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 Jun 12 2005, 09:03 PM
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Cursing. Ladies. Dancing. And pleasure.  Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,594 Joined: 1-October 04 From: The twin worlds of sodomy and knitting Member No.: 2,284  |
QUOTE (pots @ Jun 12 2005, 08:10 PM) perhaps directly responsible for 'the office'. funny.  Howdya mean? In terms of actually being involved in the production of it or by creating its comedy ancestors? |
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Jun 12 2005, 11:28 PM
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escapee Group: Senior Members Posts: 3,859 Joined: 26-November 04 Member No.: 2,818 |
QUOTE (Stella MM @ Jun 12 2005, 10:03 PM) Howdya mean? In terms of actually being involved in the production of it or by creating its comedy ancestors? in 'the day today' there is a spoof fly on the wall documentary set in an office. in the commentaries to 'knowing me knowing you' and 'i'm alan partridge' its mentioned a few times - along the lines of 'wow, that would make a good series', and 'we'd be rich and famous if we did that'. it may all be tongue in cheek but the way they say it makes me think there is feeling behind it. |
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Jun 13 2005, 01:52 PM
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You do scribble Group: Senior Members Posts: 14,968 Joined: 7-October 04 From: East Member No.: 2,423 |
QUOTE (pots @ Jun 12 2005, 11:28 PM) in 'the day today' there is a spoof fly on the wall documentary set in an office. When you go to the toilet, do you have an armitage shanks interface defecation scenario, or do you just have a shit? |
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Jun 15 2005, 02:11 AM
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never rub another man's rhubarb Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,714 Joined: 2-October 04 Member No.: 2,308 |
Just listened to last week's Charm Offensive (having forgotten the show even existed for a couple of weeks) and it was uniformly brilliant. Excellent Jimmy Carr diss.
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Jun 20 2005, 05:02 PM
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Varga Girl Group: Senior Members Posts: 7,301 Joined: 15-October 04 From: New York Member No.: 2,531 |
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Jan 25 2006, 05:42 PM
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Varga Girl Group: Senior Members Posts: 7,301 Joined: 15-October 04 From: New York Member No.: 2,531 |
Iannucci Oxford Lecture: Don't Fear the Mainstream
‘Success and popularity can be won on smaller channels at less of a risk. So it’s we, the so-called subversives, who are actually playing it safe.’ |
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Jan 25 2006, 06:01 PM
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never rub another man's rhubarb Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,714 Joined: 2-October 04 Member No.: 2,308 |
QUOTE (rabbit57i @ Jun 20 2005, 05:02 PM) The Iannucci one sounds like a great idea, the other two the same old half-arsed bollocks. Did we learn nothing from KYTV? |
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Jan 25 2006, 06:31 PM
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Early 80's Tom Hanks Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,693 Joined: 6-October 05 From: Isle of Dogs, London Member No.: 4,536 |
QUOTE (whitey @ Jan 25 2006, 06:01 PM) The Iannucci one sounds like a great idea, the other two the same old half-arsed bollocks. Did we learn nothing from KYTV? Has "Broken News" not already been and gone? I think someone I lived with was in it. |
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Jan 26 2006, 12:54 PM
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Fallon Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,262 Joined: 17-December 04 From: The Scary-Go-Round Member No.: 2,946 |
QUOTE (empathy-with-beast @ Jan 25 2006, 06:31 PM) Has "Broken News" not already been and gone? I think someone I lived with was in it. I know one of the guys who was in it. Well, I say 'know', I've only met him a couple of times, but my brother's mates with him and his girlfriend. What's his name?....*checks imdb*...Jonathan Aris. |
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Feb 1 2006, 05:57 PM
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Varga Girl Group: Senior Members Posts: 7,301 Joined: 15-October 04 From: New York Member No.: 2,531 |
Iannucci's Second Oxford Lecture.
Talking about traditional sitcoms with laugh tracks & studio audiences: QUOTE ‘While we can as naturalistic as we want, now it’s also time to see theatricality as an added opportunity. There’s a hunger for stuff that demands to be played in front of a studio audience. ‘There’s no perfect solution. There’s not a right way or wrong way of making sitcoms, and we shouldn’t think there are.’ I agree with what he says in theory. I don't mind "laugh tracks" that are actually a live studio audience. It does have a live theatrical feel to it & feels very organic. I have a problem when the laughter is added to shows or when they actually delete some of the laughter. If an audience is there laughing, lets us hear it, & if there's no one there, no laugher please. |
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Jan 2 2007, 06:30 PM
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If I was young, I'd flee this town Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,496 Joined: 2-January 05 From: The Hanging Bollocks of Babylon Member No.: 3,052 |
The Thick Of It Special- tonight 10.30pm
I'm so excited, it's ridiculous. Should be a good 'un despite the lack of Chris Langham. |
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Jan 3 2007, 05:26 PM
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You do scribble Group: Senior Members Posts: 14,968 Joined: 7-October 04 From: East Member No.: 2,423 |
QUOTE (sleeping_pirate @ Jan 2 2007, 07:30 PM) It was quite stupendous. What I saw of the interview beforehand was excellent too. |
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Jan 3 2007, 05:35 PM
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If I was young, I'd flee this town Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,496 Joined: 2-January 05 From: The Hanging Bollocks of Babylon Member No.: 3,052 |
I missed the first 10 minutes, then a friend asked me to help her move some stuff up to her room, so I set up a tape and left. Returned to find the tape had run out. So I missed the whole bloody thing
 Absolutely gutted.
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May 1 2008, 03:32 PM
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Cent Dix-Sept Group: Senior Members Posts: 2,968 Joined: 1-October 04 From: London Member No.: 2,258 |
In The Loop starts shooting...more or less The Thick Of It: The Movie, but with US/UK criss-crossing (James Gandolfini!), Capaldi and Addison returning, and a little bit of Steve Coogan for good measure.
Reminds me I must get the original series on DVD... |
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