Winger
Friday 14th March 2014 1:42am
52 posts
Well looks like the attempt to make this into the Romesh Ranganathan vehicle has picked up even more momentum since last weeks disappointing opener.
Just interview after interview sketch, presumably because Romesh can't really do any other role than himself. In fact he seems to have nestled into acting more like a compère than a stand up.
Some of the one liners were just bizarre. And having taking away the topicality a lot of them just sound like recycled old jokes with no relation to the rest of the show. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if by having taking out the topicality they've opened themselves up to quite a few plagiarised jokes being sent in.
No satire, or certainly not what I recognise as satire. It almost seems that they've made a very deliberate choice to remain completely apolitical and just concentrate on celebrities and sport.
Overall, now just a very bizarre tabloid version of what used to be a genuinely funny and often cutting broadsheet comedy show.