3 things I'm tired of seeing/hearing in Comedy Page 2

Quote: monkeybeard @ May 2 2008, 8:30 AM BST

I just wish people would hold a cup of tea as if it really has got hot tea in it. No-one wraps their hand around the cup without using the handle, that would burn.

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*shakes head slowly* You are mistaken my dear. I sit here, now, with a cup of tea, hot, bot boiling grant you, but still, with my hands wrapped round it... obviously not NOW as I'm typing, but if I could do both I'd be doing it right now to prove my point.

I heard the E4 guy on a radio interview a few months back, he was actually really lovely. When he wasn't doing that infuriating voice.

1) Mitchell
2) Webb
3) Shite sketch shows on BBC3

Any sketch on Cribs. They do that on the show already dumb ass.

Jokes about Britney being a bad mum, she's lost the kids already.

Cheap gags about celebs with real mental health problems

Men with long hair being mistaken for women from behind

Newt based humour around Ken. he like's to keep newts, how very, very, funny

Jokes about David Cameron, and Boris being posh. So what?

Ironic drug refences.

The use of the expressions "To the extreme...." or ".....on acid,"

Well there's a sitcom. Margaret Beckett and Ken Livingstone and their mobile caravan based, newt surgery.

Pastures Newt?, Amphibbing about Labour economic policies?,

Not sure about the newt surgery bit, but that sounds brilliant otherwise!

Aaron if you take away the Newt Surgery, all you are left is Ken and Margaret trolling around the country side.

With Ken trying to worm his way into, Margarets Catholic Bed, using all his oily charm.

Before she flogs both of them, as she is in Opus De.

That is the stuff of the most unsavoury nightmares.

Gosh yes, mind you I bet they all are. The whole Labour party is shot full of fundamentalist christians, Gordon Brown takes his orders direct from Rome.

That's good, but shouldn't it be in the worst sitcoms ever?

Jasper laughs.

Game show where race adviser, sexually harrases female charity heads, whilst 100 of 1000s of pounds.

Quote: sootyj @ May 4 2008, 6:14 PM BST

Aaron if you take away the Newt Surgery, all you are left is Ken and Margaret trolling around the country side.

With Ken trying to worm his way into, Margarets Catholic Bed, using all his oily charm.

Before she flogs both of them, as she is in Opus De.

That is the stuff of the most unsavoury nightmares.

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(Your mind went down that rather disturbing route far too easily for my comfort!)

I'm tired of seeing other comedians / actors copying Steve Coogan's "Partridge" mannerisms. There's a certain gesture Partridge coined that's been repeated so many times by different performers that I want to put a boot through the telly every time I see it. I can't really describe it in words but so many people are guilty of it - Rob Brydon does it, Simon Pegg does it, Mark Heap, Jimmy Carr...

You've probably got no idea what I'm on about. I'm going to compile some YouTubes and post them here to prove it.

Okay found one. Jimmy Carr, he does it at 33 secs into this clip. He says "Right the encore, suppose I'd better do some more [insert Partridge gesture here] jokes.". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux7qIPMJVCw&feature=related

Nobody did that face/hand gesture before Partridge. I'll find someone else doing it to prove the point further.

Thanks Aaron, I always look on the darker side of life.

Perry I think I know the one you mean, but you sure you're not going a bit "Beautiful Mind," on all of this.

What will Ken do now?

Write a few books initially.

I was thinking he could become a superhero, The Newt, or Newt-tron Avenger? The Red Newt?