Scallywagga....

Which one did you write Perry?

Quote: sootyj @ May 7 2008, 1:06 AM BST

Didn't like it, but then like Gardener's Question Time, it wasn't written for me.

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true...but at 34 i can still remember being 10 years younger and i'm pretty sure i wouldn't laugh then either!

the repeating sketch idea is fine but they use the SAME dialogue in each and almost the same gag...the "i'm a genius guy" was a good example - each sketch was innocent question by mum, rant by son and "punchline" which you could guess long before it arrived. and girl that paints face with pens.....are they for real?

also the acting was dire, not that getting an OSCAR winner in there would save it.

Just felt like it was written by kids who weren't very good and people in suits mistook it for being young and trendy.

Quote: Frank Dartson @ May 7 2008, 10:08 AM BST

Which one did you write Perry?

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My stuff is later in the series. I didn't get a lot on - unfortunately I couldn't contribute until quite late in the day. A combination of being quite ill for some time and trying to get my own stuff off the ground.

Still, as a show aimed at teenagers it seems to be hitting the mark - there's been good positive responses on the net, and even my own 17 year old son laughed (he didn't know I'd worked on the show). I agree that it's hit and miss in parts but that's true of every single sketch show ever made. I think it does its job very well.

I'm 18, which is the target audience for the show, and I have to say that I like this show. The second episode wasn't as good as the 1st episode but nevertheless I still enjoyed it. I do agree though that the sketch where the girl's face kept changing colour was rubbish.

Quote: Perry Nium @ May 8 2008, 10:53 AM BST

Still, as a show aimed at teenagers it seems to be hitting the mark - there's been good positive responses on the net, and even my own 17 year old son laughed (he didn't know I'd worked on the show). I agree that it's hit and miss in parts but that's true of every single sketch show ever made. I think it does its job very well.

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But isn't it patronising to think that shows for teenagers have to be like this or Skins or The Inbetweeners? It seems a lazy and unimaginative way of pigeonholing an audience, and something TV channels are increasingly doing.

Quote: chipolata @ May 8 2008, 3:48 PM BST

But isn't it patronising to think that shows for teenagers have to be like this or Skins or The Inbetweeners? It seems a lazy and unimaginative way of pigeonholing an audience, and something TV channels are increasingly doing.

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no

Quote: chipolata @ May 8 2008, 3:48 PM BST

But isn't it patronising to think that shows for teenagers have to be like this or Skins or The Inbetweeners? It seems a lazy and unimaginative way of pigeonholing an audience, and something TV channels are increasingly doing.

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Yes.

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Incidentally I watched inbetweeners last night for the first time I thought it was brilliant.

Seriously, they're not brilliant. I don't mind you liking these kind of shows, that's your perogative, but to call them brilliant shows a woeful ignorance when it comes to comedy. At best, they're the work of hacks.

Well that's me told.

Incidentally jbduya, I enjoyed your PM to me calling me a cock.

Now now! *waves finger* Play nice!
 

People are free to make their views clear, but you can do that without an argument!

Chipolata obviously isn't happy with the standard of the show. Jdubya worked on it, so is behind the show.

I don't think either of you can change each others opinions.
 

Watched the 2nd episode. On a positive note I liked the girl farting in the bedroom sketch and the guy in the pub who cant talk to women.

Is there a guy in his living room who can't talk to anyone? 'Cos, y'know, I reckon that'd be amazing.