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The 'funny' one on you're fired
Why do they need to have a supposed funny person on the panal each week? i never really laugh. Ruby Wax is the worst but with the guy this week we had to put up with Carol Vorderman's appalling fake sounding laughter every time the 'funny' guy came out with something dead 'funny'
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Why do they need to have a supposed funny person on the panal each week? i never really laugh. Ruby Wax is the worst but with the guy this week we had to put up with Carol Vorderman's appalling fake sounding laughter every time the 'funny' guy came out with something dead 'funny'
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Carol's a really genuine Yorkshire lass!!
She lived in Prestatyn from the age of 3 weeks
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Is that the Yorkshire in North Wales?
She lived in Prestatyn from the age of 3 weeks |
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Why do they need to have a supposed funny person on the panal each week? i never really laugh. Ruby Wax is the worst but with the guy this week we had to put up with Carol Vorderman's appalling fake sounding laughter every time the 'funny' guy came out with something dead 'funny'
It's not always a bad thing to have a funny person, even though they sometimes do disappoint. But this is because it's expected of them to be funny and in their natural work environment they're standing alone on a stage, while sitting there and being able to make witty observations within context of what's being said at the table, given that the context is not as predetermined and preprepared as an episode of Mock the Week would be, is a lot more difficult. However, Andy's input was pretty disappointing. He should've abided by the golden rule of the sole comedian on a panel show and that is: If you don't have anything funny to say, then don't say anything at all.
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Maybe she takes two vowels from the North, one from the South and five consonants from the West?
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Nah, the North Wales connection means she'd have way more consonants than vowels. At the very least she'd double up the l's and d's
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Is that the Yorkshire in North Wales?
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Nah, the North Wales connection means she'd have way more consonants than vowels. At the very least she'd double up the l's and d's
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I don't mind Andy Parsons
![]() Admittedly, I didn't watch the your fired show, so can't comment on how good/ bad he was/ is. |
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Why do they need to have a supposed funny person on the panal each week? i never really laugh. Ruby Wax is the worst...
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You guys have no sense of humour. I thought Andy Parsons was quite funny especially when he was taking the piss out of Stuart and his method of just picking a number out of his head rather than doing calculations. I also like Ruby Wax last week making fun of Alex claiming to be able to 'clean' influenza and then coming out with "by the way, my bread basket has herpes, can you clean that for me?"
I don't see why You're Fired has to be a serious discussion programme, I much prefer it as a funny program and a chance to mock the weak and mock the contestants. This is why I preferred Adrian Chiles, he was much better at doing that.
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Indeed, I prefer Chiles too. He wasn't a comedian, so he didn't try too hard to be funny which can be a plus sometimes. It felt like a more serious show back then, and I preferred it that way to be honest. It's turning into a parody of itself now.
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I think a lighter 'comedy' version works well this series as its so long since the events happened.
I'd struggle to justify what I did last week let alone a year ago! |
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Why do they need to have a supposed funny person on the panal each week? i never really laugh. Ruby Wax is the worst but with the guy this week we had to put up with Carol Vorderman's appalling fake sounding laughter every time the 'funny' guy came out with something dead 'funny'
Nothing wrong with the comedian every week as long as its not Ruby Wax or Trevor Nelso (yeh i don't know why either) |
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Indeed, I prefer Chiles too. He wasn't a comedian, so he didn't try too hard to be funny which can be a plus sometimes. It felt like a more serious show back then, and I preferred it that way to be honest. It's turning into a parody of itself now.
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what utter rot. the show is miles better and the new presenter has more energy, is funnier and has a greater passion for the show
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...Nothing wrong with the comedian every week as long as its not Ruby Wax or Trevor Nelso (yeh i don't know why either)
"Industry Expert" "Celeb fan" "Comedian fan" That week Ruby Wax was the comedian, Trevor was the celeb fan. He's been on several times before. Trevor also has experiance in voice-over work and radio so was sorta relevant to the task. |
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You guys have no sense of humour. I thought Andy Parsons was quite funny especially when he was taking the piss out of Stuart and his method of just picking a number out of his head rather than doing calculations. I also like Ruby Wax last week making fun of Alex claiming to be able to 'clean' influenza and then coming out with "by the way, my bread basket has herpes, can you clean that for me?"
I don't see why You're Fired has to be a serious discussion programme, I much prefer it as a funny program and a chance to mock the weak and mock the contestants. This is why I preferred Adrian Chiles, he was much better at doing that.
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The format for your fired pundits is
"Industry Expert" "Celeb fan" "Comedian fan" That week Ruby Wax was the comedian, Trevor was the celeb fan. He's been on several times before. Trevor also has experiance in voice-over work and radio so was sorta relevant to the task. I find you often need the comedians to highlight the glaring errors the contestants made and some of the quite bizarre decision making processes that go on. |
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..i do my best to blank out Ruby...
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what utter rot. the show is miles better and the new presenter has more energy, is funnier and has a greater passion for the show
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Andy has worked with Dara on "Mock the Week" and is trouser-wettingly funny at times. as somebody said, they have a business person, a journo/celebrity fan and a comedian so as to make the prog light-entertainment.
it's meant to be ironic and amusing at this stage - giving the fired candidates a chance to present themselves a bit better without the pressure. Sandeesh came over as very likeable and her stance on not bringing Jamie into the boardroom was very ethical. perhaps she realised that she would rather be herself than enter a game-playing blame-culture. |
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Why do they need to have a supposed funny person on the panal each week? i never really laugh. Ruby Wax is the worst but with the guy this week we had to put up with Carol Vorderman's appalling fake sounding laughter every time the 'funny' guy came out with something dead 'funny'
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I know exactly what you mean by "fake sounding laughter" ....it's maddening isn't it!! I was thinking exact same listening during show and wondering what would happen if someone really did make her laugh cos i honestly do not know if i have ever seen her genuinely laugh. Peopl eoften see this as arrogant behaviour but imo it is the opposite, she is so desperate to be accepted.
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At least your comedians work! We had one on the Irish version this week, a supposed comedienne: never even cracked a smile the whole show! If you're going on as a funny guy/gal, then I think people would expect, if not the odd joke, at least a smile!
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