TheAuthority Posted June 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2023 5 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Definately. It is amazing who and what you come across in this industry that's for sure. You never struck me as much of a luvvie ’82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 49 minutes ago, TheAuthority said: You never struck me as much of a luvvie ’82 Neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 10 hours ago, foreveryoung said: Cancel culture ennit! Imagine a program talking about a office w*** now, probably have to be said by a women, just to even things up. Or comedy just moved on to different formats, just like the sitcom kinda died out. Or maybe you were being sarcastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 23 minutes ago, osmark86 said: Or comedy just moved on to different formats, just like the sitcom kinda died out. Or maybe you were being sarcastic? I'm being sarcastic yes, but has it moved on? Like people have said those kind of comedy's have died and have not been replaced, the way things are going, any decent comedy will be a thing of the past, it's not far off now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 34 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: I'm being sarcastic yes, but has it moved on? Like people have said those kind of comedy's have died and have not been replaced, the way things are going, any decent comedy will be a thing of the past, it's not far off now. Moved on in the sense that it's not the primary popular format yes I guess. I agree though that we're not exactly living in the golden ages of comedy XD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 12 hours ago, Genie said: Whatever happened to those kind of sketch shows? There was loads of them in the 90’s. Big Train, Smack the Pony, Man Stroke Woman. Even stuff like Hale & Pace and Smith & Jones. Now nothing. It’s a shame. *sharp intake of breath* The sketch show has declined as a format because even the best ones were roughly in the 60% shite to 40% good sketch ratio, and the "good" tends to be so interwoven to it's zeitgeist that watching them back quickly devolves into diminishing returns if you weren't "there at the time", so to speak. And I say that as a someone who loved Big Train, Man Stroke Woman, Bruiser etc. My biggest complaint about Game Of Thrones - more so than the final season, even - is that Ben Crompton from MSW turned up in the Night's Watch and not once did his character turn to someone and remark "you said there'd be girls here". 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 56 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: the way things are going, any decent comedy will be a thing of the past, it's not far off now. Big "modern music is rubbish" energy there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I dont think its the content, I think Sketch comedy has fallen out of favour, tastes change but its not neccessarily the message thats the issue. **** panel shows are what passes for comedy now, but there are also a lot of fantastic sit coms. Perhaps, broadly, with the advent of so many streaming services, comedy is getting diluted. Occassionally something good happens but you have to search around for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I dont think its the content, I think Sketch comedy has fallen out of favour, tastes change but its not neccessarily the message thats the issue. **** panel shows are what passes for comedy now, but there are also a lot of fantastic sit coms. Perhaps, broadly, with the advent of so many streaming services, comedy is getting diluted. Occassionally something good happens but you have to search around for it. I’d have thought with the success of shorts/reels/tiktok’s that the comedy sketch shows could make a resurgence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, Genie said: I’d have thought with the success of shorts/reels/tiktok’s that the comedy sketch shows could make a resurgence. I completely agree, I watch a lot and its all character driven in short bitesize chunks. I could see a terestrial channel working with someone like Munya Chawawa or in particular Adrian Bliss, they are excellent and would work well in a traditional sketch show format. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: I dont think its the content, I think Sketch comedy has fallen out of favour, tastes change but its not neccessarily the message thats the issue. **** panel shows are what passes for comedy now, but there are also a lot of fantastic sit coms. Perhaps, broadly, with the advent of so many streaming services, comedy is getting diluted. Occassionally something good happens but you have to search around for it. I am so utterly bored of panel shows. So so many of them and all much of a muchness. They all look for a twist but ultimately its all a set up for comedians to deliver their previous punchlines. I'd love a new sketch show or decent sitcom Edited June 15, 2023 by sidcow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 12 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Definitely. It is amazing who and what you come across in this industry that's for sure. 12 hours later and no Kenneth ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2023 1 hour ago, GarethRDR said: The sketch show has declined as a format because even the best ones were roughly in the 60% shite to 40% good sketch ratio, and the "good" tends to be so interwoven to it's zeitgeist that watching them back quickly devolves into diminishing returns if you weren't "there at the time", so to speak. I agree. I'm very much of the Monty Python generation, and for all the fact that I was a huge fan at the time, that 60/40 ratio holds true. And it hasn't aged well (but then very little comedy does). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2023 2 hours ago, GarethRDR said: The sketch show has declined as a format because even the best ones were roughly in the 60% shite to 40% good sketch ratio 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Ive heard of odd pairing couples but bill murray and kelis. Wow thats a wierd one he must like milkshakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post osmark86 Posted June 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 14/06/2023 at 15:58, osmark86 said: So I've been waiting all day for a mortgage commitment because the wife & I have finally found the perfect apartment for us after looking for over a year. I am so bloody nervous and can't concentrate. It's taking extra long time because of student celebrations and staff being off etc and she works at a bank so it's from the bank's own internal bank (hence the process is a tad slower). I got like permanent butterflies in my stomach because I really, really just want this to cross the line and not have some left field bid come in and take this opportunity away from us. Gaaaaah help me calm down VT, I beg thee! We won it and have signed the contract! I never w**nked to reign in the nerves despite the solid advice from @TheAuthority but thanks for listening to my rambles you who did lol. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted June 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2023 Congratulations @osmark86 Time for a celebratory polish of the rocket. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted June 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2023 Re sitcoms, I think the production companies have realised that it's easier and cheaper to do a panel show, with the same financial return. Why bother with sets, scripts, rehearsals etc when you can just plonk some funny people in a studio, film the results and cash in? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 17 minutes ago, osmark86 said: I never w**nked to reign in the nerves 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2023 32 minutes ago, osmark86 said: I never w**nked to reign in the nerves despite the solid advice from @TheAuthority *Rein* Sorry, but it's expected of me by now. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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