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Mock The Week - Series 11, BBC2 Thursdays 10pm (Merged)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01k03lm/Mock_the_Week_Series_11_Episode_1/
Dara O Briain and regulars Chris Addison, Hugh Dennis and Andy Parsons return for another series of topical mockery with guests Nathan Caton, Greg Davies and Micky Flanagan.
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Used to be unmissable - now I can take it or leave it.
New
Gary Delany - Boyfriend of Sarah Millican. Seen his name on writing credits for shows but never seen him do standup. According to wiki he can be risque/offensive. Could be good.
Josh Widdecombe - Very good on Stand Up For The Week.
Marcus Brigstock - Hmmm. has been ok in the past but then got very preachy on some subjects.
Returning
Jo Caulfield - Haven't seen anything from her since her last appearance on the show
Zoe Lyons - Same as above
Nathon Caton - Same as above
Carl Donnelly - Seen him do a few gigs. Can be good.
Ava Vidal - Hit and miss on the subject matter for me.
Miles Jupp - Like him doing standup and on panel shows such as HIGNFY and 8Oo10C
Regulars
Greg Davies, Milton Jones, Ed Byrne, Steward Francis and Micky Flanagan
I watch the extended version of HIGNFY on Monday and so that's 4 days after the recording. No problem with the topical content being a week old.
Pleased to see Stewart and Ed return though, and Carl Donnelly and Miles Jupp can be good
Saving it for one outtakes edition and their risible “Too Hot for TV” DVDs (Dara regularly takes the piss out of these) is a false economy but no surprise really from the short-sighted, cheapjack BBC we are lumbered with these days.
I know plenty on here like Russell Howard, but I personally couldn't stand his childish shouty delivery of his 'jokes', after which he'd look directly at the camera. Made me cringe!
IMO the 1st Too Hot for TV is the only one thats any good as that was specially made for DVD and the other ones aren't.
Frankie was the dark heart of MTW I know, when he was on form he could be brilliant.
They only book her because Gina Yashere went to America and if/when Andi Osho is unavailable.
Can't wait for yet another story about black parents beating their kids on public or acting ignorant and overentitled... that never gets tired after the millionth black comedian/comedienne tells it, not like Richard Pryor told those jokes back in the 70s, Eddie Murphy ripped it off in the early 80s and Lenny Henry trotted them out in the mid 80s... but here we are still hearing them because my God, they are so funny and each is unique and original.
Just kill the goddamn show already. Those with career options have them and those that don't don't deserve the showcase.
I was hoping they'd make David Mitchell a regular, taking over from Russell, but I don't think that'll ever happed for a number of reasons.
Probably he was also using loads of stuff on there that he could put into a live show - and tour the country.
The old bugbear of comics appearing on TV.
He left because he made a joke about Rebecca Adlington's nose and the Queen's haunted vagina. The BBC got up in arms and wanted him to apologise. He said it's a joke, I don't mean it, it's just to make people laugh so I won't apologise for making people laugh, that's my job as a comedian. They said apologise or go. So he went. Not because he wanted to conserve material for his live shows. He actually says on his second tour DVD he tries to get his live material onto Mock The Week but they always edit it out.
Never understood why Andy's always received so much flak - I've always thought him underrated.
Agreed, Andy Parsons is hilarious! I think people just don't understand his style or the way he delivers the punchline, which is rather different to other comedians. I'd see him live if I ever got the chance.
Parsons' rant about Innocent Smoothies was hilarious
Overall Parsons and Greg Davies were very good but the first SWLTS in particular (Awards Ceremony) was really weak though
In SWLTS Nathan repeated/recycled Jack Whitehall's joke about the villains cat scratching/shitting on him.
I hope it improves though. And why are there only 3 in the stand up round?
Chris Addison gets plaudits from critics even though I find him very hit and miss and his TV series Lab Rats was just barely above Hyperdrive in it's intentions to be funny while remaining unfunny and largely derivative.
I wonder why they have not made another series of Fast and Loose, the musical mime round on that as well as the stop the music/awkward things to overhear at a party round were very entertaining.