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Old 17-02-2006, 23:45
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EE needs a Buffoon

We had Barry until someone axed him along with most the cast no naming names (Cough louise Berridge Cough)

Corrie have Fred
E/dale have Bob
ect ....

Baffon's usally add comedy which EE need

So please Mrs Harwood If your reading give us a Buffoon

Ps What if the bring Belinda back and her husband was a baffon?
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:46
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Garry & Minty?
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:47
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Well i'm baffled...

Do you mean buffoon, dear?
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:48
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Of course (I love Edit )
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:48
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I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:48
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Originally Posted by Mad Puppy
Garry & Minty?
I mean a Funny and Intresting one
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:49
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Originally Posted by Chrissy 2005
I mean a Funny and Intresting one
Oh yes, that does rule them two out.
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:50
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Originally Posted by Live82005
I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
What is it you don't understand?
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:51
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Originally Posted by Chrissy 2005
What is it you don't understand?
*sigh* Well you edited whilst I was posting, it doesn't really matter now.
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:51
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Originally Posted by Chrissy 2005
Of course (I love Edit )
It's still not right, I'm afraid

Check again.
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:52
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o Ok Live82005
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:53
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Anybody agree with me?
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:57
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I agree Chrissy! EE is lacking some comedy! I love it to bits but it is missing that touch that Corrie seems to have. A 'Buffoon' as you call it lol would help!
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Old 17-02-2006, 23:58
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I agree Chrissy! EE is lacking some comedy! I love it to bits but it is missing that touch that Corrie seems to have. A 'Buffoon' as you call it lol would help!
Corrie are in serious danger of overdoing it though, don't you think?
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Old 18-02-2006, 00:05
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Fred is the most annoying character in a soap( one of them anyway!) and considering John S. is a classically trained actor they are waisting him!!!
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Old 18-02-2006, 00:06
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Originally Posted by welsh_revival
Fred is the most annoying character in a soap( one of them anyway!) and considering John S. is a classically trained actor they are waisting him!!!
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Old 18-02-2006, 00:07
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Originally Posted by Dancc
Corrie are in serious danger of overdoing it though, don't you think?
Yeah, I agree but there isnt much comedy at the moment but they have a tendency to over do the comedy at times.
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Old 18-02-2006, 00:08
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To OP :

Actually, can I just say that your point (if one doesn't get too carried away about the 'baffon' typo ) is actually a good one in my humble opinion. The 'buffoon' or 'fool' is more or less what 'low' comedy is about ('low' isn't a criticism, just a technical characterisation of its 'style' of 'belly-laugh hunting' rather than witty wordplay and the like). Fools are in Shakeseare, of course - even, in the Tempest, a 'dumb bloke and his even dumber mate' like Minty and Gary - correct 'order'? - who, you're right, just aren't that funny IMHO.

Frank Butcher had an element of 'buffoon' about him on occasion.

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Old 18-02-2006, 01:39
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Nigel Bates was a good bufoon character well sort of anyway. I wish he comes back someday
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Old 18-02-2006, 01:42
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Alfie Moon was the buffoon
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Old 18-02-2006, 01:47
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Originally Posted by irfan2088
Nigel Bates was a good bufoon character well sort of anyway. I wish he comes back someday
I can see the point of your 'brilliant' "well sort of" because it sort of demonstrates something interesting about 'bufoons' in Soaps. The problem is that due to the 'ongoing-serial' nature of the format they have to 'develop' characters, thereby (usually) 'deepening' them. It is difficult to sustain a stereotype like a 'bufoon' when this development occurs (the character ceases to be a 'stock' character). Hence, "well, sort of anyway", when we talk about 'bufoons' in soaps, is often needed.

Les Battersby is a 'bufoon' BTW (interestingly, more so now than when he first entered the show - when he was a genuine 'rogue' - always a 'caricature' though ).
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Old 18-02-2006, 01:58
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Originally Posted by waving not drow
Les Battersby is a 'bufoon' BTW (interestingly, more so now than when he first entered the show - when he was a genuine 'rogue' - always a 'caricature' though ).

When I said 'interestingly' I partly meant to refer to the fact that the character with lowest 'social status' in a soap will rarely be as 'developed' psychologically' as other characters.

'Low' comedy is nearly always 'at the expense' of characters with 'low social status'. Why is there the assumption that 'the poor' are more likely to be 'stock' characters than those 'better off' financially? Maybe it's so we can, through 'comedy', get a 'confirmation' that our 'society' is 'just' in its distribution of wealth?
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Old 18-02-2006, 09:55
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Does Bradley count?
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Old 18-02-2006, 16:32
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They should Bring in Harold Bishop to boost EE's rating if he leaves Neighbours
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Old 18-02-2006, 16:35
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Originally Posted by Simon Jackson
They should Bring in Harold Bishop to boost EE's rating if he leaves Neighbours
Oh yes, Harold Bishop being the instant cult success he is!

(Is he rumoured to be leaving Neighbours then?)

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