Quote: Renegade Carpark @ October 17 2009, 12:12 AM BSTIt was a good episode tonight, probably because Ian and Paul had been away from the show for a while.
I'll enjoy it while it lasts until a few weeks into the series and Ian and Paul start phoning their stuff in again.
E.g.
HOST: Fill in the missing word - Harriet Harman is like blank?
IAN: Harriet Harman is like Lady Gaga.
(audience goes beserk because Hislop mentions a cultural pop reference from the last three years)
PAUL: (interupts as usual) Is it frog on the moon? Harriet Harman is like a frog on the moon. Etc., etc. (Merton milks this unfunny gag for the next 15 minutes until audience loses will to fight and is forced to laugh)
UNFUNNY POLITICIAN: Where am I and why is everyone laughing?
ME AT HOME: Oh for f**k's sake.
Sadly, it's inevitable.