Channel 4 'Comedy' PhoneShop

If you meant me, I was merely asking if it was the same not making any kind of comparison as I hadn't seen the pilot.



I like a fair amount of those shows too, but am baffled as to what you saw in Phone Shop that is remotely comparable to any of these shows. All the characters are cookie cutter, so much so 4 of them have the exact same personality traits. The others are lazy caricatures of played out stereotypes, the final 'gag' was stretched out for what seemed like minutes and led up to the most obvious punchline ever crafted. It replaced wit with as much swearing as it could (I've no problem with being a filthy mouthed arsehole as I am one myself, but it's not a replacement for jokes) and there's absolutely no subtlety to it whatsoever. Also: it simply isn't funny, nor does it even seem to try to be. Starting a series with 2 people shouting through a stuck door only made me dislike both characters than provide any laughs.

Brass Eye, Barley, Day Today etc are fantastic works of satire, even if Barley was harshly critiqued due to it's timing, Curb Your Enthusiasm is an incredibly well made and thought out follow up to Seinfeld which was absolutely the best multicamera sitcom of the 90s and League of Gentlemen pushed boundaries of taste and packed in a fair amount of surrealism. Phone Book has more in common with the generic, lazy ITV sitcoms portrayed in Extras than any of these shows.
 
WAIT! We didn't like Pete vs Life? That was my favourite new comedy all year. It's not Inbetweeners funny, but it had its moments.

Phoneshop made me bail just after the adverts, and Nathan Barley is God.
 
I thought it was funny, but then again having experienced that kind of talk in school (though nowhere near as bad) I can relate to it. Those who haven't I can imagine were utterly confused.
 
This has to be the worst piece of drivel I have EVER watched in my entire life

Whoever comissioned this coma inducing nonsense should be sacked.

& btw I do understand this idiot Jafaican idiot speak as I avoid any moron that uses it as they are irritating brainless idiots, especially the non black ones who feel they have to talk like they're black ! [whats that all about?]

Anyone who says they found it funny must have some connection with the production of this moronic durge or have been on mind altering happy pills combined with laughing gas to think that it was in any way entertaining.
 
If the show was even half as amusing as your rant it may have been watchable, unfortunately for Channel 4 it wasn't.

Utter Dog Shit
 
So going by this thread, the patois used in this show indicates that the only people that could understand it are the same people that use that kind of speech?

Thats stupidity. Not the program. This is not low brow. I don't understand why people can't see that. The cast are people associated with great things, the writers are, so why would they all get together and think 'yes, lets do something for thick people'. What about 15 Stories High, was that for thick people too?
 
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