I get particuarly boiled when a sitcom uses "Well, at least things can't get any worse"
But the one that f**ks me off above all others is when they do stuff like
Shitty Character 1: Well if that football match is more important to you than me then go
Shitty Character 2:....ok, be back around 10.
GRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Well, it's not really a joke but when anyone says "Did I say that out loud?"
BLOKE: 'No. Absolutely not. There is not a chance in hell that you're going to get me to do that. No. Not a chance. Definitely not. No way jose.'
CUT TO:
Bloke doing thing he just said he absolutely wouldn't.
JOKES MAKING REFERENCE TO "THE KRANKIES"
ENOUGH!!!!!
Someone asks a question and goes off on a rant without listening to the answer becasue they think they know what the answer will be - and the other person can't get a word in edgeways.
Used in so many sitcoms!
After a disastrous party or social event one character will say to another
"I think that went well"
Even the pretty much perfect Alan Partridge series one used that.
Quote: Griff @ October 25 2008, 10:44 PM BSTYeah they do that a bit in the 99.99% perfect Peep Show too. Although it does make me laugh whenever Mark says "there is absolutely no way this isn't a good idea" before embarking on some disaster, so maybe they should keep doing it.
Yeah maybe you are right although I think the "there is absolutely no way this isn't a good idea" is so over the top and such a daft thing to say it almost saves the clicheness of it.
It's pretty much the writers telling the audience they know its obvious what is going to happen.
Jesus. Come on people, that's not a cliché. That's a quirk of the character, trying to convince himself that something is a good idea, whilst his subconscious knows it's probably the stupidest thing he could possibly choose to do. (Re: Peep Show.)
No?
Quote: Griff @ October 25 2008, 11:34 PM BST"No way am I ever going to Brighton!" - CUT TO CHARACTER STANDING IN BRIGHTON cliche.
This actually made me laugh just because you picked a random town rather than a task like riding down a hill in a bath.
I don't know if this is a sitcom joke, or just something I always hear people saying in an attempt to be funny, but it goes something like this:
Person one: "What's your line of work?"
Person two: "I'm a gynecologist".
Hilarious.
Is that a bikini line of work?
Quote: Matthew Stott @ October 25 2008, 5:46 PM BSTBLOKE: 'No. Absolutely not. There is not a chance in hell that you're going to get me to do that. No. Not a chance. Definitely not. No way jose.'
CUT TO:
Bloke doing thing he just said he absolutely wouldn't.
The bicycle joke. Also known as 'I'll see you Monday'.
Not a sitcom joke but I'm never keen on when someone reels off an unconnected list of odd items, only for someone to add 'What a Saturday night that was!!' Paul Merton does it on HIGNFY about 4 times a series.
Quote: Griff @ October 26 2008, 1:55 PM BSTHa! Why is that the 'bicycle' joke BTW?
The other formula Merton uses a bit too much on HIGNFY is in the odd one out picture round, where he always says "Is he the only one with a branch growing out of his head" if the subject of the photo happens to be stood in front of a bush with the branch visible, or endless variations thereof.
Bicycle joke: "You're not getting ME on THAT bicycle!!" - you know the rest.
I think it's a Summer Wine reference.
And it's known as I'll see you Monday, I guess because of someone saying 'I'm not working there', 'Okay . . .I'll see you Monday'.
Quote: Griff @ October 26 2008, 1:55 PM BSTHa! Why is that the 'bicycle' joke BTW?
The other formula Merton uses a bit too much on HIGNFY is in the odd one out picture round, where he always says "Is he the only one with a branch growing out of his head" if the subject of the photo happens to be stood in front of a bush with the branch visible, or endless variations thereof.
The other HIGNFY kind of gag I dislike are when they make the same kind of jokes about the same thing. Examples include jokes about Prescott being fat (as was done in the last episode), Bush being stupid and so on. Once you've done the same joke for around 8 years it does get a bit boring.
Maybe they have a huge audience of people with dificulty creating long term memories?