quite a lot of people watch it and presume that Brent is meant to be a funny character, and when they don't laugh at his shit banter they say they don't like the show. He's a really un-funny bloke, which is what makes it so funny. Can't think of many other comedies where the humour comes out of someone basically being a bellend, Partridge obviously but not a lot else off the top of my head. Dad's Army? Fawlty Towers? Never really watched Dad's Army, but why do you say Fawlty Towers? Can't see the relevance - the characters in that are funny. Yes but Basil's a complete nob man, hense why it's funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 I can't understand anyone not liking The Office tbh. It was the perfect British comedy imo. Aye, its absolutely brilliant. Most people that don't like it say that because they don't 'get it', so to speak. Their loss. Yeah, fancy trying to use 'not getting it' as an excuse for not liking a comedy. Wha? Most comedies consist of characters trying to be funny people, so people either like it if they think its funny, or don't like it if they don't find it funny. With The Office, quite a lot of people watch it and presume that Brent is meant to be a funny character, and when they don't laugh at his shit banter they say they don't like the show. He's a really un-funny bloke, which is what makes it so funny. Can't think of many other comedies where the humour comes out of someone basically being a bellend, Partridge obviously but not a lot else off the top of my head. I 'get' Extras, ie I can see the jokes (the same four or five used in every episode) but I don't find it funny because said jokes are tiresome, recycled and basically shit. I like The Office though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM4 0 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 The Office holds up really well to several viewings... Every time I watch it again, it hits you once more how totally brilliant it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Tickets for 'Science' went on sale this morning. He's at the City Hall 19th and 20th October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Tickets for 'Science' went on sale this morning. He's at the City Hall 19th and 20th October. Saw this last week but forgot about it. Cheers for the reminder. Bort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Just found out Stewart Francis is supporting him, superb gag-teller and pun artist: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Lazaru 0 Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Just found out Stewart Francis is supporting him, superb gag-teller and pun artist: Excellent news, i'd assumed it would be his mate Robin Ince supporting as normal (who is fine himself) but Francis is great, firing out his deadpan one liners an has a mind a bit like Stephen Wright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34413 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Enjoyed this last night. There were some weaker bits but some very funny bits too. The support bloke was canny funny as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26282 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Got dragged into seeing The Invention of Lying, decent start but went rapidly downhill after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Enjoyed this last night. There were some weaker bits but some very funny bits too. The support bloke was canny funny as well. Do you remeber what time the support went on? I want to leave it as late as possible and avoid the city hall bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34413 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Enjoyed this last night. There were some weaker bits but some very funny bits too. The support bloke was canny funny as well. Do you remeber what time the support went on? I want to leave it as late as possible and avoid the city hall bar. Support went on around 25 to, maybe 20 to 8 and was done by around 8. Gervais is on at 8:20 and has a sign up saying "latecomers will not be admitted at the request of the artist". Don't think that was strictly applied though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 (edited) I hope he's better than Steve Coogan was Edited October 20, 2009 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Enjoyed this last night. There were some weaker bits but some very funny bits too. The support bloke was canny funny as well. Do you remeber what time the support went on? I want to leave it as late as possible and avoid the city hall bar. Support went on around 25 to, maybe 20 to 8 and was done by around 8. Gervais is on at 8:20 and has a sign up saying "latecomers will not be admitted at the request of the artist". Don't think that was strictly applied though. So is he off by ten or does he have an intermission? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34413 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 No intermission and he'll be off by 20 to 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 No intermission and he'll be off by 20 to 10. Christ. That's worse than Dylan and he's a pensioner. Least we can get a few pints after. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 It was quite good, nothing earth shattering. To my mind, the best stand-ups change their act a bit every night: a bit of audience interaction or throwing in some local place names etc. I can just imagine him regurgitating exactly the same show in every city up and down the country. Not that it wasn't decent, there were some good lines and big laughs in it, just a bit same-y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I was mostly smiling throughout, laughed out loud a few times and one or two lines got polite applause rather than enthusiastic, but it really had the smell of cashing in about it....like he agreed to do a tour called Science but spent too much time on his films and flannimals, couldn't think of any science based comedy and whacked the show together in a week or two basing it on religion and animals material he cut out of previous shows. I was amazed when he did the "isn't it funny when you trip and do a little jog" bit. I saw Billiy Connolly do that bit 20 years ago. As he was saying it I assumed he was going to subvert a famously overused skit....but he just left it at that which was woefully lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Sounds like your average Gervais stand up. Very funny and very smart in certain parts but lazy in others. Still, i'm looking forward to this evenings show regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I'd rather pull my own toe nails off than go and see RG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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