tongue_tied_danny Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, Tony Ferrino said: Someone needs to start a thread called “Two town names”. Keith Flint 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Keith Flint Probably won’t be a long thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 48 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: This is the very thread for saying such things. I knew it was to challenge a P&B orthodoxy, but it is a decent comedy. Not an all-time great obviously, but amusing enough. I don't think the upper class English woman thing plays well with lots of Scottish blokes. It must be difficult to defend Miranda Hart as a victim of class/nationality-based discrimination when she's also possibly the least amusing comedian to hit TVs in the twenty-first century. You may well be right, but how would you know? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Just now, Tynierose said: I'm sorry but Sarah Millican is even worse. Assuming that Millican has never made you even crack a smile, that implies that Miranda Hart has made you smile at least once. Minter. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 32 minutes ago, Tony Ferrino said: Someone needs to start a thread called “Two town names”. Derry Irvine Yes, big team found etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: It must be difficult to defend Miranda Hart as a victim of class/nationality-based discrimination when she's also possibly the least amusing comedian to hit TVs in the twenty-first century. You may well be right, but how would you know? Nah, she's gently amusing in that British tradition of silly comedy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Nah, she's gently amusing in that British tradition of silly comedy. I get a bit bored of comedians whose main schtick is "how fat am I!" like Jo Brand or "how tall and awkward am I!" like Miranda Hart, but once they get past that they can both be funny, so basically I agree with you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: I get a bit bored of comedians whose main schtick is "how fat am I!" like Jo Brand or "how tall and awkward am I!" like Miranda Hart, but once they get past that they can both be funny, so basically I agree with you. I agree regarding Jo Brand. Dawn French used to rely far too much on the same thing. Miranda goes beyond that though. Her sitcom has some good lines in it and its knowing stupidity has a certain appeal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 18 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Nah, she's gently amusing in that British tradition of silly comedy. All that time on the Rangers threads has done terrible things to you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Genuinely losing respect for a man named after an Alan Partridge joke here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I don't believe anyone in their right mind would find Miranda even slightly amusing, this must be an attempt at trolling. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Genuinely losing respect for a man named after an Alan Partridge joke here. Not mutually exclusive. Ach, you never had any respect for me anyway. I knew Miranda was widely hated on here, which is partly why I piped up on this thread about her. I'm not entirely sure why she's so universally loathed though. Any thoughts, beyond just baldly stating that she's crap? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FemdomFilmFan Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, Empty It said: I don't believe anyone in their right mind would find Miranda even slightly amusing, this must be an attempt at trolling. That kind of logic never ceases to amaze, and annoy, me. 1. This is the unpopular opinions thread. 2. Your opinion isn't objective fact. Neither is his. If he likes something you don't, just grow up and deal with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: I knew Miranda was widely hated on here, which is partly why I piped up on this thread about her. I'm not entirely sure why she's so universally loathed though. Any thoughts, beyond just baldly stating that she's crap? As previously mentioned, she's never once made me even crack a smile. That's pretty much all I'm looking for from these people. I'm rating her show below Mrs Brown's Boys as I seem to remember liking Brendan O'Carroll on an episode of QI. I've never seen Citizen Khan. Somebody's going to white-knight Mrs Brown's Boys now, aren't they. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 minute ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: As previously mentioned, she's never once made me even crack a smile. That's pretty much all I'm looking for from these people. I'm rating her show below Mrs Brown's Boys as I seem to remember liking Brendan O'Carroll on an episode of QI. I've never seen Citizen Khan. Somebody's going to white-knight Mrs Brown's Boys now, aren't they. Mrs Brown's Boys is absolutely appalling. A dreadful programme, utterly devoid of wit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 10 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Not mutually exclusive. Ach, you never had any respect for me anyway. I knew Miranda was widely hated on here, which is partly why I piped up on this thread about her. I'm not entirely sure why she's so universally loathed though. Any thoughts, beyond just baldly stating that she's crap? There's something inherently patronising about a lot of the sitcoms put out by the BBC over the past decade. Miranda, Not Going Out, Citizen Khan, Mrs. Brown's Boys, they all seem to be aimed at the lowest common denominator but in a deliberate rather than a knowing way, as if they're being made by people that think they're above the audience they're making it for but aren't admitting it. Plus she's weird looking and has an awful voice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Just now, Miguel Sanchez said: There's something inherently patronising about a lot of the sitcoms put out by the BBC over the past decade. Miranda, Not Going Out, Citizen Khan, Mrs. Brown's Boys, they all seem to be aimed at the lowest common denominator but in a deliberate rather than a knowing way, as if they're being made by people that think they're above the audience they're making it for but aren't admitting it. Plus she's weird looking and has an awful voice. Nothing wrong with Citizen Khan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: There's something inherently patronising about a lot of the sitcoms put out by the BBC over the past decade. Miranda, Not Going Out, Citizen Khan, Mrs. Brown's Boys, they all seem to be aimed at the lowest common denominator but in a deliberate rather than a knowing way, as if they're being made by people that think they're above the audience they're making it for but aren't admitting it. Plus she's weird looking and has an awful voice. A strange bracketing together of sitcoms. Not Going Out is quite sharp. There's nothing LCD about it and its appeal. It's nowhere near Mrs Brown's Boys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Not Going Out is also awful, but slightly more bearable. What I find mystifying is that it's written by Lee Mack, who I'm a fan of elsewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: Not Going Out is also awful, but slightly more bearable. What I find mystifying is that it's written by Lee Mack, who I'm a fan of elsewhere. I like him too. 'Not Going Out' is a good vehicle for him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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