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Old 11-09-2016, 01:44
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If you feel like a jolly good laugh, this, and HIGNFY, are the ones to watch. So called modern sit-coms just don't cut the mustard in terms of humour.
Ah see for me HIGNFY has become both very dull and very smug nowadays with Merton in particular seeming to be phoning it in for the last 5 - 6 years.

WILTY however never disappoints.

Taskmaster is also great for a laugh but I honestly don't think any other panel show is as consistently funny as WILTY is.
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Old 11-09-2016, 01:56
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If you feel like a jolly good laugh, this, and HIGNFY, are the ones to watch. So called modern sit-coms just don't cut the mustard in terms of humour.
Yes they do.
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Old 11-09-2016, 06:25
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Bob Mortimer, brilliant as ever.
I am missing David's rants though.
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Old 11-09-2016, 08:56
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Have all of Bob's stories been true? Burning down his parents' house, the "hand lion" story, whatever that was about, pulling the apple apart with his bare hands, and this one? And they've never picked it.

And looking at that cake, how could they possibly think Lee would have made it?
The only Bob story I can remember not being true was his 'possession' - the cushion on which he'd tended to a sick owl (it was a very sick bird!!!)
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Old 11-09-2016, 10:41
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Ah see for me HIGNFY has become both very dull and very smug nowadays with Merton in particular seeming to be phoning it in for the last 5 - 6 years.

WILTY however never disappoints.

Taskmaster is also great for a laugh but I honestly don't think any other panel show is as consistently funny as WILTY is.
Not heard of Taskmaster - what's that?
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Old 11-09-2016, 12:21
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The only Bob story I can remember not being true was his 'possession' - the cushion on which he'd tended to a sick owl (it was a very sick bird!!!)
Ha. I had forgotten that story. That was one of his best ones, because even as a lie it matches his insane true stories.

Not heard of Taskmaster - what's that?
Greg Davies presents this, and 5 or so comedians compete to complete silly tasks -- like, figure out what a Swedish person is saying in response to a list of questions, or get some items across a stream in the quickest time. I think it's on Dave?
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Old 11-09-2016, 12:48
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I think a bit more production control would help the show. If it's a 30 minute show you really need to structure it and pace it to work as a 30 minute show. You've got six participants, six stories, and you need to at least AIM to fit them in, not just hack the footage down by leaving out some guests completely. I know recordings always take much longer than the broadcast show for all kinds of technical reasons, but there is a discipline to these things and it's slipping a bit here.

There should, for example, be a rule of thumb that each story should get covered in a certain amount of time. Obviously, they should have the licence to ignore that if one story is generating huge laughs, but at the moment Brydon tends to just sit there and even fairly dull stories (with uninspired responses) seem to eat up the time.

The first round, especially, has some very uneven material (e.g. the 'scat' story last Friday) but it's as if they feel compelled to drag that round out, while practically abandoning the final round. And as soon as you get to the 'This is my...' round you know that there will only be time for about one so-called 'quick-fire' story. The problem when every single story seems to get a relaxed treatment is that the pacing goes to pot. An extra 'XL' isn't the answer - the phenomenon of 'XL' programmes is ruining the art of editing, because the editors now know they don't really have to think so hard about what to cut out - they can always bung stuff into the second format. WILTY is one of the best things on TV right now, but it just needs a bit of a tighter form of control to make it even better.

They also need to be a little more unpredictable in Mack and Mitchell's stories, which are so rarely true that there's not much point to them, except when Mack has an inspired comic moment.
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Old 11-09-2016, 13:45
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Part of the problem was that Nadiya and Diane's stories were so dull. Diane even commented on it, though her own wasn't much better. Diane had two actually, boyfriend falling down steps and punching a guy in the theatre wings thinking it was a ghost. Neither seemed to have much comic potential, or was she just off form ?
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Old 11-09-2016, 16:30
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Part of the problem was that Nadiya and Diane's stories were so dull. Diane even commented on it, though her own wasn't much better. Diane had two actually, boyfriend falling down steps and punching a guy in the theatre wings thinking it was a ghost. Neither seemed to have much comic potential, or was she just off form ?
She just isn't funny.
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Old 11-09-2016, 16:35
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She just isn't funny.
I thought the story about her breaking up with her ex because he fell down the stairs was quite funny, plus her stories were significantly more interesting than Nadiya's, but then again I don't care for GBBO so I suppose it's no surprise that I couldn't care less whether she did go bowling with Mary Berry or not (although the way Nadiya was telling the story made it quite obvious it wasn't true at all).
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Old 11-09-2016, 17:36
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I think a bit more production control would help the show. If it's a 30 minute show you really need to structure it and pace it to work as a 30 minute show. You've got six participants, six stories, and you need to at least AIM to fit them in, not just hack the footage down by leaving out some guests completely. I know recordings always take much longer than the broadcast show for all kinds of technical reasons, but there is a discipline to these things and it's slipping a bit here.

There should, for example, be a rule of thumb that each story should get covered in a certain amount of time. Obviously, they should have the licence to ignore that if one story is generating huge laughs, but at the moment Brydon tends to just sit there and even fairly dull stories (with uninspired responses) seem to eat up the time.

The first round, especially, has some very uneven material (e.g. the 'scat' story last Friday) but it's as if they feel compelled to drag that round out, while practically abandoning the final round. And as soon as you get to the 'This is my...' round you know that there will only be time for about one so-called 'quick-fire' story. The problem when every single story seems to get a relaxed treatment is that the pacing goes to pot. An extra 'XL' isn't the answer - the phenomenon of 'XL' programmes is ruining the art of editing, because the editors now know they don't really have to think so hard about what to cut out - they can always bung stuff into the second format. WILTY is one of the best things on TV right now, but it just needs a bit of a tighter form of control to make it even better.

They also need to be a little more unpredictable in Mack and Mitchell's stories, which are so rarely true that there's not much point to them, except when Mack has an inspired comic moment.
Don't really see any problems with production control / editing of the show myself.

You can't really invoke discipline with regard to giving guests equal airtime, having tighter control sounds like something a German comedy panel show would do. I imagine timing is the main issue with this show, they can't do much editing with individual stories as they would become nonsensical. The mixture of stories in any particular show is probably mostly dictated by what can be included to make it fit exactly into 30 minutes.

Bob Mortimer's 'sick owl' story, which another poster has just mentioned, was on the 'Unseen bits' show. Think that would have made the standard show if Bob didn't do his 'theft and shrubbery' story on that same show, although many people may like it, it wouldn't be right for Bob to totally dominate the show and have half the airtime.

Don't understand why you think there's not much point to Mack and Mitchell's stories do to them rarely being true, the no.1 priority is to make us laugh, whether the stores are true or not is of little importance. I knew Lee Mack's story about the bunch of keys was a lie soon after he started but it was one of my all time favourite bits.
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Old 12-09-2016, 09:39
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Don't understand why you think there's not much point to Mack and Mitchell's stories do to them rarely being true, the no.1 priority is to make us laugh
Because it's much harder to make us laugh when the basic story is so limp. Then it's just down to relying on Mack to be inspired (and it's unfair to expect that so often during a series) or Mitchell (who has become more of a cause rather than a creator of comedy) to provoke funny responses. They have less and less to work with, so it tends to get more laboured. I'd prefer to see more time given to the guests.

And as for editing: if there's a danger of one guest hogging the time, that's an indictment of the uninspired choice of the other guests. Take the Bake Off guest last week - who on earth thought she'd be likely to generate loads of laughs? She was only there because she's seen by the media as a 'Good Thing' at the moment. There are too many guests like that in the most recent series - it's a comedy show, they need to find more people who are either intentionally or unintentionally funny.
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Old 12-09-2016, 12:36
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I thought this week's was brilliant. Bob Mortimer and Diane Morgan are both just naturally funny people.
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Old 12-09-2016, 13:46
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Have all of Bob's stories been true? Burning down his parents' house, the "hand lion" story, whatever that was about, pulling the apple apart with his bare hands, and this one? And they've never picked it.
His mad little comments and jokes just make all his stories seem impossible, don't they?

Loved that photo of him cutting the chap's hair - although it did look as if it was from the fifties
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Old 14-09-2016, 20:04
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I veer towards 'Man crush' territory when it comes to Bob! Just seeing his face makes me

Now we have 'Mickey the Drink', 'Billy the Pigeon' and 'Gentle Ken' (the latter in particular for some reason had me roaring) to add to his colourful list of friends. Best. Guest. Evah...

I think both episodes have been very enjoyable. It's infectious as you really feel like everybody's having a great time. The 2 people I only vaguely knew (not into boxing or cakes) David Haye and Nadiya were both good value, especially the former.

Apart from Bob, Lee's 'David Cake' was v funny, and him losing it at the end of his 'Donkey in toilet' was brilliant. After the reveal that he's been in Parkhurst for 3 months, he tries to say that he's "on day release" but just cracks up at the ridiculousness of it all...Funniest Show on the box.
BIB, me too, I wanted to hear more about Gentle Ken. Bob just hits my funny bone. Love him.

'Do you still cut hair now?'
'Oh, not so much now Rob'

Sublime.

Actually, Mickey the Drink deserves a mention for keeping such a straight face. And it makes me very happy to see Bob looking so well.
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Old 17-09-2016, 00:41
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A top drawer episode this week, I thought.

Lee Mack is so quick-witted but think the best line goes to David Mitchell with the 'Steak Diana' bit. They both seem to be enjoying themselves more than ever and I love the way they interact, they were almost crying with laughter towards the end of the earring story.

Let's not forget Rob Brydon who doesn't get mentioned much on here, think he always makes a good contribution and all three trade banter with each other in the best spirits.
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Old 17-09-2016, 00:53
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It absolutely superb tonight, but it really should have an extra ten minutes to do it justice.
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Old 17-09-2016, 01:03
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It absolutely superb tonight, but it really should have an extra ten minutes to do it justice.
Yes, I wish it was 10 - 15 minutes longer. Best show on TV.
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Old 17-09-2016, 01:13
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some epic banter between Rob, Lee and David. Top class.

Nice guests as well.
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Old 17-09-2016, 06:18
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Excellent show last night, thought all the guests contributed really well, Lee,Rob and David were brilliant
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Old 17-09-2016, 10:16
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Excellent show last night, thought all the guests contributed really well, Lee,Rob and David were brilliant
Not bad but I always get annoyed when performers deliberately damage or smash props that have been hired or even borrowed for the programme. Shows them as having too high an opinion of their own importance. I have been involved in a friend hiring items for use in TV productions and always advised him to have something in the contract to they have to have a very high payment for anything damaged.
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Old 17-09-2016, 10:49
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Yes, back on form this week. Everyone contributing and appearing to enjoy the experience.
I think it shows how contagious laughter can be, if they appear to be having fun, it's fun for us as well.
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Old 17-09-2016, 11:35
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It absolutely superb tonight, but it really should have an extra ten minutes to do it justice.
Completely agree with that.

It's always just a little too short.

Fabulous show though. Don't think I've ever seen a bad one and the Mitchell/Mack/Brydon works so well. Genuine chemistry/friendship there.
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Old 17-09-2016, 11:35
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Ah see for me HIGNFY has become both very dull and very smug nowadays with Merton in particular seeming to be phoning it in for the last 5 - 6 years.
People seemed to keep repeating that old clichéd phrase but I've never thought it to be true for one minute.
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Old 17-09-2016, 11:53
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People seemed to keep repeating that old clichéd phrase but I've never thought it to be true for one minute.
Paul Merton is many times funnier than most stand-up 'comedians' even on a bad day. He usually waits until he has something funny to say, if only some others would do the same.
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