As a titchy little kid growing up on a diet of BBC comedy there was one thing that really annoyed me
which was its tendency to shoehorn in a comedy song into pretty much every programme it could. I don't know if it was a relic of music hall or some stipulation that entertainment shows had to have some sort of musical content, but every time the comedy stopped and the singing began I would groan and lose interest. There were occasional gems I remember but mostly they were utter shite and I always felt cheated by them. I do like musical comedy - South Park are usually spot on when they do it, for example - but it's a very difficult thing to get right and it's for this reason I'm going to nominate The Mighty Boosh, who in this department are just completely and utterly woeful.

I'll pick Flight of the Concords for runners-up. Tenacious D in third?
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Sat 1 Jan 2011, 23:59, 5 replies)

It does seem part of the formulae - uncomfortable to watch
(spleenspleenspleen coffeeflavouredsugarcoatednicotine, Sun 2 Jan 2011, 0:26, closed)

In the 80s
comedy programs had a pitiful budget compared to 'light entertainment', consequently the producers soon realised that by shoehorning a musical number into the show, they would then become eligible for a considerably higher Light Entertainment show budget. Hence Elaine Paige's weekly slot on the Two Ronnies and Madness (and others) on The Young Ones.

Edit: Or did you mean such as the two Ronnies, where they'd come on at the end dressed as dinner ladies or in a marching band? I used to like those songs, laced with enough innuendo to floor a rhino.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 2 Jan 2011, 0:44, closed)

The songs at the end is what I mean
Like I say, some of them are real gems, and I'd probably count a couple of the Ronnies' amongst them, but generally they were dross...I was kind of hoping they'd die out.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Sun 2 Jan 2011, 1:04, closed)

I'm trying my hardest not to criticise any particular type of music this week
but that Mitch Benn off the Now Show really is an ocean going, fully fitted cocksucker.
( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Sun 2 Jan 2011, 8:55, closed)

I agree
but would move flight of the concords to first. complete wank splash
(Clashrock is being stalked by his brother on, Thu 6 Jan 2011, 11:31, closed)