Comments on: The Spinal Column: Less Than Top Trumps for ‘Little Britain’

By: David

David — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:25:30 +0000

Yes, that’s exactly what I mean! There’s the Catherine Tate show too. Just relentless catchphrases with nothing actually funny. It’s like we’re expected to join in with the ‘brand’ of the comedy, rather than enjoy it because it’s actually funny. And I noticed one of Catherine Tate’s characters used to advertise school clothes the other day… What a great role model! If I could afford it, I’d move abroad…

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:04:46 +0000

I’ve been ranting since the start of series 2 about Little Britain… For some reason I imagined that the characters and situations might develop into someting other than.. exactly what they were in the first episode. Though the catchphrase might cause some to love a show like Little Britain, it was certainly what caused me to hate it. A catchphrase should never be a punchline… in every single joke.

By: David

David — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:09:30 +0000

Tim, welcome to The Movement. We’ve nearly got enough people to march on BBC Centre.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:16:07 +0000

I quite enjoyed it, ONCE. But they are just trotted out the same four or five moderately funny jokes every time. If you have seen one episode then all the rest are a waste of time.

By: David

David — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:41:54 +0000

Perhaps we should start an underground movement. I’m sure there are more of us around than we think.

By: Jax

Jax — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:01:04 +0000

at last, someone else has noticed that it really isn’t funny.

By: David

David — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:47:33 +0000

I’ve never heard of Drawn Together, so I can’t compare it to what we have in the UK, but I guess stereotypes are the danger of so many comedies. I think we had a load of them in the eighties, and it took ‘alterative’ comedians to break away from them. I think we’re now gone some way back to that blandness.

By: MC

MC — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:06:50 +0000

While I love Drawn Together’s pop cultural references, it does sort of irk me for its very stereotypical humor many times.

By: David

David — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:11:13 +0000

Thank God! At least it’s not me… I don’t know what the American/Canadian version of Little Britain is, but I do think you have all the best comedies at the moment… Though I hear they’ve cancelled ‘Arrested Development’, which I believe the UN should look into and form a resolution.

By: MC

MC — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:08:12 +0000

Bravo, Bravo. A very telling look at a certain brand of humor that isn’t merely a British problem now. It is pervading the sensibilities on both sides of the pond.