― reverto levidensis (blueski), Thursday, 11 January 2007 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link
fru the magic of youtube i've been able to see some of this, mostly the recent ones but some of the older ones as well. all i knew about the show was mark s calling it self-regarding somewhere (Noise Piece maybe?).
i know this is less of a big thing in the uk, but it was refreshing to see a game show/reality thing where the "contest" is obviously irrelevant and treated as such. i don't think a show like this would work here, for that, and also cos you couldn't get US c-listers to show up and have some dick make fun of them, while doing a bs quiz about music. so, tired as the show may be, i liked it!
on the evidence, amstell is funnier than lamarr.
amy winehouse was funnier than anyone on the show, ever. better comic timing, more charismatic. and she was tanked.
british indie is truly dire.
dale winton was pretty funny, too.
― gff, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:33 (sixteen years ago) link
fair points all
― blueski, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
When are the new episodes starting again? Any official word? Last few years they've started end of October or so.
The best recent episode of the show, and the episode I direct people to when I want to get them to start watching, is the ep with Donny Tourette and Noel Fielding.
I think Amstell > Lamarr too.
― musically, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
"i DICK on them" still makes me laugh
― blueski, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
ha yes "donny tourette"! couldn't believe he existed.
the other big uk/us difference: the cruelty that they visit on the extras in those lineups is pretty breathtaking. it'd never work here. a picture is fair game, but someone standing in your presence?!
― gff, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
lamarr was never good and by the end (ie 1998-2006) unwatchable.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm old enough to remember MLamarr *was* good and occasionally good in later episodes (the one with Sparks on was brilliant)...
Amstell gets as good as he gives, and so is better.
Series being repeated at the mo (was on last night)
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 September 2007 08:17 (sixteen years ago) link
My brother worked on post-production of this and said there was tons of Winehouse that was unshowable.
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 20 September 2007 08:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh wait he sez it up there ^^^^^^
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 20 September 2007 08:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm intrigued enough by Simon Amstell to have booked to see his stand up show in London in October. It got very mixed reviews at the Edinburgh Festival.
He is a consummate artist at needling people, but can he carry a full show by himself?
― Bob Six, Thursday, 20 September 2007 11:36 (sixteen years ago) link
gf saw Amstell at charity gig and apparently he was appalling.
― blueski, Thursday, 20 September 2007 11:39 (sixteen years ago) link
no-one uses their "good" material at charity gigs!
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 September 2007 11:40 (sixteen years ago) link
not very charitable of them
― blueski, Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Not difficult if you don't have any good material tho
― Tom D., Thursday, 20 September 2007 13:03 (sixteen years ago) link
new buzzcocks season is pretty disappointing.
― danzig, Thursday, 6 December 2007 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
katy brand seemed nice (but only 90s dawn french funny)
― blueski, Thursday, 6 December 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I think it's OK so far. Noel is a good choice as stand in for Bill. Last weeks episode with Cheggers was funny, particularly Amstell's line about "at first glance Keith might sound like a poor booking, but he's the most famous person here!". One thing I don't like though is that "Parkinson" style extreme close up on people's faces.
― snoball, Thursday, 6 December 2007 18:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Jupitus is quite subdued. I think he might be sad about something.
― PJ Miller, Thursday, 6 December 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
anstell taken down a peg on gamesmaster in 1993, lol
― pc user, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
The one with Miquita Oliver was quite funny. Rubbish "hall of" tho.
― Mark G, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link
omg xpost
gamesmaster was kind of ravey.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:41 (sixteen years ago) link
reckon he got ripped at school for that for years.
― pc user, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
wow clip. Gamesmaster with Dexter Fletcher really sucked.
― blueski, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:47 (sixteen years ago) link
dominic diamond is a bit of a knob, but yeah, i preferred him on that.
― pc user, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
not just that but had better vibe going with the cathedral environs. take that playing bomberman was the best.
― blueski, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article705815.ece
^^^possibly my favourite news story ever
― DJ Mencap, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
wow!
― Mark G, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
That's crazy! Who would have thought the man who bantered with Patrick Moore's giant, distended head would nearly end getting crucified?
― Neil S, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
end up above!
"god made me bottle it."
― pc user, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:07 (sixteen years ago) link
wau
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
next time i wimp out of something i told everybody i was going to do, i'll blame god. nice one.
"you still haven't asked her out yet?"
"naaah, big guy wasn't into it."
― pc user, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2009/04/25/8788/amstell_quits_buzzcocks
― DavidM, Sunday, 26 April 2009 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Probably a good move, quit while he's ahead, etc.. I wasn't sick of him, but I could imagine that another series with him as host would have left me disinterested. Sayle's "you're shit!" heckle while Amstell was dressed as a rabbit was in jest but hit a nerve for me. Maybe it was the abscence of Bill Bailey for most of the last series, but it felt like it was more about Amstell's set pieces rather than the interplay between the team captains and the hosts.Anyway, BBC should a) glue Bailey to that captain's chair, and b) get some of the people who were guest team captains back on as guest hosts. Starting with Stephen Fry.
― snoball, Sunday, 26 April 2009 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Right, this thread will do.
New series started last night.
It was particularly poor. Mark Ronson chaired, PhillJupitus was somewhat phoned in, Noel Fielding had a mate on, um, it was dull.
― Mark G, Friday, 22 October 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
OK, last nights was a lot better. Managed to avoid the "I hear you have a new album out" moment...
― Mark G, Friday, 29 October 2010 08:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Has Phil Jupitus EVER been funny?
― Darren Huckerby (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 29 October 2010 09:04 (thirteen years ago) link
nu-uh
and apparently he didn't like amstell
― it's always random in wackydelphia (history mayne), Friday, 29 October 2010 09:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Bill Bailey back on this, or is there now absolutely no reason to watch?
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Friday, 29 October 2010 12:27 (thirteen years ago) link
NoelFielding.
― Mark G, Friday, 29 October 2010 12:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Howard Marks was on it. He was funny.
Catherine Tate was the presenter. Howard Marks was funny.
― Mark G, Friday, 29 October 2010 12:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Has Phil Jupitus EVER been funny?― Darren Huckerby (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 29 October 2010 09:04 (4 hours ago) Bookmark
― Darren Huckerby (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 29 October 2010 09:04 (4 hours ago) Bookmark
Hamburger salesman and embittered former 6music DJ Jupitus has never, ever been funny IMO.
― Neil S, Friday, 29 October 2010 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Show needs putting out of it's misery, really.
It looks like a bunch of people around a table with some old christmas crackers, and eventually one says "suppose we should, really" so everyone pulls them to get them out of the way...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
Cancelled after 28 series.
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:50 (eight years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2013/1/30/1359548634227/Churchills-funeral-proces-012.jpg
― gong mad (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 12:53 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qeXr0LR.jpg
― serene manish (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 13:01 (eight years ago) link
http://www.wallpapermaven.com/i/people/48/Weeping-Parisian-d.jpg
― gong mad (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 13:02 (eight years ago) link
There was one hosted by Bob Mortimer a year or two ago which stood out for being actually funny.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 13:04 (eight years ago) link