Quote: Renegade Carpark @ February 3 2012, 5:22 PM GMTIt's not so much they didn't, it's that they couldn't. No mere mortal just gets to wander into the hallowed halls of the decision makers.
In the case of Noel Fielding, he's been a working comedian for about twenty years, has had hit shows, and has a large fan base in the age group E4 aims at; it would be odder if they DIDN'T want to make something with him. And he got in that position by, like I say, working for twenty years, being a succesful stand up, then double act and making a very popular TV show. If you did all that, channels would be open to making something of yours, too.
And peoples' argument that if a nobody handed something in like that it wouldn't get made, as if that's a sign of a lack of quality, doesn't hold water. Of course if something as odd like that was handed in it probably wouldn't get made, but Fielding has shown it working, shown his schtick works and gets audiences, over and over; this of course leads to trust and a desire to work with him. It reads bonkers, but they've seen and heard it working. It's the same with Reeves And Mortimer; if I wrote a batch of sketches like theirs and handed them in, there's a good chance I'd get nowhere; but they went on stage and SHOWED that it worked, showed that it reached an audience, and so they are given a chance.