Quote: M Lewis @ April 21 2008, 9:30 AM BST
As an example - at one point someone calls someone and asks "are you at work" to which the response is "you called my work number" - is that supposed to be charming interaction between two people or is it suppose to be funny? I just don't get it (or see what I am suppose to get).
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Well, that's not a joke, that's why.
It sounds like one, and it looks like one. But it's not. It doesn't really make sense on any level.
From what I've watched it's one of those shows that thinks that sentimentality and little lines like the above makes a good comedy. It doesn't. Epitomises what's wrong with 21st century comedy. It's the kind of show that thinks it's above anything with laughter track. Crap modern observations, coy little 'realistic' lines, grandiose dialogue packed with mawkishness.
Also, The Office scripts are packed with gags. "I've got my own room. That's seen a lot of action . . . Dusting mainly") It's funny on the page, easily.
G&S, for me, is bloody awful. James Corden is absolutely appalling, and also really annoying. Horne isn't much better.
But then BabyCow haven't produced anything of any worth for years. Barring Saxondale which has it's moments.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ April 21 2008, 6:55 PM BST
Well thats just a sweeping statement that obviously isnt true; I find the show very funny indeed.
A great end to a great second series I thought, one of the very best comedies of the last couple of years. I really dont get the point of view that there arent any funny bits in it, I just think its not for some people, it doesnt tickle them and thats fine; but I like it and to me it seems chock full of funny delights. Great performances, great characters and consistently funny-good stuff; I hope theres a third series.
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Great characters? Where? It's so flat. Having an accent and referencing real life doesn't make good characters. "Oh, look ANOTHER sad bit where they act all awkward and can't look each other in the eye." Christ, it's got 'Look at us, we're funny AND touching' written all over it.
The performances are non-existent and there's not a joke in sight.
Quote: Graham Bandage @ April 21 2008, 10:57 AM BST
I am entirely liking Gavin & Stacey, and I'll tell you for why. The comedy arises naturally for the most part from the characters, and the characters drive the plot rather than the other way round. The characters are people you can imagine actually existing in real life, rather than the grotesques you'd find in Two Pints.
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But people in real life aren't funny on screen. I know some very funny people, but who just wouldn't work as TV characters.
Daleks are shit.
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Easy to watch and makes me laugh! Fun times! 
