If I'd spent £70 I would have stayed till the bitter f**king end.
The Secret Policeman's Ball Page 2
So far - Frank Skinner = good, Corden + Horne = shite.
God....what are Mitchell and Webb playing at. We've seen this act before.
Most of the audience probably hasn't.
Plus, didn't Monty Python et al do old sketches too? Parrots and shit. In the olden days.
I like that M&W Nazi sketch, I think it's one of their classics that will stand the test of time.
I like Alan Carr too, but he wasn't good here. Anyway, I'm bored now and switched it off.
Quote: zooo @ October 5 2008, 9:29 PM BSTIn the olden days.
It's all been pretty weak so far.
Sean Lock was surprisingly terrible.
This whole thing is cringeworthingly bad. 
I'm lagging behind on 4+1. Frank Skinner was great!
Quote: Griff @ October 5 2008, 9:32 PM BSTI like that M&W Nazi sketch
I can't believe they've chosen to do that. That's disappointing.
Quote: zooo @ October 5 2008, 9:01 PM BSTIf I'd spent £70 I would have stayed till the bitter f**king end.
I really couldn't agree more.
Quote: zooo @ October 5 2008, 9:29 PM BSTPlus, didn't Monty Python et al do old sketches too? Parrots and shit. In the olden days.
Yes, indeed they did. You can also see the first incarnations of what went on to become Blackadder and Mr Bean. 
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Def - I can't believe you walked out! Some of it was a bit ropey, but still, as you were already there...
Anyway, three and a half hours of show into one and a half hours of TV... damn, that's a lot of cutting! Here's my thoughts on the acts that did make it through the edit...
Frank Skinner: Slow start, but his last song was good.
Mathew Horne and James Corden: Worst bit of the show IMHO. Didn't understand what was supposed to be funny and it's just dawned on me I really don't like shouty Corden at all.
Alan Carr: Some fun stand-up, slightly more hit than miss.
David Mitchell and Robert Webb: As is mentioned above, that's very lazy to do that sketch. Yes, it's a good one but we've now heard it on the radio, seen it on their sketch show, seen it on their stage show and seen it somewhere else too. Way over-exposed.
Shappi Khorsandi: Probably the best stand-up of the evening I think. Very funny.
Chris O'Dowd and Richard Ayoade: Went on just slightly too long, but a fun filler. Makes me wish November would hurry up and arrive so I can watch series three of The IT Crowd
Jason Manford: Quite good. Better than on 8 Out Of 10 Cats. His kicking in balls .v. child birth obversation I found quite profound actually.
Russell Howard: A funny - if slightly dodgy - story.
Kristen Schaal: A brave thing to try, but it failed in my view.
Sean Lock: Always delivers. His quick wit and curmugeonly views were in their usual fine form. One of my highlights.
Tim Minchin: I imagine that song is a repeat of something he's done previously, but as I'd not heard it before I enjoyed it.
John Culshaw: This is the first time I've seen Culshaw on TV for a while now that I think about it. He didn't quite get Boris right did he?
Matt Berry sketch: woefully under-rehearsed and badly timed but quite fun from the point of view of watching them trying to make each other corpse. Wish Graham Norton spoke like that more often.
Eddie Izzard: As expected, a good way to end the show.
It's a bit annoying they cut most of the 'fresh' talent from the TV line-up (Sarah Millian, Kayvan Novak, Sharon Horgan, Nick Mohammed, Dan Clark, David Armand etc) but somewhat understandable I guess as most of the TV audience wouldn't have a clue who they were.
Time Minchin was by far the highlight for me. The stuff I hadn't heard before was mediocre, but that was both new and very good.
F**k. I've done it again.
Tim Minchin.
Idiot.
Remember these shows have been and always will be charity events. And very few performers "waste" new material on unpaid gigs. Would you? They're not so much about the comedy as the charity and getting the money. One of the worst of recent years was the Amnesty 'We Know Where You Live' gig, of which the highlight was a drunken Jonny Vegas improv routine (where Jessica Stephenson had to come on and drag him off the stage). For those of us who are old enough, the 80's Comic Aid shows were actually pretty funny - Kate Bush/Rowan Atkinson, The Young Ones and Cliff Richard, Arnold Brown, French & Saunders - v. funny sketch, even Lenny H did a great bit. I think the problem is that there are so many charity events now that no-one is going to make a huge comedy effort because it - frankly - doesn't advance their careers and these events aren't as high-profile as they used to be.
Tim was my favourite too.
The only bad thing about him was that he wasn't wearing any shoooes.
I hate when people do that!!!
Quote: zooo @ October 6 2008, 12:08 AM BSTTim was my favourite too.
The only bad thing about him was that he wasn't wearing any shoooes.I hate when people do that!!!
It's not hygienic? You don't like poor people? Please clarify, zooo, darling.
It's not hygienic, yes.
But there's NO reason for it! Apart from attention seeking, or looking 'kooky'.
Jo f**king Wylie does it. Grr. 