The Goggle Box Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Wasn't a fan of Spaced. Too much nerd crap.

Did like Black Books though.

 

[The Bear]

Wasn't a fan of Spaced. Too much nerd crap.

Did like Black Books though.

I'm the opposite. Loved Spaced, Black. Books was extremely meh.

 

[The Bear]

Have some fond remembrances for Blackadder 1 (even though overall it wasn't that good) just for Brian Blessed's overacting role (though suspect that is what he did in all his roles)

YES!!!!...... EDGAR!!!

Brian Blessed is the best thing in Blackadder 1.

 

[Paul]

Does anyone remember when they tried to remake Married with Children with Russ Abbot, I don't think that lasted a series !

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Some pure early 90s dross here:

 

[Pablowolf]

I'm the opposite. Loved Spaced, Black. Books was extremely meh.

Same. Black Books was a pile of wank. The Green Wing was good, but anything with Mark Heap in has a decent chance.

The IT Crowd also goes in my top 5.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Does anyone remember when they tried to remake Married with Children with Russ Abbot, I don't think that lasted a series !

Oh my God. Truly awful.

Well done if you get through this whole clip.



And who casted Russ Abbot in 1996?! It had got to have been at least 10 years since he was famous.

 

[Boozad]

Top five comedy programs would probably have to be

Blackadder Goes Forth
The Day Today
KMKYWAP
Mary Whitehouse Experience (only for History Today, the rest was shit)
The Young Ones

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

YES!!!!...... EDGAR!!!

Brian Blessed is the best thing in Blackadder 1.

No - Peter Cook is.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Finest comedy for me:

Blackadder II (I know people rave about 3 and goes forth, but that is the perfection point of the series for me)
Fawlty Towers (preferably season one, although season two is still excellent)


Everything else.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I may have found the King of them all.



I think this was one where they thought of the title first then built the show afterwards. Starring Jim Davidson.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Oh my God. I lasted a minute before the urge to vomit my ring up overtook all consciousness. That is appalling. I do remember it vaguely.

What a bag of shite.

 

[Parkins left foot]

Green Wing was very good - Black Books, not bad but not sure that it would survive a second viewing

 

[Parkins left foot]

Oh my God. I lasted a minute before the urge to vomit my ring up overtook all consciousness. That is appalling. I do remember it vaguely.

What a bag of shite.

Would probably have watched that when it was on (well there wasn't as much choice as now) - have no recollection of it.

 

[lemonjelly]

Worse than that deutsch was the follow up, with him as a chauffeur.

Anyway, apologies for bringing politics into this thread, but no mention for Yes minister? Or The New Statesman?

In a slight tangent, I sorted some comedy cds to listen to whilst working today. Including On The Hour series one and two:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hour-1-Steve-Coogan/dp/B001IEVKQA

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hour-2-Chris-Morris/dp/B001IZID4G/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_2

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Bottle Boys with Robin Askwith.



Who signed all this stuff off?!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Both Yes Minister and the New Statesman were fine viewing.

The "who all the readers of the different papers want to run the country" scene is a classic

"The readers of the Sun don't care who runs the country, as long as she has big tits"

 

[Keef]

Some pure early 90s dross here:

Bloke carrying the chairs is David Jason's brother,I vaguely remember this,she randomly came through the wall

 

[Parkins left foot]

Yes Minister was superb - Yes Prime Minister went over into running out of ideas they should have stopped before they bothered with that

 

[sycophantia]

Yes Minister was superb - Yes Prime Minister went over into running out of ideas they should have stopped before they bothered with that

Agree