Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul
On Thursday 5th April 2007 GMT at 1:08 AM GMT, Chappers said:
I see it starts next Friday - after Easter. And what a "Not going out" night it's going to be.
9.00 - Have I got News for you
9.30 - Ruddy Hell
10.00 - Q.I.
10.35 - Jonathan Ross (or Peep Show)
On Thursday 5th April 2007 GMT at 1:14 AM GMT, Matthew Stott said:
Ross or Peep Show????!!!! No contest! PEEP SHOW-best sit-com on TV.
On Thursday 5th April 2007 GMT at 1:50 AM GMT, Chappers said:
Oh and I forgot. "My Family" is on before. I do LIKE "My Family" but don't go out of my way to watch it, whereas the others are almost "Must Watch" TV.
On Thursday 5th April 2007 GMT at 3:18 AM GMT, hotzappa11 said:
It's quite a good night for comedy if you think about it. HIGNFY, Ruddy Hell it's Harry & Paul, QI and Peep Show. Huzzah!
On Thursday 5th April 2007 GMT at 3:52 AM GMT, Mark said:
I'd go as far as to say that's the best comedy line up on TV for a long, long time. God, I'm getting excited already: good new comedy from 8:30pm right through to 11:05pm!
On Friday 13th April 2007 GMT at 12:51 PM GMT, Andy W said:
I've just realised I'm a tad moist. That must be a good sign.
Either that or my incontinence pants are leaking.
On Friday 13th April 2007 GMT at 3:16 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Reeeeally didn't need to know that mate. 
On Friday 13th April 2007 GMT at 4:14 PM GMT, ajp29 said:
Man I really wanted to watch Q.I. but Two Pints is on BBC Three and they rarely repeat it. Damn!
On Friday 13th April 2007 GMT at 4:26 PM GMT, Andy W said:
Quote: ajp29 @ April 13, 2007, 12:14 PMMan I really wanted to watch Q.I. but Two Pints is on BBC Three and they rarely repeat it. Damn!
lol
Yup - you sure have to keep a close eye on the schedule to catch a glimpse of Two Pints!
Oh, and sorry Aaron - too much info.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 1:08 AM GMT, Chappers said:
Andy - when I first read that I thought you said you were "a tad maoist" and I wondered what your Chinese political affiliations had to do with it.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 2:02 AM GMT, Aaron said:
rofl
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 2:19 AM GMT, Chappers said:
Well I've just watched it and I'm not sure. A bit hit and miss but maybe judging it on their pedigrees. Morwenna excellent as usual. I liked the Antique salesman and Nelson Mandella. Not sure about U2 though.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 2:34 AM GMT, Guy press said:
Really happy with it!! After the HUGE disappointment of Romans Empire this was GOLD! It wasn't all Brilliant but in the face of what we've been fed recently it's a tide turner! I've got a similar show which we'll push onto our screens very shortly....... hopefully through.... ITV!!! YES them!!!
Totally share your sentriments Mark ... at long last! COMEDY!!! ;-)
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 2:36 AM GMT, Chappers said:
Good luck Guy. Let us know how it goes.
I agree that compared to Roman's Empire it was pure class.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 3:11 AM GMT, hotzappa11 said:
Well, I liked both shows. But i also found H&P a bit hit and miss in places. The surgeon sketch was a dissapointment as was Nelson Mandella. I liked the Laurel and Hardy sketch though.
Oh, and the german talking to the camera was pontless.
It's also nice to see Laura Solon getting screentime, and hopefully we'll see her more. The radio show she did was brill.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 3:25 AM GMT, Leevil said:
I liked the American couple, Biddidly Boing! But wasn't too keen on the impersonation sketches, although the makeup was impressive.
I thought most of the time Paul Whitehouse totally outshone Harry, especially the two surgeons bit, it just shows how good a performer Paul really is.
Friday night comedy is back, woohoo!
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 4:28 AM GMT, Charley said:
Watched it. I too lurrrrrrrrved the American couple, the pet geordie and the antique dealer. The rest was quite boring. Well acted by both party's and i do like that woman, whats her name. Gosh! Morwenna Banks is it?
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 4:32 AM GMT, Leevil said:
Yes I forgot to mention those other two sketches. Yeah "what's her name" is great.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 11:47 AM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: charley rance @ April 14, 2007, 12:28 AMMorwenna Banks is it?
Correct.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 1:46 PM GMT, David H said:
Can't agree with most of these comments. I thought it was pathetic. Really lazy writing with sketches about cheap targets such as Mourinho, Abramovich, Bill Gates, Laurel And Hardy and Nelson Mandela.
Many of the sketches didn't even have a point to them, they just fizzled out. Take the builders for example. Talk posh, then typical builder, talk posh again. Are they going to do that every week?
I'm no great fan of Little Britain but their writing was so much better than this.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 3:16 PM GMT, ShoePie said:
It had some funny moments, the American couple and the surgeons were the funniest parts for me. I thought the L+H sketch wasn't very funny and scarily I understood what Bill Gates was talking about!!!!! NEEEEEEERRRRDDDDDD!!!!
The performances saved it for me though, will watch again.
Who was the blonde girl/lady/woooman in the coffee shop?
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 3:25 PM GMT, Martin H said:
Very poor, which was was a great shame. Just very lazy and not enough jokes. The pet Geordie and Antiques salesman were okay but yeah the rest of it barely raised a smile.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 3:40 PM GMT, Blenkinsop said:
I have to say that I thought it was well below par. The sketches were not particularly funny with one or two exceptions.
The performances were very good particularly Paul Whitehouse - but purrrrlease never...ever...ever...ever...ever...ever...do the U2 thing again. The accents were excruciatingly terrible. I hurt my toes I was curling them up so much.
I fear that these two could do so much better and the whole thing smacks of "take the money and run"
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 4:31 PM GMT, Nick said:
The U2 sketch was actually embarrassing to watch. All of the 'jokes' that they made about U2 knowing only 2 chords, Bono's name being similar to a dogfood and Bono loving publicity are the sort of thing that schoolchildren talked about, with more humour, more than a decade ago.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 4:32 PM GMT, Matthew Stott said:
I ve just watched it, and have to say I thought it was quite good,certainly made me laugh quite a lot; and its always good to see Paul Whittehouse on TV.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 5:33 PM GMT, Jack Massey said:
After watching the first two sketches, Jose Mouriniho and The American on the bus, I thought wow, this is going to be a classic. But the rest of the sketches weren't, the remaining 25 minutes was quite boring. The Laurel and Hardy sketch wasn't funny, it was just bad taste. I am a big fan of Harry Enfield and Chums, but this was quite poor. I will still tune in to episode 2, because you never know.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 5:51 PM GMT, hotzappa11 said:
Quote: ShoePie @ April 14, 2007, 11:16 AM
It had some funny moments, the American couple and the surgeons were the funniest parts for me. I thought the L+H sketch wasn't very funny and scarily I understood what Bill Gates was talking about!!!!! NEEEEEEERRRRDDDDDD!!!!
The performances saved it for me though, will watch again.
Who was the blonde girl/lady/woooman in the coffee shop?
Laura Solon
and beside her Morwenna Banks.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 6:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
I thought at least half of it was really funny. Definitely worth watching again.
But that Laurel and Hardy thing was just wrong!
So so wrong.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 6:17 PM GMT, Leevil said:
Laurel and Hardy impressions were good, but the sketch itself was terrible and I think their going to get it for that. Exactly was "it" is I don't know, but L+H are very respected and it's very weird to try and make a comedy out of a comedy.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 6:43 PM GMT, ajp29 said:
I thought the Laurel and Hardy sketch was wrong aswell, Laurel should have been recieving.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 7:16 PM GMT, Leevil said:
Lol.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 10:07 PM GMT, Christian Cawley said:
I thought the Laurel and Hardy sketch was pretty shocking, to be honest, and shaming on one Britains greatest comedy performers. It cast a cloud on what was a pretty promising return in many ways:
pet Geordie: we all have Geordie work colleagues, especiialy in my neck of the woods, and this is priceless material for winding them up
I Saw You Coming: Thought this was going to be a Richard Curtis spoof at first, but was in fact much better than that.
U2: You are all wrong. This is the natural successor to Reeves' and Mortimer's Slade sketches and makes more than a couple of pertinent points about Mr "Let's save the world but in the meantime I forgot my favourite cowboy hat could you fly it across the Atlantic Ocean for me" Bono that frankly do not get enough airtime.
I'm hoping the coffee shop sketch is developing into something with some sort of big payoff at the end, although meanwhile I'm hoping that Roman, the posh builders and L&H don't come back too often. Mourinho was OK, and if it leads to a pout every week it might be worth it. Undecided on Biddidly Boing and the Surgeons, although Whitehouse was excellent in that. The Norwegian in the gym wasn't funny.
Morwenna Banks can have my body.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 10:10 PM GMT, Matthew Stott said:
Oh yeah, I really loved that pet geordie one! 'Can I hit him?' very good. And I liked the bit where the Edge takes off his hat to reveal a relief map of, I think, Australia on his bald head! The bloke in the gym wasnt funny though.
On Saturday 14th April 2007 GMT at 10:31 PM GMT, Lewis Roberts said:
i liked the show, i thought the first jose arroganties sketch was funny and the pet geordie mad me cry with laughter and anything that can do that is a hit in my eyes, the i saw you coming sketch was quite good, the bill gates one and the apple guy also made me laugh, definatly worth another viewing and it was very good, especially the pet geordie "oh we are lending him to the johnsons tomorow so he can mate with there philipeano maid" pint pot.
On Sunday 15th April 2007 GMT at 1:23 PM GMT, Jack Ruby's Dog said:
Utter, utter tripe from start to finish. Never rated Enfield as a performer as he's very untalented, but expected a heck of a lot more from Whitehouse. This was their "Attack of the Clones" in comparison to "Star Wars".
If I saw Enfield and Whitehouse in the pub I'd say "Oi! Enfield and Whitehouse! No! I admired how you latched onto the late eighties zeitgist and rescued character-based sketch shows seeding the way for imitators like Lucas and Williams to advance it to the next level of hilarity, but to foist such unfunny and lazy rubbish on an eager British comedy public on a prime TV channel at a privileged TV time, you are seriously out of order!"
It was little experiencing a Beatles re-union minus Lennon & Harrison (i.e. Charlie Higson and Kathy Burke).
On Sunday 15th April 2007 GMT at 1:41 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: ShoePie @ April 14, 2007, 11:16 AM... I understood what Bill Gates was talking about!!!!! NEEEEEEERRRRDDDDDD!!!!
It was just pretty simple.
On Sunday 15th April 2007 GMT at 11:00 PM GMT, Walker said:
I had high hopes and i was disappointed. i was expecting so much more than that, i was a huge fan of Enfield in the past, but this just left a bad taste in my mouth. Shame.
On Monday 16th April 2007 GMT at 12:40 AM GMT, Chappers said:
The good thing about the Mandela sketches is that they were totally out of charcter for him.
On Tuesday 17th April 2007 GMT at 9:00 PM GMT, Damn His Duckpond said:
Quote: Martin Holmes @ April 14, 2007, 11:25 AMVery poor, which was was a great shame. Just very lazy and not enough jokes. The pet Geordie and Antiques salesman were okay but yeah the rest of it barely raised a smile.
Jasper Carrott did the 'Geordies are not like real people and middle-class wankers laugh at them' gag years ago with Kevin Whately as the Geordie. (Good casting that). He did it much better too. The 'I Saw You Coming' was good, but apart from that, it was ... well, it was a big pair of fat girl's pants.
On Tuesday 17th April 2007 GMT at 9:11 PM GMT, Leevil said:
...fat girl's pants...
On Wednesday 18th April 2007 GMT at 11:25 PM GMT, Blenkinsop said:
Quote: Jack Ruby's Dog @ April 15, 2007, 9:23 AM
If I saw Enfield and Whitehouse in the pub I'd say "Oi! Enfield and Whitehouse! No! I admired how you latched onto the late eighties zeitgist and rescued character-based sketch shows seeding the way for imitators like Lucas and Williams to advance it to the next level of hilarity, but to foist such unfunny and lazy rubbish on an eager British comedy public on a prime TV channel at a privileged TV time, you are seriously out of order!"
Spot on I think!
PS Your avatar's spooky!!!
On Friday 20th April 2007 GMT at 12:19 PM GMT, Blenkinsop said:
Just saw trailers for this week's. Oh God! Looks like more of the same. I used to find Harry Enfield really funny but now I'm afraid this show doesn't raise a titter
Am I being an old git or does anybody remember when the sketch show was a collection of amusing items one after the other with little or no repetition of the characters?
Now it seems ok to turn out the same old guff week after week featuring "one trick" characters many of which are note remotely funny. Are "stars" too lazy to write many characters preferring instead to come up with 6 jokes and stretch these same jokes over a 6 week run? Good for the bank balance but as for artistic integrity?
Why can't programme makers take a chance and have intelligent varied writing instead of going with tried and tested cack all the time? And before anybody points to BBC 3. Efforts there have hardly been earth-shattering. I certainly haven't spotted the new Monty Py-thon or Fast Show among recent efforts.
Bitter and twisted? Yes most probably but I'm certainly not the only one judging by the majority of comments in the press and on the internet every time there is a "new" sketch show unveiled.
Grr! grumble grouch!
Oh dear! What have I done? The old comedy I like is better that the comedy you like debate has slipped by me and onto my computer.
On Friday 20th April 2007 GMT at 8:18 PM GMT, Paul W said:
Yeah I watched the first one and it was nothing like I thought I would get from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse, it wasn't bad but they could have done a lot better.
Lets hope it gets better as the weeks go on!
"pet Geordie: we all have Geordie work colleagues, especiialy in my neck of the woods, and this is priceless material for winding them up"
Loved that one, my best friends a geordie... I don't need a sketch to take the piss out of them thats what ant and dec are for!
On Friday 20th April 2007 GMT at 9:55 PM GMT, Lewis Roberts said:
That sketch that was set in the gym with that dumbass man, in the track suit was quite good, and so was the pet geordie, i thought it was o.k, it got some bad reviews though.
On Friday 20th April 2007 GMT at 11:14 PM GMT, Martin H said:
For a real sketch show, check out Mr Show with Bob and David and be amazed.
On Friday 20th April 2007 GMT at 11:43 PM GMT, ajp29 said:
Yes, a fellow convert. Have you seen much of Mr Show, I've seen them all and have the DVD boxed set. Best one has to be where they haven't got any complaints so do a song about how the slave trade was ended by a white man and how black people should be grateful. Genius.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 1:53 AM GMT, Aaron said:
Still not got around around to watching last week's episode, but just watching ep 2, and (even though I saw much of it in the studio) am rather enjoying it. Some is a bit hit and miss, but it's not that bad.
And as someone who lives in Notting Hill, I can confirm that there are people who really are like the antiques dealer and his customers.
... And as someone who travels around London a lot, I can also confirm that there really are American tourists who act like that.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 2:10 AM GMT, Rick Skelton said:
Bonos "He don't like Mondays" cracked me up. Fantastic skit. The rest was decent.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 2:18 AM GMT, Chappers said:
I liked the coffee shop, the posh bloke with the totty who turns out to be the boss, Antique shop and the obsessively clean girl with her daddy and Madonna and Guy. In fact more good than bad this week. Or are we getting used to the characters?
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 2:45 AM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: Rick Skelton @ April 20, 2007, 10:10 PMBonos "He don't like Mondays" cracked me up. Fantastic skit. The rest was decent.
Anything that takes the piss out of Bono and/or Geldof is fine by me.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 2:56 AM GMT, Chappers said:
Onob.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 3:36 AM GMT, hotzappa11 said:
Haha. I enjoyed it as much as last weeks and i felt it improved quite a bit. The Chocolatier (sp?) was ceepy but very funny.
Oh and did anyone notice Big Suze looking georgous?
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 3:39 AM GMT, Leevil said:
The Chocolatier was very Fast Show, it was good though. I do like the American Tourists and Antique Dealer, but the rest were just o.k.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 3:47 AM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: hotzappa11 @ April 20, 2007, 11:36 PMOh and did anyone notice Big Suze looking georgous?
Harry was making the most hilarious comments and facial expressions regarding her whilst filming that scene. He really is a dirty old man.
She's also the younger half-sister of TV's Claudia Winkleman.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 3:52 AM GMT, Leevil said:
I wondered why they called her Big Winkleman?
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 2:31 PM GMT, Nick said:
I didn't watch the entire show but the sketches that I saw were very weak.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 3:00 PM GMT, hotzappa11 said:
Quote: Aaron @ April 20, 2007, 11:47 PM
Harry was making the most hilarious comments and facial expressions regarding her whilst filming that scene. He really is a dirty old man.
She's also the younger half-sister of TV's Claudia Winkleman.
All lovely and bootiful.
*plays "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder*
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 3:11 PM GMT, Nick Rivers said:
for me it's a 50% hit mark. My main gripe with this and many other sketch shows is the constant repetition of skits that should be one offs. like the notting hill antiques shop. sure it's funny once, but when presented with the twelfth version...yes we all saw it coming.
I think if you have a sketch where the humour is principally derived from character (such as Ralph and Ted, Swiss Tony of Fast Show fame) there's no harm in multiple sketches. But when the sketch isn't so reliant on the characters, like the Notting Hill antique shop, it suffers from constant repetition.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 3:19 PM GMT, Nick said:
Sometimes that can be down to budget constraints though can't it. I'm not necessarily talking about that sketch in particular but often sketch shows probably pay to travel to a location or to build a set and have to get their money's worth. Therefore you might get one or two inspired ideas and some tired stuff.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 3:22 PM GMT, Jack Massey said:
I really don't like it. I disliked episode 1, so I thought I'd give it one more chance last night, and it was pretty bad. I am a huge fan of "Harry Enfield and Chums", but this is rubbish. It seems very obvious humour to me, such as the fat kids, it's just not funny. The only one I like is the Jose Mouriniho one. And well, the antique dealer who says to that woman "I saw you coming", is also abysmally unfunny.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 5:38 PM GMT, Chappers said:
Ted and Ralph developed. Probably some of these will too. We'll wait and see. It's still better than lots of other shows.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 6:35 PM GMT, zooo said:
That other woman from Peep Show was in it too, the one from the shoe shop that Mark followed to university.
I only really like the Surgeons and the American Tourists. Isn't she probably pretty?
Hee.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 8:09 PM GMT, Rustle T Davis said:
I've only watched the first programme so far, but it seemed pretty dated to me. If the second programme's no better (I've recorded it), that's probably as good as it gets.
Anyone seen any reviews in the press? I can't imagine they're going to be too favourable.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 11:00 PM GMT, Mark said:
Quote: Jack Massey @ April 21, 2007, 11:22 AM...such as the fat kids, it's just not funny.
Oh, good point - on no level are the fat kids funny. That particular sketch was very, very lazy writing IMHO.
On Saturday 21st April 2007 GMT at 11:15 PM GMT, Lewis Roberts said:
i agree it is a hit and miss show i love the sketches with the builders that seem to defy the stereo type then turn into it to test the public, it is very funny, and also the "jose arrogantes" sketches are quite funny but the there is the jamie & oliver sketch, just not funny and just pointless, the nelson mandella sketches are quite funny, especially the last mines like "lets get muntered".
On Sunday 22nd April 2007 GMT at 12:47 AM GMT, Leevil said:
The Jamie & Oliver sketch looks like a French & Saunders one.
On Sunday 22nd April 2007 GMT at 1:57 AM GMT, Aaron said:
Lewis, can you shorten your signature please? It's a bit needlessly long at the moment!
On Sunday 22nd April 2007 GMT at 2:04 AM GMT, Lewis Roberts said:
crap i didn't realise it was a essay, it always looks shorter in the little box, it is done, sorry.
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On Sunday 22nd April 2007 GMT at 2:12 AM GMT, Aaron said:
Thankies.
On Friday 27th April 2007 GMT at 11:25 PM GMT, Jack Massey said:
Didn't like episode 1, gave it one more week, episode 2 was worse, so I'm not watching it tonight.
On Saturday 28th April 2007 GMT at 3:31 AM GMT, Chappers said:
I missed most of tonight's - distracted but not in a good way. I'll watch the repeat on Monday.
On Saturday 28th April 2007 GMT at 3:32 AM GMT, Leevil said:
Still liking the, "I saw you coming" and the pet Geordie sketches.
On Monday 30th April 2007 GMT at 6:55 PM GMT, Rick Skelton said:
I thought episode 2 was excellent, but Friday's was diabolically bad. I felt embarrassed to be watching it. I don't think I'll bother next week.
On Monday 30th April 2007 GMT at 11:49 PM GMT, Britcom Barry said:
This show is doing very little for me, I was a big fan of the original Harry E show, if you weren't there you would not know just how big the original show was. There also little doubt that Paul Whitehouse is a comedy genius and a fine actor but can't help thinking their partnership should have been left in the archives.
On Tuesday 1st May 2007 GMT at 12:26 AM GMT, Chappers said:
Give Morwenna Banks her own show.
On Tuesday 1st May 2007 GMT at 1:13 AM GMT, zooo said:
She had one.
Well, a pilot.
Did you see it?
(It involved rehab and Russell Brand.)
On Tuesday 1st May 2007 GMT at 1:20 AM GMT, Chappers said:
I knew it was on but missed it. Surely she deserves more though.
I can give her some more while you look after Baddiel.
On Tuesday 1st May 2007 GMT at 1:21 AM GMT, zooo said:
It's a deal.
*Spits on hand and shakes*
On Tuesday 1st May 2007 GMT at 1:30 AM GMT, Chappers said:
Sorry - are you having a fit or something?
On Tuesday 1st May 2007 GMT at 1:32 AM GMT, zooo said:
Yes.
And I'll thank you not to mock my disability.
On Tuesday 1st May 2007 GMT at 1:36 AM GMT, Chappers said:
You should be able to liven Baddiel up then.
On Tuesday 1st May 2007 GMT at 8:32 AM GMT, Ed Parnell said:
Awful. I hope this gets better. Obviously this was a vehicle because Chris Langham isn't working. Help was a excellent show. Enfield really had some talent. Whitehouse is phenomenal. It goes to show, if this is the best they can come up with, how far a name will get you as opposed to how good the material you produce is...
<insert not bitter icon>
On Tuesday 1st May 2007 GMT at 12:22 PM GMT, Scott Evans said:
So disappointed, feel like they've tarnished childhood memories because I loved Harry Enfield and Chums when I was growing up, such great characters like Wayne and Waynnette, the old gits, Kevin and Perry, Smashie and Nicie, Its only me, we're considerably richer than you couple, the three liverpoolians and more, they were all great but this show is poor and I really wanted to like it but when you compare it to the fresh talents of Peep show then it looks very shoddy. If anyone remembers Harry Enfield did a show on Sky One after he finished '& Chums' on the BBC and that too was poor.
Its a shame
On Saturday 12th May 2007 GMT at 3:35 PM GMT, Scott T said:
I've watched 2.5 episodes of 'Ruddy Hell...' and I think it's piss poor.
'I Saw You Coming' is the best thing, but it's just the same sketch with marginally different lines over and over again.
Everything else is abysmal in my opinion.
On Saturday 12th May 2007 GMT at 4:00 PM GMT, Lewis Roberts said:
I quite liked the contrasting builders sketch until now, it's getting tedious, i also like the Didier Pescovitch and Jose Aragantio, sketch until noe, and also the "i saw you coming" is getting boring, i liked it until the last two episodes.
On Saturday 12th May 2007 GMT at 4:11 PM GMT, hotzappa11 said:
I've got to say i laughed alot at this weeks episode, there was just something about but i can't put my finger on it. The "I Saw You Coming" sketch was again great. Yay, Alice Lowe.
On Friday 5th September 2008 GMT at 1:04 PM GMT, john lucas 101 said:
Well, I'm looking forward to this. Don't really agree with the BSG summation that the first series was 'awful'. Lots of good stuff first time round, I thought.
On Friday 5th September 2008 GMT at 2:17 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Although it is just called Harry And Paul now, so could be argued to be a different programme...
On Friday 5th September 2008 GMT at 4:17 PM GMT, john lucas 101 said:
Yes,I suppose that you could argue that it's a different programme, if you were a paticular tight-arse.
But it isn't, though, is it. It's the same programme with a trimmed down title. Obvi-arsley.
On Friday 5th September 2008 GMT at 4:42 PM GMT, Aaron said:
I dunno, I like things to have the same title.
On Friday 5th September 2008 GMT at 7:24 PM GMT, Tim Walker said:
Hope to see the their two surgeon characters back. Think those are wonderfully performed.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 12:07 AM GMT, Nil Putters said:
Enjoyed the Bourne sketch. And Harrys Deborah Meaden.
Edit; Dedicated to Geoffrey Perkins too. Nice touch.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 12:41 AM GMT, Mark said:
That was good - same characters, but an improvement on the first series for sure (probably because each sketch was given more time to breath, and characters like the Polish coffee shop girl given more depth?).
Favourite sketches were the 'Saw You Coming Shop' - always loved that - and Dragons' Den (most notably the impressions of Evan Davis and Deborah Meaden)
What was up with that Writer & Landlady sketch? I think I missed a cultural reference there?
Also, as Nil says, the dedication at the end was a nice touch.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 12:45 AM GMT, Ben said:
I agree. Much better than the first series.
I missed the cultural reference of the Writer & Landlady sketch, but still found it very funny.
I liked the choclateer sketch, although it did remind me of The 13th Duke of Wynbourne from The Fast Show. What else? Oh the football one and a couple of others.
I liked the dedication. In fact, it was more of a tribute.
Very good all round. Lets hope they sustain it over the rest of the series.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 12:48 AM GMT, hotzappa11 said:
Much better than the first series but then again I really did like the first series.
In this episode I liked chocolate sketch, football manager sketch, saw you coming (but I always do), what else, uh... beware of the northerner and the radio 3 dj's (noticed Whitehouse using the voice of Monty from "Help.") The coffee shop sketch could have been better. It's also nice to see Alice Lowe.
The dedication to GP was nice to.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 12:53 AM GMT, shaggy292 said:
Liked it - didn't get the writer/landlady sketch either
or some shit
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 1:15 AM GMT, Aaron said:
Weather was so stormy here that the TV signal cut out half way through, so I shall have to download it, BUT what I saw was great. Even my Mrs was chuckling away.
Did feel like the bastard lovechild of Help at times, with some of the voices (and indeed character visuals), but that's never a bad thing. Please make more of that, someone! With Langham, obviously.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 1:17 AM GMT, frostyboy said:
Tonight's episode was a load of bollocking shit shite.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 1:31 AM GMT, Stan Doubt said:
Good on them doing the dedication as people have said.
Will stick with the it, personally loved the landlady sketch, thought it was the highlight of the show, along with the football manager one.
But didn't laugh at the many cheap shots at foreigners. And surely the 'old men liking hip hop' is lifted straight from I'm Sorry I've Got No Head?
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 1:39 AM GMT, Ben said:
Quote: Stan Doubt @ September 5 2008, 10:31 PM BST
But didn't laugh at the many cheap shots at foreigners.
I don't think they were mocking foreigners though were they?
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 1:41 AM GMT, Stan Doubt said:
Theo is of foreign origin - let's give him a silly turkish accent! That'll raise some laughs! Annoyed me a little.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 1:43 AM GMT, Ben said:
Quote: Stan Doubt @ September 5 2008, 10:41 PM BSTTheo is of foreign origin - let's give him a silly turkish accent! That'll raise some laughs! Annoyed me a little.
Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that. I suppose it was a bit of a caricature.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 1:49 AM GMT, Stan Doubt said:
Yeah, it's a shame, cos they'd nailed all his mannerisms perfectly.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 2:19 AM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: Stan Doubt @ September 5 2008, 10:31 PM BSTAnd surely the 'old men liking hip hop' is lifted straight from I'm Sorry I've Got No Head?
Which show do you think was recorded first?
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 2:48 AM GMT, Stan Doubt said:
Cool, if I think the I'm Sorry I've Got No Head one was recorded first, that makes it true. Woohoo!
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 2:54 AM GMT, zooo said:
I only saw one sketch, but it was jolly good!
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 2:57 AM GMT, Charley said:
I liked the geezer in the shop with the posh birds.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 2:58 AM GMT, Marc P said:
Quote: zooo @ September 5 2008, 11:54 PM BSTit was jolly good!
Are you sure you don't wan't to be in my next play?
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 3:00 AM GMT, zooo said:
It's what I'm aiming for!
Quote: Charley @ September 5 2008, 11:57 PM BSTI liked the geezer in the shop with the posh birds.
That was the one I saw!
I love that character.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 3:05 AM GMT, Charley said:
I wasn't so keen on the Armstrong & Miller. Turned it over after 5 minutes. 
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 3:25 AM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: Stan Doubt @ September 5 2008, 11:48 PM BSTCool, if I think the I'm Sorry I've Got No Head one was recorded first, that makes it true. Woohoo!
Possibly - but highly unlikely that they would have got to see it!
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 4:51 AM GMT, frostyboy said:
Quote: Charley @ September 6 2008, 12:05 AM BSTI wasn't so keen on the Armstrong & Miller. Turned it over after 5 minutes.
I turned it over after 6 minutes.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 5:07 AM GMT, jacparov said:
just watched 15 min on iplayer, I may be pissed but it wasn't funny.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 5:28 PM GMT, Gelgoog said:
I think it was a big improvement. I think series one suffered from a mix of being outdated and having to many 'sexist' ideas. This just seemed to bring back their past success. About the only ones I could do without are the Polish coffee shop and Nelson Mandella.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 5:42 PM GMT, ContainsNuts said:
I enjoyed that overall. The opening team-talk in different languages was good and the Dragons Den one too. I thought the 'did you see that play' sketch was observed very well, I know people just like that.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 5:59 PM GMT, Stan Doubt said:
Are these the same characters that were in 'Ruddy Hell it's...'? - I didn't realise it was a follow on from that. Never saw it.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 6:15 PM GMT, Nil Putters said:
Some are. The antiques bloke, the posh workmen, the guy in the gym & the coffee shop bloke, to name a few, were all from the last series.
On Saturday 6th September 2008 GMT at 8:17 PM GMT, Gelgoog said:
Hopefully they've killed off the poorer characters, like The Clean Chavs. I am glad they kept the Chocolater though
On Sunday 7th September 2008 GMT at 12:06 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Probably should make a new thread for this...
http://www.comedy.co.uk/forums/thread/9117
On Saturday 27th September 2008 GMT at 2:44 AM GMT, random said:
Wanted so much more
Thought it should of been so much better, fact is, it was (overall) pants, but folks will say it was pretty good 'cos they probably think they should!
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 4:55 PM GMT, Ian Wolf said:
I just learned on Chortle that Harry & Paul is being given a third series, but it has been demoted to BBC Two because of poor ratings and it will get rid of their studio audience.
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2009/09/23/9665/bbc_one_fires_harry_enfield
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 4:57 PM GMT, chipolata said:
Quote: Ian Wolf @ September 23 2009, 1:55 PM BSTI just learned on Chortle that Harry & Paul is being given a third series, but it has been demoted to BBC Two because of poor ratings and it will get rid of their studio audience.
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2009/09/23/9665/bbc_one_fires_harry_enfield
Not sure it'll work as well without a studio audience. Whitehouse and Enfield are best bouncing off an audience. And this will be the first series with Geoffrey Perkins, which is worrying.
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 4:59 PM GMT, john lucas 101 said:
Don't really see why anybody would view this as a relegation as such.
BBC2 has always been more of a fertile ground for that kind of comedy. Although, having said that, it's a shame they don't feel it to be a suitable show for BBC1, given the lack of any decent comedy on the channel.
As least there will be another series. Still no word on a new Stewart Lee series yet.
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 5:27 PM GMT, Ian Wolf said:
Quote: chipolata @ September 23 2009, 1:57 PM BSTNot sure it'll work as well without a studio audience. Whitehouse and Enfield are best bouncing off an audience. And this will be the first series with Geoffrey Perkins, which is worrying.
Actually Perkins only produced the second of the two series so far. The first was produced by Phil Bowker. (See Harry & Paul - Production Details, Plus Regular Cast and Crew)
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 5:29 PM GMT, chipolata said:
Quote: Ian Wolf @ September 23 2009, 2:27 PM BSTActually Perkins only produced the second of the two series so far. The first was produced by Phil Bowker. (See Harry & Paul - Production Details, Plus Regular Cast and Crew)
I thought the second series was better, though. Stronger. And messing about with it to the extent of ditching the studio audience seems a bad move.
(And nice to see your still alive, Ian - I don't see you as much with the tragic demise of the "Current radio comedy" thread!)
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 5:59 PM GMT, Ian Wolf said:
Quote: chipolata @ September 23 2009, 2:29 PM BST(And nice to see your still alive, Ian - I don't see you as much with the tragic demise of the "Current radio comedy" thread!)
Oh I'm still alive and kicking. At the moment I'm waiting for a feature article I've written to get posted online, and I'm in the middle of preparing to do an interview for the guide. I'm hoping to interview Ben Moor about Undone.
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 6:08 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: Ian Wolf @ September 23 2009, 1:55 PM BSTit will get rid of their studio audience.
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 6:21 PM GMT, Ian Wolf said:
Quote: Aaron @ September 23 2009, 3:08 PM BST
What's that meant to mean?
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 6:34 PM GMT, Aaron said:
What do you think it means?
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 7:03 PM GMT, Ian Wolf said:
Quote: Aaron @ September 23 2009, 3:34 PM BSTWhat do you think it means?
I don't know - that's why I'm asking.
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 7:17 PM GMT, Aaron said:
I'm surprise anyone needs to ask, but for the record:
"WTF?!!!!!!" is roughly what it means.
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 7:32 PM GMT, Ian Wolf said:
Quote: Aaron @ September 23 2009, 4:17 PM BSTI'm surprise anyone needs to ask, but for the record:
"WTF?!!!!!!" is roughly what it means.
Oh right!
Why didn't you just type "WTF?"
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 7:44 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Because that would have taken more effort than one click, and I didn't imagine that there would be any confusion! Gah!
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 9:09 PM GMT, shaggy292 said:
Quote: chipolata @ September 23 2009, 1:57 PM BSTAnd this will be the first series with Geoffrey Perkins, which is worrying.
Erm...
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 10:05 PM GMT, luke not going out two pints said:
Quote: Ian Wolf @ September 23 2009, 4:32 PM BSTOh right!
Why didn't you just type "WTF?"
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 10:36 PM GMT, Ian Wolf said:
Quote: Aaron @ September 23 2009, 4:44 PM BSTBecause that would have taken more effort than one click, and I didn't imagine that there would be any confusion! Gah!
Well, some people do get confused.
On Wednesday 23rd September 2009 GMT at 11:29 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: luke not going out to have two pints @ September 23 2009, 7:05 PM BST
LOL.