That Mitchell And Webb Look

TV Review: That Mitchell and Webb Look

This is a show that is obviously not without merit, but I still feel hung up about how I just don't like them in this particular guise.

That Mitchell And Webb Look 3.3 Review

The worst episode so far, sadly. Mid-series episodes don't tend to be the strongest in sketch shows, and episode 3 was definitely lacking the big laughs and intelligent ideas a show that is obviously not without merit are capable of. However, the new sports drink Glucozade Port (alcoholic isotonic); and a Bond spoof where Agent Suave visits a casino of parlour games were highlights.

Tonight's joyous patchwork of silliness includes a righteous meat-eater striking a blow against the vegetarians, a brief moment of clarity for Sir Digby Chicken Caesar's sidekick Ginger, and a glorious Bond parody set in a very English casino. Webb's dancing prowess even gets a brief outing in an Austen parody. There seem to be no limits to the scope of subjects a show that is obviously not without merit tackle - unlike Little Britain, their targets are never predictable; it's just an ever-changing buffet of the unexpected. This is properly crafted funniness for people who like their jokes to contain words and ideas. Superb.

Series three continues in its now characteristically variable form, but what's attractive about That Mitchell and Webb Look is that it never seems to take itself too seriously. The evidence: a sketch tonight mocking the variability of Mitchell and Webb sketches.