Sky_Blue_Daz
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Just watching the latest series , really good cast this series . Think John Robins might win , I’ve a bit of a crush on Sophie Willan
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Terry_dactyl
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I think this latest season is going to be a weak one but I really enjoyed the last couple.
OffenhamSkyBlue
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This cast isn't quite doing it for me.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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Yes but Sophie Willan though
OffenhamSkyBlue
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So you said ...
Presumably her low-cut tops??
Otis
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Yeah, it's not as good as it was. It used to be must see TV.
I have stuck with it, because there are still some laugh out loud moments, but it's definitely lost a bit of an edge from what it used to be.
Nick
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Running out of decent comedians.
OffenhamSkyBlue
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Seem to be just smart-arses this series
Sky_Blue_Daz
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The second series was a particular favourite
bezzer
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Season 4 was my favourite. Noel Fielding, Mel Giedroyc, Hugh Dennis, Joe Lycett and some other 'comedian' who's name escapes me.
Otis
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Liquid Gold
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I can't stand it anymore and I used to absolutely love it.
They have just flogged it to death. It seems like a new season is out every week and comedians of worse quality.
It's obviously cheap as fuck to make so they just churn them out.
They have just flogged it to death. It seems like a new season is out every week and comedians of worse quality.
It's obviously cheap as fuck to make so they just churn them out.
Otis
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I'm not sure the comedians are of a lesser quality. Been some top comedians in later series (Frankie Boyle, series 15, Sarah Millican, series 14, Alun Davies, series 12, Lee Mack, series 11, Johnny Vegas, series 10)
They are much later on in the process.
I agree, it's not half as good as it used to be, but there are still funny moments to be found, I reckon.
Enough to keep me watching anyway.
Liquid Gold
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Yeah maybe it's not the quality of individual comedians that annoys me but the quality of the collective.
The first few they were all established and seemed to be friends whereas now you tend to get 1 really famous and a few up and coming and from what I've seen with my wife watching they don't have as much of a connection together.
They all come in with an idea of how to play it too. When Tim Key tried to bend the rules in season 1 it was great tv but now you get them come in and try and twist the game as a matter of course so it's boring.
I think I'd be more receptive if there was less of it. Every year or two and I'd be excited for it.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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Erm just saying Sophie slut dropping got me hot under the collar
Otis
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Have to say I am finding the new series a bit disappointing.
Was expecting Nick Mohammed to be funnier and Steve Pemberton, who I really like, has come across as clever and just slightly humourous, rather than laugh out loud funny.
It's okay and I will still watch, but I am finding I am not laughing much at all at the moment and it's interesting to note that I am now the only one in my family still watching it. My missus, her two daughters and my daughter, all used to watch it religiously, but have now all given up.
I think it's about the format getting tired, as much as the quality of the contestants. It's lost that freshness.
But I will stick with it, for the odd magic moment, should it appear.
Was expecting Nick Mohammed to be funnier and Steve Pemberton, who I really like, has come across as clever and just slightly humourous, rather than laugh out loud funny.
It's okay and I will still watch, but I am finding I am not laughing much at all at the moment and it's interesting to note that I am now the only one in my family still watching it. My missus, her two daughters and my daughter, all used to watch it religiously, but have now all given up.
I think it's about the format getting tired, as much as the quality of the contestants. It's lost that freshness.
But I will stick with it, for the odd magic moment, should it appear.
JAM See
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Otis
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He's actually doing pretty well actually. Made me smile a few times for sure.
OffenhamSkyBlue
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I think you are probably right. I wasn't really a fan of Reeves & Mortimer together, but on his own Bob Mortimer is clever and funny as fuck! The tasks which they gave to Mark Watson alone were absolutely hilarious. Sally Phillips was just plain bonkers but in a funny way (unlike Sophie Willan) and i could happily drink Aisling Bea's bathwater all day long! Nish Kumar grew on me too.
Sky_Blue_Daz
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I think John could win
OffenhamSkyBlue
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I think he could - i suspect he has been an avid follower of the format for some time and knows how far he can bend the rules of the tasks. I quite like him on Taskmaster, but his partnership with Elis James on 5Live is not my thing at all, and they come across as talentless, entitled muppets
