It was pretty decent. If you liked Pulling and all that you'll like it.
I didn't just like Pulling - I loved Pulling. 'Wrong' in all the right ways, genuinely laugh-out-loud hilarious. Free Agents, on the other hand, was crap. No fun at all, in any way - a quite depressing half hour, totally wasting the cast. I can only assume they were paid so much money to do this that they couldn't say no.
The reviews for this were glowing - God, what were they watching? I don't think I've felt this let down by a show I was looking forward to in a while.
They did a pilot during comedy connections last summer, I think.
EDIT - it was the year before.
It was part of C4's Comedy Showcase in late 2007, along with the Kevin Bishop Show and Plus One.
Apart from KB, these shows seem to have taken an extraordinary long time to come to air.
For what it's worth, I enjoyed it. It wasn't meant to be a laugh-out-loud comedy given the topic, and for my money it knocked spots off Plus One which fell flat at every turn.
As for the swearing, there was a lot but not every comedy has to be as tame as the majority of BBC'1 output.
It was pretty decent. If you liked Pulling and all that you'll like it.
To anyone who thought there was a lot of swearing: I suggest not visiting Scotland, ever.
I don't think that it is swearing in itself which most people didn't like.
I think some people are more bothered about swearing being used to compensate and fill in for the lack of something else in the script.
I was looking forward to this. I'll still try it out, but it seems that so far people haven't found it nearly as good as they thought it was going to be.
I don't think that it is swearing in itself which most people didn't like.
I think some people are more bothered about swearing being used to compensate and fill in for the lack of something else in the script.
I was looking forward to this. I'll still try it out, but it seems that so far people haven't found it nearly as good as they thought it was going to be.
You are right; you have not seen it and you get that it was not funny but that it tried to be so using icky words to "compensate" by way of good humour, and that that only shows a "lack of something else in the script" which is IMO good writing and funny lines.
I thought it was ok ,I even managed a smile.I thinkk it helps if you have known an agent as it is quite spot on.
The swearing does seem a tad forced though.
Loved him as the King in Merlin and couldn't quite come to terms with his first scene in this progamme (see Digital Sid's post). I'm no prude but, disappointed and bored, turned it off.
I think that was part of the idea for the whole thing - cast actors people know and love from other shows, keep going on about Spaced and Black Books, pull in the sympathy vote because Pulling was cancelled - then reviewers will be too afraid to be the first person to say it just wasn't funny.
I must say though - as a drama, it did work okay. But Friday night Channel 4 at 10pm isn't where I go to explore the inner workings of two dysfunctional people going through breakdowns. If I wanted that, me and my boyfriend would sit in front of the mirror...:D
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Yeah but can the rights to good bellylaughs be bought also!:)
To anyone who thought there was a lot of swearing: I suggest not visiting Scotland, ever.
LMAO. It wasn't so much there being too much swearing (I love a lot of shows with a lot of that) but it was the choice of swear words.
Glue stick?
I didn't just like Pulling - I loved Pulling. 'Wrong' in all the right ways, genuinely laugh-out-loud hilarious. Free Agents, on the other hand, was crap. No fun at all, in any way - a quite depressing half hour, totally wasting the cast. I can only assume they were paid so much money to do this that they couldn't say no.
The reviews for this were glowing - God, what were they watching? I don't think I've felt this let down by a show I was looking forward to in a while.
It was part of C4's Comedy Showcase in late 2007, along with the Kevin Bishop Show and Plus One.
Apart from KB, these shows seem to have taken an extraordinary long time to come to air.
For what it's worth, I enjoyed it. It wasn't meant to be a laugh-out-loud comedy given the topic, and for my money it knocked spots off Plus One which fell flat at every turn.
As for the swearing, there was a lot but not every comedy has to be as tame as the majority of BBC'1 output.
I don't think that it is swearing in itself which most people didn't like.
I think some people are more bothered about swearing being used to compensate and fill in for the lack of something else in the script.
I was looking forward to this. I'll still try it out, but it seems that so far people haven't found it nearly as good as they thought it was going to be.
You are right; you have not seen it and you get that it was not funny but that it tried to be so using icky words to "compensate" by way of good humour, and that that only shows a "lack of something else in the script" which is IMO good writing and funny lines.
I kinda enjoyed it.The actors were good and the writing was sharp.Not a whole lot of laughs though.
Basically what I was about to type. I barely noticed the swearing and it was ok although it wasn't that funny.
I agree 100% with that.
The swearing does seem a tad forced though.
Oh me too.
Loved him as the King in Merlin and couldn't quite come to terms with his first scene in this progamme (see Digital Sid's post). I'm no prude but, disappointed and bored, turned it off.
I think that was part of the idea for the whole thing - cast actors people know and love from other shows, keep going on about Spaced and Black Books, pull in the sympathy vote because Pulling was cancelled - then reviewers will be too afraid to be the first person to say it just wasn't funny.
I must say though - as a drama, it did work okay. But Friday night Channel 4 at 10pm isn't where I go to explore the inner workings of two dysfunctional people going through breakdowns. If I wanted that, me and my boyfriend would sit in front of the mirror...:D
But this wasn't funny , half way through I was browsing the internet while watching I was so bored
I thought it was quite good, not top notch by any means but an amusing half hour of well written comedy. It definitely had it's moments