bickster Posted February 25, 2018 Moderator Share Posted February 25, 2018 10 hours ago, Seat68 said: Morecambe and Wise Show Ernie Wise, see Ronnie Corbett. Talentless gimp next to a comedic genius 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 40 minutes ago, turvontour said: Anyone come across Barry Welsh? Fishguard, Coracle, Animal Rescue Squad etc. and to those outside of Wales probably only known as Siadwell, the poet off Naked Video Apart from narrating Peppa Pig of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: and to those outside of Wales probably only known as Siadwell, the poet off Naked Video Apart from narrating Peppa Pig of course Ah, John Sparkes. Siadwell was far and away the best bit of Naked Video. Never would have twigged that he was the narrator of Peppa Pig. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) 13 minutes ago, bickster said: Ernie Wise, see Ronnie Corbett. Talentless gimp next to a comedic genius Talentless gimp. Jeez. I get eric was a talent bit Ernie talentless is far wide of the mark. Edited February 25, 2018 by Seat68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 25, 2018 Moderator Share Posted February 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Ah, John Sparkes. Siadwell was far and away the best bit of Naked Video. Never would have twigged that he was the narrator of Peppa Pig. In Fireman Sam too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 15 minutes ago, bickster said: Ernie Wise, see Ronnie Corbett. Talentless gimp next to a comedic genius I thought that was the whole idea of the straight man/funny man thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25, 2018 I agree that Ronnie Barker didn't need Corbett. But I'm not sure that Eric Morecambe would ever have succeeded as a solo (or even with another good comic). Ernie's 'little idiot' act was kind of what made it work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted February 25, 2018 Moderator Share Posted February 25, 2018 9 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I agree that Ronnie Barker didn't need Corbett. But I'm not sure that Eric Morecambe would ever have succeeded as a solo (or even with another good comic). Ernie's 'little idiot' act was kind of what made it work. I hated both Wise and Corbett, probably quite irrationally because as @sharkyvillasays it was how the straight man funny man thing worked but Eric Morecambe was funny in his own right without Little Ern. Ernie Wise was little more than a canned laughter machine at times. lots of people could have done what he did imo, maybe Wise wasn't as bad as Corbett but he still irritated me, not as much as the Ronnie Corbett monologue though, that just made me leave the room until it was over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Green Wing, forgot about that, Mark Heap is **** hilarious in that, as he is in that new show Upstart Crow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25, 2018 12 minutes ago, bickster said: I hated both Wise and Corbett, probably quite irrationally because as @sharkyvillasays it was how the straight man funny man thing worked but Eric Morecambe was funny in his own right without Little Ern. Ernie Wise was little more than a canned laughter machine at times. lots of people could have done what he did imo, maybe Wise wasn't as bad as Corbett but he still irritated me, not as much as the Ronnie Corbett monologue though, that just made me leave the room until it was over I was the same. I remember watching it once... well, I say watching, I mean 'having it inflicted on me at my mother's house'. My mother. My mother. She was the sort of person who thought that laughter was the best medicine. So it's just as well she never contracted malaria. Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, Ronnie Corbett, ha ha, yes. Well, he'd sit in that chair, every Sunday night my favourite time of the week, by the way. Especially in August, when it was time for my bath. I always had a bath, once a year, whether I needed it or not. Thanks to Ted Ray for that joke, by the way. Ted Ray, yes, probably the funniest comedian in Fulham. If you don't count Mohamed El-Fayed. Anyway, ha ha, yes, the Ronnie Corbett monologue - have you ever thought about that word 'monologue', by the way? Monologue. Mon oh log. Sort of like a stereo log, but only in one channel. A bit like BBC 1 (cont. p. 94...) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 25, 2018 Moderator Share Posted February 25, 2018 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: I was the same. I remember watching it once... well, I say watching, I mean 'having it inflicted on me at my mother's house'. My mother. My mother. She was the sort of person who thought that laughter was the best medicine. So it's just as well she never contracted malaria. Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, Ronnie Corbett, ha ha, yes. Well, he'd sit in that chair, every Sunday night my favourite time of the week, by the way. Especially in August, when it was time for my bath. I always had a bath, once a year, whether I needed it or not. Thanks to Ted Ray for that joke, by the way. Ted Ray, yes, probably the funniest comedian in Fulham. If you don't count Mohamed El-Fayed. Anyway, ha ha, yes, the Ronnie Corbett monologue - have you ever thought about that word 'monologue', by the way? Monologue. Mon oh log. Sort of like a stereo log, but only in one channel. A bit like BBC 1 (cont. p. 94...) yep thats the gist of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Forgot to mention Friday Night Dinner which is brilliant and also has Mark Heap in a cracking role. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I can't be having Gervais getting credit for The Office, it was blatant plagiarism from The Day Today It also seems like Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are not getting the credit they deserve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted February 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Well if I get @bickster or @mjmooney in the VT secret Santa this year, I know what I’ll be getting them, no question. Edited February 25, 2018 by Shropshire Lad 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Brass Eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 1 hour ago, rjw63 said: Green Wing, forgot about that, Mark Heap is **** hilarious in that, as he is in that new show Upstart Crow. Not seen Upstart Crow but after a couple of mentions here I'll track it down for a gander. Same with Big Train. Mark Heap though. Spaced, Green Wing, Friday Night Dinner, Brass Eye, Stressed Eric - quite the CV really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Growing up I absolutely lived Red dwarf, some of the episodes were superb. However, I’m not a fan of the newer series’ and I’m not sure the originals have aged well. Blckadder (outside of the first series) is brilliant. Inbetweeners is brilliant childish humour. Gavin and Stacey (only time I can put up with corden) is great. Great shout before about Green wing. Loved Harry enfield and Chums and The fast show. Detectives and Thin Blue Line were good at the time. Of course Only Fools was superb but they dragged it out for too long. Watched a few episodes of phone shop and that’s got some good moments in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Oooooh, just remembered.. Operation Good guys. Absolutely brilliant. Proper fooled me upon first viewing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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