DAFC Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Watched the pilot episode last night. I thought it was a bit slow apart from one or two lol moments. Think it has potential though and I like Matt Berry and Skinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audaces Fortuna Juvat Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Sorry, I thought it was cringeworthy pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Dreadful. Stopped watching half way through. Maybe it's because I was never a big fan of Shooting Stars, but I knew from the start when Vic was wearing a metal gauntlet for no apparent reason it was going to be woeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Reeves & Mortimer are diabolical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I enjoyed it. And Matt Berry is just brilliant in anything, I'll keep watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hutchwright Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 It was a bit of an irritating mess, downright dreadful in parts, and yet it made me laugh a fair few times. I simply don't know what to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 It was a bit of an irritating mess, downright dreadful in parts, and yet it made me laugh a fair few times. I simply don't know what to think. It's easy to pick holes in this type of programme. If it made you laugh a fair few times, then it's no bad thing eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hutchwright Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 It's easy to pick holes in this type of programme. If it made you laugh a fair few times, then it's no bad thing eh? Aye, for all it's faults I still found parts of it far funnier than the majority of recent British comedy offerings I've seen, which I guess is the main thing. It's just that the bits I didn't like were really bad. It was bit of curate's egg all told. There was so much going on though that, even when a scene fell flat, something would come along soon after which would tickle me at least a wee bit. The overwhelming silliness of it all was both endearing and annoying in pretty much equal measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I thought the first half was very poor, and the canned/studio laughter at nothing jokes irritating, but then it just seemed to click, and the second half was fucking brilliant, reeves and Mortimer at their very best. was killing myself laughing by the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 7/10 would watch again I actually liked the song thing too for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 The incomparable Matt Berry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5FMhdfsaW4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Vic and Bob? I'll swerve that, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddy Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 It was very Mid 90's... But then I loved each V&B show from Big night out to Bang Bang. This was about as puerile as it gets but it just worked for me. It's been series linked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Aye, for all it's faults I still found parts of it far funnier than the majority of recent British comedy offerings I've seen, which I guess is the main thing. It's just that the bits I didn't like were really bad. It was bit of curate's egg all told. There was so much going on though that, even when a scene fell flat, something would come along soon after which would tickle me at least a wee bit. The overwhelming silliness of it all was both endearing and annoying in pretty much equal measure. Thats pretty much my take too, I'm not really a sitcom kind of a cat but I'm a big V & B fan so probably more generous towards it. First episodes of a series can sometimes be a bit hit and miss because theres a bit of scene setting going on but overall, I did laugh a few times so 'its a yes from me'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Ach, it was clearly edited in about 5 minutes and very rough around the edges, but I was in a kink of laughter on more than one occasion so I will be watching again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 "Arse like the back end of a Fiat 500" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I don't even know what to think after watching that. I laughed, but I can't figure out if it was because it was funny or if it was because the show is so stupid that it shouldn't have even been commissioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I don't even know what to think after watching that. I laughed, but I can't figure out if it was because it was funny or if it was because the show is so stupid that it shouldn't have even been commissioned. Again, overanalysing, imo. It wasn't meant to be a deep social commentary. Neither will it win any awards. It is what it is, half an hour of daftness, and if you take it as that, I reckon you'll enjoy it. I can't wait for episode 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_K_97 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 It's the best sitcom offering the BBC have commissioned for a while - but then it wouldn't be hard for it to be that, given how poor their offerings have been of late. I did find it incredibly silly - and if one particular joke fell flat then another would come along in a few seconds and make you forget about the duff one. Matt Berry was excellent, I loved his "woodpecker?" line. I also fancy Morgana a bit, so her being in it helped. In short, I liked it a lot and I'll be watching it again next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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