Felix & Murdo

No thread for this; did anyone else catch Armstrong & Miller's Simon Nye scripted sitcom pilot?

It was old fashioned in a very good way, and was exactly the sort of show you would expect Armstrong And Miller to make; twenty years ago it would probably have been pitched with Fry and Laurie attached.

No, not every joke hit home, a fair bit didn't, but I enjoyed it and would look forward to any series that must surely be under consideration. Channel 4 does need a new, silly studio sitcom now The IT Crowd is on the way out, this one for me showed promise.

Although I may have laughed two or three times, I thought it was poor overall. I enjoyed their old series highlights, shown after, much more. Why have these series never been released (to my knowledge)?

Quote: Matthew Stott @ December 29 2011, 11:44 AM GMT

No thread for this; did anyone else catch Armstrong & Miller's Simon Nye scripted sitcom pilot?

It was old fashioned in a very good way, and was exactly the sort of show you would expect Armstrong And Miller to make; twenty years ago it would probably have been pitched with Fry and Laurie attached.

No, not every joke hit home, a fair bit didn't, but I enjoyed it and would look forward to any series that must surely be under consideration. Channel 4 does need a new, silly studio sitcom now The IT Crowd is on the way out, this one for me showed promise.

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Well put. I was expecting something slightly more unhinged and fast-paced from the descriptions that were publicised, but it was still a very enjoyable half-hour of TV. Not everything worked, as you say, but then it was a pilot, so that's to be expected. It showed more than enough potential to deserve to go to series, IMO.

It certainly had its moments but it was a bit too slack and baggy for my liking. I'd dearly love to see an Armstrong and Miller sitcom but I don't think this did them justice.

I rather liked it. It reminded me a bit of the Mighty Boosh, but I haven't figured out why, yet.

Maybe because the outdoor scenes were shot indoors, or something...

Quote: chipolata @ December 29 2011, 12:24 PM GMT

slack and baggy

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It was just a pilot, so if it goes further they should be able to work on what worked and didn't.

Quote: Matthew Stott @ December 29 2011, 3:46 PM GMT

It was just a pilot, so if it goes further they should be able to work on what worked and didn't.

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In theory. Alas, an awful lot of series just repeat the sins of the pilot with no apparent learning whatsoever. See Campus for further details.

Quote: chipolata @ December 29 2011, 4:30 PM GMT

In theory. Alas, an awful lot of series just repeat the sins of the pilot with no apparent learning whatsoever. See Campus for further details.

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Think positive, Chip!

Quote: Matthew Stott @ December 29 2011, 5:11 PM GMT

Think positive, Chip!

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Pf! Positivity's for losers.

I only lasted a few minutes. I'm with chip' I'd like to see a good A&M sitcom but this ain't it.

Bits of it were quite amusing but as a whole it didn't quite work for me.

The rating was pretty dire, just over 650,000, probably C4's lowest in a pre-11pm slot for a while. Can't see a series being made.

I don't rate Simon Nye and the script for this wasn't very good. I laughed once, at the 'f**k off' sampler.

It felt like a rip off of the Chap Olympiad but less funny. I love Armstrong and Miller incidentally.

I thought it was very lame. Pilots should be stuffed with ideas which can be developed for a series, but I didn't see much in this one. Compare F&M with something like "Beast" which was ages ago and it looks like a decline in sharpness.

And I love Armstrong and Miller and wanted it to be good.

Quote: Skeadugenga @ December 30 2011, 4:13 PM GMT

Compare F&M with something like "Beast" which was ages ago and it looks like a decline in sharpness.

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More of a plummet than a decline.

The script was full of lazy comic cliches and undergrad smut, and the performances were more sketch show than sitcom.

I bloody loved Beast.