Quote: Badge @ December 18, 2007, 1:23 AM
I think it might be the audience. It sounds like it's recorded in front of 30 people who didn't want to be there, but with 100 who were half interested it could be a lot funnier.
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When I was there the audience was very small (smaller than The Late Edition, which is pretty small) - I seem to recall they even had to turn people away - and there were lots of stops and starts due to the poor people in the puppet suit needing to breath (who must have been sweating to death by the end of it), its not like shows like 'would I lie to you', which is basically 3 hours of pure comedy.
It didn't help that most of the audience were middle aged women, dotted with a few 16 year olds, and the warm-up guy totally misjudged them going for a more 'adult' routine, which meant by 3 or 4 hours into the show most of them had just decided to ignore him, to the point he'd pretty much given up. A larger audience and better warm-up routine would have received a much better reaction.
Its a bit of a pity as as far as I'm concerned it hasn't cost you anything to get in, so you might as well laugh along and clap (even if it is a little forced). If you can't manage that, and long waits between clips, and laughing at the same joke/scene 8 times in a row, then don't go. Lucky for me, I find the whole process quite interesting, and trying to spot the joins/changes etc. on TV. This is also where shows like 'Not Going Out' come into their own, as the warms ups are constantly really good, as are Tim and Lee, who always come out and sprawl out a load of jokes (Black Beauty - She's a dark horse
), there's always something going on, the mess ups are few and far between, and usually followed by a light hearted joke, and the whole process doesn't 'feel' very long. Anyhoo, I'm starting to ramble, soon I'll be comparing the production styles of NGO and AGY, and why one usually favours to do pick-ups and one re-shoots the whole scene
Oh, and the 'Thank God You're Here' audience was big, and on two levels, and the warm up guy was Andy from 'The Paul O'Grady Show'.
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