Quote: Tim Walker @ October 5 2008, 5:28 AM BSTWith respect, they also wrote for the superior 1st series.
Do you know which sketches they were responsible for though? The only one I know for sure is the phone tapping one in the hotel, which I thought was a bit naff.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 5 2008, 5:28 AM BSTWith respect, they also wrote for the superior 1st series.
Did they, Tim? Did they?
I haven't scanned the credits for each episode, but I know on the back of the DVD case that Mitchell & Webb's names only appear as part of the writing crew for the 2nd series.
Quote: David Bussell @ October 10 2008, 8:03 AM BSTDo you know which sketches they were responsible for though? The only one I know for sure is the phone tapping one in the hotel, which I thought was a bit naff.
And a very poorly done rip off
If only there was a comedy website that had writing credit lists! 
(Short answer is that M+W wrote Situation all by themselves but the sketches for Look, which obviously actually come from Listen, were written by a small team of which they were part)
There's a couple of poor sketches in this show - but some of the ideas (like the farmer sketches mentioned earlier) are genius. I really liked the one where they send up fake TV (way ahead of their time there)...
Chef: "let's see if he's in..."
Barry opens door
Chef: "Hi Barry, good to see you. We were worried you might be out"
Barry: "What do you mean" - turning to look at camera filming him from behind - "you've been here over an hour. You've only just gone outside again... I'm miked up!"
Chef: hastily changing the subject - "So, where's the kitchen?"
Barry: "It's where you setup all those lights!"
Quote: David Bussell @ October 10 2008, 8:03 AM BSTDo you know which sketches they were responsible for though? The only one I know for sure is the phone tapping one in the hotel, which I thought was a bit naff.
I guess they must have at least written the TV send-up sketches and the bits where they argue with each other - what with those sketches being so similar in format to the ones in M&W Situation
Quote: Mark @ October 10 2008, 2:09 PM BSTIf only there was a comedy website that had writing credit lists!
(Short answer is that M+W wrote Situation all by themselves but the sketches for Look, which obviously actually come from Listen, were written by a small team of which they were part)
But they're talking about Big Train...
Quote: Aaron @ October 10 2008, 2:12 PM BSTBut they're talking about Big Train...
Ah. Right. Sorry.
(Another reason to keep things on topic - saves me looking like an idiot when I've been too lazy to read the whole thread)
Ah, so NOW we see the real reason.
Ahem. ANyhoo.
Sorry for the late reply, scouring through the posts and finding diamonds, as has been said, for their sketch shows
Look > Bruiser (touchy!) > Situation
