Peep Show

[dlx1]

Are trying to be like Nick Frost & Simon Pegg, Hit show then the movie.
But Frost & Pegg pulled it off.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Are trying to be like Nick Frost & Simon Pegg, Hit show then the movie.
But Frost & Pegg pulled it off.

Yeah then fucked it up with Hot Fuzz....

 

[funkster]

I read in The Times suppliment the other weekend that series 5 has already been commissioned.

I think this is the best comedy on TV. The last two episodes of series 4 were absolutely hilarious. Pissing himself in church!

 

[ChrisFilter]

Yeah then fucked it up with Hot Fuzz....

It wasn't great, not compared to Shaun of the Dead, but most people loved it. I don't think saying they fucked it up is anywhere near the mark.. you're just bitter because it sucked

 

[Orang Utan]

Why is the 'pissing in church' so funny that two people have mentioned it? It's not the funniest scene episode by all means

 

[funkster]

Why is the 'pissing in church' so funny that two people have mentioned it? It's not the funniest scene episode by all means

For me it wasn't the fact he was pissing in church that was so funny, but the whole run up to it and Jeremy losing it with Mark saying "What next? Fuck yourself, kill yourself?!" and then not being able to stop.... made me laugh a lot anyway!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I dunno, don't really analyse it much just found it fucking funny that he was pissing in church and Mark's reaction to it.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

It wasn't great, not compared to Shaun of the Dead, but most people loved it. I don't think saying they fucked it up is anywhere near the mark.. you're just bitter because it sucked

Depends on how you mean by most people, no one I know who saw it thought it was anything other than shite.

 

[Genghis Cohen]

Saw 'Magicians' tonight ... God it was awful ... predictable ... badly acted ... seeing Mitchell and Webb in more and more things is just showing me how untalented they really are - learn to act goddamnit! Plenty of familiar faces from Peep Show/sitcoms all playing the same old characters we've seen them do before *shakes head*

They're them two off little britain with a bit more in the way of Guardian pedigree.

I like peep show but it's written by other people and once you see them on bbc2 /radio 4 (well, not see them there, obviously) as you say, they're about as funny as a harold shipman home visit.

And that olivia whatsherface wants fucking stabbing.

 

[The_Reverend_M]

The writers behind Peep Show also wrote Magicians

 

[Genghis Cohen]

Can't say I've seen it, sounds like the potential for a good premise though I've read only bad reviews, reminds me of that Johnny Vegas film for some reason. I think the point is they can only really play those characters, occasionally they come up with a decent sketch on their own ("who will the football, it will never be decided, there's still everything to play for and forever to play it in." Springs to mind) but for the most part they're highly pedestrian.

And that olivia whatsherface wants fucking stabbing.

 

[stavros]

Often it's difficult for the creators of a comedy classic to transcend and go beyond it without getting constantly judged against it. For example, Linehan and Mathews post Father Ted, Nicholas Lyndhurst after Rodney, etc. There are notable exceptions though, such as John Cleese and Larry David, who've done two all-time classics.