UK: General Simpsons Chat

[matt228]

If you go to the QI page on Wikipedia and check the list of episodes, they already have all the guest lists up. Some great first-time guests are appearing, including Jonathan Ross, Graeme Garden, Vic Reeves, Julian Clary and Johnny Vaughan.

Can't wait for QI series 1 on DVD. Is this the first time the BBC has released a complete series of one of its panel games, rather than just highlights DVDs?
Wikipedia is my only source of information nowadays. I was on that page a few weeks ago and it is amazing.

I think it is.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

You should put something generic in the first post that doesn't require editing. Then, people won't get confused and can just jump to the end of the thread.

[matt228]

You should put something generic in the first post that doesn't require editing. Then, people won't get confused and can just jump to the end of the thread.
Good idea!

[Adamm R)))]

Good edit. Yeah, I think it'd be best to have it as just links, like Wezzo's page as is already there and in the future, Scott's cuts guide. Any other useful sites I'm forgetting?

[Simpsons Forever!]

The ratings for The Simpsons on Channel 4 yesterday (Itchy And Scratchy Land) were the highest for quite a while - 2.2m.

[simplysimpsons]

^ Great news, although higher ratings normally start to happen at this time of year because of the weather.
I wish C4 kept the THOH that's airing today (friday) till Halloween, and just show the next episode in the production run instead. Knowing them they'll just air a regular episode that day. BBC2 used to air THOHS at Halloween, why can't C4? I know FOX don't, but...

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Yeah, it would make perfect sense since they're only delaying it by a few weeks.

[Adamm R)))]

Sweets and Sour Marge was...alright. It made me laugh a few times (the guys with the glass, who wrote this thing?, first oompa loompa line), yet I think the plot got a little too ridiculous at times and it was beyond the point where it was funny, it just seemed silly for the sake of it. I'd say B-, just let down by a few flaws.

[simplysimpsons]

Yeah, exactly! There's hopefully a chance they'll show THOH6.

Sweets and Sour Marge review
A nice filler/just a bunch of stuff episode. I missed almost the first 10 minutes because my damn computer keeps losing time, and I only realised after the episode started so I'll see the full episode a week sunday. But I liked what I saw, although it was a little too jammed with plot tangents (Homer's sugar smuggling felt undeveloped, for example). we could have seen more of Garth and more of Marge's campaign. Also I thought this was the first time in which Ralph wasn't funny ay all, in both his lines, and the animation felt a little off in parts despite the very well-animated Springfieldan ball moment. But I'm complaining too much: The episode was enjoyable overall with some funny lines from all characters. Characterisations were strong, too. Grade B

[Wezzo]

Sorry for no page update last week, not much was going on with the schedules and I was busy. There will be one this weekend.

Oh, and I can't wait for QI S1 myself :)

[Simpsons Forever!]

Sweets And Sour Marge was really good, I thought, although the Brockovich jokes got irritating. Much better than the last few week's S13 episodes, anyway. A

[H Thompson]

thingy wasn't as good as I rememberd it to be, quite a few stupid jokes in it.
I'm dropping it to a B- from a B+

[Nameless]

Quite a nice little episode, jokes were consistent and I liked the 3D animation on the rolling ball of people. Although they could have found a quicker way to get to Springfield being named the world's fattest town that didn't take the entire first act. B

[Adamm R)))]

Starting next week, C4 have double bills! Oh yeah, there's one catch, the other episode is a season 12 one. THOHXI this week at 9:30 and next week Insane Clown Posse at 9:00. Not sure where A Tale of Two Springfields is (and I actually do care, because having only recently begun grading, I want to get my grades down for every episode). Also, more 8OO10C starts 20th.

EDIT: The Sunday episodes appear to have disappeared...

[matt228]

Sweets and Sour Marge (although I missed the first few minutes, starting at Homer in the Duff book of records office just before playing the banjo with a cobra) was good. One of the better S13 episodes (S13 is among my favourite seasons), with plenty of bits making me laugh. Although it seemed a little stupid to have a whole act on making the town the fattest city, I thought the rolling ball was good. "Goodbye cruel life...hello ironic twist!" had me chuckling. The Erin Brokovich lines were fair but the sheer volume of them was excessive. I also thought that everyone just agreeing to ban sugar in the petition and then being completely against the ban straight away was ridiculous - but then again the whole idea of NO sugar in a human diet is also ridiculous. However, I get over these things by saying IT's NOT REAL! The sugar smuggling scene was too short but "That wasn't part of the deal", "He's right! Who wrote this thing?" was probably the line that got me most in terms of hilarity. I also thought that the "Obey Evil Guy" button was a good idea.

I don't remember what my previous grade for it was, but this time it gets a B+.

Good news about 8 Out of 10 Cats (or as Vic Reeves once said he mistook it for Eat Out of Tin Cans).

P.S. where are you getting all this information about Sunday episodes being gone and the S12 episodes at 9pm? I am glad S12 is airing because I still haven't seen Pokey Mom and that is the only pre-S15 episode I haven't. I am getting my information from Channel 4 Sales (http://www.channel4sales.com) because Wezzo's last update was 23rd September. There'll probably be one today or tomorrow (since he said there would be one this weekend).

[Adamm R)))]

I'm getting info from Channel 4 Sales too. Well, if you look in your Radio Times or whatever TV guide you get, you'll see that Sunday's are missing.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Like HT, I found this episode more irritiating this time round. The lame jokes when Homer is initially trying to set a record, the Erin Brockovich stuff, the worldwide headquarters being located next to the Kwik-E-Mart, Lenny 'finding pearls' and more that I can't remember. They bugged the hell out of me for some reason.

Still a decent episode. Maybe 3.5/5 if I had to rate it.

[Billy]

I missed the first ten minutes of Regarding Margie due to a particularly exciting episode of Deal or No Deal...which is annoying, as looking at SNPP there's no repeat showings of this until at least December.

Anyone notice Sky messing with the end credits so that it looked like Marge and Homer were talking about "The Match"? They did a split screen and had pictures of footballers on the right hand side, and they synchronised it to their "I remember him"s...

[Nachonachoman]

Yeah, I noticed that with the credits.. I thought Regarding Margie was a really good episode actually

[Adamm R)))]

Regardie Margie was decent enough, the idea was pretty poor but it was executed almost to the best that it could be. Some bits were a bit clumsy, but it was generally enjoyable. B

[Simpsons Forever!]

I liked this episode - it was so plot-centred, which was a relief from recent episodes (Million Dollar Abie, The Monkey Suit) and I think that's what made it so good. The characters were also solid throughout and it was interesting to see Marge so ignorant, too. It was also good to see Marge fall for Homer as if he were a new person to her and not for the same old, tired "stick together forever" reasons. If more episodes in Season 17 had been like this one, instead of all over the place, it would have made for an enjoyable season, considering many of the plots seemed so promising. A-

[matt228]

Does anyone know why the promised UK SNPP page update hasn't yet arrived?

EDIT: Forget that, it was just my AOL browser not updating the page as it sometimes does. On Internet Explorer, I can see that the last update was on 8th October.

[Greased Scotsman]

I don't know why, but I didn't like Regarding Margie. The ending just doesn't make sense. I mean, why would Homer saying 'beer' bring Marge's memory back, when Homer's biggest catchphrase is a sound that ONLY HE MAKES?

Anyways, Jaws Wired Shut (best ep of S13) this week - woohoo!

Aside from that, Have I Got News For You starts this week as well - another woohoo. First two hosts will be Gordon Ramsay and Alistair McGowan.

[Nameless]

I don't know why, but I didn't like Regarding Margie. The ending just doesn't make sense. I mean, why would Homer saying 'beer' bring Marge's memory back, when Homer's biggest catchphrase is a sound that ONLY HE MAKES?

Untrue.

And besides, "D'oh" would have been mind-numbingly predictable. Beer was more original.

[Adamm R)))]

^Yeah, I sorta agree with that. And I think that beer works because the thing that finally makes her remember why she loves him is the thing that always makes her mad at him. Just seemed like a nice touch to me.

[matt228]

Watched Regarding Margie last night. Best episode for quite a long time, in my opinion. Good plot (lasted almost a full episode too) and I thought it was a good touch how Homer tried to win Marge's heart again. Although I couldn't specifically find a huge flaw, Homer screaming was again a bad idea, although I was amused by his "BOO!". A-

Note to Wezzo: you didn't notice the episodes at 9/9:30pm on Channel 4 in the coming weeks!

[Marge For President]

What episode is on Channel 4 tomorrow night?

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

http://www.radiotimes.com

[Simpsons Forever!]

I'm surprised they're repeating S12 again on C4, but I suppose now S11 has gone back to Sky (from November), they've got nothing left to fill the gap.

Sweets and Sour Marge got 1.4m viewers last Friday, by the way.

[simplysimpsons]

Seeing as they've stopped repeating s13 on sunday afternoons I'd prefer it if they aired last week's episode again, as I missed almost all the first act of 'sweets' last week...

[Adamm R)))]

Quick idea for anyone that sees this in time: since C4 aren't showing any THOH episodes on halloween, it may be worth taping THOHXI tonight to contribute it to any THOH marathons that anyone's doing. I know I will. I'm going to try and watch 1-7 plus 10 and 11 (1-7 on DVD, 10 on simpsons.com video and 11 taped tonight hopefully), chances are I won't get to see any of Sky's episodes.

[Nameless]

I intend to watch my THOH DVD.

Jaws Wired Shut (replace the 'U' with an 'I' for a cheap laugh) was all-round decent, funny and well plotted. A-

[Adamm R)))]

^Agreed (except for the 'shit' bit, what the hell is that?). Nothing else to add really, enjoyable episode. A

[simplysimpsons]

Quick idea for anyone that sees this in time: since C4 aren't showing any THOH episodes on halloween, it may be worth taping THOHXI tonight to contribute it to any THOH marathons that anyone's doing. I know I will. I'm going to try and watch 1-7 plus 10 and 11 (1-7 on DVD, 10 on simpsons.com video and 11 taped tonight hopefully), chances are I won't get to see any of Sky's episodes.
I may send them an email and try and get them to change their mind- there's no reason not to, I'm sure a lot more people would watch if they showed THOHVI early, me included. I'll dig up my old THOH VCR tape otherwise.

Anyway, Jaws Wired Shut review!
I thought it was going so well, but it petered out at the end and sort of ruined by the overkill of awkard sex jokes. I liked the first two acts a lot. The movie thing was funny, Homer bashing his jaw was hilarious, and him interacting with the family provided a lot of sweet moments. Marge becoming tired was understandable but I wish it hadn't gone into that destruction derby thing. It was just too crazy and nonsensical, and while the Popeye parody was good at first it went on way too long. Also- what's with those sex jokes? the boner thing? orgasms? They just felt so awkward and out of place. I wish they could have done more of Homer and the family when his jaw was wired shut, and come up with a better ending than Marge wrecking the family car. Eh, I'm bashing it too much. I'd definitely see it again, it was a good episode, but I wish they could have expanded on it more. B/B-

[Greased Scotsman]

Jaws Wired Shut - still my favourite S13 episode. A*

[Drunk Barney]

I've got to admit since Season 13 aired I've only watched TWO episodes. After The Parent Rap, I've just given up tuning in. I guess I feel, I have better things to do. I just really be bothered with the Season to be honest. What's the point of watching 3.5/5 (ish) entertainment when you can have a better evening doing something else. I may tune in for Little Girl in the Big Ten and Half Decent Propsal, but other than that if I tuned it would probably be because I felt I had too, in the sense that I want to re-watch S13. But do I really? No. Sorry for the rant, but is anyone else not really bothering?

[Nameless]

I haven't seen most of them in a while, so I'm rewatching them regardless of how bad I recall them being.

[H Thompson]

Yeah, I don't usually have anything else to do, friday nights, I mean if your going out with friends, sure, but It's not like there's anything I can do at home that can't be done at another time. Besides I've only seen most of them once, a long time ago, I feel like most of them are worth watching again.
That said, I do feel like I'm really just killing time untill QI is on.

[Greased Scotsman]

^same here. Friday night is always the best night for TV in autumn/Christmas time. Question of Sport, Simpsons S13, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats (starts this week), QI, QI on BBC4, and that new sitcom with Lee Mack which is freakin' hilarious. And Jonathan Ross if someone good's on. Which is rare.

[Nameless]

that new sitcom with Lee Mack which is freakin' hilarious.

What a stupid name for a sitcom.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

and that new sitcom with Lee Mack which is freakin' hilarious
I watched 5 minutes of it and it was so bad I threw my TV out the window.

[Simpsons Forever!]

I've got to admit since Season 13 aired I've only watched TWO episodes. After The Parent Rap, I've just given up tuning in. I guess I feel, I have better things to do. I just really be bothered with the Season to be honest. What's the point of watching 3.5/5 (ish) entertainment when you can have a better evening doing something else. I may tune in for Little Girl in the Big Ten and Half Decent Propsal, but other than that if I tuned it would probably be because I felt I had too, in the sense that I want to re-watch S13. But do I really? No. Sorry for the rant, but is anyone else not really bothering?

I don't watch them on Fridays, as I'm usually busy, but I do make sure to tape them and watch them whenever I have a spare moment. However, they're not high on my "To Do" list, so I usually see them later on in the week. It's quite funny, really - all those empty months waiting for S13 to start, this thread was full of complaints about C4 holding back on them! :LOL:

[Adamm R)))]

It's quite funny, really - all those empty months waiting for S13 to start, this thread was full of complaints about C4 holding back on them! :LOL:

Heh, you're right. Reminds me of Grampa talking about his money that he gets from the government: "I didn't earn it; I don't need it; but if they miss one payment, I'll raise HELL!"

[H Thompson]

What's with people in this thread claiming they have things to do friday night, don't try and claim you have friends, I know you don't really :silly:

[Adamm R)))]

^I assumed everyone meant that they were busy posting here on Friday nights. ;)

I was expecting a lot worse from Couple Play, but it was decent. It had a lot of dodgy bits, Homer was quite annoying, as were the couple, but it also had a handful of decent jokes. B-

So, season 17 ratings everyone?

Bonfire of the Manatees - C-
The Girl Who Slept Too Little - B-
Milhouse of Sand and Fog - C
Treehouse of Horror XVI - D
Marge's Son Poisoning - B
See Homer Run - C-
The Last of the Red Hat Mamas - B-
The Italian Bob - C
Simpsons Christmas Stories - B
Homer's Paternity Coot - D+
We're on the Road to D'ohwhere - C+
My Fair Laddy - B+
The Seemingly Neverending Story - A-
Bart Has Two Mommies - B+
Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife - B+
Million Dollar Abie - D
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore - C-
The Wettest Stories Ever Told - D+
Girls Just Want to Have Sums - C
Regarding Margie - B
The Monkey Suit - B+
Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play - B-

[Simpsons Forever!]

I agree, actually - I was bracing myself for a very bad end to the season, but it turned out OK, after all. Not as good as last week, but still gets a B- from me. As for Season 17, well;

Season 17
Bonfire of the Manatees D-
The Girl Who Slept Too Little B+
Milhouse of Sand and Fog B
Treehouse of Horror XVI C
Marge's Son Poisoning A-
See Homer Run C-
The Last of the Red Hat Mamas B-
The Italian Bob B
Simpsons Christmas Stories C-
Homer's Paternity Coot C
We're on the Road to D'ohwhere A-
My Fair Laddy C+
The Seemingly Neverending Story A+
Bart Has Two Mommies A
Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife B+
Million Dollar Abie D-
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore C-
The Wettest Stories Ever Told D-
Girls Just Want to Have Sums B
Regarding Margie A-
The Monkey Suit B-
Marge and Homer Turn A Couple Play B-

A bland season, a step down from S14-S16, about on a par with Season 13, I'd say. Three of these episodes I'll consider giving F's to in the future, but only one, possibly two A*, or classic status. I hope this season turns out to be a sacrafice for a fantastic movie.

[Billy]

Got a youtube account recently, and I've just uploaded Sky One's original (I think) attempt at a live-action intro, from 2000:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDvtXDt9vio

[Nameless]

Completely hilarious, although I'm surprised they got away with actually putting Maggie in a paper bag...weren't they restricted from doing that with the 2006 version because of health & safety issues?

[Adamm R)))]

Thanks Billy. Wow, I forgot they did that, I remember it now though. I like that one, but it does lack the attention to detail of the other one.

[Drunk Barney]

Well the thing is its not always the fact that I go out with friends. I sometimes miss them because I'm socalising (not under age drinking, though hopefully I will be soon as I turn 18 shortly:D) but quite often because I'm at home and I just can't be bothered. But a lot of the time I'm actually in and I'd rather just go on the computer, or watch something else on T.V. I also quite often have my dinner around then. Maybe if it was on about 11.30pm at night I would. :D Simpsons and bed, nothing else to do at that time!

Anyway that's my exuse. I don't know why I've given up on S13, maybe the same reason why I've missed 3 episodes of Season 17 recently. When Season 12 was on I always made an effort to watch them. It's probably just a phase I'm going threw. Sometimes I watch a lot of Simpsons, and maybe S13 has come at a time when I'm bored of the show. Knowing me I'll probably want to watch S14, and then when it is aired, I'll be bored again! :D Ah well, I promise not to moan, or speculate to heavy about when S14 will air!

As for S17 here my grades:

Season 17
Bonfire of the Manatees B
The Girl Who Slept Too Little B+
Milhouse of Sand and Fog B
Treehouse of Horror XVI B
Marge's Son Poisoning A-
See Homer Run C+
The Last of the Red Hat Mamas B-
The Italian Bob B-/C+
Simpsons Christmas Stories B/B-
Homer's Paternity Coot C+
We're on the Road to D'ohwhere B-
My Fair Laddy B+
The Seemingly Neverending Story A-
Bart Has Two Mommies B+
Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife B
Million Dollar Abie B
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore C+
The Wettest Stories Ever Told N/A
Girls Just Want to Have Sums B/B+
Regarding Margie N/A
The Monkey Suit N/A
Marge and Homer Turn A Couple Play B/B-

Worst Jean Season. But like many Jean Seasons it had its moments, making the Season watchable as a whole.

[Simpsons Forever!]

Jaws Wired Shut got 1.95m viewers on Friday.

I liked the episode, just as good as I remembered and definitely, with Half-Decent Proposal and I Am Furious (Yellow), one of S13's best. 5/5 A

[Wezzo]

Ta for reminding me about the 9pm episodes, guys, they're included in the latest update (which should be uploaded very soon.. sent to Jouni earlier). They appear to disappear after a couple of weeks though..!

[matt228]

I still have 11 episodes of S17 to watch so rating the others seems pointless.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Got a youtube account recently, and I've just uploaded Sky One's original (I think) attempt at a live-action intro, from 2000:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDvtXDt9vio
Awesome! Nice job Billy. Like Nameless I found it hilarious, it looked so cheesy and over-acted...

[Greased Scotsman]

Ta for reminding me about the 9pm episodes, guys, they're included in the latest update (which should be uploaded very soon.. sent to Jouni earlier). They appear to disappear after a couple of weeks though..!Yeah, they're just fillers between The Best of the Worst ending and 8 Out of 10 Cats starting up again.

[matt228]

Yeah, they're just fillers between The Best of the Worst ending and 8 Out of 10 Cats starting up again.
Just knowing that 8 Out of 10 Cats is starting again is making me laugh. The Best of the Worst was OK. Neither are a patch on QI however.

Anyone else see Not Going Out? Hilarious.

[Simpsons Forever!]

C4 pulled in really strong ratings for The Simpsons yesterday - over 2.3m tuned in for Homer The Great.

[Greased Scotsman]

Anyone else see Not Going Out? Hilarious.Agreed. Although Nameless and scottvivian apparently hate it. Nuts to them.

PS. Mock The Week also rules.

[Simpsons Forever!]

Sky are showing FOUR new episodes in December, according to their listings, on Sunday 3rd,10th,17th and Christmas Eve, although no details have been announced yet.

On Christmas Eve, they'll have a "Simpsons Xmas" night from 5-9pm, showing Christmas-themed Simpsons episodes, with a new episode at 6:30pm.

I guess the episodes would have to be:

3rd December: HABF21 G.I.D'oh
10th December: Either HABF19 Moe 'N A Lisa or HABF22 Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)
17th December: Either episode above that didn't air.
24th December: Our first look at the real S18 run - whichever JABF they decide to air first in the US.

Looks like a great line-up, so let's hope they stick with it! :D

[Adamm R)))]

Holy crap, awesome, I can't wait! I hope we remain not much behind the US, I don't want to have to wait the whole summer for 4 episodes and fall too far behind everyone else.

[matt228]

PS. Mock The Week also rules.
I almost typed Mock the Week as well as Not Going Out but I decided not to because I thought most people wouldn't have heard of it - certainly there are only a few people in real life I know who've heard of it! It rules! Top-quality especially Dara O'Briain, and the regular panelists Frankie Boyle and Hugh Dennis.

Sky are showing FOUR new episodes in December, according to their listings, on Sunday 3rd,10th,17th and Christmas Eve, although no details have been announced yet.

On Christmas Eve, they'll have a "Simpsons Xmas" night from 5-9pm, showing Christmas-themed Simpsons episodes, with a new episode at 6:30pm.
Woo-hoo!

[Simpsons Forever!]

Episodes to air on Sky are:

3rd December: HABF19 Moe 'N A Lisa
10th December: HABF22 Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)
17th December: JABF02 The Haw-Hawed Couple
24th December: JABF01 Kill Gil (Volumes I and II)

Sky seems to have skipped G.I.D'oh - I hope they're not holding it back for when 24 Season 6 airs in the UK.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

That seems quite likely, SF. Still, good news that they're showing new episodes quickly.

Random OT moment (this thread must be only 30% on-topic posts...)
Does anyone watch Neighbours? Everyone here is probably too young to appreciate it fully (not to be condescending). Anyway today's episode was hilarious!

[Simpsons Forever!]

This is off topic, I'm afraid, but I just heard Sky have bought the rights for Lost off of Channel 4, which is bound to alter both channels ratings/schedules dramatically. To make it on topic, I wonder if C4 will throw S14 into Lost's old timeslot (probably not, but what else have they got?)

EDIT: OK, maybe not - C4 are filling Lost's old slot with a programme called Ugly Betty.

[matt228]

Sky have bought the rights for Lost off of Channel 4, which is bound to alter both channels ratings/schedules dramatically.
I just read this story on Digital Spy. I am delighted because it means my terrestrial-bound friends who love "Lost" will shut up about it (I detest the show - it's not really a desert island if it has computers and stuff, is it? How come some of the women are still beautiful and appear to be wearing make-up? How the hell is Hurley still fat?).

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Who are you, the continuity police?
I hope Sky don't mess around with the show, and air it soon after the US.

[Nameless]

EDIT: OK, maybe not - C4 are filling Lost's old slot with a programme called Ugly Betty.

OK, what the hell is that?

[H Thompson]

Well if it's a british comedy progamme, then people in this thread will love it.

[Greased Scotsman]

More off-topic news, but Never Mind The Buzzcocks starts at 10pm next Thursday. Yes, Thursday. I don't know if this is good or bad news for the show, since I remember a series last year being shown on Sundays...

Back OT, Half-Decent Proposal tonight. The classics just keep on coming.

[Adamm R)))]

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see it, I haven't seen it in ages, but I remember it being great (minus some shit in the third act).

Buzzcocks - that'll be good, I always forget on Sunday nights, normally homework day. ;)

Ugly Betty - ...

[Simpsons Forever!]

OK, what the hell is that?

Apparently it's a US fashion show of some kind, but no further details than that are available.

[matt228]

I hope Sky don't mess around with the show, and air it soon after the US.
Lost season 3 will premiere on Sky One (and Sky One HD) in November 2006, rather than Channel 4's planned Spring 2007 airing. In the USA the first 3 episodes have already aired, and after the next 3 episodes the show will take a break until January. Sky One will show these 6 episodes in November and December. The other 16 episodes will air on Sky One a few days after the US premiere.

8 Out of 10 Cats has been moved to 10pm! Argh! That means I'll either have to record it or QI on my Sky+ box.

[Adamm R)))]

8 Out of 10 Cats has been moved to 10pm! Argh! That means I'll either have to record it or [I]QI on my Sky+ box.

Oh shit, there's a decision...

I'm leaning towards Cats, purely because I'm more into it, I've missed way too much QI.

[Nameless]

Get another TV, if you have the money?

[Adamm R)))]

^An option, if not for that then for the facy that I just spent 15 minutes trying to get my season 8 DVD to work. Apparently the word "sex" is too rude for 8:30:

Cynthia Nixon-type: If I'm not having sex by the end of this goat cheese quesadallia, I'm going to scream.
Kristen Davis-type: I also enjoy sex
Kim Cattrall-type: Since this morning, I've had sex with a New York Knick, two subway cops and a guy who works on wall street.
Kristen Davis-type: Broker?
Sarah Jessica Parker-type: Nah, she's just really sore!
(They all laugh, including the waiter)

Funny cut, actually made it seem more pointless.

[Veryjammy]

Yeah I noticed they cut that out, pretty ridiculous at 8.30. It was still funny the way they cut it actually, but the actual scene is a very good parody so it's a shame it wasn't shown.

Anyway this is a solid episode. Not brilliant, but it's in a different league to most of Season 17/18.

[Adamm R)))]

Yeah, solid enough. While most people are "going out" after season 13 finally airs, I seem to just be having it on in the background while I'm on my PC. :( I saw most of it though, I'd say A-, just about, the plot wasn't too poor and it made me laugh once or twice.

[Nameless]

Animation impressed me more than some of the jokes, although it's still about an A-.

[Wezzo]

UK page updated, with December schedules. http://www.snpp.com/upcoming/uk.html

[Drunk Barney]

Thanks Wezzo - Good to see there doing an Xmas Eve mini Xmas theme.

[simplysimpsons]

What the hell was with that cut? There were much worse sex references in the episode, I really don't understand why they wouldn't want viewers to see it. Well, there's the sense of Channel 4 for you.

Half-Decent Proposal was a good episode, although nothing too great. The oil rig and especially Lenny/Carl stuff was pretty awful, but I liked everything else quite a lot. It was great to see Artie again and he was perfectly in character with a lot of funny lines. I wish more could have been done on Artie's date with Marge and less of the unfunny oil-rig stuff (why did Homer even go there?). But it was enjoyable, especially for a Tim Long episode and is definitely one to keep. B+

[matt228]

Half-Decent Proposal was OK. C+. Certainly better than some more recent episodes, but nowhere near the height of S13.

For anyone who missed QI last night to watch the new 8 Out of 10 Cats, it's repeated tonights at 8:35pm. I have a question for fellow QI fans - why is the word "fuck" almost always bleeped on the 10pm showings? I find this very strange as the word "cunt" which is supposedly bleeped at any time by nearly all channels was left intact on Steven Fry's documentary about manic depression (or bipolar disease) last month.

Has anyone else seen Sky One's new C4-slating adverts? Using clips from Homer vs Lisa and the Eighth Commandment, they promote the fact that they get to air episodes four years before anyone else; four years before 4 (although at the moment it's almost 5 years). It's like that Ricky Gervais stunt by making him say "or you can wait 3 years and watch it on Channel 4" - and then a disclaimer from Sky One in the middle of his episode saying how they show episodes 4 years before Channel 4, not 3.

[H Thompson]

I have BBC4 so I watch them ahead of the BBC2 schedule, but I still had to flick away from 8 out of 10 cats, whenever Nikki started talking.
I wasn't planning to watch it until the last minute, when I saw that Rich Hall was on it, he's usually good value.
And I though the BBC4 QI this week was excellent.
C4 are really stupid for putting them against each other, lots of the same people go on both shows, so people are going to want to watch both.
God I hate C4 these days.


Half Decent Proposal was quite good, but my opinions going down on Jean era episodes, knowing these flaws won't get better, makes them harder to forgive. B-/B

[Adamm R)))]

but I still had to flick away from 8 out of 10 cats, whenever Nikki started talking.

I was just going to say that this is the reason that finally choosing 8 out of 10 Cats was a bad call. :( I have BBC4, but I don't watch them then, because...I admit it, I watch Bo in the USA and somehow I still find it hilarious.

What better day than this, one year since I joined this forum, for me to get my 3000th post! Also, I think I'm still the newest regular poster from the UK. Come on, it's been a year, we need more UKers!

[matt228]

Damn it, I missed my 2-year NHC anniversary (albeit missing a few months when my account didn't work earlier this year) on 11th October. And this is my 753rd post. Damn it, Adam R how did you get 3,000 in a year?

8 Out of 10 Cats was hilarious, the way they were so condesending to Nikki was brilliant - how I loathe her. I recorded QI and watched it today. Although it was good in parts, I would say it was the worst of series D so far. I didn't watch the BBC4 episode. I watched Bo' in the USA today and some parts were funny but it is not worth specifically watching - my least favourite character, the Bear, is way over-used. Best bit: Michael Jackson sketch and Avid meeting Justin Timberlake.

[Nameless]

Further cutting was afoot with HDP:

Homer: Oh, guys, it was horrible. I saw Marge kissing a far
superior man.
Moe: Eh, well, if it makes you feel any better, he's probably
doin' her right now.
[Homer sobs on the bar. Lenny glares at him]
Oh, yeah, make me the bad guy.
Homer: My life here is over.

[Adamm R)))]

Damn it, Adam R how did you get 3,000 in a year?

Damn, I can't think of any variation of "I found a meal between breakfast and brunch!" about posts. In short, I'm a complete post whore with no life. 8-)

[viewer of tv]

Does anyone know whether Sky have cut anymore Simpsons episodes from Season 17 other than ‘The Girl Who Knew Too Little’, ‘Milhouse of Sand and Fog’, and ‘Marge’s Son Poisoning’ ?

Also, are there any possible Sky cuts from the upcoming Season 18 new episodes e.g. do any of them contain words like ‘bastard’ or ‘piss’ etc?

Thanks.

[Greased Scotsman]

And I though the BBC4 QI this week was excellent.Agreed - Alan's buzzer playing "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life" on a death-themed show was bloody hilarious.

I still think the Dogs show is the best so far.

And Half-Decent Proposal was excellent. A+

[H Thompson]

Damn it, I missed my 2-year NHC anniversary (albeit missing a few months when my account didn't work earlier this year) on 11th October. And this is my 753rd post. Damn it, Adam R how did you get 3,000 in a year?

8 . I recorded [I]QI and watched it today. Although it was good in parts, I would say it was the worst of series D so far. I didn't watch the BBC4 episode. Nah I thought it was the best untill this weeks BBC4 one, if only for the story ronni annacona (or however you spell it) tells of the word obscurity growing up as the only noun in a family of verbs.

[matt228]

Nah I thought it was the best untill this weeks BBC4 one, if only for the story ronni annacona (or however you spell it) tells of the word obscurity growing up as the only noun in a family of verbs.
The bit that made me laugh the most was Stephen Fry saying, of religion: "Shit it."

Why is series D themed per show instead of just a few questions per subject? For example "Dogs" for a whole episode.

[George Cauldron]

My favourite QI this series was the one with the silly patents such as the Santa Claus detector and the toilet snorkel, the concept of which kept me giggling at random and inappropriate moments all week long. In fact, I'm thinking of changing my user name to Toilet Snorkel.
Since I started watching QI from last year's series, I've found it consistently funnier and more intelligent than every episode of The Simpsons I'd seen since that time. Anyone else with me?

[Greased Scotsman]

Since I started watching QI from last year's series, I've found it consistently funnier and more intelligent than every episode of The Simpsons I'd seen since that time. Anyone else with me?I agree, with a few exceptions (e.g. My Fair Laddy, Marge's Son Poisoning), but maybe that's because I like British comedy a LOT, and I really like 99% of QI's panellists.

Oh, and Wezzo, do you realise that you've put the Christmas Eve episode as 'Kill Bill' instead of 'Kill Gil' on your listings?

[D'oheth!]

Hi again. You might recall me as the guy who posted all the cuts info about the flashing light slow-down.

You know what really confuses me? Why does Ch4 show the repeat after the new episode? Wouldn't it make sense for the new one to be uncut at 9pm?

And I love how they cut all the sex references in HDP yet never seemed to have an issue with the implied sex scene in Act 2 between Homer and Marge.

[Greased Scotsman]

Mook, Chef, Wife & Homer was a dull episode saved by a great final act. B-

The first two acts were a snooze-fest, but the third had some great jokes. Homer blackmailing Moe blackmailing Homer, Homer and Bart having increasingly powerful weapons each time it cut to them in the garage, and my favourite - the truck truck truck.

Although whoever gave Lunchlady Doris a speaking role should be crucified.

[Adamm R)))]

The Mook, The Wife, The Chef and Her Homer was pretty meh, I thought. The first act was pretty much ruined for me anyway by my dad thinking he's hilarious by saying in a patronising voice "Oh Adam, look it's Metallica! You can't wait for this can you?" etc., but it's not really fair to judge it by that. Metallica's appearence was really crappy anyway. As for the main plot, it was a good idea, but it just wasn't really executed to the best that it could. It ended way too abruptly anyway, I thought there was at least a few minutes left from when it ended, things didn't seem quite wrapped up. Humour was mostly poor, I enjoyed the "dirt nap" joke, but we had two of the worst jokes in a long time: "I wish I was dead" was just a stupid line and "Man/woman" was horribly disturbing and not funny in the slightest. C-

EDIT: Was the shooting scene censored? Seemed very quick to me. Although, it wouldn't suprise me if I fell asleep briefly. (Although I can't really link falling asleep with boredom, yesterday I slept through The Twisted World of Marge Simpson and most of Mountain of Madness mid-afternoon.)

EDIT 2: Also, does anyone use my sig for UK stuff? I had it there when I had nothing else to put in my sig and I don't use it all too much. Now, my sig's getting pretty cluttered, so if no one uses it, I'll get rid of it.

[H Thompson]

I forgot about this until it was 10 minutes too late and didn't bother watching it when I'd realised

[Billy]

I missed the first five minutes due to Deal or No Deal, but I thought the episode was ok. This has probably been discussed to death in the main episode thread, but I was really uncomfortable about them bringing back Lunchlady Doris, no matter how good a soundalike they could find (who sounded nothing like Doris Grau). Does this mean that Billy West is gonna start doing Phil Hartman's voices in three years time? Because I sure as hell hope not.

My Dad had fun pointing out what bits were parodies of The Godfather.

[matt228]

does anyone use my sig for UK stuff? I had it there when I had nothing else to put in my sig and I don't use it all too much. Now, my sig's getting pretty cluttered, so if no one uses it, I'll get rid of it.
I for one would not be harmed in any way if you removed it.

The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer was a fair opening to S18. Metallica's appearance was awfully short. I enjoyed the truck-truck-truck joke but detested the dirt nap one. A good third act after a bad first and moderate second. C.

[Wezzo]

I agree, with a few exceptions (e.g. My Fair Laddy, Marge's Son Poisoning), but maybe that's because I like British comedy a LOT, and I really like 99% of QI's panellists.

Oh, and Wezzo, do you realise that you've put the Christmas Eve episode as 'Kill Bill' instead of 'Kill Gil' on your listings?

Haha. Shit. Thanks for telling me!

matt: I think the "reason" for "fuck" etc. being bleeped post-10pm on QI is that they don't believe it's contextually justified. Same applies to Jonathan Ross.

George: I agree, but then again there are plenty of shows I find more consistently funny than The Simpsons nowadays! :)

[Simpsons Forever!]

I didn't think the S18 premiere was too bad. It wasn't great, but it was far from awful. Michael was an interesting new character, I liked how the plot developed and the ending was brilliant. The first act was quite poor, however. Best season premiere since S10's Lard of the Dance! 4/5 B-

[matt228]

matt: I think the "reason" for "fuck" etc. being bleeped post-10pm on QI is that they don't believe it's contextually justified. Same applies to Jonathan Ross.
OK then...

Do NOT read the following text if you are offended by swearing and/or are a young child.
Fucking hell! Why the fuck does it fucking matter about fucking swearing any fucking way? It's not fucking like some fucking kids would be fucking watching fucking QI, right? For fuck's sake, the fucking BBC are fucking cutting out "fuck" at 10pm? What's fucking next?

[matt228]

Bump.
What's going on? No interesting topics? Come on! Channel 4 are showing The Bart Wants What it Wants tomorrow night - opinions? I think it's below average.

[Adamm R)))]

I have no memory of that episode, except Milhouse saying "Wazzaaaaa" (I think it's from that one), so really high hopes at the moment...

But anyway, the real reason I made this post was to ask if anyone saw Buzzcocks tonight? It was quite funny, but I get the feeling that the new host guy is trying way too hard. He doesn't pull off all of the cruel jokes anywhere near as well as Mark Lemarr.

[matt228]

But anyway, the real reason I made this post was to ask if anyone saw Buzzcocks tonight? It was quite funny, but I get the feeling that the new host guy is trying way too hard. He doesn't pull off all of the cruel jokes anywhere near as well as Mark Lemarr.
I didn't see it, but I highly doubt Simon Armstell could ever reach Mark Lamarr's standard.

Did anyone else see The Catherine Tate Show and Lead Balloon? Both were hilarious, I thought! Best parts of Catherine Tate: the Northern (pronounced Nor'ern) Irish woman and her gay son, and the Nan sketch with Leslie Phillips. Lead Balloon was very good also (I didn't see any of it on BBC4).

[H Thompson]

I thought he did a good job, but even though I found it funny, isn't it a tad hypocritical that he mocks lamarr's old routine, but goes on and does the exact same thing.
I don't like catherine tate, so I didn't watch and lead ballon was pretty poor, 3rd rate curb your enthusiams ripoff, basically, but still slightly better than extras.

[Adamm R)))]

The Bart Wants What It Wants was alright. I actually said "what the fuck is this?" at the Olympic torch thing at the start. Overall the plot and the characters were a little flawed, but not consistently flawed enough to bug me really. I liked a few jokes, mostly "you know when I said I'd eat you last? I lied.". C+

Jeez, why do C4 have to put this shitty game show on in time when they should be showing 8OO10C, so it doesn't clash with QI?

[Nameless]

First few minutes = Among the worst material in S13
Rest = Meh with good parts

C

[Simpsons Forever!]

The Bart Wants What It Wants wasn't great - this is where S13 dips and among my worst episodes ever are coming up (Lastest, Old Man and the Key). I give this episode a C+.

Have I Got News For You was brilliant tonight, though - the new series has been hilarious so far.

[H Thompson]

meh episode, really meh C

And that was one of the worst HIGNFY's I've ever seen, awful awful shit. I don't know how on earth someone could think that was brilliant. Even Ian and Paul seemed to realise it was shit, there was just such a stillted awkward atmosphere about it.
BBC4 QI was quite good, Even though I hate jimmy carr, he does make some good jokes.

[Greased Scotsman]

And that was one of the worst HIGNFY's I've ever seen, awful awful shit. I don't know how on earth someone could think that was brilliant. Even Ian and Paul seemed to realise it was shit, there was just such a stillted awkward atmosphere about it.That was a bad show I'll admit, but it was NOTHING compared to Piers Morgan on 8 Out of 10 Cats. He managed to call his own teammate fat twice and wished that Jeremy Clarkson had been in the Top Gear crash instead of Richard Hammond. Awful, awful, AWFUL man.

And Alan Davies won on QI!!! YAY!!! That's only the second time that's ever happened.

I was out when TBWWIW was on, I'll watch it tomorrow from Sky+.

And Buzzcocks last night was hilarious, as always. I don't think Amstell will ever be as good as Mark Lamarr, but he was by far the best man for the job after Lamarr left. I remember when Amstell was a guest once, Lamarr went "He's stealing my act!". Although I did like the callbacks to Mark's old jokes. "Patrick Kielty - what a c**t!"

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Yeah I dunno why they keep bringing back that presenter for HIGNFY, he's rubbish. They should stick with that guy who was also the presenter of Best of the Worst (sorry I'm terrible with names), he's the closest to Angus Deaton they're gonna get I think. Or failing that, stick Boris Johnson on every week, he's damn hilarious.
[edit: actually Jack Dee is probably closer to Angus Deaton, he's often good on the show]

I only caught the end of The Bart Wants What It Wants tonight cos I was on the phone, but it seemed okay. IIRC the beginning is quite funny.

Some other rants:
- Borat on Jonathon Ross was great! Can't wait for that film.
- that pipsqueak they got for NMTB can never live up to Mark Lemar.
- Catherine Tate's show is tired and boring. Jokes about northern accents? Come on, it's not 1980! However she is good in the film Starter For Ten, of which I went to the premiere the other night (and met the director and writer too 8-) ).
- Haven't watched the latest episodes of Lead Balloon, but the ones I've seen so far were great.
- The small amount I saw of Unanimous between other shows was awful.

[Greased Scotsman]

Yeah I dunno why they keep bringing back that presenter for HIGNFY, he's rubbish.That;s the first HIGNFY Jeremy Bowen's done. They should stick with that guy who was also the presenter of Best of the Worst (sorry I'm terrible with names), he's the closest to Angus Deaton they're gonna get I think. Or failing that, stick Boris Johnson on every week, he's damn hilarious.Alexander Armstrong. Although the guest host thing is permanent. But don't worry, he's on next week (for the eighth time).

And Boris is the best. "Beneath the outer shell of a blithering idiot lies a blithering idiot."

[Adamm R)))]

That was a bad show I'll admit, but it was NOTHING compared to Piers Morgan on 8 Out of 10 Cats. He managed to call his own teammate fat twice and wished that Jeremy Clarkson had been in the Top Gear crash instead of Richard Hammond. Awful, awful, AWFUL man.

Yeah and Piers Morgan is pretty bad too. ;)

- Borat on Jonathon Ross was great! Can't wait for that film.

Damn, I didn't know that he was on. Oh well, at least we've got Tenacious D to watch on the show next week. :)


Also, season 8 starts on terrestrial on November 22nd.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

That;s the first HIGNFY Jeremy Bowen's done.
Really? I'm sure I remember him presenting something.

[H Thompson]

Damn, I didn't know that he was on. Oh well, at least we've got Tenacious D to watch on the show next week. :)


Also, season 8 starts on terrestrial on November 22nd.
repeats late tonight, so you can tape it, or just watch it if like me, you like staying up untill stupid o'clock.

[matt228]

It's time for...a bulletted rant:

The Catherine Tate Show was hilarious
Lead Balloon was great too
Simpsons S8 (DVD), Monty Python: the films (all of them on DVD) and The Book of General Ignorance: A Quite Interesting Book all arrived today (Amazon). I must say, I went straight back to sleep after they arrived at 9am - I did not get to sleep until 3am because of the Halloween party last night. Woke up 12:45pm! The Catherine Tate Show S2 (DVD) should arrive later this week.
Thanks for the reminder of Jonathon Ross being repeated, H_T. I'll record it on Sky+!
The Macdonald Brothers are favourites to go out of The X Factor this week (3/1). Good; they were utter shit last week. How they avoided the bottom 2 last week, I'll never know!
Tenacious D next week on Jonathon Ross should be great! And my terrestrial-bound friends can watch S8 on C4 from 22 November! It's a good day all around.

[Adamm R)))]

repeats late tonight, so you can tape it, or just watch it if like me, you like staying up untill stupid o'clock.

I would tape it, but I don't have a video recorder. :( After I got a TV/DVD combi to replace my TV/video combi, I got a VCR for £30 from the market that died in 3 months. Well, I got what I paid for pretty much. If I'm up then, I'll watch it, but I don't mind if I miss it.

[matt228]

I would tape it, but I don't have a video recorder. :( After I got a TV/DVD combi to replace my TV/video combi, I got a VCR for £30 from the market that died in 3 months. Well, I got what I paid for pretty much. If I'm up then, I'll watch it, but I don't mind if I miss it.
Oh, the wonders of Sky+.

[simplysimpsons]

Wow, talk about digression! :silly:
'Unanimous' was...weird. Like some sort of evil Big Brother gameshow. And too dull to be dragged on for an entire hour...and as for HIGNFY, I gave up on it a while ago except when Boris Johnson is presenting, they really should stick with him. I saw 5 minutes of 'Not Going Out'...just awful. But QI is really good, though.
anyway, I liked TBWWIW quite a lot. I missed the first 5 minutes, but I thought the plot was down to earth for once yet with a lot of hilarious gags. Even though they went to Canada in the last 5 minutes they still pulled it off well. Great animation, too, after watching the overly computery s18 animation so far I actually miss this style. A-

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

I got a VCR for £30 from the market that died in 3 months. Well, I got what I paid for pretty much.
Not really, VCRs are pretty much worthless these days. You got fleeced ;)

[Simpsons Forever!]

Jazzy and the Pussycats was great...until the second act, where the Lisa characterisation was all off and the animal subplot ruined what could have been a very good episode. A disappointing slide to a very promising episode. And what, exactly, was the point of killing off Homer's Vegas Wife? It added nothing to the plot, as they could have just been in any Church service. Seems like a waste to me. Despite the obvious problems, the first act was brilliant and saves the episode. 4/5 B-

EDIT: STOP PRESS - WEZZO'S JUST UPDATED WITH THE NEWS THAT SEASON 14 WILL PREMIERE IN IRELAND ON RTE2 ON FRIDAY 10TH NOVEMBER - A BIG INDICATION THAT CHANNEL FOUR WILL SHOW SEASON 14 SHORTLY AFTER SEASON 13 CONCLUDES!!

[Turambar]

Best episode of Season 18 so far. Much better than 'The Mook, The Chef, The Wife and Her Homer' by far. A lot more upbeat than the previous episode too. And as Lisa said, 'I never thought the two stories would join'. Well, along those lines anyway:) I'd give it 4.5/5

[Adamm R)))]

Great news about season 14, I hope we get it soon enough.

Jazzy was pretty bad to be honest. The episode was constructed so poorly that I couldn't really see past it. The opening was terrible, killing the Vegas wife was silly, as was having balls choking everyone. Having Lisa feeling sorry for animals because she was visited by the spirit of a rabid dog was completely ridiculous. The two plots were both pretty stupid and they tied in poorly. Those jazz guys were very annoying. Also, the emotion at the end seemed genuine to me, but it felt a bit out of place and very tacked on. And there was no real development of Bart empathising with Lisa, there was just that stupid discussion with Marge, which seemed like a poor attempt at that. Still, it wasn't completely terrible. One thing I did like was the Homer drum kit joke. Overall D+

[H Thompson]

You know I was watching that Royale Family special earlier, and a reference made to the simpsons got me thinking, you never see these two people in the same room do you:

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8025/mattgroeningek6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/6005/pplrickytomlinson1907py9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Coincidence? I think not.

[matt228]

you never see these two people in the same room do you:

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8025/mattgroeningek6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/6005/pplrickytomlinson1907py9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Very good indeed, H_T. I have recorded The Royle Family.

[God]

to keep taking this OT, speaking of the royle family, any one know where I could find a torrent of the episode or is it still too early? I have tried googling ' "royle family" torrent ' but I only get episodes from the earlier seasons.

PM me if you don't want to discuss it here.

[Adamm R)))]

You know I was watching that Royale Family special earlier, and a reference made to the simpsons got me thinking, you never see these two people in the same room do you:

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8025/mattgroeningek6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/6005/pplrickytomlinson1907py9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Coincidence? I think not.

Hahaha, wow.

And God, because you talking about torrents reminded me to go and get one for yesterday's new episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, I had a quick search on Torrentz and TorrentSpy. I did find this (http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/897451/The_Royle_Family_Special_E03_WS_PDTV_XviD_RiVER_www_moviex_i nfo), is that it? The health isn't good, but it's only been up for an hour or so (that's probably why you couldn't find it, heh).

[Greased Scotsman]

Jazzy and the Pussycats was brilliant. Absolutely hilarious from start to finish, it had all the makings of a classic episode. It is the first Simpsons episode for a long time that I remember laughing all the way through. A*

The jokes came thick and fast, all of them hilarious. It also had some fantastic animation on the drumming, and I always love that tune that was played by Lisa & co. The story was well-plotted and never felt rushed or 'deus ex machina'-esque like some recent episodes.

There are far too many jokes to mention, but I particularly liked:

The Blue Man spitting out five rubber balls and turning yellow
Bart visualising every drum as having Homer's face on it
Homer's noise war with Bart (A circus fire?!?!)
Homer: "LET ME KNOW WHEN AND IF YOU WANT SEX, OKAY?"
The entire "Bart drumming round the house/school" sequence
The White Stripes falling through the gap in the bridge because their drumming paused over it
Ralph with the push-popper (?) at the jazz jam
The jazz guy's run: "Would you...Lisa Simpson...do us the honour of...sitting in...that chair in the audience while we jam with your brother."
Bart calling it 'Juzz'
Lisa complaining about only being on the cover of ONE magazine
George Meyer waving at Bart in the street
The 'ghost' of the dog yelling 'You suck!' before asking Lisa to get the door for it, then continuing to yell at her
The sign gag at the circus: 'Closed by Popular Demand'
Marge calling the noises 'zoological' (reminds me of her saying 'fiduciary' in Homer vs Patty & Selma)
Chief Wiggum swapping his police car for an ostrich
The background callback to Wiggum on the ostrich, cuffed to another ostrich carrying Snake
Bart writhing on the floor when Marge tries to teach him something
Jazz concert sign gag: '8-hour concert, 2 songs will be played'
The names of some of the jazz musicians in the concert

Definitely the Mountain of Madness of recent seasons.

Oh, and Bart Wants What It Wants was a great episode, but not the best of S13 by far. A-

There was a cut just after Wolfcastle says "Remember when I said I was gonna eat you last? I lied", the rest of the scene was cut after that. Anyone remember what lines were cut, and why?

[Nameless]

The story was well-plotted and never felt rushed or 'deus ex machina'-esque like some recent episodes.

Consequently, there was no ending!

Checked the SNPP capsule, it looks like we go from 'eat you last' straight to the next scene at Greta's, so apparently there was no cut.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

Great news about season 14, I hope we get it soon enough.

Jazzy was pretty bad to be honest. The episode was constructed so poorly that I couldn't really see past it. The opening was terrible, killing the Vegas wife was silly, as was having balls choking everyone.

I must say, considering my reaction to this episode (the 'I don't like Bart anymore' post in the General Discussion lounge thread) I wasn't looking particularly forward to this. Pretty much every Simpsons fan at my school kept coming up to me and saying: "hey, Lovejoy was in the episode last night and Bart drew on him with a laser. It was FUNNY!" Not by my standards, though, and I told them that. They just walked away (big surprise). Moral to this story; your friends don't necessarily know your interests.

[Greased Scotsman]

This is off-topic, but all you QI fans should check this out (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Qi-Series-1/dp/B000IZK534/sr=1-2/qid=1162251017/ref=sr_1_2/203-9271840-6763161?ie=UTF8&s=dvd).

It's out next Monday, and it's got the never-before-seen pilot episode with Eddie Izzard, plus commentary by the producers.

[God]

Hahaha, wow.

And God, because you talking about torrents reminded me to go and get one for yesterday's new episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, I had a quick search on Torrentz and TorrentSpy. I did find this (http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/897451/The_Royle_Family_Special_E03_WS_PDTV_XviD_RiVER_www_moviex_i nfo), is that it? The health isn't good, but it's only been up for an hour or so (that's probably why you couldn't find it, heh).

I'll presume it is, seeing it was only uploaded in the least day :) cheers for that

[FuriousGeorge]

This week's new episode had wasted potential I believe. It's like a lot of stuff was totally irrelevant to the show such as Amber's funeral. I mean, I doubt any of the townspeople knew her bar Homer and his drinking buddies, and even so, it wasn't that well.

The church fight with them chocking on tennis balls, was quite funny but not LOL funny. I also found the scene where Bart is banging the drums and bumps into the White Stripes went on far too long. I mean what was their purpose in appearing? It's not as if, they had a main part to play like Michel Jackson did (even though he was someone else being him).

Lisa rescuing the animals came out of nowhere, especially when the stray bear, monkey and tiger followed her up into the attic. The bit where Bart's arm got bit by a tiger was stupid too. Also, at the end what had happened to the animals? It ended too abruptly, and I think the potential was wasted in two daft storylines.

2/5

[Adamm R)))]

This is off-topic, but all you QI fans should check this out (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Qi-Series-1/dp/B000IZK534/sr=1-2/qid=1162251017/ref=sr_1_2/203-9271840-6763161?ie=UTF8&s=dvd).

It's out next Monday, and it's got the never-before-seen pilot episode with Eddie Izzard, plus commentary by the producers.


Looks good, I might pick it up if I get a chance.

[matt228]

Jazzy and the Pussycats was the best episode in a long while. The scene with the White Stripes was far too long, and "Juzz" just didn't cut it for me, but otherwise no real complaints. Lisa was right when she said she thought the stories would never connect with each other but it worked anyway. A

P.S. QI S1 DVD out soon! Yay!

[Wezzo]

24 S5 out next week! Yay! Reach for the skies and rejoice!

Oh, QI S1 as well. Damn, where is all this money going to come from..

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

This week's new episode had wasted potential I believe. It's like a lot of stuff was totally irrelevant to the show such as Amber's funeral. I mean, I doubt any of the townspeople knew her bar Homer and his drinking buddies, and even so, it wasn't that well.
The biggest thing for me, was why would they even have a service in Springfield?

[FuriousGeorge]

The biggest thing for me, was why would they even have a service in Springfield?

Hmmm, you've read my mind there.

Even if she landed up dead in the town, they would have done in Las Vegas. It doesn't add up. OK It's only a cartoon, but it's really odd.

What next - A funeral service for Jesse, the eco-warrior who Lisa fell for?

[Reverend Lovejoy]

The church fight with them chocking on tennis balls, was quite funny but not LOL funny.


Again, WHY do people find this funny? This is just crapping up a perfectly good funeral scene (even though I never liked Amber, to be honest).

[Adamm R)))]

Something noteworthy: C4Sales says that Weekend at Burnsies will air in the usual, pre-watershed time of 8:30 on December 1st (in usual sequence). I hope they don't cut it to death because of this.

[Simpsons Forever!]

I expect this episode to be cut quite a bit, especially looking at that time slot. However, hopefully C4 won't wreck the episode by taking out some of the best gags of the season. They should have showed the episode at 9pm or 9:30pm.

Tonight's episode is one of my least favourites ever - I'm going to a bonfire, so won't be able to watch it, anyway.

[4 Alarm Chilli]

I have never seen tonights, but from what most fans say I'm not expecting too much.

[matt228]

Possibly the worst episode ever, along with Saddlesore Galactica.

[FuriousGeorge]

Possibly the worst episode ever, along with Saddlesore Galactica.

Yes, I will be giving a miss too.

So weak that episode.

[Nameless]

So Domino's now sponsor both C4 and Sky...were they trying to get a pincer grip on sponsorship of UK Simpsons?

The first act, whilst quite short, is quite funny...shame it doesn't last.

[Adamm R)))]

^I was going to ask about the Domino's thing, they're sponsoring Sky too?

The episode was better than I remembered, but by no means great. The dog plot was just ridiculous (and I know it's unfair to judge it by this, but it gave me horrible memories of the latest Aqua Teen episode). I liked a couple of jokes "little Grampa Simpson" to name one. But I think the problem is that it's just brought down a bit by a few of the common flaws of the era. Also, I actually sorta liked the underlying thing about Homer wanting admiration from Bart, it was far from perfect, but it was good enough. I'll say C now.

Also, I just realised how every episode shown in the US will have been shown here for a few hours on Sunday, even if most people have seen the THOH episode too.

[simplysimpsons]

The Lastest gun in the West
Yeah, I agree the first act was pretty good. It went really dry in the middle, though, and the ending was sort of typical and tacked-on just to make sure Buck becomes the hero again, although it was nice to see Homer and Bart bond. Buck wasn't the most interesting character ever, and there were some funny moments but the humour felt a bit strained overall. It sort of felt like a typical average, bland, and forgettable season 17 episode but with better voice acting (I've thought the VA has been excellent in s13 all round), but for the most part just...dull. It's not horrendusly bad as many people make it out to be, but it's not really a shining example of a good season 13 episode, either. OK to pass half an hour with, but not often. A generous C+

[Drunk Barney]

/\

Why do you always have to steal people's opinions, I can't make a review now :(...:D

Yeah, basically the above...I also thought there were a few decent stand out jokes, unlike many of the new episodes. Homer, especially had some good lines. I bet they were from Swartzwelder, how we miss him now-a-days. The show could do with some really good humour, right about now. Maybe he's saving his gags for the movie! :D

[Drunk Barney]

Oh and I'd give it about a B- though. Up from a C.

[Greased Scotsman]

I'd give it a B. I dunno, I've never really found anything wrong with it. Maybe it's me.

Also QI on BBC4 last night was great. Alan Davies set a new record: -146 points. :D

And Have I Got News For You? Best of the series yet. Armstrong's always great.

[H Thompson]

That was hardly fair on QI though, he would have won, had he not given the -150 points wrong answer.

Agreed on HIGNFY A good host and good guests all round Brooker's, an amusing guy (I don't know if anyone saw him in that screen wipe programme)
And Ross Noble and Paul Merton's humour styles are a perfect match for each other.

[matt228]

Please can we abstain from talking about the BBC4 episode of QI as I always miss it!! :D

Woo! Alan Davies won on BBC2 episode!

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Agreed on HIGNFY A good host and good guests all round Brooker's, an amusing guy (I don't know if anyone saw him in that screen wipe programme)
And Ross Noble and Paul Merton's humour styles are a perfect match for each other.
Yeah, Screen Wipe was hilarious, I've been a fan of Brooker since I saw this mockumentary he did years ago called "How To Watch Television".
That was probably the funniest HIGNFY that I've seen for a long time, they had the best selection of people on it.

Oh and to keep this Simpsons-related...Lastest Gun in the West totally sucked. Again.

[Turambar]

Just finished watching "Please, Homer Don't Hammer 'Em". I'd say it was a good episode, better than a lot that I've seen recently, but not as good as "Jazzy and the Pussycats". 4/5

[Adamm R)))]

PHDHE was easily the season so far's best. I really enjoyed the subplot, although the overuse of wordplay was a bit irritating. The main plot wasn't really bad, but the thing that really let it down for me was the typical post-classic plot resolution. Decent enough, B-

[Greased Scotsman]

PHDHE was really good. Loved the Star Wars parody A

I know this is completely off-topic, but it is a UK thread, and I didn't think this would reach enough Brits in the main Nintendo thread:

Wii UK Tour Announced

You could have spent the past two years glued to your PC monitor, reading every morsel of info ever written about the Wii but, as Nintendo is always keen to stress, this is one console that really has to be played.

That's why Nintendo will be showing off its new console at various venues around the UK in a tour that kicks off next Friday in Dublin. Check below for the full list of confirmed dates and locations, and be sure to get your nearest venue date in your diary.

Toys 4 Big Boys, Dublin - 10th-12th November
Good Food Show, London - 10th-12th November
Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent (A) - 16th-18th November
Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow - 16th-18th November
Bullring, Birmingham - 16th-18th November
Churchill Square, Brighton - 16th-18th November
Good Food Show, Birmingham NEC - 22nd-26th November
Lakeside, Essex - 23rd-25th November

UK Golf Show, Birmingham NEC - 24th-26th November
Meadowhall, Sheffield - 30th November-2nd December
Cribbs Causeway, Bristol - 30th November-2nd December
The Oracle, Reading - 30th November-2nd December
Clotheshow Live 2006, Birmingham NEC - 1st-6th December
Luton Airport (A) - 4th-10th December
Gatwick North (A) - 4th-10th December
Manchester Metropolitan University - 6th December
UCD, Dublin University - 6th December
Arndale Centre, Manchester - 7th-9th December
Mahon Point, Cork - 7th-10th December
Gatwick South (A) - 11th-17th December
Stansted Airport (A) - 11th-17th December
Centre MK, Milton Keynes (A) - 18th-24th December
Irn Bru Carnival, Glasgow SECC - 23rd December - 14th January
The Liberty, Romford - 2nd-7th January
White Rose, Leeds - 2nd-7th January
Castlecourt, Belfast - 2nd-7th January
Brent Cross Shopping Centre, London - 9th-14th January
The Gyle, Edinburgh - 9th-14th January
West Quay Centre, Southampton - 9th-14th January
Bristol University - 17th January
St David's Centre, Cardiff - 18th-21st January
Nottingham Trent University - 24th January
The Shires, Leicester - 25th-27th January
Sheffield Hallam University - 31st January
Glasgow University - 31st January
Trinity College Dublin - 31st January
Luton Airport (B) - 5th - 11th Feb
Gatwick South (B) - 5th-18th Feb
Xscape, Braehead - 17th-18th Feb
The Victoria Centre, Nottingham - 19th-25th Feb
Gatwick North (B) - 19th-25th Feb
Stansted Airport (B) - 19th Feb - 4th March
Xscape, Castleford Leeds - 24th-25th Feb
Centre MK, Milton Keynes (B) - 28th Feb - 3rd march
Braehead Shopping Centre, Glasgow - 5th-11th March
Crufts 2007, Birmingham NEC - 8th-11th March
Ideal Home Show, Earl's Court London - 9th March - 1st April
Quad Show, Birmingham NEC - 16th-18th March
Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent (B) - 16th-18th March
Vitality Show, London Olympia - 29th March - 1st April
Memorabilia Show, Birmingham NEC - 31st March - 1st April

Absolutely brilliant. It's coming to Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow, just 2 minutes from where my uni is. And THREE WEEKS before the launch!!!

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Bristol University - 17th January
Woo, I'll keep an eye out for that!

I didn't like PHDHE as much the second time round, although I missed the first few minutes which were pretty good IIRC. Still the best ep of the Season so far (including the THOH).

[FuriousGeorge]

This week's wasn't too bad, but one thing - Why the condemnation over a woman carpenter? Is Springfield stuck in 1806 instead of 2006? I take it Sex Discrimination Acts don't work in that town ;)

The Star Wars parody was quite funny, but I do think Bart was tormenting Skinner a bit too far with his nut allergy. Also, the wordplay did bother me as well. The bit with the dilapdated mall was funny, especially the Iranian guy with the CD. I did find the Marge bits when Homer takes credit for her work a bit too fustrating, especially the one where Karl and Lenny bang the cupboard thing she was hiding in. Also, what was that with the rollercoaster?

3/5

[Simpsons Forever!]

Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em was okay, although I would've liked to see the subplot a bit more developed rather than Bart waving a peanut in Skinner's face and making him do stupid stuff. Solid B episode. 4/5

[matt228]

The nearest tour date to me is either Glasgow or Leeds which are both around 100-150 miles away from me (here in the southwest of County Durham, near Darlington). :(

[Greased Scotsman]

Off-topic time again, but I picked up the QI DVD yesterday, pilot episode's really funny. Haven't had the chance to watch any of the rest of it yet.

[623058]

Has anyone eles noticed that Ch4 has MADE New cuts in the simpsons:


in Bart the Fink,
the old cut saying crap is put back in, but there now a New cut where there selling Krustys porn

Lisa the Iconoclast

the bit where homer say Dastered is cut and its slopy!

[FuriousGeorge]

Tonight's 8.30 episode on CH4 is "The old man and the key". I'm not too fond of this one, as it's mainly Homer shouting and bawling and Grandpa behaving out of character a bit.

[Simpsons Forever!]

I'm not going to watch it - it's one of my worst episosdes and one of very few that gets an F from me. It's awful and boring to watch.

[Jayrayman]

I'm not going to watch it - it's one of my worst episosdes and one of very few that gets an F from me. It's awful and boring to watch.

The Old Man and the Key (along with Skinners Sense of Snow) are the only two episodes I havent seen of The Simpsons, so Im interested in how its going to turn out. Hopefully I wont find it that bad though.

[Adamm R)))]

Has anyone eles noticed that Ch4 has MADE New cuts in the simpsons:


in Bart the Fink,
the old cut saying crap is put back in, but there now a New cut where there selling Krustys porn

Lisa the Iconoclast

the bit where homer say Dastered is cut and its slopy!

They were cut in the first run of season 7 on C4, I think.

I'm going to watch TOMATK tonight, but from what I remember, it's pretty poor.

Also, did anyone see Buzzcocks last night? Somehow, it combined being quite funny and being just painful to watch. Whoever thought that Bill Oddie could do comedy should be sacked.

[H Thompson]

Um are you joking or do you know he used to do a comedy programme called "The Goodies" before he started doing nature programmes. From what I heard it used to be pretty good, a 2nd rate Python but still good.
But yeah he seemed like some kind of stoned, senile old coot. Still he's a much better person than Vannesa Feltz.

[Adamm R)))]

OK, I suck. :ashamed:

But still, based on that Buzzcocks, I would've never guessed that it was possible that he's ever been involved in comedy.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

Um are you joking or do you know he used to do a comedy programme called "The Goodies" before he started doing nature programmes. From what I heard it used to be pretty good, a 2nd rate Python but still good.


One of my friends has a DVD of The Goodies, and it is pretty good.

[Nameless]

I can count the number of laughs in TOMATK so far on one hand.

[Adamm R)))]

^That actually sounds pretty good to me, most new episodes struggle to make me laugh. TOMATK was better that I remembered, but by no means great. It was a crappy story really, the whole thing about Grampa acting like a teenager was stupid, yet all of the episode's funniest moments came from that ("cosmic..."). Lisa irritated me here, she wasn't even that necessary but was used as "narrator Lisa" too often ("Look Grampa, you have a new neighbour!" really bugged me for some reason). Overall, just below average: C-

[H Thompson]

OMATK seemed very funny to me, I'm probably being too generous because during S17 I pretty much forgot what laughing at the Simpsons is like, but I give this a B+ the "That's familiar" Musical was excellent, I hate seeing people say what I'm about to say, since I almost always disagree with it, but it seemed like something that could have easily fit into the classic era.
Of course there's lots of thing throughout the episode that have the horrible stink of latter day simpsons, but it was mostly enjoyable.

[matt228]

Couldn't watch The Old Man and the Key, but I'm glad I missed it - I didn't know it was that episode until today. I also missed the last Not Going Out :( - can anyone find a repeat or a website that has a free download of it?

[Imperciph]

I hope you people will not mind a visitor.

OMATK seemed very funny to me, I'm probably being too generous because during S17 I pretty much forgot what laughing at the Simpsons is like, but I give this a B+ the "That's familiar" Musical was excellent, I hate seeing people say what I'm about to say, since I almost always disagree with it, but it seemed like something that could have easily fit into the classic era.


I saw OMATK just about 5 days back and I agree with this. What I like about s13 is that its gag writing was more livelier and therefore more closer to the classic era compared to the later Jean era, which opted for more quieter humour. This does have its fair share of problems with missed gags and instances of bad characterisation but when it hits it hits big time. My favorite gags in this one are "Old Man yells at cloud" and the callback to it, Itchy and Scratchy on the radio and a city inhabited by Charles Bronson lookalikes : this is the type of comedy writing that the show needs right now.

I think this is my favorite post-classic characterisation of Grampa simply because he's very lively in this one. Compare this one with Homer's Paternity Coot and Million Dollar Abie you'll notice how much more blander, less jaded and overall very lifeless as a whole Grampa seems in the latter two.

I also thought the role-reversal of Grampa being the hipster teenager and Homer being a strict authoritarian was quite well-done and quite satirical of cheesy 50-60 teen flicks. It doesn't lose focus with Grampa's misadventures being the constant theme and being introduced to about within 3 minutes of the episode.

Even taking into consideration the usual Jean flaws, this one is a good, decent episode. B

[Adamm R)))]

What I like about s13 is that its gag writing was more livelier and therefore more closer to the classic era compared to the later Jean era, which opted for more quieter humour. This does have its fair share of problems with missed gags and instances of bad characterisation but when it hits it hits big time.

Spot on. That's exactly why season 13 is my favourite Jean season.

[Greased Scotsman]

Couldn't watch The Old Man and the Key, but I'm glad I missed it - I didn't know it was that episode until today. I also missed the last Not Going Out :( - can anyone find a repeat or a website that has a free download of it?If you have Sky, it should be on BBC One Scotland this week - one week it was missed from the schedules. If you don't it may be available on the BBC website.

[Drunk Barney]

Off Topic: Did anyone else see family Fortunes tonight? I like the game, but the guy who ran it was sooooo annoying and not funny! I ended up switching over to ITV2 and watched the Xtra Factor. Speaking of which, it was pretty good tonight. (The X Factor on ITV1). Eton Road are probably my favourite choice, but were pretty crap tonight.

[Greased Scotsman]

^Ben > all others. Shame to see Glasgow girl Nikitta go tho. Only Scottish act left is the MacDonald Bros, and God only knows how they haven't gone out yet. Also, Ray should have been voted out ages ago - he's a one-trick pony in the strongest sense of the phrase. He butchered "Waterloo" last week, and that's really hard to do.

And as for Family Fortunes, I think Vernon Kay puts a fresh spin on it. (Hey, at least he's not Les Dennis.) But seeing Jimmy Osmond try and play Big Money was hilarious.

Oh, and Parkinson with Peter Kay was absolutely priceless. I only watched it cause the Daily Mail said Daniel Craig would be on (I think he's actually on next week), but Kay was fantastic.

[Wezzo]

Sorry there was no SNPP update last week - 24 S5 and QI S1 beckoned. Look out for one later today.

(oh, and Ben *must* win The X Factor)

[H Thompson]

I'm happy for this thread to get off topic, but not when it involves The X Factor.

[Adamm R)))]

Going to still post here, despite the R&R still being in GD:


Married to the Blob was my favourite segment, I liked a few of the jokes and the idea felt like it had been lifted out of the classic era. The Dr Phil appearance was the low point and it never really recovered, but it seems that all of the THOH segments in recent years have just had silly quick fix endings.

You Gotta Know When to Golem was decent. I liked some of the jewish humour parts, the segment wasn't long enough to become as annoying as it could've been. It was probably the weakest segment, but it was by no means bad.

The Day the Earth Looked Stupid was a little disappointing really, it was entertaining, but it had a lot more potential. The actual aliens came in too late and the political commentary was much too serious, they could've at least made a joke about it (and the line would've made it a whole lot worse). Still, it was also an entertaining segment.

Overall a solid episode, easily the best Treehouse in years and surely the most consistant since the classic era. I really liked the 'Al "27th July 2007" Jean' name too. I'd give it a B+. Also, I hate reviewing THOH episodes, it seems a lot harder than the regular ones, you have to look past the time constraints really so it's hard to comment on the plots because they're so brief.)

[Simpsons Forever!]

This was definitely much better than THOH's XIV-XVI, but it still felt slightly bland, largely due to the middle Golem segment, which didn't feel "spooky" enough to be a horror segment. The other two worked well, although I was disappointed not to see Kang and Kodos until so late into the episode - they should have appeared for longer, considering the writers only get to use them once a year. The "Blob" parody was very good, as was the opening, which, all in all, makes a B-, not at all bad for a THOH episode.

[matt228]

If you have Sky, it should be on BBC One Scotland this week - one week it was missed from the schedules. If you don't it may be available on the BBC website.
Unfortunately, it is NOT available on the BBC website, and it is not repeated.

The X Factor: Ben, Ray and Eton Road should be the finalists. The MacDonald Brothers should've gone out ages ago. Ashley was great but ABBA wasn't his thing. :( I missed this week's show but saw the results - fantastic news that Nikitta is out but MacDonald Brothers should've been out long ago.

[Greased Scotsman]

I'm happy for this thread to get off topic, but not when it involves The X Factor.Actually, me too. I don't mind The X Factor, but I can see how people can't stand it. So maybe we should place a ban on discussing of all reality shows.

Oh, and I got the QI S1 DVD, and it rocks. The pilot episode is hilarious (the scoring system is a lot higher - everyone gets scores in the 100s) and the outtakes are great. They're not all outtakes in the normal sense - some are just deleted scenes from the show, but some are true cock-ups on the part of Stephen.

And after watching THOH XVII again, it's even worse the second time round. I'm changing my grade again, back to a D+.

[4 Alarm Chilli]

I hope channel 4 will get onto season 14 after 13 instead of going to season 11 like usual.

[Marge For President]

I missed the first segment THOHXVII and I was not very impressed with You Gotta Know When To Golem, all the jokes seemed so unfunny and I was very dissapointed. Thankfully, I laughed quite a bit at The Day the Earth Looked Stupid, I found a lot of the jokes to be pretty funny, although I wasn't to crazy about the storyline. Of What I saw, I give it a C.

[Adamm R)))]

I hope channel 4 will get onto season 14 after 13 instead of going to season 11 like usual.

Well they can't, which is exactly why I'm posting here now: has anyone realised that Sky have season 11 now? It seems to have replaced any season 14 episodes in their schedule, which is good news. So the current rights are supposedly:

Sky - 2,3, 9-11, 15+
C4 - 1, 4-8, 12-14

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Yeah I'd noticed the change in Seasons being aired on both channels. Do you know for sure that C4 have Season 8? They haven't aired any yet, have they?

[Adamm R)))]

^They start airing on November 22nd.

[Greased Scotsman]

I haven't seen S1 on TV for aaaaaaages.

[Adamm R)))]

According to C4Sales, they're changing Fridays, starting from this week (although my TV guide lists the normal week, must be a late change). Now, there's a double bill: season 12 at 9pm and season 13 at 9:30.

[Simpsons Forever!]

Maybe that's in preperation for the airing of Weekend At Burnsie's on 1st December?

[Reverend Lovejoy]

According to C4Sales, they're changing Fridays, starting from this week (although my TV guide lists the normal week, must be a late change). Now, there's a double bill: season 12 at 9pm and season 13 at 9:30.

You have no idea how annoying this was for me. I usually watch Have I Got News For You after the Simpsons, and I was planning on looking at that new sitcom written by Jennifer Saunders, so now C4 have gone and screwed up my friday nights! :-$

[SourLemon06]

I dont see why c4 dont have 1-13 and just get a new 1 every year so sky has 5 seasons all the time:confused:

[Greased Scotsman]

I dont see why c4 dont have 1-13 and just get a new 1 every year so sky has 5 seasons all the time:confused:Because Sky air a LOT more episodes per week than C4. C4 air a maximum of eight each week, whereas Sky have at least fourteen. If Sky only had five seasons you would see every one of their episodes at least once a month.

[Nameless]

I also believe some sort of guideline says the seasons have to be shared out as evenly as possible.

Of notice is that Sky have apparently dropped S14 from their schedules, a good sign for C4.

[matt228]

Good news that S12 is re-airing as the episode Pokey Mom still eludes me. Let's hope Weekend at Burnsie's airs intact (since C4 are getting rather scissor-happy at late).

[Greased Scotsman]

Good news that S12 is re-airing as the episode Pokey Mom still eludes me.Believe me, it should stay eluded. One of, if not THE worst episode of S12.

[H Thompson]

Anyone see buzzcocks last night, what on earth was amy winehouse? I guess part of the clue is in the first part her 2nd name, but I'm pretty certain there were some other illegal substances involved as well.

[Greased Scotsman]

Anyone see buzzcocks last night, what on earth was amy winehouse? I guess part of the clue is in the first part her 2nd name, but I'm pretty certain there were some other illegal substances involved as well.I know - she's been on before, and she was a lot more, well, sober then.

And boo, Children In Need is on tonight. Sure it's for a good cause, but why would I want to watch drunk newsreaders and shit bands when I could have been watching A Question of Sport or HIGNFY instead?

[Reverend Lovejoy]

Thanks for warning me that HIGNFY isn't on tonight. It would have been a shock otherwise.

[Simpsons Forever!]

I get tired of CIN, too - it happens too often, unlike Comic Relief, which is only once every two years.

Tales From The Public Domain tonight - I haven't seen this episode for a while, but I remember it being just another trilogy episode, from which nothing stood out, so I'm not ecstatic about it.

[H Thompson]

I think a new HIGNFY is still on on monday though

[SourLemon06]

Cool they put 2 episodes on c4 2nite :D

[Adamm R)))]

Public Domain was acceptable, one of the best trilogy episodes, but that's not saying much. Wasn't paying an awful amount of attention to it anyway, so I won't say much. Except that the River Styx joke was obvious, but it made me laugh. Um...B-...just.

Also, did anyone notice how in A Tale of Two Springfields, all the cuts have been restored? Hahaha, of course you didn't!

[simplysimpsons]

Public Domain was a heck of a lot better than Wettest Stories by a long way, but still not my favourite type of episode. I just find it hard to relate to the characters in such a off-continuity different setting. Some of the jokes were hilarious, though, and I did like the wraparounds. I think I'll go for a B- as well. Grr, I wish I remembered to tape OMATK last week! :(

[Greased Scotsman]

I think a new HIGNFY is still on on monday thoughNope, it's an old one with Des Lynam. Although I did find out that Ann Widdecombe is hosting it on Dec 1st :D

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Also, did anyone notice how in A Tale of Two Springfields, all the cuts have been restored? Hahaha, of course you didn't!
Hasn't it always been like that on Channel 4? I know I've seen the episode without cuts on TV before, I'm pretty sure it was just Sky who butchered the hell out of it (there were something like 4 cuts in one scene!)

[Adamm R)))]

Ah yes, you're right. I just checked that out on The Britsons (http://www.thebritsons.co.uk/?go=theshow/cuts/babf20), which apparently didn't expire in late September.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

According to godaddy.com:
Relevant dates:
Registered on: 02-Apr-2005
Renewal date: 02-Apr-2007

[Nameless]

So how can somebody get the expiry date of their website wrong by 7 months?

[Wezzo]

SNPP updated, with info on the New Year's Day 2pm-9pm marathon on Sky One, amongst other things: http://www.snpp.com/upcoming/uk.html

[Adamm R)))]

Thanks Wezzo, good to get a date on G.I.D'oh, but do you know why it was delayed? Is the new season of 24 airing then or something?

[Simpsons Forever!]

^Exactly right. 24 S6 starts the day G. I. D'oh airs. Sky are obviously promoting it with the new episode, considering Kiefer Sutherland guest stars.

[Greased Scotsman]

Thanks for the update Wezzo, even tho you STILL call JABF01 "Kill Bill" in the intro to the Sky section. :D

[Wezzo]

Oh, bollocking hell. :D Sorry, I will fix it next update! Promise!*


*Actual odds of promise being carried out: 1 in 280 billion

[matt228]

Who else is looking forward to the Weekend at Burnsie's terrestrial premiere then? I know it aired on Sky One 5 years ago but it only aired around twice a year because of its theme. When S13 comes out on DVD, it will probably be a '15'.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Yeah I'm definitely looking forward to it. I assume it will be uncut, being on at 9.30 and all.

[Greased Scotsman]

Yeah I'm definitely looking forward to it. I assume it will be uncut, being on at 9.30 and all.Don't be so sure - C4 are capable of incredible idiocy these days.

[matt228]

Don't be so sure - C4 are capable of incredible idiocy these days.
I know, delaying S13 by 9 months for no apparant reason, for example!

[Nameless]

Except for the possible reason that they could then air S13 and S14 back-to-back?

[H Thompson]

Channel 4 are dicks though, look at the comedy they've been commisioning for the last 5 years, And their reality t.v obsession. They used to be about controversial but high quality programming, now they think dumbing down and lowering their standards as much as possible means their being "cutting edge"