Quote: Antony Wheeler @ March 24, 2008, 1:38 PMAnd I had to laugh when I read that the poor sod who won the BBC's 'Last Laugh' competition only got to share in the writing of the pilot, before someone else took over for the series.
Oh, well - I suppose not every great sitcom makes it. Look at 'Orrible' and 'Hippies'. Arguably two of the finest comedies written and performed at the tail-end of the last century, yet both axed after a single series.
Yeah, I noticed that too. Still I suppose it wasn't his idea to start with.
Have to strongly agree with the other David on 'Orrible! I thought it was a disaster. While we're on the subject of Vaughan what a waste of time that 'signing' was. Going off on a tangent here, but have any signings by the five terrestial channels or even Sky made a jot of difference? Vaughan/Norton to BBC, Baddiel/Enfield to Sky, Lynam/Rider to ITV, newsreaders swopping over etc etc. Nobody gives a monkey's. I wish the people at the top of these companies would get over themselves. We just want decent programmes.