Sasquatch Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 As I remember it Green Wing went off the boil in later seasons . Remember when Mandela died and hundreds of Mrs Brown fans complained to the Beeb because it postponed an episode to cover that instead ? Says it all really. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiphip Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, ratdog said: i'm pretty critical of absurdist comedy, like yourself i love the time sketch on the goons show, insanely absurd but very clever at the same time, so when people try doing absurdist comedy without the clever bit i just groan as it never works imho Have you seen "The play that goes wrong"? They did a series on BBC 1, still available on the iplayer, called "The Show that goes wrong" Enjoyable it is. Cheers Edited April 23, 2020 by Hiphip r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratdog Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Just now, Hiphip said: "The play that goes wong" do they take it to asia? no mate i haven't, i'll have a look later if i remember 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojum Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Just remembered another Channel 4 comedy from around the same time as Green Wing (a couple of years earlier maybe). That also had Tamsin Greig in it. I hope that we can all agree it was ace Black Books Bernard Black is my alter ego 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratdog Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) a suggestion, i watched Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis on netflix the other night and was pretty impressed i think i prefer stand up more than sitcoms tbh. a sitcom i loved was 15 stories high with sean lock, very absurd indeed Edited April 23, 2020 by ratdog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0bbyBuds Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 midnight gospel on Netflix. The style is interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAPE Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Gangs of london, sky Atlantic first episode was pretty decent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratdog Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 4/23/2020 at 10:34 PM, B0bbyBuds said: midnight gospel on Netflix. The style is interesting. great when you are wasted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgee Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 4/23/2020 at 4:36 PM, ratdog said: a suggestion, i watched Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis on netflix the other night and was pretty impressed i think i prefer stand up more than sitcoms tbh. a sitcom i loved was 15 stories high with sean lock, very absurd indeed Gonna give that Taylor Tomlinson a crack now. Going by the opening credits I'd her her more than... Stop it Dodge! Old enough to be her dad ffs!!! The amount of times per day I gotta remind myself of that shit lately is depressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgee Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Fair play she was funny @ratdog Dunno whether to start series 2 of afterlife now or wait till tomorrow.. Ahh fuck it why not @stummer series 2 afterlife on Netflix now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Is it just me who thinks Ricky Gervais isn't that funny ? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stummer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Degsy said: Is it just me who thinks Ricky Gervais isn't that funny ? Not seen any of his stand up stuff or got round to watching the office. Was some film I half watched where the comedy is in him telling the truth. Seems to be a theme he is running with as pretty much was the series after life. I found it funny in parts but was also some sadness in parts. Was decent enough that I will watch the second series @Dodgee cheers for reminding me mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgee Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 11 hours ago, Degsy said: Is it just me who thinks Ricky Gervais isn't that funny ? I hated the office/extras and that other one he did which I forget the name of. The kids mum used to live them and watched them endlessly but not for me like.. Afterlife I actually quite enjoyed and some of his stand up is quite good too I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highcontrast Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I couldn't get through the office, but the American version was a win for me. I do like the dry sense of humour afterlife provides too Bosch is great, well at least the first few seasons were but i just haven't found the time to continue, its been a while so would probably have to start from the beginning again Brassic on sky is a fun watch, features that tall skinny guy from the this is england series, sort of comedy/drama set in Lancashire. Looks to be getting a second season out soon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabloEscobar Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Don't know if it's been mentioned before but Future Man is well worth a watch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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