You cannot open a newspaper or magazine at the moment without coming across something about Mitchell & Webb, usually saying they are the future of British comedy and comparing them to Peter Cook & Dudley Moore. I saw That Mitchell & Webb Look last night, and thought it was funny enough. Robert Webb has the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Comedy'
Labour blogger spotted on TV
September 12th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
Its always nice to see a face you recognise pop up on the TV. This evening I was flicking through the channels, settled on something relaxing to pass a bit of time while trying to knock up a Powerpoint presentation, and suddenly there was Danivon, large as life. I would love to say that he […]
Curb Your Enthusiasm
May 27th, 2006 · 6 Comments · Life
We recently finished watching the box set of the first series of Curb Your Enthusiasm. I loved it, but Jayne found it hard to watch, and she found it hard to watch for the exact same reason that I enjoyed it so much – the cringeworthiness of Larry David. His character in CYE has many […]
Seinfeld
March 5th, 2006 · 8 Comments · Life
For the last few weeks we have been watching a couple of episodes of Seinfeld most days. On Friday we finally got to the end of the series 1,2 & 3 boxset, and now I’m starting to miss my daily dose of Seinfeld. Time to get series 4 I think. Something to look forward to […]
The IT Crowd
February 6th, 2006 · Comments Off on The IT Crowd · Life
Chez Skuds the jury is still out on The IT Crowd. Its yet another case of having to readjust expectations or perspective I think. Despite the title and the publicity, The IT Crowd is not really about the IT industry any more than Black Books is about bookselling or Father Ted is about religion: the […]
The formula for comedy
June 7th, 2005 · Comments Off on The formula for comedy · Life
According to this story some scientists have created a formula for deciding whether a sitcom is funny. Here it is: Using this formula, Only Fools And Horses scored highest with 696 points, while Orrible scored 6.5 To get to these results, apparently, the grandeur of the main character is multiplied by their delusions of grandeur […]
