Hi Guys
I'm new to the board and don't know much about what you do or don't think.
I'm sitting at home getting my families reaction to 90 minutes of comedy on the BBC
Miranda, In with the Flynns and Mrs Browns Boys
Reaction here is that we should refuse to pay the licence fee
I'd be most interested in any defence of the licence fee or BBC e-comissioning process.
Yours Anarcho Punk Scene
Well everyone pays the license fee and so it means everyone is entitled to have some consideration for their tastes.
Even f**k witted morons who probably eat fresh dog shit because it looks like chocolate. And also like Mrs Brown.
I don't really like Miranda but I can see it does what it's supposed to reasonably well.
And I'm afraid thnking, critical comic fans are a small minority. Mainly because as date less losers they rarely reproduce them selves.
Miranda and Mrs Brown's Boys are both very, very popular. So, job done for the BBC, really.
F**k democracy.
OK perhaps your correct I should be looking at the viewing figures.. I'll give that a go next week.
It just seems to me that this is 90 minutes of complete excrement.
That said the family have just turned to BBC three to watch the Cure, and while I love old songs I can't help thinking the man needs a hair cut now..
But Hey ho, perhaps I've just reached an age wherer I'm totally out of step
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I love Miranda. But hate Mrs Brown and am not keen on the Flynns.
Quote: Punk Anarcho @ August 24 2012, 9:17 PM BSTOK perhaps your correct I should be looking at the viewing figures.. I'll give that a go next week.
It just seems to me that this is 90 minutes of complete excrement.
That said the family have just turned to BBC three to watch the Cure, and while I love old songs I can't help thinking the man needs a hair cut now..
But Hey ho, perhaps I've just reached an age wherer I'm totally out of step
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If you style yourself/ves as anarcho punks this isn't necessarily the best place to say you think a legendary musician needs to get his hair cut.
Quote: Badge @ August 24 2012, 9:30 PM BSTIf you style yourself/ves as anarcho punks this isn't necessarily the best place to say you think a legendary musician needs to get his hair cut.
Hey I have Mark Burgess on my facebook freind list. And Robert Smith needs a hair cut.. But I except he's a legend.. Actually they still sound pretty good.. Better then 90 minutes of BBC comedy
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I'm not sure the comedy slot on Friday nights has ever been that great. There was a time when it was My Family and Life According To Bex.
Although having said that, it has been a pretty feeble year for comedy so far. Still, Thick Of It's back next month. With Peter Manion at Dosac. It's going to be great.
Quote: Punk Anarcho @ August 24 2012, 9:17 PM BSTBBC three to watch the Cure, and while I love old songs I can't help thinking the man needs a hair cut now..
So mainstream BBC comedy is not 'Anarcho' enough and Robert Smith's hairstyle is too 'Punk'?
Me confoosed. 
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ August 24 2012, 10:36 PM BSTSo mainstream BBC comedy is not 'Anarcho' enough and Robert Smith's hairstyle is too 'Punk'?
Me confoosed.
Both require clippers and a good shave.. APscene
It's surely Anarcho Punk in the Anarcho Punk scene to suggest someone gets a haircut. Punk Anarcho, you are the anarcho-ist punk of them all.
I have what is probably a misplaced fondness for the BBC's lack of adverts as a British institution, but then from a writers point of view the corporation is too often seen as the zenith of achievement when they don't actually do much, or anywhere near as much as they should in my opinion, to provide opportunities for new or developing writers.
But then it's not just BBC TV, there is plenty of output, lots of it comedy or drama, on t'radio.
But then if I'm ever watching BBC, which is, now I come to think of it, an increasingly rare occurence, and they put up the reminder for the next programme during the programme you're watching, especially when it's at a dramatic or moving point, I want to put my fist through the screen and refuse to pay the licence fee on those grounds alone.
Quote: AJGO @ August 25 2012, 9:52 AM BSTIt's surely Anarcho Punk in the Anarcho Punk scene to suggest someone gets a haircut. Punk Anarcho, you are the anarcho-ist punk of them all.
I have what is probably a misplaced fondness for the BBC's lack of adverts as a British institution, but then from a writers point of view the corporation is too often seen as the zenith of achievement when they don't actually do much, or anywhere near as much as they should in my opinion, to provide opportunities for new or developing writers.
But then it's not just BBC TV, there is plenty of output, lots of it comedy or drama, on t'radio.
But then if I'm ever watching BBC, which is, now I come to think of it, an increasingly rare occurence, and they put up the reminder for the next programme during the programme you're watching, especially when it's at a dramatic or moving point, I want to put my fist through the screen and refuse to pay the licence fee on those grounds alone.
I'd agree Ajgo. The BBC have been trying to develop a new sitcom for the last ten years. I think the last was One foot in the Grave. Lets face it the Sit com was king even in the 1990's. Now its like a through back to Terry and June. Even Ab Fab has been dire
Did anyone else notice the strange camera work on 'In like Flynn' ? Was that meant to be modern? It looked like they were trying to hand hold the cameras and the framing wasnt just odd it was bizarre.
After last night I'm beginning to wonder if the Sitcom itself, as a format, has simply jumped the sharK?
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I'm trying to think of decent sitcoms I've seen in the last ten years, and so far The IT Crowd is the only one I can think of. There might be a couple of others, but it is like all the good ideas have been done or something.
Then again comedy genres rise and fall in popularity. Stand-up and panel shows have exploded recently, eventually they'll die down a bit and sitcoms will rise from the dead again.
Quote: Raymond Terrific @ August 25 2012, 2:04 PM BSTI'm trying to think of decent sitcoms I've seen in the last ten years, and so far The IT Crowd is the only one I can think of. There might be a couple of others, but it is like all the good ideas have been done or something.
Then again comedy genres rise and fall in popularity. Stand-up and panel shows have exploded recently, eventually they'll die down a bit and sitcoms will rise from the dead again.
Sit-coms are hard.
Quiz shows are easy.
Hence the state of modern telly.