One for Wessie

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SteveH wrote in

Says the moustachioed bloke in pink helmet.

 

The varlet known as SteveH did proclaim to all assembled:

OK, its a pic of you, the bike and a roadsign written in gibberish.....

WOT??

 

You don't watch Little Britain, do you?

 

Nah - I don't think he'll put that one on his wall.

 

dwb wrote in

Correct. I don't like camp.

 

He's not gay, he's just a little poofy.

 

The varlet known as SteveH did proclaim to all assembled:

Nope - its shite.

 

Nope - its fantastic.

 

Ignore him, he's a grumpy old git ;-)

 

The varlet known as SteveH did proclaim to all assembled:

Not grumpy at all, its just so much shite - like anything else those 2
have any input into. No originality and just plain unfunny.

 

I fail to see how you can claim there's no originality in it, it's
totally off-the-wall, a little bizarre, but most of all, it's bloody
funny.

 

SteveH wrote in

I got progressively less amused as the series went on. Originality
dwindled. It became repetitive rather than developmental.

They need to find some new characters and situations if I am to be a
regular viewer of any future series.

 

It's the 'only gay in the village' joke that's wearing thin on you,
isn't it? ;-)

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

I find it very patchy - some funny, some crap, but the endless
repetition of the crap stuff is really dull.

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SteveH wrote in

That is one element, yes. Jokes based on stereotypes are rarely funny. UKRM
proves that surely?

However, I have more trouble with the faux disabled bloke joke & fat bird
in the swimming pool jokes. As FJ says "just plain unfunny".

This type of sketch show is supposed to surprise & offend. It does neither:
it is almost as formulaic as an episode of "Are you being Served".

 

Good point.

Well, the faux disabled bloke was only funny a couple of times, the fat
bird in the swimming pool (Vicky Pollard, ISTR) is a pretty damned good
interpretation of your average teenage chav - hasn't worn thin on me
yet.

I suppose the problem is that a sketch show will always have a limited
life unless you've got a constant turnover of characters - but if you do
this, then each episode will be a stand-alone production rather than a
series. What I'd hate to see is them flogging the same characters for
several series AKA Harry Enfield.