Quote: Nogget @ February 4 2010, 9:07 PM GMTTake out the swearing, and it would fit right in to CBBC.
A double bill with a sanitised version of Coming of Age perhaps?
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Episode 4 and this series gets worse every week. Just terrible!
Quote: darnall42 @ February 5 2010, 12:00 AM GMTEpisode 4 and this series gets worse every week. Just terrible!
Well done on tracking it down to its new slot though.
I think this week's is better!
I liked her tiny desk and chair.
This show is misconceived on a grand scale. It's also miscast - referring here to Adam Buxton, Iain Lee and the Kite-faced giraffe-woman.
Jared Christmas and Simon Farnaby bring something to their parts, but the whole thing is underdeveloped and sloppy. It's funny in places but it is fire sale comedy where each joke strips away another brick of reality from the characters and the show.
As for those of you who think it is mean of the BBC to bury it - I think this show is verging on being unsuitable for broadcast. Something that hasn't happened since Mayo and Roman's Empire.
A sad waste of some talent (though not Thrake's) and everyone's time.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ February 5 2010, 1:21 AM GMTAs for those of you who think it is mean of the BBC to bury it - I think this show is verging on being unsuitable for broadcast.
If they thought that then they shouldn't have broadcast it in the first place. It does seem to have its fans (not me) - don't they deserve better than to be ditched into the twilight zone mid-series? I think it's poor of a broadcaster not to openly support a show at least until the dust has settled. By way of analogy, I though Benidorm was total crap from what I saw of the first series but ITV stuck with it and by series three it has a legion of fans. I'm sure I would still think it's crap but that isn't the point.
I agree with Godot in that it is - at least in places - underdeveloped. But, nevertheless, today's episode was the best yet IMO. Real pity that they've f**ked with it so much. The BBC really should be ashamed.
They keep flogging away, trying to find something for Adam Buxton to do, but outside of Adam and Joe he's useless.
The new slot is the equivalent of stuffing a porno mag under a cushion - You're just praying to God no-one sees it.
Quote: YesNo @ February 5 2010, 8:25 AM GMTThey keep flogging away, trying to find something for Adam Buxton to do, but outside of Adam and Joe he's useless.
While I don't think he's useless, I do think they overplay the Buxton card in this show. He hasn't got that special quality to pull it off. I think Simon Farnaby does have it, though.
Quote: YesNo @ February 5 2010, 8:25 AM GMTThey keep flogging away, trying to find something for Adam Buxton to do, but outside of Adam and Joe he's useless.
MeeBox was pretty good I thought.
I like Adam Buxton a lot, I just don't think he's found the right vehicle for his talents.
As for this, I think the blame has to fall largely with Jonathan Thake and the BBC for being so desperate to create a big silly studio-based sitcom that they didn't bother to either develop this one properly, or bin it when it became apparent it wasn't working.
The two-year-old repeat of Grumpy Old Women got 1.5 million viewers - five times more than The Persuasionists in that slot.
Ouch...
Seems like people weren't willing to give it a chance, they watched the very poor first episode and didn't bother coming back. Which is a pity, because although it's by no means a great sitcom, it did pick up and was a pleasantly amusing watch. Not good enough to look forward to a long run, perhaps, but good enough to not get dumped like it has been.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 5 2010, 1:12 PM GMTSeems like people weren't willing to give it a chance, they watched the very poor first episode and didn't bother coming back. Which is a pity, because although it's by no means a great sitcom, it did pick up and was a pleasantly amusing watch. Not good enough to look forward to a long run, perhaps, but good enough to not get dumped like it has been.
I know what you're saying Matt, but people watch sitcoms to wind down and laugh. If it's not doing it for them they go away. I think most audiences would claim that they don't have any obligation to give anything 'a chance'.
If a chef f**ks up someone's dinner but tries his best, the restaurant staff might feel sorry for him but the customer wants his money back.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 5 2010, 9:33 AM GMTMeeBox was pretty good I thought.
MeeBox was funny.
Can't Adam and Joe do their show again please? 