Comic Relief, St Patrick's Day (why is this such a big deal? As far as I can see it's just an excuse to drink and pretend to be Irish), visit from my mother-in-law - all over.
Comic Relief was as painful and stilted as ever. Ricky Gervais is rapidly losing the goodwill of the nation as he slowly removes his emporer's new clothes. Mitchell and Webb, more people I think have minimal talent, weren't at all funny.
What is it with comedians these days? One catchphrase and you're the Next Big Thing and the nation worships you. There are very few comedians that do it for me I'm afraid. I find comedy very irritating. I rarely watch the first episode of a new comedy because I know I'll probably be let down. I never watch C4 comedians because they're just going for the student market. BBC comedies aren't really funny and/or aimed at simpletons. BBC3 comedies are for the Hollyoaks crowd. Catherine Tate is a bunch of once amusing catchphrases. Little Britain should stop it now. Paul O'Grady is better at teatime but he's not really a stand-up. Chris Evans is only mildy annoying on the radio, but must never actually be seen again.
Harry Hill is the only person I have any time for. He's genuinely funny. The Good Life, Sorry, Frasier, Seinfeld, Ellen, Everybody Loves Raymond, early Ab Fab, Robin's Nest, Cheers are among those comedies I find proplerly funny that I can bear to sit through time and time again. It's all about the characters, not the catchphrases.
4 comments:
You like Robin's Nest but find Mitchell and Webb unfunny? Hmmm.....
Mitchell and Webb are better on the radio, and David Mitchell is the World's Greatest Comedy Gameshow Panellist. It's a great shame their telly show didn't work.
The last thing on telly that made me roar with laughter was Curb Your Enthusiasm, but it took a long time to get into, and some episodes just make me cringe.
I like 'Curb" as it's known (apparently), but I've only seen season one. I find the Italianate music very instrusive, a bit like the bouncy Seinfeld music can pall. But it is very funny.
Well Rich, Robin's Nest - it's just kind of gentle. I think that's why I was a fan of As Time Goes By.
I used to think, as a child I might add, that the Irish bloke from Robin's Nest did actually have one arm missing. Then I saw him on Fawlty Towers and presumed he'd had the amputation between doing Fawlty Towers and RN.
I used to like RN as a kid, but it got repeated a couple of Christmases ago on Five, and it just seemed so pedestrian. But, like you say, it's meant to be gentle comedy.
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