Urban75 Home About Offline BrixtonBuzz Contact

Saxondale.

MrMalcontent said:
It was good, not Partridge good, but good. Its better than most of the other crap out there but I can't see it becomming a classic.
Click to expand...

Too early to say that really, like Partridge it's character-led and it'll take a while to get to know him. Looked promising, we'll have to see how it turns out.

Was Armando Ianucci involved at all?
 
vince noir said:
Was Armando Ianucci involved at all?
Click to expand...

i dont think so, dont quote me tho.

i though it was pretty pretty pretty good, some quality moments, some poor bits.

"he looks like the pedophile from chitty chitty bang bang..."

when he holds that t-shirt up that says 'fuck off'

there was one bit that really had me laughing, cant remember which bit it was tho
 
I quite enjoyed it. Good to see Morwenna Banks... hadn't seen her in anything since Absolutely.

There are some who believe Ricky Gervais is a comic genius, but Coogan really blows him out of the water. Gervais can only play one wanker – Coogan can play a wide variety of wankers :cool:
 
Thought it was very promising – but Coogan's characters outside of Partridge tend to be rather under-appreicated IMHO. Tony Ferrino was hilarious and so was the six-part Coogan's Run thing he did a few years ago.
 
john x said:
So is anyone going to say if it's being repeated? :(

john x
Click to expand...

Just did a quick search at radiotimes.com and the only other entry they have for it is next Monday (26th) at 10pm, so I guess not.
 
It's a programme on your tellybox, of course it will be repeated. Why would anyone here know more than, say the BBC website?
 
Skim said:
There are some who believe Ricky Gervais is a comic genius, but Coogan really blows him out of the water. Gervais can only play one wanker – Coogan can play a wide variety of wankers :cool:
Click to expand...

couldn't agree more - Gervais is something of a one-trick pony
- you couldn't slip a rizla between Brent and Gervais.
 
Dubversion said:
couldn't agree more - Gervais is something of a one-trick pony
- you couldn't slip a rizla between Brent and Gervais.
Click to expand...

In that case, maybe I should have written: Coogan plays a variety of wankers. Gervais just plays himself.
 
Not sure. I thought it was the Jills assistant in the hairdressers in 'Nighty Night'.
Click to expand...
missfran said:
Yeah, I thought it was Mfanwy too, but wasn't 100% sure. Turns out it's not - it's Ruth Jones.
Click to expand...
Err, Ruth Jones is Myfanwy from Little Britain.
She's was also in Nighty Night as well, so you're both right :)
She is also got a pretty sexy vibe going on imho.
ruth_jones2.jpg
 
goldenecitrone said:
I didn't laugh until he shot the animal rights protester. That kind of won me over.
Click to expand...

I liked the way it was quite possibly the oldest joke in the world but still made it funny. Didn't see it coming because I forgot about the pistol. Class. The rest of it was a bit average but will give it a chance.
 
Yeah I liked it.

Best bit was the end and that won me over. Saxondale is still very Alan Partridge but he's not quite as sad. He has a bit more balls.

The mercy killing was funny too.
 
I thought it was excellent - went off like Krakatoa!:D

If you recorded it try watching it again - it made me laugh just as much, if not more, second time round!
 
Biffo said:
Coogan's accent wasn't particularly constant. Brum/soft Scouse-ish drifting between the two?
Click to expand...
I thought it was - not Brummy or Scouse though - dunno where you got that from - sounded like a soft Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire accent to me, with a hint of Sheffield.


Excellent new comedy!
 
Flashman said:
Is he? I know he likes sex and fast cars, but I've not heard any rotten stuff about him. He's a big leftie and would happily give 50% to the tax man. Anyway, whatever, he's funny and I liked the new show.

"There's one in there that looks like Magz...but, errr...it's not her".

Anyone else notice the Don't Ask Me theme?
Click to expand...

Okay, maybe I think that blokes that cheat on their wife with prostitutes and snort loads of coke are knobs then.

Good for him being a leftie, he's still a knob to women.
 
Jayshat said:
Okay, maybe I think that blokes that cheat on their wife with prostitutes and snort loads of coke are knobs then.

Good for him being a leftie, he's still a knob to women.
Click to expand...
What does it matter if he's funny?
 
I thought it was excellent (only saw it two days ago), even funnier second time around.

He is my dad though (without the drug problem), scary.

My favourite bit was the long envious hate filled stare at the DJ roadie when he realised he was dealing with the modern version of the rock band. Class.
 
I saw the last 10 minutes of this by chance. Will track it down and watch it again properly.

Coogan and Gervais have quite a similar comedic style. They both utilise a trailed off silence in a similar way to let the audience pick up the joke. Gervais seems to have a person silently dumbstruck by something/someone and left hanging there and Coogan has a tense silence where two characters hold the silence together.

This may sound like bawls - but it's true!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

weltweit
Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales dies aged 93 RIP
Replies
22
Views
322
blossie33
blossie33
ruffneck23
South Park S27
2
Replies
37
Views
800
Ranbay
Ranbay
Voley
Celebrity Traitors 2025 -INCLUDES SPOILERS
16 17 18 19 20
Replies
572
Views
9K
danny la rouge
danny la rouge
S
Actors who are the same person
2 3 4
Replies
110
Views
2K
Miss Understood
Miss Understood
dshl
Actors you Confused for the Same Person Until Way Too Recently!
2
Replies
50
Views
1K
AnnO'Neemus
A
Back
Top Bottom