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# Having forced myself to watch a few episodes in order to get a measure of it, here's my indepth critique of the knew comedy phenomenon sweeping the nation:

let me know if I missed any of the deeper subtleties...
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:22, archived)
# i haven't watched any of it
mainly because i can't fucking stand either of them
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:23, archived)
# ^this
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:28, archived)
# Clicked!
Ha!
(FunOnABun Smears lard on you!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:30, archived)
# This, very much so.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:31, archived)
# Seen the trailers for Lesbian Vampire Killers?
Looks bad.

Really bad.

And not a good kind of bad.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:40, archived)
# nope
although i have seen the trailer for 'FAQ about time travel'
which looks like a telly comedy on film, but that might actually be OK
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:42, archived)
# You wanna see a bad film?
Watch "zombie lake" its bloody awful! lol
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:42, archived)
# Watch this then
2nd video - best sword fight ever
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:46, archived)
# Hahahaha
Fucking beats the swordfight the shitty star wars robot did.
(Jeru War and Piss, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:49, archived)
# laughing too hard to type (LTHTT?)
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:53, archived)
# :D
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:55, archived)
# Or any of the porn b-stars actually ever in the same shot as the 'robots'?
It all looks like it's been edited together from 3 different 'movies' with flashcuts hoping to convince us all it's a new one.

I kinda wanna see it...
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 23:24, archived)
# at what point did "comdey" become unfunny?
maybe my understanding of what actually makes you laugh has changed?
for example "the office" was shit... won awards? why? who cares!
+ that ^^^
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:24, archived)
# it's ironic
or something
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:26, archived)
# there is no 10,000 spoons
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:27, archived)
# Why do I imagine
the bhuddist monk kid from The Matrix saying that?
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:33, archived)
# I am offically off my tits
AND BARELY CVAPABLE oFOF tyoopin g


hahah haaaaaa
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:36, archived)
# yay!
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:44, archived)
# why would anyone have 10,000 spoons?
oh and
www.b3ta.com/links/SKATING_ROBOT :o
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:36, archived)
# hahaha how damn cute is that!
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:45, archived)
# I love the fact they've given it roller skates too! :D
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:46, archived)
# No
it's just shit
(asciifaceofbob bob bob bob bob bob bob bob, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:28, archived)
# It's BBC3 comedy
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:41, archived)
# "Smoking Room" for ever!
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:44, archived)
# ^ this.
and worse, when something funny comes out, the second series is rubbish (a la Mitchell and Webb). Please, God, let them make a good second series of Lab Rats.
It's disturbingly close to some of the things that do happen in a lab...
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:27, archived)
# Lab Rats?
I watched the first few episodes but I thought it was shite.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:30, archived)
# I quite liked the few Lab Rats I saw.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:30, archived)
# Did you see the 'government facility' episode.
I had flashbacks of my time at ISIS...
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:32, archived)
# It was terrible.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:51, archived)
# I've worked
in a lab, and I can safely say that Lab Rats was a big pile of shite. The phdcomics site is much better, but far too close to the bone.
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# Lab Rats was excellent
on the subject of comedy series, I dearly wish HBO would have given Lucky Louie a 2nd series, fuck me that was a funny show - *every* episode had me in stitches
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:31, archived)
# This fucking hard^^^^
Jim Norton is fucking hilarious :D
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:32, archived)
# Wow, I just watched 30 seconds of that and it looks really dull
like "Everyone Loves Raymond" or one of those other dull US 'comedies'.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:42, archived)
# Are you serious?
YOu clearly didn't watch much of it if you are comparing it to ELR:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOHs_5HQLaA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvXTHCYsJyE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bGWXOKVBW0
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:45, archived)
# the intro where he can't get to sleep because he's paranoid he's going to die one day is priceless
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:50, archived)
# Hells yeah!
The whole thing was fucking ace! But it was never gonna succeed in America, far too controversial.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:53, archived)
# hahaha I've never seen that before
the bumsex was funny
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:57, archived)
# Download it all.
It was only like 7 episodes in the end. Well worth a view though.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:59, archived)
# 13 eps
the last one wasn't aired but was put on the DVD
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Fri 27 Mar 2009, 23:06, archived)
# will do!
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 23:06, archived)
# you judged it on watching 30 seconds?
that's retarded
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:47, archived)
# haha - you've become addicted to Wispa's what? :)
And yes, I realise it would be stupid to judge an entire show by a 30 second clip, I just meant that was my initial impression, that's all...
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:58, archived)
# poo poo head!
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 23:10, archived)
# I liked lab rats
it was ace. Horne and wank is crap
(I helped save b3ta! crazyjude is very happy with happytoast and his skill, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:31, archived)
# With you on M&W
First season : Good stuff. "Are we the baddies?"
Second season : Let's swear a lot and be offensive and a bit sick-inducing. Maybe it'll cover the lack of jokes.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:42, archived)
# Lab Rats was utter fucking shit.
It seemed to have been written by a GCSE drama student.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:48, archived)
# Nah, they've got it down to a T.
where the hell does that saying come from?
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:52, archived)
# I didn't know, so I looked it up once.
That was years ago and I've forgotten it now, though.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 23:00, archived)
# You meant 'comedey' sureley!?
Spotted n corrected now anyhoo...

I think basically as this type of comedy tends to be directed at the 16-29 crowd it just SEEMS to get more and more infantile as you get older.

Which it is...
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:28, archived)
# the day Bill Hicks died
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:29, archived)
# I think that is a bit harsh.
There are some fucking brilliant comedians around at the moment. Frankie Boyle, Chris Rock, Dara O'Briain. Not to mention the likes of Bill Bailey and Eddie Izzard who are still going strong.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:32, archived)
# Oh yes.
Frankie Boyle is awesome. What sort of a childhood must he have had? I miss Mock The Week.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:34, archived)
# Oh, and on the subject of Chris Rock....
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:35, archived)
# He's alright, he just needs more material.
He recycles a lot of his stuff.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:35, archived)
# You just
watch Dave far too much. In your pants.
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# ok ok
the people on Mock The Week are generally very funny, apart from some of the guest 'contestants'

Frankie Boyle slagging off Kerry Katona at every possible chance is great to watch
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:34, archived)
# All of this
(I helped save b3ta! Koba http://sexycooladventures.blogspot.com/, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:38, archived)
# Have you seen Frankie boyles video?
basically he picks on people and turns them into a joke... not exactly comedy is it? "hey you're a big fat bloke" - "ha ha ha" ...no Frankie thats just sad... tell some jokes
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:38, archived)
# You clearly haven't watched his live DVD.
;)
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:43, archived)
# thats the one i was talking about...
made me laugh about twice in 3 hours of drivell (or however long it was - felt like 3 hours...)
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:47, archived)
# Really?
I personally fucking loved it but hey :)
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:51, archived)
# are you the guy who sits front center in comedy gigs with a big >:( face
and shouts GO ON THEN MAKE ME LAUGH FUNNY MAN
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:54, archived)
# no...
actual comedy - like telling jokes make me laugh... pulling the piss out of the audience is armature at best
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:57, archived)
# haha, armature.
piss taking is a staple for certain types of comedy. "telling jokes" is probably the type of comedy i like the least, next to puns :(

except for when someone like bill bailey takes a classic joke and subverts it to actually make it funny
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 23:00, archived)
# *Joins in not liking popular culture to seem cool*
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:29, archived)
# why don't YOU be a comedian then if you're such a master of comedy D:<
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:44, archived)
# You forgot
Lol famous film scene
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:24, archived)
# I laughed twice,
once at the knob op joke, and once at the line 'nobody knows why all men do it but they do' drawing knobs joke.

My kinda level apparently...
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:31, archived)
# LOL!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:24, archived)
# Pfffft it's funny cos it's true
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:26, archived)
# It really is fucking awful
I cant claim to be an expert on either of their careers because I have never watched Gavin and Stacey but I wish whoever decided that they were the new faces of british comedy would kindly lie down infront of a precession of cars
(I helped save b3ta! Koba http://sexycooladventures.blogspot.com/, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:29, archived)
# I dont watch tv
but i am watching The World at War on dvd which isnt a comedy I dont think
(I helped save b3ta! boff FL OZ, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:31, archived)
# What you talking about?
I pissed myself at the ending....
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:47, archived)
# I havnt got there yet
dont tell me what happens

I reckon old Hirohito falls for Stalin and they make babies.
(I helped save b3ta! boff FL OZ, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:48, archived)
# Ha ha!
He's upside-fucking-down, hanging from a garage forecourt, the fucker!

ah, the good old days.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:50, archived)
# YES
(hieronymus bosch pcmechanic 4ver in ar harts, goodnite sweet angle, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:34, archived)
# hahaha, spot on
Not watched any, but the trailers for it all seem to say one thing, fat and gay
(I helped save b3ta! Duke Otterby you pre-verts, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:36, archived)
# That really does seem to be it,
I kept waiting for the promised comedy genius but all they kept doing was getting the fat guys clothes off and the skinny guy doing camp.

I've not seen such clever innovation since the 1970s...
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:44, archived)
# the fat one probably does have some good stuff, but he needs to go it alone
The skinny one is only doing more tv because he was in the same show as the unfunny ginger bint

I also so hope that little howard gets a second series
(I helped save b3ta! Duke Otterby you pre-verts, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:49, archived)
# I've seen them both being interviewed seperately, the fat guy seems cool actually, very amusing and self depreciative,
the skinny dude seems to be a wannabe coked up rock star who thinks he's god on a stick.

I have no idea which is which but as the skinny dude is so up his own arse I'll bet money he's the first one in the billing.

*edit* and Little Howard pisses all over either of them!
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:58, archived)
# See also
Julian Barrat and Noel Fielding.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 23:01, archived)
# i always get those two mixed up
i guess i just associate the name "noel" with bearded men.
(I helped save b3ta! ms morbo lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, Sat 28 Mar 2009, 0:22, archived)
# lolwut?
not gay
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Fri 27 Mar 2009, 22:47, archived)
# Entirely accurate
you missed nothing
(I helped save b3ta! Shlvng, Sat 28 Mar 2009, 13:16, archived)