Quote: Mark @ March 7, 2008, 5:33 PM
That sketch about the 'wacky' comedian who makes money out of 'zany' dares... does anyone else translate that a thinly veiled attack on either Dave Gorman or Danny Wallace?
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Funnily enough, I was watching
America Unchained a couple of days ago and thought to myself 'What is the point of this one? -- you are very near to turning into an unbearable tit who just doesn't want to get a proper job', and that was sad cos I
really, really like Dave Gorman (the comedian, not one of the thousands with a similar name, especially the Norweigan). His other projects,
The Dave Gorman Collection and
Googlewhack were excellent but seemed to have come about as a genuine interest in following up an idea conjured on the spot; a thing we'd all like to do that most of us never follow through with. But this latest film smacked of pretentiousness. I'll still buy his book as he's a good author and tells a story well though.
Anyway, my point is that I was thinking just the same thing when the
Mitchell & Webb sketch was on and it seemed more relevant. Seemed like they were having a stab at Tony Hawks (not the skateboarder) too at some point (as I'm sure I've heard them have a go at either Hawks or Gorman somewhere in the past, though don't quote me on that). Certainly until the bit about 'all your flatmates doing a similar sort of thing' which smelt of Danny Wallace (not the footballer).
Anyway, I did like this week's
M&W. The 'cheese/milk' argument is the best sketch of the series so far -- made me laugh out loud and a very clever, strong finish from the boys. I liked the cricket sketch too as have about as much respect for the game as they do. The above sketch about possibly Dave Gorman was funny and a sly dig but it seemed rushed and I think could have been polished (or possibly written) better.
On the whole, there is a certain whimsy to this show that I like and sets it apart from other sketch shows. ie. I like some of the sketches ideas, even if they don't pay off for me personally. I can see how this could annoy the shit out of people so understand why people feel disappointed in it. I've never understood the
Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar sketches though...
Dan
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