I watched the first 3 minutes of episode one, thought BORING and haven't watched it since, I am sorry to say.
However, having seen quite a few of you saying that it grows on you, and that they are enjoying it more now, I feel I should give it another go.
So I will. Hurrah.
Yay ratings were good
1. 2.63
2. 2.76
3. 2.61
4. 3.14
5. 2.43
6. Still waiting 
Sunday repeats (where available)
1. 1.93
2. 1.67
3. 1.98
I have just watched this for the first time....didn't know it existed and I belly-laughed all the way through. Not laughed so much in ages
Here's the Miranda Hart format. Mother enters and asks Miranda if she's married yet as it's nearly lunchtime. Exits. M discusses with a staff member her recent failed dates. Bloke enters shop and mistakes M for a man. Handsome man enters and wants to date M. She falls over but slowly so as not to hurt herself.
The marriage seeking mother is from the Sarah Silverman show, the shop setting is from Ellen Degeneres 1st show (hers was a book shop).Miranda obviously doesn't know how to do a "slow-burn". All the comedy greats have pulled a face and looked wide-eyed at the camera. M just makes a quick glance with no expression.
Do you think we'd ever heard of her without Mummy's money behind her? Downe House boarding school £28000 pa! Even Uni grads only DREAM of earning that much let alone paying it as fees.
The format for Miranda:
Miranda tries to get a date but falls over...
It's not an especially bad show.
You could recreate the same effect by filming an elk in a sweet shop.
Quote: Yorick @ September 1 2011, 4:09 AM BSTThe marriage seeking mother is from the Sarah Silverman show, the shop setting is from Ellen Degeneres 1st show (hers was a book shop).
Yes, I'm sure you're exactly right.
Quote: Yorick @ September 1 2011, 4:09 AM BSTDo you think we'd ever heard of her without Mummy's money behind her? Downe House boarding school £28000 pa! Even Uni grads only DREAM of earning that much let alone paying it as fees.
Alas poor Yorick, thou art consum-ed with envy, most unbecoming of a man.
Would that thou couldst wobble thy pudding like Miranda!
Having said that, I doubt it did any harm, no. Or the posh voice she says she tried her hardest to get rid of. I wonder if mummy didn't want a little better for her though, than being a bawdy comedy personality!
Quote: Tim Azure @ September 1 2011, 8:17 AM BSTThe format for Miranda:
Miranda tries to get a date but falls over...
I like this game, let me see if I can do some...
The format for Fawlty Towers.
Basil tries to run a hotel but messes up with hilarious consequences and physically abuses an immigrant with an oh-so-funny comedy accent.
The format for Only Fools and Horses
Del tries to make himself a millionaire by selling hookey gear to a selection of amusing working class caricatures, he fails with hilarious consequences.
The format for Dad's Army.
A collection of oddball characters try to organise themselves into a force capable of defending Britain from invasion with hilarious consequences.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ September 1 2011, 9:16 AM BSTYes, I'm sure you're exactly right.
I'm with you M!
Tony Cowards, you are missing the point. The format for top sitcoms is a number of chalk-and cheese characters reacting with their unique quirks to a new situation.
So in Dad's Army, they may have a new weapon to test. We know it'll put them all in danger. Mainwaring will pinch Wilson's ideas, Godfrey will want to be excused, Jones will shout "Don't panic!". But it's how their stereotypes apply to the new situation that makes it funny.
If the Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman jokes were always set in a pub, they'd never have become popular.
In Miranda's sitcom, I can't recall any catchphrases. David Jason's famous fall in Only Fools and Horses was carefully planned for days. MH just stumbles over a box. Every famous comic in the last 100 years has done a "slow burn". They turn to the audience/camera and pull a face of anger or surprise, eyes wide open. MH just glances at the camera.
To me, Miranda Hart is like a sixth-form girl in the school Christmas entertainments.
Do you all think it's coincidence that most popular comics now are middle class and ex-uni? Were they family-financed for the Edinburgh Festival?
Quote: Yorick @ September 2 2011, 2:04 AM BSTDo you all think it's coincidence that most popular comics now are middle class and ex-uni?
But that's always been the case, not just now. Especially with TV comedy, it's always helped to be at least middle class and from uni, the poshest uni the better.
Quote: Yorick @ September 2 2011, 2:04 AM BSTDo you all think it's coincidence that most popular comics now are middle class and ex-uni? Were they family-financed for the Edinburgh Festival?
I've no idea, but seeing as roughly 50% of the population now go to University and the majority of people are middle class I don't really think it's a surprise that comedians (and TV commissioning editors) mostly come from this demographic.
Oh, and on topic, I like "Miranda", it makes me laugh. It might not be the best comedy show of all time but to say it's just a tall, gangly woman falling over is rubbish, perhaps you are confusing it with "You've Been Framed"?
Quote: Yorick @ September 2 2011, 2:04 AM BSTTony In Miranda's sitcom, I can't recall any catchphrases.
"Such Fun"
"Naughty"
"What Have You Done Today To Make You Feel Proud"
"It's what I call....."
That enough to go on? Or will your fruit friends have a problem with that?
