Quote: chipolata @ November 19 2008, 5:32 PM GMTAlthough the more I watched him rant, the more he reminded me of the producer in Dead Set. Which is no bad thing.
Yeah, it happened the other way around with me.
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I agree, absolutely fantastic episode. The bit where he started repeatedly responding to one of the Britannia High characters with the C word had me laughing very hard... plus, of course, his own dance routine in the bogs!
Quote: Spagett @ November 19 2008, 5:33 PM GMTI was amazed that Paul Ross thing wasn't a spoof.
I know! Jaw dropping wasn't it. I actually went onto the internet to check The Paranormal Channel was actually real (scarily it is!)
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I'm afraid I was extremely offended by the closing credits. I've complained to Ofcom and expect you all to join me. Think of the children!
Quote: shaggy292 @ November 20 2008, 1:58 PM GMTI'm afraid I was extremely offended by the closing credits. I've complained to Ofcom and expect you all to join me. Think of the children!
That was funny! And his toilet paper song.
First time I've ever seen this and it was brilliant.
What was with the Liza Tarbuck bit though?
Did anyone else think the poetry slot was a bit weak and should be scrapped?
Quote: shaggy292 @ November 21 2008, 12:24 PM GMTDid anyone else think the poetry slot was a bit weak and should be scrapped?
I agree. Mind you I'm not a real fan of surreal humour like that anyway.
The thing about Charlie Brooker is that he is a genuine fan of telly, recognising its history, its massive failures and the genuine moments of joy which it can induce in viewers.
He includes less funny moments in the show to give time to contributors who can't get a showing for stupid commissioning reasons. Or subjects which don't otherwise get a hearing - see Matt Berry last season on the late composer Ronnie Hazlehurst (who should have been knighted just for the 'Reggie Perrin' theme tune).
Charlie is a self-confessed misanthrope, yet has more humanity than most people. He actually seems a quite modest and self-effacing person in real life, not one to show-off his (well-disguised) great knowledge and intelligence.
Have a read of his books 'Screen Burn' or 'Dawn Of The Dumb', both excellent and extremely inventive, hilarious reads.
Of course, reading the above - if Charlie read the above, he'd probably describe such sycophancy as something like... 'Wanking over the dead corpse of an internet thread in order to try and achieve a wry smile of acknowledgement from an imagined telly-shadow-person, looking-on in admiration from the dark recesses of their minor-celebrity gimp-corner. Whilst taking aim with a high-velocity twat-rifle. A c**t-enforcer which fires high-velocity gallstone bullets'.
Except he wouldn't. Because he's by far wittier and more coherent than I...
Large ribena for Aaron, by any chance? I'll get one in on Saturday.
Coke please! (Not Pepsi.) (And not diet. Proper Coke.)
I liked Tim Key's poem that time!
Great episode.
Liked the Gold Blend phone exchange, and some good points made, but not especially funny, IMO.
Made me giggle a few times.
I prefer it when it's about lots of different things, not mainly a top ten of cocks. But it was still brilliant.
Is he going to marry Aisleyne, or something...?
... Who? :/
The blonde girl who is always on. This week she did erm, 'often used TV ad facial expressions that no one makes in real life'.
She was quite good actually.
She was also in Dead Set a bit.
(She's originally off Big Brother)
They are the least likely friend-pairing ever ever. 