I thought last night's episode was very dodgy. Perhaps I'm over-sensitive but the lesbian storyline struck me as small-minded and homophobic with lesbianism just treated as a bloke's fetish.
I thought last night's episode was very dodgy. Perhaps I'm over-sensitive but the lesbian storyline struck me as small-minded and homophobic with lesbianism just treated as a bloke's fetish.
I caught this last night not having seen S1 or 2, and was quite taken by it.
It rather reminded me of 'Brass' (Timothy West et al); you really had to pay attention in that to spot some of the gags.Originally Posted by Andrew F
I loved this - mainly because I admire the quickfire gags, which is exactly the kind of comedy I like.
"Do you know what - I can't wait for it to be winter"
"Why ?"
"So's I can use your legs as a scarf".
It was a bit; did Lee think that by inviting those two women over they would perform for him? That said, it was also very funny. Loved the scene where he popped up from behind the sofa. Didn't they do a 'gay' story in the 2nd series with Lee pretending to be gay or something? And is it just me or does the other guy in the show look like Ralph Wiggum (the Simpsons) all grown up???
David Barry Gray, Scott Holroyd, Chris Messina, Danny O'Carroll, Sam Worthington
To me although not going out is short on depth it is the first sitcom that has made me laugh out loud on a regular basis since phoenix nights & to me thats all that matters, it does what it says on the tin. To me this is sitcom in its more traditional form as it used to be in the glory days of the 70's & 80's & there are very few good examples around at the moment. And you can see that lee Mack & his various co writers put an awful lot of effort into loading as many gags into a half hour as they can.
Dont get me wrong, sitcom is a many faceted beast & I also really enjoyed Lead Balloon, the office & peep show to name but three but to be honest ive got more laughs from 2 and a half seasons of this series than I did from all the others mentioned above put together.
Long may it continue.
I was surprised, as I'm not a Sinatra afficionado, that the title song is not by Frank nor is one of his songs. It's was especially composed a sung by a sound-a-like.
I think that's probably overstating it, though I can see where you're coming from - tonally, it was a little questionable in parts. The structure wasn't as slick as usual, either, though the jokes made up for it, I think.
" I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong... I don’t have to know an answer. I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell, possibly. It doesn’t frighten me."
-Richard Feynman
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The show has plenty of gags, some of them very good but as usual I couldn't crack a smile.
Personally, I think I'd prefer it if one of the two leads was an actor. Jerry Seinfeld and Roseanne Barr, for instance, were completely surrounded by trained actors in their shows and it worked a treat.
It all seems rather one dimensional as it is.
It needs Megan Dodds!
Does anyone have off-airs (VHS/DVD, not AVIs) of any series 1 and 2 episodes to check? Both are filmised on DVD (properly, with fake grain and harsh grading) and I vividly remember both as being studio-look on transmission.
The series 1 episodes close with interlaced credits over filmised footage which suggest my memory is cheating, but surely series 2 at least was aired videolook?
We're loving series three so far. Fellow fans of the Radio 2 show may have spotted Angela McHale making another guest appearance in ep 3 as Lola.
No, you're not alone-- very dubious and painful to watch. Not a fan, which is a shame as the series is usually gold.
It's a lot like playing the violin, you cannot start off and be Yehudi Menuhin.
Ron Mael on sex.
Oh God, no! I watched series 1 in spite of her annoying whiney voice. Much MUCH prefer Sally Bretton.
No, you're not alone-- very dubious and painful to watch. Not a fan, which is a shame as the series is usually gold.
Not sure how they could have written Lee any other way without making it too pc. The whole point was lesbians made Lee hot but became jealous when Lucy became briefly briefly bi-curious.
If Lee had been more Right On it would have not only been out of character but people would have accused it of being too 'BBC correct'.
Lee is always going to be a boor, true, but at least one of the other characters could have voiced a slightly more progressive view. Look at the lesbian episode of 30 Rock to see how intelligently and wittily that plot could have been handled.No, you're not alone-- very dubious and painful to watch. Not a fan, which is a shame as the series is usually gold.
Not sure how they could have written Lee any other way without making it too pc. The whole point was lesbians made Lee hot but became jealous when Lucy became briefly briefly bi-curious.
If Lee had been more Right On it would have not only been out of character but people would have accused it of being too 'BBC correct'.
They certainly were on BBC HD, as is series three. Although there have been other cases where the SD version is filmised and the HD is watchable
Steven
I don't think you're meant to agree with them though, and think them fine fellows, rather a couple of idiots like the pair in Men Behaving Badly. What could be more PC than that?No, you're not alone-- very dubious and painful to watch. Not a fan, which is a shame as the series is usually gold.
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