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Old 25-09-2016, 12:41
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I love her ad libbing but the written jokes and dressing up can be awful. Funnily enough I hated the long jumper one that most people loved and I enjoyed the elfish one last night.

The AJ stuff could get stale very quickly. I love her best when she sees the funny side of something and can't stop giggling even though she should be straight faced.
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Old 25-09-2016, 12:43
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Love her and I love the silly bits in the middle like this.
Also laughed at her giving AJ that pyramid toy as a present. AJ took it in good part too.
I'm not a Claudia fan at all, but AJ's present did make me laugh.
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Old 25-09-2016, 12:50
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I find her hilarious. I don't think she'll ever be able to top throwing marbles onto the dancefloor last year though.
Genuine question

What was funny about that?
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Old 25-09-2016, 12:56
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Claudia's humour is perfectly pitched for younger viewers, but with an anarchic twist that only adults can get. Reminds me of the original Danger Mouse cartoons.
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Old 25-09-2016, 13:00
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Genuine question

What was funny about that?
Beats me. I like her but I found that deeply unfunny.
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Old 25-09-2016, 13:06
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she's no better than Brucie regarding the humour
Agreed, although at least with Bruce it stopped at just the joke. Having Claudia actually dress up as an elf was just embarrassing for both her and the show in my opinion.
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Old 25-09-2016, 13:07
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I'm not a young person but I find most if not all her humour affectionately funny. I rather liked the earlier comment that if it don't work, just move on, which she does. She's more in tune with the audience, clebs and dancers than Bruce ever was. My better half, last series, didn't like her at all, not one bit. But she watched Room 101 with her guesting. She really was very funny indeed and my wife now admits she got her wrong.

Claud makes this show better than it was - maybe it's the way she squints through that fringe of hers at Tess. Love her
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Old 25-09-2016, 13:10
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Agreed, although at least with Bruce it stopped at just the joke. Having Claudia actually dress up as an elf was just embarrassing for both her and the show in my opinion.
Agreed, she did many similar things last year, none of which I found remotely funny, though humour is very much an indiivdual thing & like I say some of her off the cuff humour is wicked!
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Old 25-09-2016, 13:17
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I love Claudia and her Claudeness ❤️
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Old 25-09-2016, 13:20
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Agreed, although at least with Bruce it stopped at just the joke. Having Claudia actually dress up as an elf was just embarrassing for both her and the show in my opinion.
What other way was there to "tell" that joke though?
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Old 25-09-2016, 13:30
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She's great. Love the daftest she brings to the show. They play up the knowing silliness of things like the Elf outfit which is what makes it funny.
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Old 25-09-2016, 13:44
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she's no better than Brucie regarding the humour
I think that is the point. Its a show that has to have content that is as accessible to a 7 year old as a 70 year old. Christmas cracker humour tends to get reached for in these circumstances. So like going to a pantomime there will be a mix of lame gags combined with more sophisticated comments and innuendo that wil go over the heads of the kids but enterain the parents, all delivered ina spirit of bon homie. I think it is handled pretty well on the whole.
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Old 25-09-2016, 13:50
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I love her ad libbing but the written jokes and dressing up can be awful. Funnily enough I hated the long jumper one that most people loved and I enjoyed the elfish one last night.

The AJ stuff could get stale very quickly. I love her best when she sees the funny side of something and can't stop giggling even though she should be straight faced.
Or like an in joke it could get funnier and funnier. Lots of successful comedy shows have used an on going gag to good effect. I don't suppose the first time Mrs Slocombe referred to "her pussy" it was more than mildly amusing. But after a few weeks and you can see it coming, you are waiting for it, you are on the edge of your seat and then bang there is the pussy gag. It delivers something other than humour, more a sense of belonging and being one of the 'in the know' group.

Time will tell if it dies or gets funnier.
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Old 25-09-2016, 14:08
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Or like an in joke it coudld get funnier and funnier. Lots of successful comedy shows have used an on going gag to good effect. I don't suppose the first time Mrs Slocombe referred to "her pussy" it was more than mildly amusing. But after a few weeks and you can see it comeing, you are waiting for it, you are on the edge of your seat and then bang there is the pussy gag. It delivers something other than humour, more a sense of belonging and being one of the 'in the know' group.

Time will tell if it dies or gets funnier.
That is very true. Time will tell.
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Old 25-09-2016, 14:18
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The difference is that Brucie laboured his joke if it didn't get the reaction he wanted (which meant all of them) - Claudia just shrugs and moves on, keeping the flow of the show. Unlike him, she knows the show isn't all about her!
This^^^ Totally agree. I must admit, I do find some of the humour somewhat cringeworthy, but I like the fact that once she's made the joke, Claudia moves straight on. That's what makes it tolerable, despite being cringeworthy.
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Old 25-09-2016, 14:30
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This^^^ Totally agree. I must admit, I do find some of the humour somewhat cringeworthy, but I like the fact that once she's made the joke, Claudia moves straight on. That's what makes it tolerable, despite being cringeworthy.
Also I think she knows fine well how bad the jokes are and she's laughing at herself for having to say them
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Old 25-09-2016, 16:15
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Claudia's humour is perfectly pitched for younger viewers, but with an anarchic twist that only adults can get. Reminds me of the original Danger Mouse cartoons.
Yes, "but in a good way."
"Crashing on...."
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Old 25-09-2016, 16:32
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Like her off the cuff humour, loathe the staged bits like this, sorry!!
It was, yet I don't think Tess knew about it, which made it funny as it kind of threw her and she was trying not to laugh.
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Old 25-09-2016, 16:50
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Claudia and her jokes are fine. It's wooden Tess as her jokes foil that's the problem. For me anyway.
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Old 25-09-2016, 17:43
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Love Claudia.
Love Newzoids take on Claudia and Tess.
Don't labour the AJ jokes though - not fair, and don't want it to turn into the "Kevin from Grimsby" saga.
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Old 25-09-2016, 17:58
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I find her hilarious. I don't think she'll ever be able to top throwing marbles onto the dancefloor last year though.
Genuine question

What was funny about that?
Beats me. I like her but I found that deeply unfunny.
Anyone??
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Old 25-09-2016, 18:36
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From what I remember, I think she just took a literal take on losing her marbles. The way she did it made it funny.
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Old 25-09-2016, 19:44
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From what I remember, I think she just took a literal take on losing her marbles. The way she did it made it funny.
Okay.
Thanks.
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Old 25-09-2016, 19:57
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Love Claudia.
Love Newzoids take on Claudia and Tess.
Don't labour the AJ jokes though - not fair, and don't want it to turn into the "Kevin from Grimsby" saga.
I love Claudia's honour most of the time - she's just so deadpan and uninhibited.

However, I'm finding the AJ jokes wearing already. No need to humiliate someone like that. Impressed he took it so well, though.
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Old 25-09-2016, 21:37
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I love Claudia's honour most of the time - she's just so deadpan and uninhibited.

However, I'm finding the AJ jokes wearing already. No need to humiliate someone like that. Impressed he took it so well, though.
Yeah, kept it all in. Is it me or does he look like a wax figure?

Love Claudia though, she's not stilted like that Tess.
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