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Deleted user 28 February 2005 13:47:32

First off it has Jimmy Carr, why isn't he off presenting some 100 Greatest Sneezes show or something. Then there are two other presenters who I've never heard of who aren't funny and in fact are just plain dull.

Then, oh and this is a apparent amusing twist, they get a "celebrity" to come on the show and read autoqueue really badly (see: Jordan) and generally do nothing funny.

So, what is the point of this show, it's just not funny at all, there is one highlight and that's when unfamous male presenter does amusing things in London, they seem genuinely funny. Other than that, meh. I've watched three of them now and each one has been widely dull, getting worse each week.

Why do things like this get funding and great stuff get canned? It's an injustice. Apologies if there has already been a thread.

buzz 28 Feb 2005 13:50:06 459 posts
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I really quite enjoy it.

Deleted user 28 February 2005 13:51:23

Erm, why?

Spanky 28 Feb 2005 13:55:24 15,037 posts
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Jordan is a monstrosity, she looks like a turkish drag queen. Saw a bit of it on friday, dismal tv, bugger all else on though.

pjmaybe 28 Feb 2005 13:56:54 70,666 posts
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Spanky wrote:
Jordan is a monstrosity, she looks like a turkish drag queen. Saw a bit of it on friday, dismal tv, bugger all else on though.

c*nt!!!

I was eating an apple when I read this and had to be given the Heimlich manoeuver by a slightly fey safety officer!

Peej

buzz 28 Feb 2005 13:57:00 459 posts
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It's in the same vein as "TFI Friday" and "Dont forget your toothbrush".

Great, brainless, friday night TV.

Spanky 28 Feb 2005 14:00:20 15,037 posts
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pjmaybe wrote:
Heimlich manoeuver!

Peej

Oop, sorry

Did you see her on it, sporting some super GM modified farrah fawcet hairdo, sunshine yellow fakeness with her latino nipple brown face shitting out from the centre of said fake hair, gawd she is a fucking monster. How anybody can stick there sausages near that dog beggars belief, and from what i've heard i'm the only male who hasn't.

I hates the jordan.

Deleted user 28 February 2005 14:01:27

buzz wrote:
Great, brainless, friday night TV.

Trouble is that it all feels incredibly forced, there is obviously quite a tight script that they try to stick to which makes it seem all the less funny too, especially when they try to be zany.

Brainless indeed, maybe I need to mix it with booze. Spanky is definitely right, there ain't nothing else on at that time either. I suppose they assume everyone is out down the pub?

Retroid Moderator 28 Feb 2005 14:01:29 45,464 posts
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/Wishes they'd just save teh cash and put on a good imported TV series at that time instead instead of putting them on bloody E4

Deleted user 28 February 2005 14:02:57

Spanky wrote:
How anybody can stick there sausages near that dog beggars belief, and from what i've heard i'm the only male who hasn't.

Neither have I, surely she is one of the most grotesque people in the celebrity circles, she seems lkke such a hateful person as well.

Whizzo 28 Feb 2005 14:06:51 44,810 posts
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It's a shite show, even the possibility of Abi Titmuss not wearing much couldn't stop me from switching over to Newsnight whilst playing CoH.

Jordan, ugh, one thing about being off work sick was seeing her "sing" on GMTV. Fucking hell I know Eurovision is a joke but her possibly being the UK entrant is beyond belief.

buzz 28 Feb 2005 14:09:08 459 posts
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Mr Sleep wrote:
Trouble is that it all feels incredibly forced, there is obviously quite a tight script that they try to stick to which makes it seem all the less funny too, especially when they try to be zany.

Brainless indeed, maybe I need to mix it with booze. Spanky is definitely right, there ain't nothing else on at that time either. I suppose they assume everyone is out down the pub?

I stick the tele on, crack open a bottle of wine, and tune to channel 4 at 10.30. Most of the time I'm talking with mrs.buzz about something/nothing and we're just giggling at how hammed up the presenters sound.

I'm still entertained though

Edited by buzz at 14:09:31 28-02-2005

GTBurns 28 Feb 2005 14:09:25 1,772 posts
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Spanky wrote:
Jordan is a monstrosity, she looks like a turkish drag queen. Saw a bit of it on friday, dismal tv, bugger all else on though.

She used to really piss me off!

Now I have to confess to admiring her candour. When she was asked what she advice she might have for an audience members *friend* (ya - right, mate!) who had 'trouble' in the bedroom, she answered: (in her wonderfully 'basic' tone of voice)

"I can't really help him so much but all I can say to women out there is; if I'm having trouble I tend to spit on their cock! That always helps 'em get it up I find."

It was TV gold. Yes, she is an old slapper and not beautiful by any stretch of the imagination. And the really great thing? She doesn't attempt to pretend otherwise and pretty much admits to most of her detractors comments about her.

The show's pretty bad though.

markypants 28 Feb 2005 14:19:06 2,860 posts
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It has to be the worst comedy show I've seen in years... YEARS!!! It really should just be called 'The Jimmy Carr show featuring unfunny sidekicks who nobody knows or wants to'. The trouble is, that Jimmy Carr is only funny in his ad-libs, not actually due to anything scripted. It is embarrassingly bad, the celebs are terrible. It is like a poor mans Saturday Night Live... And SNL is a pretty bad show most of the time too.

It's the side-kick-comedians that really hurt the show, they feel like they have been put there for no reason whatsoever. I think Jimmy Carr could hold together this little vomit pile of a show on his own.

Ratings a really bad for this anyway. It won't survive.

M

Machiavel 28 Feb 2005 14:19:15 5,964 posts
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Dreadful show - seemingly has a ridiculously small budget and loses any chance of a sharp edge by selling out to whichever celebrity agrees to plug their product, hamfistedly read an autocue and turn up for the schmooze afterwards.

It is like a watered down "TFI" without an occasionally inspired presenter, forever stuck on the "turn the show over to the BeeGees" debacle.

Retroid Moderator 28 Feb 2005 14:25:07 45,464 posts
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Whizzo wrote:
Fucking hell I know Eurovision is a joke but her possibly being the UK entrant is beyond belief.

O_o

Please.... PLEASE tell me you're joking...!

Deleted user 28 February 2005 14:28:03

markypants wrote:
It's the side-kick-comedians that really hurt the show, they feel like they have been put there for no reason whatsoever. I think Jimmy Carr could hold together this little vomit pile of a show on his own.

Yeah, that's what I noticed too. I guess the format of the show wouldn't really make sense with just him and some celebrity.

Although saying all that, someone who went to school with my girlfriend was in the audience for the second show and won the competition. Still, hardly a reason for the existence of such crap.

Whizzo 28 Feb 2005 14:28:47 44,810 posts
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Retroid wrote:O_o

Please.... PLEASE tell me you're joking...!

If only I were....

Edited by Whizzo at 14:29:26 28-02-2005

markypants 28 Feb 2005 14:35:02 2,860 posts
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Whizzo wrote:

Retroid wrote:O_o

Please.... PLEASE tell me you're joking...!
If only I were....

Edited by Whizzo at 14:29:26 28-02-2005

Even more scary is that it isn't the worst one either!!!! It's crap, don't get me wrong, but it's not as crap as I think people are going to be expecting.

PS. After reading Jordans tip for getting hard, I have been spitting on my nob for the last 10 mins now, and I got nothing. No wood. Not even a twig. I think she is talking crap

Edited by markypants at 14:38:23 28-02-2005

Retroid Moderator 28 Feb 2005 14:36:16 45,464 posts
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Whizzo wrote:
If only I were...

/Dies

spazmo 28 Feb 2005 14:37:11 2,838 posts
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Whizzo wrote:

Retroid wrote:O_o

Please.... PLEASE tell me you're joking...!
If only I were....

Edited by Whizzo at 14:29:26 28-02-2005

There was good news and bad news on that page:

"Blue's UK tour has been cancelled because Lee Ryan is suffering from throat nodules that could permanently damage his voice."

Deleted user 28 February 2005 14:47:38

I actually quite enjoy the Friday Night Project. Admittedly Jordan and Vinnie Jones' autocue reading skills were laughable, but Neil Morrissey and Kelly Osbourne were good at it.

Also the parts where the manc bloke does his random song and dance sketch in bits of London is hilarious.

Just because a programme is low brow doesn't mean it can't be any good.

Deleted user 28 February 2005 14:48:40

spazmo wrote:
"Blue's UK tour has been cancelled because Lee Ryan is suffering from throat nodules that could permanently damage his voice."

I can't help but think that him and Joss Stone should collaborate

Deleted user 28 February 2005 14:54:18

HairyArse wrote:
Also the parts where the manc bloke does his random song and dance sketch in bits of London is hilarious.

As I mentioned in my opening rant I actually quite liked that bit, it's the highlight of the show.

gamingdave 28 Feb 2005 14:55:06 5,087 posts
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Apauling TV, really is rubbish. I did see the other fella doing standup a couple of weeks ago though and he was actually very funny (mind I had had about 6 pints by then so he might not have been that good)

pjmaybe 28 Feb 2005 14:55:23 70,666 posts
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Whizzo wrote:
It's a shite show, even the possibility of Abi Titmuss not wearing much couldn't stop me from switching over to Newsnight whilst playing CoH.

Jordan, ugh, one thing about being off work sick was seeing her "sing" on GMTV. Fucking hell I know Eurovision is a joke but her possibly being the UK entrant is beyond belief.

See I've got this theory about Eurovision, and it's the same theory Lineham & Matthews put forward in Father Ted.

If we win - we have to go through the expense of hosting the next year's competition. Plus the indignity that the winning song will get in the charts and do rather well, and the winning band/performer will get lots more press.

If we lose - No one cares, we don't have to host next year's competition and the winner fades into obscurity

THUS them putting Jordan forward (and I didn't think it'd all been decided yet, have they had the "song for Europe" crap already then?) it's killing 2 birds with one stone. 1) We don't have to host it next year and 2) She'll fail, and fade into obscurity like a couple of camel-humps sinking slowly beneath a marshy mire.

Peej

Machiavel 28 Feb 2005 15:08:20 5,964 posts
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It's all part of her 'master plan' to become a singer, despite all the evidence we have been given to the contrary. No doubt then she'll turn her (admittedly resolute) ambition to winning an Oscar, even though she doesn't know who he is.

pistol 28 Feb 2005 15:12:37 13,018 posts
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Mr Sleep wrote:
First off it has Jimmy Carr, why isn't he off presenting some 100 Greatest Sneezes show or something. Then there are two other presenters who I've never heard of who aren't funny and in fact are just plain dull.

Then, oh and this is a apparent amusing twist, they get a "celebrity" to come on the show and read autoqueue really badly (see: Jordan) and generally do nothing funny.

So, what is the point of this show, it's just not funny at all, there is one highlight and that's when unfamous male presenter does amusing things in London, they seem genuinely funny. Other than that, meh. I've watched three of them now and each one has been widely dull, getting worse each week.

Why do things like this get funding and great stuff get canned? It's an injustice. Apologies if there has already been a thread.

Here's a question.

If you don't like it, why watch 3 of em?

rickalish 28 Feb 2005 15:15:56 1,839 posts
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its light entertainment?!

If you don't like it, don't watch it!

/switches zen buddism relaxation tape off
/kills neighbours annoying children with metal pipe
/switches tape back on
/Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm *breathe* Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Deleted user 28 February 2005 15:21:06

pistol wrote:

Here's a question.

If you don't like it, why watch 3 of em?

Not a lot else to do on those particular friday nights and I felt like watching something on TV and I thought it might improve over time, not everything is set in stone after the first episode/show. Didn't like Spaced the first time I watched it but watched a few more episodes and now it is one of my favourite shows ever. I was never exactly confident but I thought Carr might at least save it a little. Sadly not.

Does that answer your question?