Guest leith_red Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 The office was pish. Gervais is as funny as an STD. Agreed. The US Office on the other hand :clap: Quote
El Padre™ Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 Agreed. The US Office on the other hand :clap: Disagree, the US Office is completely dumbed down for the US audience. It's like the Office for retards. I'm sure you're not a retard though. Quote
RDU_64 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 The Office wasn't funny IMO but Extras and Gervais's standups such as Politics and Animals were brilliant IMO. Not seen enough of 'An Idiot Abroad'. Quote
dave_min Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 Thought Office UK was excellent (Xmas special in particular) but everything else he has done is shite. Quote
El Padre™ Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 Extras series 2 was really good, not quite up there with the office though. Asides from his first two stand up shows he's not quite hit the heights again. Quote
Ptayles Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 The Office wasn't funny IMO but Extras and Gervais's standups such as Politics and Animals were brilliant IMO. Not seen enough of 'An Idiot Abroad'. An Idiot Abroad was some of the best TV ive seen...Was bloody hilarious Quote
RDU_64 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 Extras series 2 was really good, not quite up there with the office though. Asides from his first two stand up shows he's not quite hit the heights again. I'll agree with you on the latter point. 'Fame' was a major letdown. Quote
Kowalski Posted March 11, 2011 Report Posted March 11, 2011 The Office (UK): Best Sitcom of the last 20 years IMHO The Office (US): Quite good but dumbed down a bit Extras: Brilliant, especially the second series Idiot Abroad: Very good Gervais stand-up: From what I've seen he should stick to being a writer Quote
Kowalski Posted April 2, 2011 Report Posted April 2, 2011 It goes without saying but I wouldn't recommend Jason Manford. I got dragged along last night to help out a friend who had a spare ticket. As expected he was very mainstream and not particularly funny IMHO. Fair play to him though, he was on stage for nearly 3 hours! Puts Frankie Boyle's 1 hour set to shame! Quote
tom_widdows Posted April 2, 2011 Report Posted April 2, 2011 It goes without saying but I wouldn't recommend Jason Manford. I got dragged along last night to help out a friend who had a spare ticket. As expected he was very mainstream and not particularly funny IMHO. Fair play to him though, he was on stage for nearly 3 hours! Puts Frankie Boyle's 1 hour set to shame! 3hrs not a bit too much? Still better than Phil Kay's 35minute set I paid £15 a ticket for back in 1998 (yes 35minutes of which almost 10mins was spent running around the stage going on about how much room he had) Quote
glasgow sheep Posted April 5, 2011 Report Posted April 5, 2011 Mark Thomas tonight at the Citizen's Quote
tlg1903 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Posted April 5, 2011 Always liked him, was it a good gig gs? Quote
El Padre™ Posted April 5, 2011 Report Posted April 5, 2011 Always liked him, was it a good gig gs? Very good, but intense. I'd always recommend going to see him if you can get the chance. Quote
Reekie_Red Posted April 6, 2011 Report Posted April 6, 2011 3hrs not a bit too much? Still better than Phil Kay's 35minute set I paid £15 a ticket for back in 1998 (yes 35minutes of which almost 10mins was spent running around the stage going on about how much room he had) I went to see Phil Kay as part of the Edinburgh Festival about 10 years ago. He was mildly funny, but again his gig was less than an hour long. He had a couple of funny gags about Burntisland being named after a community bbq one Sunday. A couple of jokes about the train from Edinburgh to Glasgow .... "who would live in Linlithgow?!". He then used a side-speaker to climb up to the balcony and steal an alcopop from someone in the crowd. Think he kind of ran out of jokes though, hence why he probably finished up early. Worst comedy gig I've ever been to, though, was Charlie Chuck (aka Uncle Peter from Reeves&Mortimer) at the Lemon Tree about 16 years ago. He was atrocious. He arrived on stage in character and was brilliant. But within 20 minutes, he had slipped out of character and was just telling stories of his childhood ... not even jokes, just general stories from his childhood! Quote
Guest leith_red Posted April 12, 2011 Report Posted April 12, 2011 Any selling tickets to see Peter Kay in Glasgow on Sunday night? Sister & Brother-in-law were supposed to be going, but have been scammed for tickets. Quote
dave_min Posted April 12, 2011 Report Posted April 12, 2011 Any selling tickets to see Peter Kay in Glasgow on Sunday night? Sister & Brother-in-law were supposed to be going, but have been scammed for tickets. There's some returns on TicketSoup Quote
dave_min Posted April 12, 2011 Report Posted April 12, 2011 Any selling tickets to see Peter Kay in Glasgow on Sunday night? Sister & Brother-in-law were supposed to be going, but have been scammed for tickets. OF COURSE THEY'VE BEEN SCAMMED, HE'S SHITE Quote
Guest leith_red Posted April 12, 2011 Report Posted April 12, 2011 OF COURSE THEY'VE BEEN SCAMMED, HE'S SHITE Yeah, I know. I've been telling them that since they bought thier tickets. Quote
Snapper Posted April 18, 2011 Report Posted April 18, 2011 OF COURSE THEY'VE BEEN SCAMMED, HE'S SHITE Can definitely vouch for this, went to see him at the SECC at the weekend and fuck me he was poor. 1st half was embarrassing, audience shouting out the punchlines etc, went off for a 40 minute interval after being on stage for 35 minutes drivelling on about going to the dentist repeating "what's all that about?". Second half was just a re-hash of his old stuff that we've all seen before, before a 'finale' of him playing air guitar with a shovel to Queen's we are the champions. As he would say "what the fuck's all that about?" Woeful stuff and a bloody rip-off at £35 a ticket. Quote
Kowalski Posted September 2, 2011 Report Posted September 2, 2011 Micky Flanagan? 'Micky' - should have known. Yeah that's him. Got tickets to see him in London next month. I think he'll be good! Quote
manc_don Posted September 3, 2011 Report Posted September 3, 2011 Got tickets to see him in London next month. I think he'll be good! Very funny guy and a genuine cockney. Quote
tom_widdows Posted September 3, 2011 Report Posted September 3, 2011 Got tickets to see him in London next month. I think he'll be good! So long as the gig has nothing to do with a BBC program or being recorded for a DVD then yes. Quote
Madbadteacher Posted September 3, 2011 Report Posted September 3, 2011 Best comedian I've seen recently? The fucking lawyer supposedly "handling" my immigration application! Quote
tom_widdows Posted September 3, 2011 Report Posted September 3, 2011 Best comedian I've seen recently? The fucking lawyer supposedly "handling" my immigration application! Did you move somewhere? Quote
Madbadteacher Posted September 3, 2011 Report Posted September 3, 2011 Yeah, from the Highlands to Aberdeen! Quote
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