what do you think? It begins as a full series Thursday 5th July at 10. 30 pm.
there are some great clips on youtube from the new series
Fonejacker
Looks pretty good. Nothing really smart about it though, but it should be fun.
The PR people sent me some clips of this the other day. I thought the first was a bit dull but the second made me laugh a lot.
Windows Media Player: http://88.208.206.174/videos/fonejacker/fonejacker_placard256.wmv http://88.208.206.174/videos/fonejacker/fonejacker_mouse_256.wmv
"There's a host of characters including Terry Tibbs a dodgy car dealer wide boy who runs Tibbs Motors and 'Mr Doovde' who bewilders many by insisting on talking in abbreviations. There is also 'Mr Miggins', the somewhat confused elderly gentleman, who will amuse the unsuspecting public with tales of intrusive genies in the front room. Once you've seen Fonejacker, you'll never take a cold call again."
There's also a tie in MySpace page where you can win signed prints, download stuff etc: http://www.myspace.com/thefonejacker
More comedy lab bullshit getting series. It's prank phonecalls for gods sake, anyone can do them.
I liked the mouse one. If it's a whole half hour I don't think I'd watch the whole thing though.
Quote: Martin Holmes @ June 27, 2007, 8:17 PMIt's prank phonecalls for gods sake, anyone can do them.
Coming to 'As Soon As Plausible' soon then?
Quote: ajp29 @ June 27, 2007, 9:31 PMComing to 'As Soon As Plausible' soon then?
Cheap old hat.
I remember the comedy lab pilot and laughing like crazy. It might seem like a weak concept but the prank ideas were really original and very funny indeed.
Quote: Martin Holmes @ June 27, 2007, 8:17 PMMore comedy lab bullshit getting series. It's prank phonecalls for gods sake, anyone can do them.
Martin!.... Don't be so nice.
It truely is bullshit
Yaaaawwwnnnnn...
I really despise shows in which members of the public are humiliated by overpaid twats in the media. As for Fonejacker, I can't for the life of me see how they're going to stretch it into a series.
I liked this to be honest. My fav is the guy who wanted a mobile for thumbless hands. I did laugh.
I can't stand stuff like this. E4 is a real breading ground for shit comedy sometimes.
I think E4 should be praised for finding time in their schedule for something other than Big Brother!
Whether or not Fonejacker is a 'good' comedy is obviously down to personal opinion (I liked it, but a whole series is going to be too much) - at least it is a comedy though - there's not enough Britcom on E4.
...well that sucked.