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Old 09-12-2010, 16:15
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Total garbage especially Sean Lock...and including Vanessa Feltz...but then it has been all series. Why he has to have all his Mock The Week buddies on I don't know - I take it they're supposed to be providing humour.
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Old 09-12-2010, 16:16
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I agree with the OP Vanessa was the only one speaking the truth, it seems the others were too scared to say anything about Sugar. It was clearly a decision based on "entertainment" rather than business to keep Stuart in, Liz had no chance it seems the decision had already been made.
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Old 09-12-2010, 16:18
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Kinda disagree here. Feltz can be an annoying, attention-seeking gasbag, but she often makes sense and is quite smart. I believe she has an Oxbridge First.
In English yes; a fact she imparts at every opportunity.
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Old 09-12-2010, 16:23
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Liz being her modest self mentioned that she felt she didn't talk up enough in the boardroom and defend herself....SURELY SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO?
Of course she did! That is the whole point of the closing boardroom moments.

She was standing next to her project manager who made the decision live, at the time of the negotiations, it would have been wrong to jump in and undermine him.

Besides, why should she? He's the boss and if he wants to make a thoughtless decision that should be his head on the line.
Right, because that is exactly the kind of dymanite, proactive person you want working for your company. 'To hell with ensuring that the job gets done efficiently! I don't give a crap because it's his head on the line, not mine. I'm saying nothing.'
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Old 09-12-2010, 16:23
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Hmm... let's see... Alan Sugar, successful businessman. Vanessa Feltz, successful eater.

Whose judgement shall I go with...

But no seriously, Alan got it right. Being the winner or the best person on a task in a losing team does not give you a guarantee that you won't be up for the chop.

In these late stages it becomes much more about the type of person he is looking for to fill the position he has in mind.

If Liz doesn't fit the position in mind as closely as someone else, as Alan said today, then she rightly has to go.

As much as I would like to see Stuart go, it's not a popularity contest.
You are spot on there.

I'd imagine that Lord Sugar knew very well that Liz was very good and competent but knew that she was never going to win.

As for Baggs, who knows? Give him another chance and push him further, who know what might happen?

If he is useless he'll be sacked as well.

At least Baggs has a small chance of winning, whereas Liz had no chance.
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Old 09-12-2010, 19:10
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Didn't think this week's panel was too bad given Liz isn't the easiest candidate to make fun off. My nightmare panel would be Parsons, Kelvin MacKenzie and A. N. Other.
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Old 09-12-2010, 19:25
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Total garbage especially Sean Lock...and including Vanessa Feltz...but then it has been all series. Why he has to have all his Mock The Week buddies on I don't know - I take it they're supposed to be providing humour.
Andy Parsons is the only Mock the Week panelist who's appeared this series

There's always been comedians on, even when Chiles was presenting. Be very dull if there wasn't.
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Old 09-12-2010, 19:32
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Andy Parsons is the only Mock the Week panelist who's appeared this series

There's always been comedians on, even when Chiles was presenting. Be very dull if there wasn't.
Actually Ed Byrne was on & he's been on MTW regularly...but agree with you on the 2nd point - there's always been comedians on & I like their input.
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Old 09-12-2010, 21:49
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The OP is bonkers - Sean Locke was brilliant!
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Old 09-12-2010, 23:45
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They should keep so called comedians off the panel. They're all totally self absorbed and all they're interested in is trying to get laughs.
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Old 10-12-2010, 09:37
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They should keep so called comedians off the panel. They're all totally self absorbed and all they're interested in is trying to get laughs.
They are comedians, that's their job. That's what they were hired for.
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Old 10-12-2010, 09:57
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Liz was an example of how sitting back and watching others fail is not a valid strategy. I think she needed to come out of her shell a bit more; take a few more risks - LS had already stated he wanted someone with spark and not a 'steady eddy'.

I thought Vanessa Feltz, as always, was nothing short of bullish and came accross unintelligent. Sean Locke mentioned how it almost felt like question time; all of her answers were designed to illicit a round of applause. Instead of laying into other candidates she could of atleast attempted to analyse why Liz was fired.

Also Vanessa's comment concerning Liz and strategy was just plain wrong. I think even Liz acknowledged that she could have defended herself a bit more in the board room; instead she seemed removed and just to be watching everything play out.
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Old 10-12-2010, 13:41
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Agree with OP. I stopped watching your fired completely this year as it's been awful.

The panelists are never funny and they don't rip into them like they used to.

I can't stand Sean Lock. He's not funny at all in my opinion. The stuff he comes out with is just ridiculous
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Old 10-12-2010, 16:34
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Andy Parsons is the only Mock the Week panelist who's appeared this series

There's always been comedians on, even when Chiles was presenting. Be very dull if there wasn't.
Total rubbish - there've been a few of them - Ed Byrne, Andy Parsons, Andi Osho, Sean Lock...and those are only the ones I remember off the top of my head! Don't have a problem with comedians being on the panel so long as they've actually watched the show and aren't just there through nepotism and to promote themselves.

Lock has been on everything this week including Loose Women.:yawn: And he isn't funny either...
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Old 10-12-2010, 18:48
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Total rubbish - there've been a few of them - Ed Byrne, Andy Parsons, Andi Osho, Sean Lock...and those are only the ones I remember off the top of my head!
Of those, only Andy Parsons is a panellist on Mock The Week. The others have appeared on Mock The Week, but if that's the definition you're using, then have you ever considered the possibility that the reason they've been on both programmes is that they're comedians who do the British comedy telly circuit, rather than because of some pseudo-nepotism by Dara O'Brien? Because, really, that definition is so broad as to cover a fairly high percentage of all comedians in the UK who appear on telly.

Lock has been on everything this week including Loose Women.
Exactly.
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Old 10-12-2010, 19:08
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Total rubbish - there've been a few of them - Ed Byrne, Andy Parsons, Andi Osho, Sean Lock...and those are only the ones I remember off the top of my head! Don't have a problem with comedians being on the panel so long as they've actually watched the show and aren't just there through nepotism and to promote themselves.

Lock has been on everything this week including Loose Women.:yawn: And he isn't funny either...
Sean Lock has never been on Mock the Week. Ever.

Which does undermine both paragraphs a bit. At least with relevance to this particular episode of YF. Nice try though.

P.S. Also makes you look really stupid for using the indefensibly smug yawny face and the rolleyes.
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Old 10-12-2010, 19:14
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P.S. Also makes you look really stupid for using the indefensibly smug yawny face and the rolleyes.
Surely if she find 'Loose Women' boring she's entitled to say so?
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Old 10-12-2010, 20:33
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Also, I normally love Dara O'Briain but I felt like he was trying too hard: every time he hit on a vaguely funny joke he squeezed it to within an inch of its life (e.g. the 'death stare')
I think the problem with him, and the comedian guests, is they feel they have to be funny. I know that's an odd comment when talking about comedians, but they don't have to be on duty ALL the time! Sure be a bit funny... but Sean Locke... not every line has to be a joke. You're not on tour.

It's like impressionists can't do anything without them going into impressions. John Culshaw and Rory Bremner can't be on any show, and answer any question, without lapsing into impressions of them.
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Old 11-12-2010, 17:03
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Of those, only Andy Parsons is a panellist on Mock The Week. The others have appeared on Mock The Week, but if that's the definition you're using, then have you ever considered the possibility that the reason they've been on both programmes is that they're comedians who do the British comedy telly circuit, rather than because of some pseudo-nepotism by Dara O'Brien? Because, really, that definition is so broad as to cover a fairly high percentage of all comedians in the UK who appear on telly.



Exactly.
By panellist I mean regulars.

There've been more of them on this series than on any previous therefore I've linked this to Dara taking over the reins. I 'get' and don't mind having a comedian on every week to lighten proceeedings but not if they're not 'true' fans of the show. To me it's as though they're bussed in and played the episode for that week then asked to comment on what they've seen...for a fee. £100 per lame joke.
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