Come Fly With Me - Series 1 - Page 10

Tuesday 11th January 2011 11:26pm [Edited]

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P-leez. This is just Chav 'comedy'. Watched first episode and it was complete trash. Little Britain does 'Airport' which was on BBC One 15 years ago. Unfunny, badly constructed 'gags' you can see coming a mile off. (The old woman blagging first class because it's her first flight and then remembering she's flown before, for example.) And this idea of making fun of racist/sexist/Asian stereotyping might work if the jokes weren't so dated, like the gay Irish flight attendant or Japanese girls. Boring!

KM378

Wednesday 12th January 2011 2:06am

London

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Quote: bob4apples @ January 11 2011, 11:26 PM GMT
P-leez. This is just Chav 'comedy'. Watched first episode and it was complete trash. Little Britain does 'Airport' which was on BBC One 15 years ago. Unfunny, badly constructed 'gags' you can see coming a mile off. (The old woman blagging first class because it's her first flight and then remembering she's flown before, for example.) And this idea of making fun of racist/sexist/Asian stereotyping might work if the jokes weren't so dated, like the gay Irish flight attendant or Japanese girls. Boring!

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The first episode was that. Watch the third one. It got better. Really.

Natalie Of Wicks

Wednesday 12th January 2011 9:43am

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Was the third episode with the man and the moustache? That was a terrible episode, barely different to the first.

T.W.

Wednesday 12th January 2011 10:13am [Edited]

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Quote: Kevin Murphy @ January 12 2011, 2:06 AM GMT
The first episode was that. Watch the third one. It got better. Really.

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It was an improvement, yes, but only marginally so. Three episodes in and no killer LOL moments as far as I can see - a few decent ideas and lines, but nothing brilliant. And the funniest moments tend to occur when Walliams is off-screen.

Oh, and in case it hasn't been mentioned, this is not a sitcom.

Will Cam

Wednesday 12th January 2011 12:43pm

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Quote: Griff @ January 11 2011, 9:40 PM GMT
What were you expecting a Lucas and Walliams sketch show to be like? Silent Witness? Jamie's 30 Minute Dinners?

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Yes

James Cotter

Wednesday 12th January 2011 1:35pm

Exeter, Devon

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Quote: bob4apples @ January 11 2011, 11:26 PM GMT
P-leez. This is just Chav 'comedy'. Watched first episode and it was complete trash. Little Britain does 'Airport' which was on BBC One 15 years ago. Unfunny, badly constructed 'gags' you can see coming a mile off. (The old woman blagging first class because it's her first flight and then remembering she's flown before, for example.) And this idea of making fun of racist/sexist/Asian stereotyping might work if the jokes weren't so dated, like the gay Irish flight attendant or Japanese girls. Boring!

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Walliams and Lucas are not making fun of racist, sexist or Asian stereotypes. There playing characters with different ethnic origins and sexual orientations as these are some of the people you would see in a airport. And describing something as Chav comedy makes you the one putting the 14 odd million who watched episode one into the chav bracket.

Natalie Of Wicks

Wednesday 12th January 2011 1:40pm

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Quote: James Cotter @ January 12 2011, 1:35 PM GMT
And describing something as Chav comedy makes you the one putting the 14 odd million who watched episode one into the chav bracket.

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I'd say there are more than 14 million chavs in the UK, but most of them are watching ITV. BOOM BOOM.

James Cotter

Wednesday 12th January 2011 1:56pm

Exeter, Devon

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