If you like the idea of a comedy based on a fictional football club but not the execution of this series, I’d highly recommend The Offensive podcast series instead.
Consistently laugh out loud funny, a fair few posters on here that are fellow The Offensive listeners will agree I’m sure.
and the first series of Blackadder was perhaps the least funny comedy of all time. Admittedly it improved...
I take serious issue with this. The first series is hugely under appreciated in my view.
It had problems with budgets and locations apparently, but it wasn’t bad.
It was innovative too. A sitcom set in the time of Richard III was an original idea in 1982. The writing was actually decent, (if lacking the polish that Ben Elton would bring later), and the mean spirited wit of Edmund was ably demonstrated by Rowan Atkinson even then.
Brian Blessed was splendid as Richard IV, Edmund, Baldrick and Percy were raw characters whose dynamic would change in future series, but they had an appeal even in the early stages. The queen and Prince Harry were good support too.
And then there’s the obligatory scene stealing performance from Rik Mayall as Mad Gerald and some great cameos from Peter Cook, Frank Finlay, Miriam Margolyes and Jim Broadbent amongst others.
Admittedly, it’s not brilliant, but it’s a very long way from being the least funny comedy of all time. And a lot of the brilliance of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series were born out of it. (Which, to be fair, you did sort of acknowledge!)
There rests the defence 😀 but then again, as we often see, comedy is highly subjective.
and the first series of Blackadder was perhaps the least funny comedy of all time. Admittedly it improved...
I take serious issue with this. The first series is hugely under appreciated in my view.
It had problems with budgets and locations apparently, but it wasn’t bad.
It was innovative too. A sitcom set in the time of Richard III was an original idea in 1982. The writing was actually decent, (if lacking the polish that Ben Elton would bring later), and the mean spirited wit of Edmund was ably demonstrated by Rowan Atkinson even then.
Brian Blessed was splendid as Richard IV, Edmund, Baldrick and Percy were raw characters whose dynamic would change in future series, but they had an appeal even in the early stages. The queen and Prince Harry were good support too.
And then there’s the obligatory scene stealing performance from Rik Mayall as Mad Gerald and some great cameos from Peter Cook, Frank Finlay, Miriam Margolyes and Jim Broadbent amongst others.
Admittedly, it’s not brilliant, but it’s a very long way from being the least funny comedy of all time. And a lot of the brilliance of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series were born out of it. (Which, to be fair, you did sort of acknowledge!)
There rests the defence 😀 but then again, as we often see, comedy is highly subjective.
and the first series of Blackadder was perhaps the least funny comedy of all time. Admittedly it improved...
I take serious issue with this. The first series is hugely under appreciated in my view.
It had problems with budgets and locations apparently, but it wasn’t bad.
It was innovative too. A sitcom set in the time of Richard III was an original idea in 1982. The writing was actually decent, (if lacking the polish that Ben Elton would bring later), and the mean spirited wit of Edmund was ably demonstrated by Rowan Atkinson even then.
Brian Blessed was splendid as Richard IV, Edmund, Baldrick and Percy were raw characters whose dynamic would change in future series, but they had an appeal even in the early stages. The queen and Prince Harry were good support too.
And then there’s the obligatory scene stealing performance from Rik Mayall as Mad Gerald and some great cameos from Peter Cook, Frank Finlay, Miriam Margolyes and Jim Broadbent amongst others.
Admittedly, it’s not brilliant, but it’s a very long way from being the least funny comedy of all time. And a lot of the brilliance of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series were born out of it. (Which, to be fair, you did sort of acknowledge!)
There rests the defence 😀 but then again, as we often see, comedy is highly subjective.
The Infanta and her translator was as funny as anything on TV at the time. Still funny when you watch now.
I haven’t seen it yet but will give it a go tonight , the writers were on radio 5 yesterday morning talking about it & they admit the first episode is the worst & you don’t fully get it untill you get to know the characters, this can be said for many series’s I have watched, breaking bad is the classic example for me as after the pilot I didn’t watch again for a year then watched again & still thought it was shite then after everyone was going mental about it at work as it came to it’s end I gave it a third try & persevered I was hooked after a few & it became one of my favourite
Getting into things is quite interesting. When you go to a cinema you are obliged to sometimes force your way through the first half hour of a movie and then you are rewarded with a great movie. At home, your focus is different in many cases. You may be checking your phone or be on your laptop, so your focus is much less. Because you are initially less engaged, you pack it in more readily.
The inbetweeners character traits are they (obviously) the American Matt is clearly Will, Benji has a bit of Neil & Jay with his stupidity and sex obsessed lifestyle, Jack is weird like Simon Wonder if they chose Charlton as at least one of them are locals (Dartford)?
Getting into things is quite interesting. When you go to a cinema you are obliged to sometimes force your way through the first half hour of a movie and then you are rewarded with a great movie. At home, your focus is different in many cases. You may be checking your phone or be on your laptop, so your focus is much less. Because you are initially less engaged, you pack it in more readily.
I’m terrible for that , if the football ,F1,snooker is on tv it’s silence in the room for the duration while I fully immerse in it , yet when mrs spitfire suggests a new box set to try I have one eye on my phone (aka on here) doing some ordering for work sometimes I even slip on my vr headset! then I moan “this new series is crap” , almost did that with her newest one “ white lines’ on Netflix which is a great watch & currently the most watched in the world on Netflix
and the first series of Blackadder was perhaps the least funny comedy of all time. Admittedly it improved...
I take serious issue with this. The first series is hugely under appreciated in my view.
It had problems with budgets and locations apparently, but it wasn’t bad.
It was innovative too. A sitcom set in the time of Richard III was an original idea in 1982. The writing was actually decent, (if lacking the polish that Ben Elton would bring later), and the mean spirited wit of Edmund was ably demonstrated by Rowan Atkinson even then.
Brian Blessed was splendid as Richard IV, Edmund, Baldrick and Percy were raw characters whose dynamic would change in future series, but they had an appeal even in the early stages. The queen and Prince Harry were good support too.
And then there’s the obligatory scene stealing performance from Rik Mayall as Mad Gerald and some great cameos from Peter Cook, Frank Finlay, Miriam Margolyes and Jim Broadbent amongst others.
Admittedly, it’s not brilliant, but it’s a very long way from being the least funny comedy of all time. And a lot of the brilliance of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series were born out of it. (Which, to be fair, you did sort of acknowledge!)
There rests the defence 😀 but then again, as we often see, comedy is highly subjective.
The Infanta and her translator was as funny as anything on TV at the time. Still funny when you watch now.
Absolutely. The aforementioned Miriam Margolyes and Jim Broadbent. (Whose character was apparently called “Don Speekingleesh”!)
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The chairman, who doesn't understand the club or football, and who has just sacked the manager, said "did you see those customers crying".
It had problems with budgets and locations apparently, but it wasn’t bad.
Admittedly, it’s not brilliant, but it’s a very long way from being the least funny comedy of all time. And a lot of the brilliance of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series were born out of it. (Which, to be fair, you did sort of acknowledge!)
There rests the defence 😀 but then again, as we often see, comedy is highly subjective.
Wonder if they chose Charlton as at least one of them are locals (Dartford)?