Comedy Showcase 2009 Page 9

Quote: shaggy292 @ November 7 2009, 12:06 PM GMT

The format was a bit confusing, what with the voiceovers etc. Looked a bit mockumentary as well...

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It really was all over the place narratively speaking - the previously mentioned voice overs appearing and disappearing, the mockumentary bits featuring the accountant and the blonde woman, then the surreal element with beardy man wearing a dress and the toy monkey in the sock, then the quite literal toilet humour with spikey haired man having a poo - it was just a friggin' mess.

It is hard to believe that a team of writers came up with this dreck. They should hang their vaginas in shame.

I liked it. Loved the clapping monkey in the sock particularly.

Hurrah!
I knew Marc would be on the side of the good and right-thinking.

Quote: zooo @ November 7 2009, 12:41 PM GMT

Hurrah!
I knew Marc would be on the side of the good and right-thinking.

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Quote: zooo @ November 7 2009, 12:41 PM GMT

Hurrah!
I knew Marc would be on the side of the good and right-thinking.

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Marc P, chivalrous defender of damsels in distress and iffy new sitcoms.

It's a hybrid like Green Wing - part sketch show part sitcom - its a skitchcom.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 7 2009, 12:35 PM GMT

It really was all over the place narratively speaking - the previously mentioned voice overs appearing and disappearing, the mockumentary bits featuring the accountant and the blonde woman, then the surreal element with beardy man wearing a dress and the toy monkey in the sock, then the quite literal toilet humour with spikey haired man having a poo - it was just a friggin' mess.

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See above.

Quote: Marc P @ November 7 2009, 12:53 PM GMT

It's a hybrid like Green Wing - part sketch show part sitcom - its a skitchcom.

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Quote: Marc P @ November 7 2009, 12:38 PM GMT

I liked it. Loved the clapping money in the sock particularly.

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Don't you mean "Monkey"?

Quote: Ian Wolf @ November 7 2009, 1:39 PM GMT

Don't you mean "Monkey"?

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What I said

I love Green Wing, but I don't know what to think of this one. I liked bits of it, but as a whole show, I'm not sure. The characters need to be developed further, I suppose.

I bloody missed it! When's the repeat?

Quote: earman2009 @ November 7 2009, 3:27 PM GMT

I bloody missed it! When's the repeat?

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You can watch it now on 4oD.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/comedy-showcase/4od#3007620

Quote: Ian Wolf @ November 7 2009, 3:31 PM GMT

You can watch it now on 4oD.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/comedy-showcase/4od#3007620

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of course, I never thought of that, thanks!

Someone who worked on Campus posted this on another board:

Dunno, it's really hard, because I read the full script (about an hour's worth) and liked it a lot, but to fit it into 23 mins, it felt like everything but people saying 'shit' and 'vagina' had been cut, which is annoying.

Quote: Martin H @ November 7 2009, 6:25 PM GMT

Someone who worked on Campus posted this on another board:

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It got a 40 minute commercial slot, which works out to about 28-29 minutes screen time, same as a non-commercial half hour sitcom. Should have been plenty to do the job as intended, I would have thought.