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Buster on the curates egg thing, that was an attempt at irony, you said some of the stuff I had written was dated which is fair enough, but to then use an 19th Century expression to highlight it, I thought was ironic.
Especially as the last time I heard that line was when Derek Nimmo told the Archdeacon that his gaiters were showing and the Lady Mayoress of Allbrightling on Sea nearly choked on one of little Fannys scones.

It was used as an expression of how I felt about your script: partly good, mostly not,(in my opinion.) The irony element, however it is taken, was accidental. Apart from the advice on structure, grammar and format, I wouldn't hold too much to the individual praise or even my negativity about this particular script. I say this not because I think I'm a better writer or have more experience in this field... I haven't! I'm an professional illustrator, who only started writing seriously this last year (and incidentally,whose grammar also needs improving) to be given the respect it may one day (with work and a little humility) be recognised.

I have put the complete half hour up and would appreciate a bit of feed back.

Quote: Teddy Paddalack @ March 18 2011, 7:58 PM GMT

I have put the complete half hour up and would appreciate a bit of feed back.

How detailed?

You can only say what you think, nothing more is expected. You will appreciate that the names and directions are in different fonts on my version.

Quote: Teddy Paddalack @ March 18 2011, 8:54 PM GMT

You can only say what you think, nothing more is expected. You will appreciate that the names and directions are in different fonts on my version.

Yes. I do understand now.

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I appear to be missing the point, I'd get my coat if I had one.

I just thought things were getting a little off-topic, my post was supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek way of pointing that out.

Can't we all just be friends?

I would like that and I am sorry if I come across as being unfriendly.
Your Avatar of Papa Lazarue is good, I loved the first series of the League and the second started so well with Papa Lazarue that I had high hopes, but they soon faded.

You're my wife now!

That was a very clever episode right down to them all making their own language up, but for me it went west after that.
I also loved the first two series of Shameless as it was a realistic account of the guys life, but once the Oxbridge crew got hired to fill in for the real writer the boat sank for me.

Quote: Teddy Paddalack @ March 18 2011, 10:09 PM GMT

but once the Oxbridge crew got hired ....

Let it go Teddy, your blood pressure's gonna go through the roof.

My blood pressure is not to bad to be honest, until I hear the plastic pseudo tone of some Oxbridge footlight merchant on Radio 4 & 7 then it gets going.
I could also quite happily be charged with the horrific slaying of several alleged comedy panels and would relish facing a court for the things I would do to that Parsons twit who wrote Scooby Trevitcik or whatever he called it!

I could also easily become a serial killer of people on stilts , uni cyclists and jugglers.
I would also enjoy being led away from the Edinburgh Fringe festival by the police with a coat over my head, for atrocities committed!

Teddy, calm down mate, or are you doing an Alexi Sayle impression.

Keep it down up there! There's people still trying to sleep on it, down here!

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