| Author |
Message |
|
pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
|
_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
|
| Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:30 am |
|
|
|
JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
Posts: 8767
Location: behind the sofa
|
I really like Sarah Millican on various shows, but the scripting on her TV chat show is appalling. Her interviews are just setting up the guests for crap one-liners.
It gets 3 out of 10 on TVguide so its not just me!
_________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
|
| Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:20 am |
|
|
|
Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm
Posts: 3838
Location: Here Abouts
|
I like Sarah Millican on QI (on the one show I've seen with her in it) and I like her stand-up but I've never seen any of her tv shows so I can't comment.
I've only ever come across Miranda Hart when she's been covering a DJ on Radio 2 in the mornings and from only those few appearances I know I don't like her.
_________________The Official "Saucy Minx"  This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
|
| Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:28 am |
|
|
|
paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm
Posts: 12251
|
That programme annoys me. The editing to me feels “lumpy”. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it is obvious that as far as the audience is concerned, the standup bits all happen in one go, and the rest is recorded either before or after - hence all that timed walking to centre stage after each segment. Also far too many cutaways to tatty lampshades. I much prefer chat shows (and panel shows) where the editing is fluid and there isn‘t some kind of contrived choreography from either the talent, camera work or editing to ensure that certain things are in frame. My wife says that humour is basically “hen night humour”. So that’s a thumbs down from both of us here.
|
| Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:35 pm |
|
|
|
pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
|
Agree on the Millican show, it's painful to watch for all the reasons mentioned.
_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
|
| Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:03 pm |
|
|
|
jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm
Posts: 17040
|
There are less female comedians than male ones, but IMO the percentages of both populations that are funny is roughly equal.
|
| Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:02 pm |
|
|
|
Amnesia10
Legend
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
Posts: 29240
Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
|
I think that the reason relatively few do stand up is that it can be brutal and who really wants that? A few female comedians have complained how gladiatorial Mock the Week is. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
|
| Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:39 pm |
|
|
|
Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
Posts: 6355
Location: IoW
|
If it's funny, I'll laugh. Does it matter if the gag came from a man or a woman?
Sarah Millican's stand up work is pretty good, but I have never rated comedians' TV shows. I don't mean Mock the Week, QI, Would I Lie to You or whatever, rather those pseudo-funny talk shows - Alan Partridge and the like - they are uniformly awful.
I'm getting away from my initial point, which is I'm not sure why Miranda Hart is considered funny, because I think she's a talentless hack.
_________________
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
|
| Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:55 pm |
|
|
|
Amnesia10
Legend
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
Posts: 29240
Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
|
Same here. There are some very funny women. French and Saunders to name two. Mock the week is only comedians. QI can some weeks only have Alan Davies along side some other entertainers, so not really a comedian show. I think it might also be a middle class thing. Nothing against that if it is genuinely funny, but like Miles Jupp not that funny. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
|
| Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:47 pm |
|
|
|
big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
Posts: 10691
Location: Bramsche
|
Annette Fried is great, really like her in Danni Lowinski 
_________________
"Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
Executive Producer No Agenda Show 246
|
| Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:54 am |
|
|
|
jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm
Posts: 4141
Location: Exeter
|
Miles Jupp is hilarious. As is Simon Evans.
_________________
"The woman is a riddle inside a mystery wrapped in an enigma I've had sex with."
|
| Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:00 am |
|
|
|
pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
|
I like Miles Jupp too. Evans is good but I don't know how many times I've seen him do the same routine recently. _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
|
| Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:07 pm |
|
|
