Again, some great material in episode 2 but the disjointedness continues to feel very strange, given all that was said and promoted about the series.
Maybe they ultimately felt that many of these 'alternative' comedy acts simply didn't translate well enough to television when presented in their entirety?
Quote: Aaron @ February 14 2013, 5:03 PM GMTAgain, some great material in episode 2 but the disjointedness continues to feel very strange, given all that was said and promoted about the series.
Maybe they ultimately felt that many of these 'alternative' comedy acts simply didn't translate well enough to television when presented in their entirety?
Maybe the point is to spite TV viewers and maybe encourage them to get off their arses and attend some live gigs.
Now it's almost at the end of the run, I have started to get a hang of the format and I'm quite enjoying this show.
I actually believe that what a few people have suggested here is in fact the deliberate reason for the format - I think that it protects the performers' material somewhat, and does encourage viewers to go out and watch them live. I think this series is being used as a demo reel for all of the acts, and is actually rather crafty.
That is a good point Snafu, and could very well be the case. Although I'd point out that due to the format alone (half hour episodes), they wouldn't be able to include much more content from each performer in total, than they have done.
More to the point, no matter the reasoning, the cut-up presentation jars with all the pre-TX spiel we were fed about Live At The Apollo being fake, sanitised, cut and edited out of any resemblance to an average comedy night.
Yeah, that whole article/manifesto thing is absolutely bizarre having seen the show. I don't know, I almost wonder if they do these things to be deliberately provocative; to create a talking point that people like us then discuss, keeping the attention on their programme.
And then other times I think I am attributing more cunning onto them than they really have, and it really is just an inconsistency...! Who knows.
Did enjoy this series, been a fan of Henning and Paul Foot for a long time and due to this show have become a fan of a few of the others too and will start seeking them out, mission accomplished I guess
Stewart Lee did a good thing here. I mainly watched because of him but I'm glad I did and it seems his taste in comedy is a good one, there wasn't really anyone who I thought was bad on this show so I can only hope there will be more of this type of thing from Paramount and less repeats of the other stand up shows that have already been shown to death on the BBC/E4 etc.
I still have a few to watch on catchup.
I must say that Boothby Graffoe was making me cringe far too much.
I mean is he, that is to say as he ever been um, funny
Tony Law made me hoot with laughter when he called all the other acts on the bill "left wing fags", most amusing.
