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What was the point of Joe Lycett's music video?
On You're Fired! it was suggested that comedian Joe Lycett is involved with the background music in the boardroom.
I presumed that this was a joke, as I have never seen his name listed in the credits, nor can I find anything about him having done it online. But if it was a joke, what was the point? I didn't find it funny at all, I just thought, 'Why are they doing this?' Was anyone else a bit confused by this? |
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Yes, it's a joke.
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Yes, it's a joke.
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Yeah, I figured that it was, but as I said, what was the point? Did you find it funny? I didn't. I didn't see what the joke was.
Is he a big comedian somewhere? His appearance seemed a little awkward. |
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I thought it was funny. Not laugh out loud hilarious but amusing enough. The joke I think was the idea that those guys are playing the incidental music live every week.
Not everyone finds the same things funny I guess. <- nearest I can find to a shrugging smiley
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Is he a big comedian somewhere? His appearance seemed a little awkward.
I thought the skit was funny
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I thought it was insurance. They would have filmed it in advance so they had something in the can to use if there wasn't enough good material on the night. I'm mildly surprised they chose to use it as he seemed pretty good on the night, but maybe they didn't get the material they wanted from the candidate.
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I thought it was insurance. They would have filmed it in advance so they had something in the can to use if there wasn't enough good material on the night. I'm mildly surprised they chose to use it as he seemed pretty good on the night, but maybe they didn't get the material they wanted from the candidate.
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We've had a few of those this series, we had that comedian the other week and her faux pitching, we had Dara last week with the stupid, whose going to win board and this stupid thing this week. I think because of the format of the show, they need to build in an extra few minutes for additional candidates questions etc. Would of been far more impressed if Dara would have interviewed James better, finding out what he actually does for a living, something to do with bars from what I've heard, and then actually told us what his BP was, he's the only one he hasn't asked about it, so it leads me to wonder wether he didn't want to let on.
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Was anyone else a bit confused by this?
It was slightly surreal, but there's nowt wrong with that. |
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Sorry but it was sh*t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a load of useless, inane, UNFUNNY rubbish. Who the hell is he anyway!?!? Crap. |
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Sorry but it was sh*t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a load of useless, inane, UNFUNNY rubbish. Who the hell is he anyway!?!? Crap.
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Lol....why thank you George!
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It was pointless crap. Just like the whole of You're Fired these days. If Dara won't ask the contestant probing questions then what is the point? I can get better 'comedy' elsewhere.
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^^ Agree it seems to have turned into a continuous "look how funny I am" sketch, along with a lot of BBC programmes like QI and Have I Got News.
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It was pointless crap. Just like the whole of You're Fired these days. If Dara won't ask the contestant probing questions then what is the point? I can get better 'comedy' elsewhere.
I liked to watch it to see how the contestants react to what they've done or said on the show, not as some sort of comedy sketch show. |
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I found it comical in the light-humour kind of way in which it was presented. Not sure how anybody could actually be unsure of whether it was serious or not ...
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It just cheapens the show, they get some 3rd rate comic, whose only found on BBC 3 or Channel 4 in the dark hours of the morning, probably doing the show for free, so they can get some airtime to promote their own show. They never have to known comedians doing it, probably charge the BBC to much.
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Excuse you Joe Lycett is definitely not a 3rd rate comedian
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On You're Fired! it was suggested that comedian Joe Lycett is involved with the background music in the boardroom.
I presumed that this was a joke, as I have never seen his name listed in the credits, nor can I find anything about him having done it online. But if it was a joke, what was the point? I didn't find it funny at all, I just thought, 'Why are they doing this?' Was anyone else a bit confused by this? A lot of You're Fired is designed purely for entertainment and 'pointless' if looked at too closely. |
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Yeah, I figured that it was, but as I said, what was the point? Did you find it funny? I didn't. I didn't see what the joke was.
Hardly laugh out loud funny but slightly amusing but everybody's sense of humour is different. |
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Excuse you Joe Lycett is definitely not a 3rd rate comedian
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^^Nor me, never heard of him, but will agree he wasn't bad on the show, just wish he'd stop with all the "camp" remarks.
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I wonder how far ahead the panel on YF are booked ahead? now the guy could of recorded this months before as a filler for a particularly quiet week and when its needed he gets the gig, it was mildly funny but as humour is subjective its down to the recipient.
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