Sitcoms in production Page 4

Quote: Mark @ March 25, 2008, 12:04 AM

I actually thought Orribe was ok too. I know I'm in the minority on this one though. I think the problem was, whilst it did have some funny lines and characters, something was missing. I can't remember it enough to know what it was lacking though - maybe it was the acting?

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I've watched the whole series about a dozen times - initially because it made me laugh (always handy in a comedy), then to analyse it a bit more. The character of Noel was genius. And that episode where the entire pub gets embroiled in a pointless exercise to try and disprove Paul's claim that his fornightly Giro will enable him to enjoy four pints of Holstein, a gram of Charlie, a 'brass' and a taxi home was pure comedy gold.

I think 'Terry Across The Mersey' starring many of the Brookside cast seems a particularly bad one.

Back to sitcoms in production - it doesn't mean that EVERYONE will get to the telly.

Loads of shows get green lit and stop at the writing stage (Hippies 2) some get a pilot made but never shown (And Now The Weather). Some get to a table read with a cast (Men & Women, an Arthur Mathews show)

Quote: Antony Wheeler @ March 24, 2008, 1:38 PM

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.

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Sorry know this is a few pages old but HAD to comment, 'Orrible is the worst
sitcom I've even seen, with the most predictable storylines since someone in Last of the Summer Wine said ... you are never getting me in xxxxx... cut to Compo in xxxxxx.

It was very very poor, wish we was more like the US and it would have got dumped after the 1st episode. Hated it (you may have got that impression already).

Yes, quite right Seefacts.

Occassionally a comedy on the list does make it into full production, but is still not shown! (Shane 2)

It's worth keeping an eye on the production list (the latest updates are always at the top) because even if a pilot is cancelled, you'll want to avoid doing anything similar for a while because of the stink it'll have caused ("Oh God, another superhero sitcom!")

Quote: Mark @ March 26, 2008, 7:33 PM

Yes, quite right Seefacts.

Occassionally a comedy on the list does make it into full production, but is still not shown! (Shane 2)

It's worth keeping an eye on the production list (the latest updates are always at the top) because even if a pilot is cancelled, you'll want to avoid doing anything similar for a while because of the stink it'll have caused ("Oh God, another superhero sitcom!")

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Shane 2, yeah that's another.

I wonder if that's the only show to have a whole series made and be shelved?

The second series of High Stakes was never shown.

Then there's the few which have made it only an episode or two in, notably Heil Honey I'm Home!.

Oh, and Pope Town of course. And less than half of Bromwell High's produced episodes were ever aired here.

And thinking about it, I have a strange feeling that the final episode of Mr Bean might not have actually been broadcast. *scratches head*

Quote: Aaron @ March 26, 2008, 8:06 PM

The second series of High Stakes was never shown.

Then there's the few which have made it only an episode or two in, notably Heil Honey I'm Home!.

Oh, and Pope Town of course. And less than half of Bromwell High's produced episodes were ever aired here.

And thinking about it, I have a strange feeling that the final episode of Mr Bean might not have actually been broadcast. *scratches head*

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God, alright with your sitcom knowledge - get a room!

*wanks over himself and his massive sad sitcom-brain*

... Too much?

Never!

Why would they not have shown an episode of Mr Bean?

Quote: zooo @ March 26, 2008, 8:14 PM

Never!

Why would they not have shown an episode of Mr Bean?

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It's the one where he kicks a black man's arse.

Quote: Seefacts @ March 26, 2008, 8:17 PM

It's the one where he kicks a black man's arse.

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LOL

Wiki

Hair by Mr. Bean of London
The episode was filmed in 1995 and was included as an extra on the VHS and DVD releases but was not originally aired on UK television until 25 August 2006, when it was shown on satellite and cable channels Nickelodeon UK and Paramount Comedy 2, but remains the only full-length Mr Bean episode not to air on UK terrestrial television. The episode was even shown on the Irish television channel RTE One in 2005 before being broadcast on any British television channel.

And, interestingly

Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean
25 April 1994 (postponed from 17 February 1993 owing to the abduction and murder of James Bulger)

All bow to Aaron, the comedy geek.

Quote: zooo @ March 26, 2008, 8:14 PM

Never!

Why would they not have shown an episode of Mr Bean?

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I don't know. *does some reading* AHA! There were 13 episodes broadcast. A 14th, which goes by the name of 'Hair by Mr Bean of London', was... Well I can't really tell if it was never shown or if it was compiled from cut material. But either way, until recent Paramount and Nickelodeon repeats (2006), it was only ever available on VHS/DVD. To this day it is, apparently, the only Bean episode to have not been broadcast on terrestrial TV.

Quote: Aaron @ March 26, 2008, 8:26 PM

I don't know. *does some reading* AHA! There were 13 episodes broadcast. A 14th, which goes by the name of 'Hair by Mr Bean of London', was... Well I can't really tell if it was never shown or if it was compiled from cut material. But either way, until recent Paramount and Nickelodeon repeats (2006), it was only ever available on VHS/DVD. To this day it is, apparently, the only Bean episode to have not been broadcast on terrestrial TV.

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