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The Doctor
Dec 18, 2009, 11:14:09 AM12/18/09
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In article <8TCWm.136692$cf1....@newsfe03.ams2>,
john smith <the_jo...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>"Monsieur Tabernac" <mtab...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:sdkki5991ns54bl2h...@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:36:27 -0000, "Soze"
>> <I...@salsbury42.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Monsieur Tabernac" <mtab...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:0eeki55mtl3n0r6h6...@4ax.com...
>>>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:41:10 +0000, Cradok <ian...@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Soze wrote:
>>>>>> I often wonder how many of these things are scripted on these shows
>>>>>> mind.
>>>>>> Tennant`s comeback didn`t get such a good laugh and he did comment
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> Cribbens had got the better lines.
>>>>>
>>>>>The way I believe these things usually work is that the presenter is
>>>>>mostly scripted, and everyone knows what's going to be coming up on the
>>>>>show, so they can prepare material, discussions and one-liners ahead of
>>>>>time. There's still a fair bit of ad-libbing, though, and they record a
>>>>>couple of hours of stuff and cut it down.
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded and watched this show. Being Canadian and all, I'd never
>>>> seen "Buzzcocks" before. I have to say that anyone who says that
>>>> British television is far more sophisticated than US television has
>>>> never seen this show. I don't think I've seen much worse than
>>>> this.... IMHO, of course.
>>>
>>>Popular British television hasn`t been very sophisticated in my lifetime.
>>>Especially nowadays, most of the best watched stuff is absolute tosh.
>>>Although in fairness a good deal of it is re-workings of crappy American
>>>shows.
>>>
>>>Buzzcocks possibly doesn`t translate well overseas, it`s fairly typical
>>>British humour and a reasonably popular show. Likewise I find the vast
>>>bulk
>>>of American comedy to be shit...God knows what you`d make of The Mighty
>>>Boosh...the comedy series that lead captain Noel Fielding writes and stars
>>>in.
>>>
>>
>> I understand British comedy quite well (and really like "The Mighty
>> Boosh"), however IMO my dislike of this Buzzcocks show isn't because
>> of the comedy not translating, rather that there wasn't any real
>> comedy, just "celebrities" mugging and telling lame jokes (and
>> thinking they're funny) -- are you sure this is typical British
>> humour? I hope not.
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>
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>Is there even such a thing as "typical British humour"?
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>>shrug<
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>I dunno.
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>Maybe humour's more regional?
>
>
john smith <the_jo...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>"Monsieur Tabernac" <mtab...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:sdkki5991ns54bl2h...@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:36:27 -0000, "Soze"
>> <I...@salsbury42.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Monsieur Tabernac" <mtab...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:0eeki55mtl3n0r6h6...@4ax.com...
>>>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:41:10 +0000, Cradok <ian...@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Soze wrote:
>>>>>> I often wonder how many of these things are scripted on these shows
>>>>>> mind.
>>>>>> Tennant`s comeback didn`t get such a good laugh and he did comment
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> Cribbens had got the better lines.
>>>>>
>>>>>The way I believe these things usually work is that the presenter is
>>>>>mostly scripted, and everyone knows what's going to be coming up on the
>>>>>show, so they can prepare material, discussions and one-liners ahead of
>>>>>time. There's still a fair bit of ad-libbing, though, and they record a
>>>>>couple of hours of stuff and cut it down.
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded and watched this show. Being Canadian and all, I'd never
>>>> seen "Buzzcocks" before. I have to say that anyone who says that
>>>> British television is far more sophisticated than US television has
>>>> never seen this show. I don't think I've seen much worse than
>>>> this.... IMHO, of course.
>>>
>>>Popular British television hasn`t been very sophisticated in my lifetime.
>>>Especially nowadays, most of the best watched stuff is absolute tosh.
>>>Although in fairness a good deal of it is re-workings of crappy American
>>>shows.
>>>
>>>Buzzcocks possibly doesn`t translate well overseas, it`s fairly typical
>>>British humour and a reasonably popular show. Likewise I find the vast
>>>bulk
>>>of American comedy to be shit...God knows what you`d make of The Mighty
>>>Boosh...the comedy series that lead captain Noel Fielding writes and stars
>>>in.
>>>
>>
>> I understand British comedy quite well (and really like "The Mighty
>> Boosh"), however IMO my dislike of this Buzzcocks show isn't because
>> of the comedy not translating, rather that there wasn't any real
>> comedy, just "celebrities" mugging and telling lame jokes (and
>> thinking they're funny) -- are you sure this is typical British
>> humour? I hope not.
>
>
>
>
>Is there even such a thing as "typical British humour"?
>
>>shrug<
>
>I dunno.
>
>Maybe humour's more regional?
>
>
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