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Fonejacker - anyone think this is funny?

JanieBJanieB Posts: 3,425
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Just watched an episode that my son taped. Singularly unfunny especially the clip about Afghanistan, or are they all in on the joke? :mad:
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    pocatellopocatello Posts: 8,813
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    I preferred it before they went live action,.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,207
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    I think Phonejacker is funny. They ruined it by making it Facejacker.
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    GlowbotGlowbot Posts: 14,847
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    Maybe the problem is you aren't a schoolboy?
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    Jimmy_McNultyJimmy_McNulty Posts: 11,378
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    It's one of the funniest programs ever to appear on British TV.

    And i'm not a schoolboy, and when it first aired i wasn't a schoolboy.

    Only infantiles say such a thing as a deregatory term. Please, shut down your computer and bask in the sunshine. Thank you.
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    allafixallafix Posts: 20,690
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    It seems to rely on people finding the same thing funny over and over again. Some people do like that. Everytime I've watched it it's felt like Groundhog Day with added deju vu.
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    fmradiotuner1fmradiotuner1 Posts: 20,500
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    I love this cilp

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjH9cEoEup8

    And

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xk1z-8KAU&feature=related

    :D
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    adzieeadziee Posts: 828
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    Yeah it's funny!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,359
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    Tawk to me!
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    Sun_BeamSun_Beam Posts: 11,600
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    I think it's hilarious, and I'm no school boy! :o I've always had a really childish sense of humour, so this and Bo Selecta! is right up my street! :D
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    Phoenix LazarusPhoenix Lazarus Posts: 17,306
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    I love Terry Tibbs, and the man selling internet service 'providings.'
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,434
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    Tewwy Tibbs and Brian Badonde are brilliant
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    Phoenix LazarusPhoenix Lazarus Posts: 17,306
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    The Nigerian trying to get bank account details is also funny. That man's big jaw moving up and down, while the rest of his face stays still, is so funny!
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    JanieBJanieB Posts: 3,425
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    Oh well, perhaps I haven't given it a chance. Regarding the woman in the gift shop who was holding the phone up to her ear all the time the gun shots were going off at the other end, supposedly in Afghanistan...my son said it was funny because why was she still sitting there with the phone to her ear as if this was a completely normal conversation with someone?

    I guess I don't find it funny when people are cross and irritated by the silly phone calls.
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    Andy BirkenheadAndy Birkenhead Posts: 13,450
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    I thought Fonejacker was better that Facejacker.
    I really liked the calls where the caller was trying to get cinema tickets or a pizza etc. and the "automated" reply kept getting his order wrong ! :D
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    KXTKXT Posts: 461
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    JanieB wrote: »
    Just watched an episode that my son taped. Singularly unfunny especially the clip about Afghanistan, or are they all in on the joke? :mad:

    Why are you getting your knickers in a twist?
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    rosco2010rosco2010 Posts: 7,501
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    It's hilarious, unless you've had some kind of sense-of-humour transplant.
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    LordmilkymilkyLordmilkymilky Posts: 309
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    oh yes, this is always so funny. Human confusion is wonderful. Always makes me laugh out loud and no one is particularly humiliated. Of course its nothing new, prank phone calls have been going on since the dam thing was invented. I used to do it as a boy in the 70's!! Noel Edmonds did it well on his radio show. Oh yes, you can't beat the old wind ups!!
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    AdamDowdsAdamDowds Posts: 2,598
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    I loved it when it was first on three years ago. I even got my second series Doovde signed by the man himself!

    One of the best British comedies I've seen.
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    petelypetely Posts: 2,994
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    fmradiotuner1 wrote: »
    I love this cilp

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjH9cEoEup8
    Yawn. Yes, it was amusing when Peter Sellers did "funny voices" half a century ago. But once you've seen The Pink Panther ("a berm?", "a minkey") the novelty wears thin very quickly.

    Nowadays it's merely derivative.
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    Rob22Rob22 Posts: 11,838
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    JanieB wrote: »
    Just watched an episode that my son taped. Singularly unfunny especially the clip about Afghanistan, or are they all in on the joke? :mad:

    I like it, and find it funny, however I didn't like facejacker, where it was the bloke dressing up meeting people, instead of animation, I thought that was about as funny as a dose of piles.
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    OrangecrabOrangecrab Posts: 1,314
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    Fonejacker is occasionally being repeated on 4Music channel currently - tonight (25 March) for example there are 2 episodes at 10 and 10:30 pm.

    I find Terry Tibbs most amusing. Talk to me, sell me!!
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    jo2015jo2015 Posts: 6,021
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    AdamDowds wrote: »
    I loved it when it was first on three years ago. I even got my second series Doovde signed by the man himself!

    One of the best British comedies I've seen.

    And how many British comedies have you actually seen?:D:p
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    Phoenix LazarusPhoenix Lazarus Posts: 17,306
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    I recall one of the sketches had Fonejacker as a middle-aged foreign man ringing up a record shop and pretending to be after a record, and saying he did not know the title and so would hum and sing it for them. He then goes on to, without lyrics, going, 'Hmmm-mmmm! Da da da...!' etc. The record shop staff were being filmed through the shop window as this happened, and the bloke listening waved his friend over, and they were both silently cracking up! That was pretty funny!
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    Glyn WGlyn W Posts: 5,819
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    Oscar Wilde only said that sarcasm was the lowest form of wit because he'd never heard of prank phone calls.
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    Phoenix LazarusPhoenix Lazarus Posts: 17,306
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    I reckon, if we took a straw poll, Terry Tibbs would come out as the best-rated character on the show. Anyone else agree?
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