UK: General Simpsons Chat

[Billy]

Wow...so either Thursday or Friday will be the ten year anniversary of viewing my first Simpsons episode, Bart the Daredevil. I don't know the exact date because it was shown on BBC1 on the 30th November 1996, and then BBC2 on the 1st December.

TEN YEARS of Simpsons watching. God, I feel old.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

This is surprising, considering Domino's has been such a staple of The Simpsons on Sky. For almost a decade it's sponsered them and it sponsors C4 now too. But what's the fuss? Pizza's aren't that bad and I've watched so many Simpsons episodes on Sky since I got it almost 4 years ago, yet have never had a Domino's pizza! I think this is a bit too far, to be honest. It's not as if they're advertising cigarettes or alcohol.


Neither have I. This pizza thing is going a bit too far - not every kid is going to get something just because they saw it on TV.

[SourLemon06]

soz 2 be such a n00b but wat is HIGNIFY???

On the dominoes pizza subject HORRAY for i,D'oh Bot we can now see the part wiv chief wiggum turning the police car into a dominoes pizza car lol :D

[H Thompson]

Have I Got News For You. The satirical news quiz on BBC1, the extra "I" is a typo.

[richardUK]

And as GC said, the Simpsons isn't targeted to kids, and Dominos adverts especially are not targeted to kids.
Uh uh uh.

I remember sitting in my living room as a seven year old, counting down the four minutes to stop and getting when the Dominos advert came on.

Even if the program isn't targeted at kids, they do watch it, and everyone knows they do. So if they can make little kids associate their product with good times and excitement, they're onto a winner.

And for the record, I did find the show funny when I was little. I liked how they fall down and crash. I liked the physical jokes.

[Nameless]

when does this law come into effect anyway? the domino's adverts are still present.

On the dominoes pizza subject HORRAY for i,D'oh Bot we can now see the part wiv chief wiggum turning the police car into a dominoes pizza car lol

they might still leave it cut for fear of offending their former sponsors or something.

[Turambar]

I haven't checked in this thread recently, but what is all this talk about Dominos?

[matt228]

I haven't checked in this thread recently, but what is all this talk about Dominos?
Would reading the last few posts really be so difficult? Adverts for foods containing high levels of fat, sugar and/or salt have been banned in the UK on all shows before the 9pm watershed and on all programmes aimed at children under 16.

[Turambar]

I see. What I thought it was then. And there's no need to be like that Matt228.

[H Thompson]

Well you asked a stupid question, because of your own laziness, I think a bit of a sarcastic response is deserved.

[Turambar]

I hereby apologize for my apparent laziness and hope my fellow simpsonites will not hold it against me

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Even if the program isn't targeted at kids, they do watch it, and everyone knows they do. So if they can make little kids associate their product with good times and excitement, they're onto a winner.
Yeah but by the same token you could say that having a McDonalds in or next to a theme park would be advertising to kids. They are having a good time in the theme park and could associate that with seeing a McDonalds logo around. OK that's a pretty contrived situation but I really don't understand how they are gonna enforce this law. Does advertising during a show that kids may watch count as advertising to children? What is the maximum fat content a product can have to advertise in the pre-watershed time?

Whoa bit of a rant there...this is getting pretty OT now, maybe we should let it rest...

[H Thompson]

I hereby apologize for my apparent laziness and hope my fellow simpsonites will not hold it against me
Just do 10 Hail Mary's and you'll be forgiven.

[Adamm R)))]

Lets stop ranting about this stupid law, back to the Simpsons.

There is no new episodes on the Friday 22nd, because there is a Gordon Ramsey Christmas special on. Oh goody...

[H Thompson]

Hardly the actions of a man who want's to be on the simpsons ;-/

[Reservoir Dog]

Nevermind sorry posted in the wrong place.

[Greased Scotsman]

That was the LAST Buzzcocks? Jesus, that was a short run!

Also, FANTASTIC NEWS!!! The presenter for the HIGNFY Christmas Special has been announced, and it is...

http://www.taoproductions.co.uk/images/2006/medium/boris_johnson.jpg

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Quick reminder for anyone who may read this thread in the next couple of hours: Weekend at Burnsies is on tonight! I don't know how often Channel 4 are going to show this one, but if it's anything like Sky it'll be twice a year or something. So catch it while you can!

[simplysimpsons]

Weekend at Burnsie's was...bizzare, to say the least. (In fact, like a lot of s13...I can't put my finger on it, but there's a kind of weird theme running.) I really didn't care too much about the crows setup. Practically all the drugs scenes were admittedly funny though, but the episode sort of petered out when Phish appeared and never got back to form. Burns dying/coming back to life and the dancing scenes were too silly for my taste. In fact the last scenes smacked of awful Burns body part jokes which we'll unfourtunately see more of. Difficult to grade as it was so different, but I'll proabably go with a B-

[Adamm R)))]

B+, I've been through this before and I'm too tired to explain it again now. Also, Homer Vs. Dignity was a lot better than I remembered, heavily flawed, but it had some good jokes. C+

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

I didn't like the episode as much this time around. Also, I used to love Homer Vs. Dignity, but that too keeps slipping on later viewings. Both episodes still decent though.

[H Thompson]

Yeah Burnsie wasn't quite as good as I rememberd, I think when I first saw it, I was shocked, that it had a number very funny classic era quality gags in quick succession, and so gave it a little more than it deserved.

[matt228]

Weekend at Burnsie's is one of my favourite episodes of all time, so I have no problem in giving it an A+/A. Yes, the crows opening seemed a little strange, Dr Hibbert's peer pressure seemed a little out-of-character, and little oddities such as Burns dancing were noticable, they were all funny "flaws" for me and therefore I've only downgraded it from A+ to A+/A.

After having re-watched the episode, I am considering whether it will be rated 12 or 15 when the DVD of S13 comes out.

Here are the BBFC's guidelines:
12: Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or instructional.
15: Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse.

What do you think?

[Adamm R)))]

Here are the BBFC's guidelines:
12: Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or instructional.
15: Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse.

What do you think?

"Toke as needed. Caution: objects may appear more edible than they actually are."

15 then...

[H Thompson]

How is that encouraging it, it suggests you might attempt to eat things that aren't edible. And technically no drug taking is shown, as we don't see Homer physically smoking the joint.

[Adamm R)))]

It says that for a 12 it should not be instructional. That's instructional...sort of. I think I was sorta joking, anyway.

[Nameless]

Pray tell, how is it possible to know how to take drugs after hearing three words on an animated show?

[George Cauldron]

Regardless of the drug (ab)use shown, I think the animated nature of the show will keep the episode at a 12 classification, personally.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

I doubt 12-year-old kids are gonna know what "toke" means, or, if they do then they already know how to roll a joint.

I'm not sure about the glamourisation. In the end it's shown that its bad, but most of the jokes revolve around Homer being high, which could be taken as a "DRUGS ARE A LOT OF FUN, KIDS!" statement...

[Adamm R)))]

Moe N'A Lisa featured a snippet of a Black Eyed Peas song. F





EDIT: OK, it was better than I expected. It falls into a mould that a few recent episodes have fallen into, very uninspired, but it had a few jokes that made it enjoyable, my favourites were the Spiderman parody and exchanging insurance details. Also, Moe's depression wasn't used as strongly as I feared it could've been. B-

Also, the dates are back in the sig, since I kept forgetting when new episodes were on and it's tidier now.

[Greased Scotsman]

I just watched School of Rock since I lost my DVD copy, and I had forgotten that it's one of the best films I've ever seen.

Oh, and Moe N' A Lisa was OK.

Wii Countdown...4 days 30 minutes!!

[Ben Allman]

I was pleasantly surprised by Moe N Lisa given how terrible the rest of the recent episodes have been. It seemed to, at least, try to have a heart. I think Moe's depression was used pretty well, given they've basically established it in previous seasons - the post-it notes were a really subtle, but dark device to hint at its depth.

And the humour wasn't too off either. Only one joke made me think "How can writers legitimately sit there thinking that it's good!?" (and believe me, this question has come up a lot more recently than I care to say); and that was the whole drink driving gag. Ugh.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

I just watched School of Rock since I lost my DVD copy, and I had forgotten that it's one of the best films I've ever seen.


You watched School of Rock too? I agree with you, I really enjoyed it.

[richardUK]

Watched Moe N' ALisa last night..

I think that the script is really, really bad... And the plot has been done about a hundred times before... and the characters are basically completely and totally different people (especially Homer). There was also a clip of a black eyed peas song, popular music.

Hated it. D-

Not an F, because the physical jokes were a save, and there was one good line "Okay thanks for the heads up we'll see you later" (although even that was very un-Homer-ish, given he said it to his eight year old daughter).

[matt228]

1) I have School of Rock on DVD. Very good film, though I haven't seen it in about 12-18 months.
2) I think Weekend at Burnsie's will probably be a 12 because medicinal marijuana warrants less controversy than just smoking pot for the "high". Homer was prescribed it by a doctor, and he made it clear to Bart that it was not good to use ("Daddy's special medicine, which you must NEVER USE"). It could be a 15, however, as Otto and Homer do seem to enjoy the high, the highs Homer experience are fairly dream-esque (i.e. children may be convinced it is a fantastic drug to take) and the cannabis is shown as well as the bongs (although we never see him smoking it).
3) I haven't watched the new episode yet, but I recorded it on Sky+ (or "Sky+ed" it, whichever you prefer. I can't bring myself to have a verb including a + sign just yet!).

[Simpsons Forever!]

It was good to see Weekend At Burnsie's again - a great episode (even if the ending with Burns is a little disturbing.) A-

Moe 'N' A Lisa wasn't great. I didn't like the final part over the credits, it was another example of wacky, unfunny Homer, an attempt to get laughs from stupid noises/faces. Plus the Homer fairy voice felt very similar to Flaming Moe's and was ruined by Homer's plummet out the window. The episode didn't seem to flow very well, either. Saying that, it started very well and that was the best Moe performance I've seen for ages. He was perfect throughout the episode and mainly this raises my grade to a B.

I'm more looking forward to Ice Cream on Sunday now, due to the reviews on the board.

[Nameless]

Cut!:

The Japanese Yukaza. They'll kill ya five times before...however that line goes

[Adamm R)))]

...you hit the ground.

It's been cut previously. Did you notice any violence missing? Because that's also been cut before.

[Nameless]

I think they left the violence in.

[simplysimpsons]

Nah, they definitely cut some out. I know, because I remember Fat Tony saying 'Take this!' 'Take that!' 'C'mere, you little squirt...' but 'Take This!' was missing. It was also distinctly shortened and I definitely noticed some awkward transitions.

BBC2 didn't cut any of it out. Damn C4!

[Ben Allman]

(although even that was very un-Homer-ish, given he said it to his eight year old daughter).OK, but this sort of thing has been happening in the classic seasons as well. Take Bart Sells His Soul, in which Homer tells his son to run away into the city at night just so he can take his Moe-balls...

I guess I'm feeling an attachment to Moe 'N' Lisa because it wasn't anywhere near as bad as, say, the half dozen episodes before. If I had to grade it, paradoxically as I don't grade episodes - it means I watch the show critically rather than for enjoyment, it would be a 3/5, or even 4/5. Plus it featured Moe, who's been the only character to remain genuinely funny despite all his changes throughout the years.

On a side note, as I can't be bothered opening a topic about it, does anyone feel like some of the voice actors aren't as good anymore? For me it seems like Marge and Lisa in particular don't seem to believe what they're actually saying and it comes out almopst sarcastic. Trying to think of examples off the top of my head...I'll come up with some later. But I'm sure somebody at least knows what I'm on about.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

On a side note, as I can't be bothered opening a topic about it, does anyone feel like some of the voice actors aren't as good anymore? For me it seems like Marge and Lisa in particular don't seem to believe what they're actually saying and it comes out almopst sarcastic. Trying to think of examples off the top of my head...I'll come up with some later. But I'm sure somebody at least knows what I'm on about.
Actually I find all the family members are not voiced very well these days. But this discussion is probably better suited to the thred "General Discussion Lounge".

[Adamm R)))]

Scott, how is the cuts guide going? I see that you still haven't updated past season 5.

And don't forget to tune in tonight, everyone: The Computer Wore Menace Shoes and Gump Roast!

[Billy]

Hilariously, the double bill's listed in the 'RT Recommends' bit of the week's Radio Times, and 'Today's Choices' on the Friday page. They call the song at the end of Gump Roast 'so clever it could be released as a Christmas single', although the way they've worded the plot makes it sound like Homer is talking to Chief Wiggum on the bench for the entire episode.

[Dr_Nick_MD]

And for those in the UK who get RTE2, The Great Louse Detective is on tonight:

"Chief Wiggum arranges for Sideshow Bob to move in with the family, convinced his twisted mind will help him catch a would-be killer who is attempting to murder Homer."

Yay

[Nameless]

And to think, we would have been on season 14 right now if it weren't for C4.

Oh well, I remember it being pretty awful anyway.

although the way they've worded the plot makes it sound like Homer is talking to Chief Wiggum on the bench for the entire episode.

That could have been better than how the episode actually turned out ;)

[4 Alarm Chilli]

I'm actually looking forward to Gump Roast tonight even though that ep is quite poor. Should be interesting.

[Simpsons Forever!]

Not really looking forward to Gump Roast, although I do remember it as being a surprisingly well-done clip show.

[Vic Flange]

new guy here, never really bothered posting til now. i wonder why the Simpsons writers give you No Homers nerds such credence when theres people here who look forward to seeing new Jennifer Saunders sitcoms, still watch Have I Got News For You and Buzzcocks since 50's Greaseball Mark Lamarr left and replaced with that little idiot, and give 'Weekend At Burnsies' A grades....?


tonight, Menace is OK. always hated the Marge line where its implied she sleeps with the German Imposter. Gump Roast is probably the best of the clip shows, but that's not saying much. Great song parody at the end though.


I guess I'm feeling an attachment to Moe 'N' Lisa because it wasn't anywhere near as bad as, say, the half dozen episodes before.
:irked:

ugh, Season 18 has been pretty decent season so far.

[Nameless]

So It's Come To This singlehandly defeats all other clip shows for the name of 'best clip show'.

[Adamm R)))]

You know how we can make Homer being asleep REALLY funny? Show his ass crack! Ugh, the new material was all pretty awful, minus the song and some of the opening, which redeems the episode enough to earn a D.

[simplysimpsons]

Gump Roast: Uh...well, ...um... for a clipshow, it was fairly entertaining, I guess, although I could tell the writers had got trapped in a corner towards the end when K&K appeared. the 'plot', as you could call it, was never really resolved at all. Some entertaining clips, good ending song, but I'm really tired of this format, it's not as if the wraparounds were really that stellar either. A C-, I suppose

[matt228]

I didn't watch either episode tonight, but I would have enjoyed both as they are at least C (most likely higher) grades for me. The Computer Wore Menace Shoes was good last time I saw it (except the druggings, which stick in your head so much you dream about them - that bloody koala/skunk/whatever the fuck it is) and likewise for Gump Roast (although Kang & Kodos really shouldn't have been worked into the plot, they must've been really low on them).

[Nameless]

I like episodes that can be summed up with one letter.

This letter being F

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

The beginning (which I unfortunately missed last night) of Gump Roast is good, and the song is hilarious, but the "roasting" is just characters saying "look at these clips". And Kang and Kodos appearing is stupid.

Scott, how is the cuts guide going? I see that you still haven't updated past season 5.
Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about that...I've just been hella busy for the last few weeks with Uni work (was working from 11am til 11.45pm yesterday...) Anyway its likely I'll do the majority of it over the Christmas break, which starts next weekend.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

The beginning (which I unfortunately missed last night) of Gump Roast is good, and the song is hilarious, but the "roasting" is just characters saying "look at these clips". And Kang and Kodos appearing is stupid.


Plus they interrupted Lovejoy and Flanders' song! I was enjoying that! :angry:

Other than the song (both the one over the end credits and the song already mentioned) it didn't really seem that special. It wasn't bad, IMO, but it wasn't that good either.

[Simpsons Forever!]

To be fair, this clip show didn't completely fail - the clips were quite good, there was an attempt to make this clip show interesting through the Roast and the song at the end is brilliant. So, I give this a D - certainly not the worst clip show.

[Greased Scotsman]

OT again, but did anyone else think that Friday's QI on BBC4 was the funniest episode for absolutely ages? The last one I remember laughing that much at was the Dogs one.

[Vic Flange]

I agree with the above QI statement. it was surely Vic that made the programme extree funny. his idea of bringing the yak to England was pretty good, reminded me of the bulls on balloons from Million Dollar Abie. (which I thought was a great episode).

'Ice Cream' today. if it's in keeping with the rest of this season so far, it should be a decent episode.

[matt228]

He said the episode on BBC4, Vic Flange - Vic Reeves was on the BBC2 episode. It was much better than the last couple which have dithered on Jo Brand's tangent concept of Quite Unnecessary. I don't watch the show on BBC4, I wait the week.

[Adamm R)))]

Ice Cream was sorta average really. The plot felt as uninspired as it seemed on paper. However, it had no qualities that made it terrible really and maybe there were a few funny moments (like the cat falling down the stairs, at least before the actually showed it). I'm settling on a C for now.

[Nameless]

there were a few funny moments (like the cat falling down the stairs, at least before the actually showed it).

Memory brings up at least two examples where a joke was ruined in a similar fashion from the episode.

EDIT: Out of interest, is the re-run of Kill Gil on Xmas Day the first time where Sky have reaired a new episode the day after its premiere?

[matt228]

EDIT: Out of interest, is the re-run of Kill Gil on Xmas Day the first time where Sky have reaired a new episode the day after its premiere?
I believe so. Smart & Smarter premiered on a Friday night, and was repeated 2 days later.

EDIT: Ice Cream... was better than expected. I enjoyed Otto "pimping his ride" and several other aspects. The Polaroid gags were good, too. B-.

[Simpsons Forever!]

I was pleasantly surprised by Ice Cream - it did feel stale towards the end, with Homer and Marge fighting again, but Homer as an ice cream man was very funny and there were some brilliant sequences which helped the episode along, mainly the Ali G spoof. Considering it was the last the HABF's, a long line of bad episodes, it was a soft landing and sets the scene nicely for the JABF's. B+

[matt228]

I was pleasantly surprised by Ice Cream - it did feel stale towards the end, with Homer and Marge fighting again, but Homer as an ice cream man was very funny and there were some brilliant sequences which helped the episode along, mainly the Ali G spoof. Considering it was the last the HABF's, a long line of bad episodes, it was a soft landing and sets the scene nicely for the JABF's. B+
Ignoring the apostrophe usage for plurals (NO!!!), what Ali G spoof are you referring to? I can't remember it :confused:

[Adamm R)))]

Ignoring the apostrophe usage for plurals (NO!!!), what Ali G spoof are you referring to? I can't remember it :confused:

The Ali G spoof was Homer getting dressed/ready. And there isn't anything wrong with the apostrophe use there, you can use them if you're using acronyms or abbreviations (which is sorta what this is). Example, a plural of "A" (if you were trying to say how many you'd given this season, for example), "As" could be confused with word "as", so "A's" can be used...I think.

[Vic Flange]

Example, a plural of "A" (if you were trying to say how many you'd given this season, for example), "As" could be confused with word "as", so "A's" can be used...I think.

eh? wasn't a big fan of Ice Cream, too sentimental at times. not enough jokeage.

comedy awards last night - was the Simpsons up for best International comedy? i know Matt and Dan weren't there like last year otherwise they'd have won. Curb won it, so it's not all bad i guess.

apologies - i didn't know you were talking about the BBC4 QI. i only watch it when a comedian i like is on.

[Greased Scotsman]

The Simpsons wasn't even nominated for the BCA - traitors. I wanted to see Matt again.

What S13 episode is it tonight?

[Nameless]

I Am Furious Yellow

[H Thompson]

I'm glad the simpson's wasn't nominated, it didn't deserve it, I found the mutual masturbation between Groening and the british comedy industry last year quite sickening.

[Adamm R)))]

Oh shit, a mod's in here now, start talking about The Simpsons again!

I agree with you though H_T, it shouldn't have been nominated, it doesn't deserve it at all.

[Nameless]

'I'm the prime minister of Ireland!" stayed in C4's showing of 18th Amendment.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

^ Yeah, but they cut the cocaine line. Don't remember exactly how it was cut, because the original line is:
"All our founding fathers, astronauts, and World Series heroes have been either drunk or on cocaine."

They definitely cut 'or on cocaine' - did they cut the word 'either' as well?

[Adamm R)))]

What about the heroin line? That normally goes, you'd think it would with the cocaine line.

Edit: The Friday after Christmas there is no new Simpsons either, they are showing "The Best of Celebrity Big Brother". :(

[simplysimpsons]

I am Furious Yellow was very good. Sure, it was done around Homer being stupid/getting hurt, but there were so many funny moments and great satire on the 'net/ viral crappy but addictive Flash cartoons. Oh and Stan Lee has to be one of the best guest stars ever! Loved the ending, too. A-

[Adamm R)))]

I didn't think it was as good as I had previously thought, but I still liked it. Stan Lee's guest spot was great and it's a plot that I definitely felt could've fit into the classic era. It wasn't quite as funny as I remembered. B+

[Greased Scotsman]

Friday night was one of the best nights of TV for me in months and months.

A Boris episode of HIGNFY, a hilarious episode of QI on BBC2, a brand new and hilarious Christmas special of QI on BBC4, a fantastic Simpsons episode, the best of 8 Out of 10 Cats and a televised version of Dark Side of the Moon live. Pure bliss for 3 hours.

[Nameless]

Pure bliss for 3 hours.

Except for when you were changing channels/videotapes/DVDs?

[Adamm R)))]

Friday night was one of the best nights of TV for me in months and months.

A Boris episode of HIGNFY, a hilarious episode of QI on BBC2, a brand new and hilarious Christmas special of QI on BBC4, a fantastic Simpsons episode, the best of 8 Out of 10 Cats and a televised version of Dark Side of the Moon live. Pure bliss for 3 hours.

I went for 2nd Simpsons -> Cats -> Jonathan Ross (with Jimmy Carr and Tenacious D) -> Dark Side of the Moon, but yeah, a good night of entertainment.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

Edit: The Friday after Christmas there is no new Simpsons either, they are showing "The Best of Celebrity Big Brother". :(

According to the Radio times, "The best of celebrity big brother" is an hour long. How can that be? :-O

[Nameless]

There are two mistakes with this listing:

1) The show is called 'The worst of Celebrity Big Brother'
2) It lasts all day

[Adamm R)))]

What? It doesn't last all day... yet. This is just a compilation to wet your appetite for the new one! And the show is actually called "Look who almost regained a career".

[Adamm R)))]

The Haw-Hawed Couple wasn't as good as I was expecting, but it was still entertaining. Both plots were pulled off to their full potential, except the ending of the A-story really bugged me. As soon as it showed that they were on a field trip, I thought "oh great, here comes another ridiculous character-in-peril ending" which was pretty much what it turned out to be. The episode was pretty weak in terms of humour as well, even by recent episode standards. However, the key ideas here were as good as I had hoped, there were just some flaws. B

[H Thompson]

Ironic, that I should forget to watch the first episode I've been intrested in for a while.

[matt228]

The Ali G spoof was Homer getting dressed/ready. And there isn't anything wrong with the apostrophe use there, you can use them if you're using acronyms or abbreviations (which is sorta what this is). Example, a plural of "A" (if you were trying to say how many you'd given this season, for example), "As" could be confused with word "as", so "A's" can be used...I think.
In the UK, according to Eats, Shoots & Leaves (audio disc that was free with a paper months ago), there shouldn't be an apostrophe in any of those cases. For instance 1980s is correct, but the commonly used 1980's is not. Plurals such as TVs, DVDs and TVs don't require an apostrophe, either. The best way to write the plural of "A", would be "A"s (though I'll admit it looks messy in any form). However, in the USA, decades and abbreviations/acronyms, when pluralised, can[/I] take an apostrophe. Bloody Americans.


Moving slightly closer towards the topic (well, we're discussing UK TV anyway), Friday night was fabulous. HIGNFY was good, The Simpsons was perhaps the best S13 ever ([B]A+/A), 8 Out of 10 Cats: The Best Bits was hilarious, QI (on BBC2) was great, and Jimmy Carr was good on Friday Night with Jonathon Ross.

[IDIOTSVILLE]

Moving slightly closer towards the topic (well, we're discussing UK TV anyway), Friday night was fabulous. HIGNFY was good, The Simpsons was perhaps the best S13 ever (A+/A), 8 Out of 10 Cats: The Best Bits was hilarious, QI (on BBC2) was great, and Jimmy Carr was good on Friday Night with Jonathon Ross.
I watched that, it was a brilliant night of T.V for once in the U.K. Though I've seen the episode before it was one of those you can't get bored of.

[Nameless]

S13's final 3 (and S14 onwards) will likely not be shown until at least April now as everyone's favourite show is returning in January.

[Adamm R)))]

Isn't that just the celeb version though? Because celebrity versions last 2-3 weeks.

[Simpsons Forever!]

Good news on Sky, though, as JABF03 The Wife Aquatic and (JABF04) Little Big Girl will air in February, although the dates are, as of yet, unconfirmed.

Haw-Hawed Couple was very good - not a classic - and not as good as Sleeping With The Enemy, but still the strongest episode of the season so far. Nelson is a solid Jean character, as is Moe, it seems. 5/5 A-

[richardUK]

I watched "The Haw-Hawed Couple" on sky one on sunday.

I've made the decision that I'm never watching any of the new episodes again. They're actually appauling. 9AM GMTV cartoons are better quality. Awful writers.
They just get me worked up, and it isn't the same show. I no longer feel the need to.
I'm not even going to give it an F. U, but it doesn't deserve to be rated as a Simpsons episode, its a watered down, crappy, take on an amazing program.

I'm gonna stick to watching dvds 1-9 (when 9 comes out) from now, I can't put up with these adverts in between jokes and "commentators" in the closing credits. And the screen being cut off in the closing credits.

As you can see, I'm actually still slightly worked up from two nights ago.

Eurgh.

[Wezzo]

UK page updated for Xmas: http://www.snpp.com/upcoming/uk.html

I've assumed JABF03 and JABF04(?) will air on 4th and 11th Feb respectively as the 6:30pm slots are filled in on 18th and 25th.

Also is anyone else having problems with Channel4Sales beyond 31st Dec? I had to use Digiguide for the first two weeks of January.

In case you don't see me around here before the 25th, Happy Christmas to all of you! :)

[Adamm R)))]

Thanks for the update. C4 Sales doesn't seem to be available in the new year for me either. It sucks that season 13 seems to have disappeared. Also, it's odd that Saturdays aren't scheduled yet...unless Sky One has also been pre-empted for Big Brother. ;-/ I wish that Kill Gil was on again at least a bit before mid-February, because I'll probably miss it.

And happy Christmas!

[matt228]

It still says 3rd December for me :(

[Adamm R)))]

Refresh it. That's what I always have to do.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Hey guys, I've started doing more on the cuts guide. I can't upload it at the mo cos the site is down (again...) but I'll get it up soon. Done up to Season 11, sans the archived cuts.

Does anyone have a copy of The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson, with the WTC cuts? I'd like to get the cuts for this one accurate (I guess you'd need an uncut copy, too). Actually, is it still cut on Sky? I haven't seen it for ages.

[Adamm R)))]

Well, it airs on the 31st of January, luckily two days after the season 9 DVD, so if they are still cut (I haven't heard otherwise) you can easily compare the two.

[matt228]

Refresh it. That's what I always have to do.
The amount of times I've tried that. I've tried refreshing. I've tried pressing Refresh whilst pressing Shift, tried it with Ctrl, tried it with both. I've tried it with Internet Explorer (I generally use AOL), I've tried Refreshing (in all 3 ways) on Internet Explorer. I've tried deleting temporary files, etc. Bloody computer. ;)

EDIT: It now works on Internet Explorer for me. Woo!


Also, off-topic, did anyone see the first half hour of Bruce Almighty today? I have the DVD so I didn't bother watching it, but I want to know - did the line "Back to you, fuckers!" get cut? The film started at 8pm so I'm assuming it will have done.

[Greased Scotsman]

^Probably. The BBC currently bleeps every "fuck" on it's programmes before 10pm, so I imagine they'd have cut it.

[alt.nerd.obsessive]

Well, it's about two hours to go before Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2 airs in the UK on SkyOne and I am looking forward to it. The Christmassy feeling, or in fact any feeling that denotes it's a special occasion, is always fun to see in The Simpsons whehter it be Christmas, Halloween or Easter and so on.

Oh, and anyone with access to a TV right now should tune into Channel 4 for the brilliant stop-motion animated version of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf".

Merry Christmas to you all and thanks for offering good chat and it's been nice to have at least a few UK residents to chat to! Surprisingly, there are quite a lot on these forums...

Take care and all the best.

[Nameless]

^ The episode was barely Christmassy as it was. It's not like Miracle or Roasting, where the episode was really themed around Christmastime, it was an episode with Christmas elements in it.

And due to the unlikely nature of me being online tomorrow due to restraints of a seasonal nature, merry christmas!

[matt228]

It is almost certain that I won't be online tomorrow, so I will wish you all an extremely merry Christmas now. Those of you who talk to me on MSN will know that I make a point not to become politically correct and say "Happy Holidays" (i.e. non-denominational). Christmas is a festive celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ; you don't have to be a Christian to celebrate his birth. People don't want to offend people by using a specific word (Christmas) related to Christianity, but it is the primary religion of our nation, so it should not be modified for a minority. Remember, also, that Christmas is a national holiday in this country, and therefore can be observed even without its religious meanings simply because it is a national holiday (how many Americans honestly think about George Washington on "Presidents' Day"?). For pity's sake, Jesus is even a prophet in Islam, so surely they can celebrate his birth? Even if he is not the son of God, he was most certainly an influencial figure.

Thank you all for listening (or casually ignoring) my Christmas rant about political correctness going mad. It won't happen again; I didn't plan it or anything, I just started typing and then kept going for ages!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

In the words of Peter Griffin (Family Guy): "Merry Christmas to all and to all shut the hell up!"

[Adamm R)))]

Merry Christmas UKers. Damn, I missed Kill Gil. Oh well, thoughts on the festive TV? I thought it was pretty poor really. I missed Buzzcocks (waiting for the repeat on Friday now), which looked pretty good. Little Britain was just as awful as ever. Vicar of Dibley was predictable, but sorta fun. And the only other thing I want to watch is the Big Fat Quiz of the Year tonight.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

I really enjoyed Vicar Of Dibley, personally.

[matt228]

Damn, I missed Kill Gil. Oh well, thoughts on the festive TV? I thought it was pretty poor really.
You missed a pretty good Simpsons episode. Kill Gil: Volumes I & II gets a B- from me.

I thought the festive TV was much better than usual. The Vicar of Dibley was rather predictable (that it was his sister), but hilarious nonetheless. I am a little irritated that they decided to make 2 final specials after releasing a Complete Collection DVD earlier this year (which I bought), however! The Big Fat Quiz of the Year should be great tonight. Little Britian was fair (I have S1-2 on DVD but it's not worth getting S3, Live, or these specials). I missed Buzzcocks, but I shan't be bothering to tune in especially for the repeat. Mock the Week was tremendous as usual; this show deserves to be on BBC1 even more than Have I Got News for You (which I thoroughly enjoy also). My Family was a good episode, but the ending was poor (Susan is God? What?). The Friday Night Christmas Project was good. The Charlotte Church Christmas Show eluded me, though I suspect I missed nothing spectacular. I still have Doctor Who to watch (I recorded it on Sky+). I still have never seen the Queen's speech. Oh well.

EDIT: I've now seen Doctor Who, and I must say it was a spiffingly good show. Marvellous. I'm spending the rest of my time watching the new DVDs I accumulated over Christmas, starting with QI series 1, of which I have already watched the original pilot episode, and the first 6 episodes (that is to say, I have finished disc one).

[simplysimpsons]

^ Dr Who was far better than the awful first Christmas one. Not perfect by any means, but entertaining.

They cut Jaws wired shut quite a lot today. The mummy boner joke, suicide machine providing 'sexual release' line, and some weird speeding up on the horny joke Homer said when at the dance. they did leave 'orgasmville' still in though. Geez, what is it with that episode and sex jokes? As far as I know, Half-Decent Proposal was uncut, except the 'nookie in new york' jokes which were cut, as they were in the first airing.

[matt228]

I've completed my watchingness of QI S1 on DVD, and have now moved on to the gorgeosities that are to be found in the collection of DVDs entitled A Bit of Fry & Laurie, for anyone whose interest would move casually towards this subject in question. I am approaching completion of the first, that is to say the initial and profoundly comedically-gifted series which we call series one.

As if you cared.

[H Thompson]

You're discovering "A bit of Fry & Laurie" that's great, good for you it was an excellent series and it's funny how it's not that well known despite how good it was and how successful the two of them have been since.

Series 1 is the best I think 2 and 3 are great, 4 is quite dissapointing though still good if you ask me.

I now have them all on DVD, since I got the 3rd and 4th series' for christmas.

[matt228]

You're discovering "A bit of Fry & Laurie" that's great, good for you it was an excellent series and it's funny how it's not that well known despite how good it was and how successful the two of them have been since.

Series 1 is the best I think 2 and 3 are great, 4 is quite dissapointing though still good if you ask me.

I now have them all on DVD, since I got the 3rd and 4th series' for christmas.
I saw 2 episodes on Paramount Comedy earlier this year and that was enough to warrant buying the complete collection. I was a bit like this with Family Guy (I borrowed season one from my mate and then bought all 4 in a box set).

Hugh Laurie was awarded an OBE today. Hurrah!

[Billy]

This isn't right, is it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cartridge_Family&diff=97389008&oldid=97277115

[matt228]

This isn't right, is it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cartridge_Family&diff=97389008&oldid=97277115
I'm not sure. I don't think the cut about the "King of England" was cut at any time. I always took this to be purely to show Homer's ignorance that he believes there is a "King of England" (she's a Queen, and England is just one part of the UK).

Just out of interest, from Wikipedia:
Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is also Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, where she is represented by Governors-General.

[Billy]

Thanks. I've removed it.

[matt228]

Happy New Year to you all (I won't be online tonight to talk)! :)

[Greased Scotsman]

Neither will I :D HNY to everyone!

[Adamm R)))]

This isn't right, is it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cartridge_Family&diff=97389008&oldid=97277115

Haha, how ridiculous. Happy new year all.

[matt228]

Hope you all had good New Year's Eve parties/nights out/nights in!

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Happy New Year!

That Wikipedia thing is pretty funny. In case you wanted further confirmation, I am quite sure it is incorrect. For starters the episode has only been shown a handful of times in the UK, and it wasn't cut in any of the airings I've seen.

[Simpsons Forever!]

Happy new year! Kill Gil was quite a good episode, just ruined by the last few minutes - that really made no sense. The episode could have been resolved so much better. Quite an odd end to The Simpsons in 2006, anyway. 4/5 B

[California Prunes]

Seeing that 'Little Big Girl' will be airing in the UK so soon after its US airing, I was wondering if Sky Ones rights to the new episodes might have changed this year, only there seem to be a great deal of new eps that are airing much closer to the US premieres than in previous seasons, case in point 'Moe n'a Lisa' which only aired one week later and also 'Kill Gil' although the latter was probably a special Christmas thing like SCS last year.

[Nameless]

I think they figured out that if they're going to have great long gaps between episodes it should be between seasons and not between episodes so they can claim to have new episodes all year round.

[Wezzo]

Happy (belated) New Year, people. :)

Good to hear you're into Fry & Laurie now, Matt - great show.

UK update tomorrow, hopefully.. damn revision getting in the way.

[matt228]

Happy (belated) New Year, people. :)

Good to hear you're into Fry & Laurie now, Matt - great show.

UK update tomorrow, hopefully.. damn revision getting in the way.
Fry & Laurie is fabulous. I don't start school again until Monday (8th), so I'm just "chilling". ;)

EDIT: Just realised, my post count is at 800 now. Yay! :)

[matt228]

Sorry to double-post (could someone tell me the harm in this?), but could someone please help me? A while back, I posted a list of Simpsons episodes that I hadn't seen. That list now totals one episode (except ones that haven't aired in the UK, of course): Pokey Mom. Could someone please tell me where I can find this episode? Searching on LimeWire just brings up a load of porn (searching "The Simpsons - Pokey Mom": "poke" doesn't need explaining and "mom" brings up incest porn:-O)!

[Adamm R)))]

^Season 12 is occupying the 6pm slots from Monday onwards, the episode airs on the 14th. And by the way, the problem with double posting is if you're just posting another point that could easily be in your first post and the reason why you have chosen to post it as two is unclear. There is no problem when you're adding more info, especially if the last post was a few days ago.

[matt228]

OK, thanks very much. By 6:30pm on 15th January (check SNPP, 14th is Sunday), I will have seen every episode that has aired in the country!

[Dim]

OK, thanks very much. By 6:30pm on 15th January (check SNPP, 14th is Sunday), I will have seen every episode that has aired in the country!

Same here.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Yeah don't worry about double posting, I've no idea why people get so het up about it...
anyway not sure if the mods will allow discussion of episode downloads, but torrents are a good thing to look into. For legal purposes only and not downloading Simpsons episodes, obviously. ;)

[thomasp]

Is it me, or is C4 repeating the two Season 12 episodes (Skinner's sense of Snow and Great Money Caper) tomorrow & Thursday, when they were only shown a month ago over Christmas?

[Nameless]

They air the episodes in order (save for mistakes and special holiday airings) even if they have been aired recently.

[matt228]

Yeah don't worry about double posting, I've no idea why people get so het up about it...
anyway not sure if the mods will allow discussion of episode downloads, but torrents are a good thing to look into. For legal purposes only and not downloading Simpsons episodes, obviously. ;)
I didn't use a torrent. Suffice it to say I used a file-sharing program which has the capital letters of "WimeLire" reversed. ;)

[Simpsons Forever!]

I'll just save this from falling to page 2...

It seems highly unlikely that JABF0(4) Little Big Girl will be shown on Sky on 11th February now, as there is a repeat of HABF15 The Mook, The Chef, The Wife and Her Homer being shown in the US on 4th Feb. But they could change their schedule and show "Revenge" then instead, hopefully this'll be the case rather than no new episode.

[matt228]

Wow, this thread is on a bit of a downer at the moment. I hope no-one minds me stopping it from dropping to page 2 without much reason.

In a slightly topical matter, by the end of tomorrow, I'll have seen every Simpsons episode broadcast in the UK.

[Drunk Barney]

My post copy and pasted from the Season 18 Information Thread:

"Well that's odd, remember, the U.K has "Little Big Girl" to air on the 11th of Feb. http://www.snpp.com/upcoming/uk.html

Surley the pair can't go head to head, as the U.K version would air about seven hours before!"

So maybe the U.K date will be moved, or not!? It sure would be good to have it before the U.S. Maybe it was planned to air in the U.S on the 4th but they had to move it to the 11th. And possibly, because they've told SkyOne they can air it from the 5th+ there's nothing they can do by law to get them to move it? Probably not, but it would be intresting if Sky still went ahead with the 11th...

[Nameless]

There is no way that Sky will air a new episode before it is seen in the US.

"And possibly, because they've told SkyOne they can air it from the 5th+ there's nothing they can do by law to get them to move it?"

FOX is essentially Sky, and new episodes have been changed from original dates before by at least a month.

[Adamm R)))]

I wouldn't say that there's no way it could happen, especially since it's only 7 hours. On the rare occasion, we get the odd show of a US TV series just before they do.

[Nameless]

do you have examples?

[Adamm R)))]

I know some episodes of SpongeBob aired in the UK before the US because of scheduling changes. I can't think of any others right now.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

I seem to recall someone saying that a Simpsons episode has previously aired in the UK before the US...can't confirm though.

Would be pretty cool if I can see an episode before everyone in America though!!

EDIT: just looking at the snpp upcoming episodes page, what is the stuff about that says GABF08 pulled on 10 Dec and ALL EPISODES PULLED on 10 Dec ??

[Nameless]

No episodes have been aired in the UK before the US. Somebody mentioned that iMDB has an almost complete list of Simpsons episodes and their UK/US airdates if you want to check ;)

"pulled" means that scheduled episodes have been removed from the schedules and are no longer airing.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

"pulled" means that scheduled episodes have been removed from the schedules and are no longer airing.
Well yeah I know what "pulled" means. I meant what is the relevance of "(GABF08 pulled on 10 Dec)" written under 12th January and "ALL EPISODES PULLED on 10 Dec" under the 13th?

[Simpsons Forever!]

Because the 10th December is when those episodes scheduled for 12th/13th January were pulled.

[Drunk Barney]

So what do people honestly think the chances are that Little Big Girl will stay with its air date? I'd say about 15-20%. What do others think?

[Nameless]

minus infinity if the US hasn't aired it by then.

[matt228]

Seriously, there must be some UK news! Off-topic, but pehaps we could simply discuss TV if there is no Simpsons news at the time?

Did anyone else see Al Murray's Happy Hour on Saturday? I recorded it and got round to watching it yesterday - it's very funny. Katie Melua's rendition of Crazy Little Thing Called Love was top-notch.

[Simpsons Forever!]

I agree, there isn't much UK Simpsons news at the moment. In fact, there's hardly been any Simpsons news over the past few weeks. I expect we'll get a new episode announced on Friday, although that'll probably turn out to be Little Big Girl.

In the meantime, anyone looking forward to Sunday. The last of the HABF's to be shown in the UK airs on Sky - G. I. D'oh. It should be an alright episode because of Kiefer Sutherland, but I'm not expecting too much. I predict 3/5 C+. I'm anticipating the start of 24 S6 more that night.

[futuramagirl]

Is anyone else with terresteral annoyed that The Simpsons got replaced by Ugly Betty on channel 4 on Fridays? And just when we were getting newer episodes, too. :angry:

[Reverend Lovejoy]

Is anyone else with terresteral annoyed that The Simpsons got replaced by Ugly Betty on channel 4 on Fridays? And just when we were getting newer episodes, too. :angry:

Well, not really, since I enjoy watching Ugly Betty. :-X

I think it was Celebrity Big Brother that replaced the Simpsons, because they just had to bring it back, didn't they? I mean, you'd think they could at least finish airing season 13 before bringing that shit back on air, but apparently not... :-$ IMO, Ugly Betty was brought in to fill in the gaps. Although, if you ask me, they could show new Simpsons eps before big brother, but I'm the only one who thinks like that, so...

[Nameless]

I believe that with Ugly Betty C4 have managed to air a television show of an even worse concept than Big Brother.

[futuramagirl]

^ Amen to that!

[Adamm R)))]

I think it was Celebrity Big Brother that replaced the Simpsons, because they just had to bring it back, didn't they? I mean, you'd think they could at least finish airing season 13 before bringing that shit back on air, but apparently not... :-$

I doubt they would've delayed one of their most popular shows so that they could air 4 episodes of The Simpsons that a small minority of their audience is worried about seeing.

I wouldn't say that Ugly Betty has a worse concept than Big Brother at all. It was pretty shit though. I thought the trailers looked poor, but I gave it a chance anyway. Not really what I expected, for one, they called it a comedy show, but there were very few jokes in it. Some of the drama would've been interesting if I hadn't completely lost interest in it in the first ten minutes.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Gah, you're all crazy. Ugly Betty is pretty good (and there's nothing wrong with the concept at all, even if you don't find it funny). Second episode was a lot better than the first (which I found quite funny anyway). You have to take the ridiculousness of it with a pinch of salt. And I think its supposed to be more a "dramedy"/satire than flat out comedy, like Desparate Housewives.

Anyway the most important question regarding C4 right now is when the hell is My Name Is Earl coming back?! That's a fantastic show.

[Simpsons Forever!]

No hint yet of what's become of Little Big Girl on Sky, but there will be no new episodes in March. The only feature of note is Sky are showing Mother-themed episodes to mark Mother's Day on Sunday 18th March 2007. So, after The Wife Aquatic, we'll be seeing no new episodes until April, it seems.

[matt228]

Can't say I've watched, or have any plans to watch, Ugly Betty. Celebrity Big Brother is unwatchable. Absolute crap. I get more enjoyment when I bang my head on door frames (at around 6'2" it sometimes happens).

[coolcoates]

Anyone here know the official UK release date for the Simpsons movie? Or has it not been revealed yet? Hopefully it's not too much later than the US.

[Simpsons Forever!]

^It's a worldwide release date of 27th July 2007.

[Nameless]

Can't say I've watched, or have any plans to watch, Ugly Betty. Celebrity Big Brother is unwatchable. Absolute crap. I get more enjoyment when I bang my head on door frames (at around 6'2" it sometimes happens).

Apparently BB is under fire for racism or something according to the radio.

If Sky aren't airing episodes anew in March it looks like they're still claiming to have new episodes 'all year-round', even though in reality there can be months between premiere showings!

[matt228]

Apparently BB is under fire for racism or something according to the radio.
20,000 complaints about the show and how Jade, Danielle and one other housemate (I forgot what it is) are indirectly racially abusing Shilpa, the Bollywood starlet.

Carphone Warehouse have pulled their sponsorship, and MPs (including the PM) have complained about it (including during Prime Minister's Question Time) and burning effigies of BB producers have been burned in India.

I know a decent amount about this, but only because BBC and ITV News covered it quite extensively. I have grown to detest ITV News recently, it's too sensationalist and "sexed-up" for me.

[MJD]

Big Brother has had complaints from over 10, 000 people due to the racial abuse of the Bollywood actress by Jade from BB3, the big blonde girl from S Club 7 and TeddY Sherigham's girl, they have said things such as "Fuck off home, you can't even speak English" "She wants to be white" and have mocked her accent.

[Greased Scotsman]

Can we please stop talking about the worst idea ever conceived by man?

Anyways, the big British TV story...NEW ROOM 101!! :D Marcus Brigstocke was hilarious.

Also...NEW MOCK THE WEEK!!! Currently the funniest programme on British TV (since HIGNFY, QI, and Buzzcocks are off). Frankie Boyle is hilarious.

[Nameless]

But the fact that Big Brother is being shown in a negative light by the media is joyous indeed.

[Greased Scotsman]

But the fact that Big Brother is being shown in a negative light by the media is joyous indeed.While that may be true, it's still giving it more publicity. I want that damn house and everyone inside it buried in the centre of the earth.

[Nameless]

I want that damn house and everyone inside it buried in the centre of the earth.

Incredibly enough this would fall under a 'criminal offence'.

Forcing this thread back on topic, after S12 will C4 go into S9 to promote the series 9 DVD? Or is it too early?

[Greased Scotsman]

Do they still have S1? Cause that would fill up 2 1/2 weeks quite nicely.

[Nameless]

Last I heard Sky had reclaimed it but the SNPP page says it's now in the hands of C4.

[Adamm R)))]

They're showing season 1 again.

[matt228]

Anyways, the big British TV story...NEW ROOM 101!! :D Marcus Brigstocke was hilarious.

Also...NEW MOCK THE WEEK!!! Currently the funniest programme on British TV (since HIGNFY, QI, and Buzzcocks are off). Frankie Boyle is hilarious.
Marcus Brigstock was indeed hilarious (although I agree with Lynn Truss with her views on punctuation; it should be used correctly more often). Cilla Black the week before last was OK, but Brigstock is a different class. I don't know who Nigel Havers is (he's on tonight).

Mock the Week is the funniest show on at present. It deserves to be on BBC1 far more than HIGNFY, in my opinion (HIGNFY is funny but MTW is better).

[coolcoates]

Did anyone hear about Steven Hawking being asked to go on Celebrity Big Brother? Now that would have been interesting!

[Nameless]

Did anyone hear about Steven Hawking being asked to go on Celebrity Big Brother? Now that would have been interesting!

"Celebrity Big Brother 20 Million: Instead Of Acting Like Brain-Dead Idiots, The Big Brother Housemates Form A Working Community, Which Annoys The Brain-Dead Viewers"

[matt228]

Did anyone hear about Steven Hawking being asked to go on Celebrity Big Brother? Now that would have been interesting!
I heard that. I would've watched it if he were on it!

[matt228]

EDIT: It double-posted for some reason:confused:

[Ivan]

Big Brother has had complaints from over 10, 000 people due to the racial abuse of the Bollywood actress by Jade from BB3, the big blonde girl from S Club 7 and TeddY Sherigham's girl, they have said things such as "Fuck off home, you can't even speak English" "She wants to be white" and have mocked her accent.

There was a report on the news this morning here about that (yes, right over here in Australia), to which they actually said "should the UK's Celebrity Big Brother be banned from television?"

[ButtersJ]

I've seen a few issues of this new Celebrities BB. It's pretty good. It's kind of a mix though, Bullying and racist comments. The fact that Danielle does it behind her back saying stuff like "I wish she would fuck off home".

It just show's how retarded Jade is though. She knows she's on live TV and she knows what the press are like. It seems she didn't learn anything from 4 years ago when she was in the Big Brother house.

I want Dirk to win though =D

[Adamm R)))]

I think we can leave this BB thing behind now, it's an awful show, she's an awful person. Although I must say I was laughing at the front of the papers that said "Jade fears this will end her career!", mostly for the fact that they claim she has a career.

So anyway, G.I.D'oh finally airs tonight. I'm looking forward, purely because I really like the one scene that I've seen.

[Adamm R)))]

So, finally we see G.I.D'oh. To be honest, I think it was worth the wait. I would say it's definitely one of the funniest episodes in a while, there were plenty of gags that made me smile. The plot was weak, but it actually seemed pretty focused despite it's zaniness, so I enjoyed it. Still, the majority of the satire was downright horrible, the downside of an otherwise entertaining episode. B+

[Adamm R)))]

OK, sorry to triple post, (it doesn't matter anyway, this is about two hours since my last one) but CBB finishes on February 1st, however, season 13 isn't returning within the next two Fridays after that. :(

[H Thompson]

Might not be untill Ugly Betty finishes then, although by then it'll probably be time for regular Big Brother again.

[Simpsons Forever!]

What's the point of C4 holding back on just a few episodes? They might as well get them on the air.

G. I. D'oh wasn't that great, I didn't think. The plot was much more focused than recent episodes, but apart from the helicopter chase sequence, none of it really stood out, or made me laugh. 3/5 C

On the positive side, though, now all of the HABF's are out of the way.

[matt228]

Damn Channel 4 and their seemingly complete disregard for Simpsons fans! They're obviously deliberately trying to annoy us! There's no other explanation!

[Ben Allman]

I wasn't that unimpressed with G.I.D'oh which is surprising as many here gave it bad grades when it first came out in the US (same goes for Moe N Lisa)... It's weird, it's begun to happen a lot these days, despite my agreement with others about classic era episodes.

Concerning G. I. D'oh, I pretty much agree with what Adam R said. The first thing I look for in an episode is humour and if they get that mostly right then it's OK. It wasn't great, but it was amusing and not unwatchable (unlike it has been in the past).

[Drunk Barney]

Wezzo has updated the UK listings, and Little Big Girl still has an air date of February the 11th.

[Simpsons Forever!]

^That's incorrect. Sky have just changed their schedule to show JABF05 Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Three Times in place of it on Sunday 11th February, at 6:30 of course. So, we get two episodes in February after all, which sort of makes up for a Simpsonless March.

[coolcoates]

I wasn't that unimpressed

lol double negative

[Drunk Barney]

^That's incorrect. Sky have just changed their schedule to show JABF05 Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Three Times in place of it on Sunday 11th February, at 6:30 of course. So, we get two episodes in February after all, which sort of makes up for a Simpsonless March.

Damnit! :angry: :D

Ah well, at least we still get a new episode on that date.

[Nameless]

Damn Channel 4 and their seemingly complete disregard for Simpsons fans! They're obviously deliberately trying to annoy us! There's no other explanation!

They might have made a miscalculation by thinking that they'd get to air S14 right after their S13 premiere run and are now holding back the remainder until S14 starts up.

Or they've been contractually obliged to air these episodes of crap at a certain date and have to hold back Simpsons for them.

Or they actually think that said crap is better than the Simpsons.

Or ratings-wise CBB/UB are doing better than Simpsons did (well, CBB is, sadly) and so they're keeping them on.

[Adamm R)))]

lol double negative

I'm pretty sure that was the intention.

Anyway, at least we definitely know that we have a new episode on the 11th now. Good news... sorta.

[matt228]

BUMP. This thread has gone 4 days without a post. No new Simpsons news so completely irrelevant news should be posted until it arrives! :)

I have a girlfriend as of today, if that's interesting enough.

[Adamm R)))]

Well, you could've mentioned that the season 9 DVD is out tomorrow. Where's everybody ordered theirs from? Or do you still visit actual shops (like me)? Or do you hate season 9?

[Turambar]

I haven't ordered mine from any internet shop. I'm gonna go down to my local sainsbury's tomorrow evening and buy it in person.

[Billy]

I am *massively* behind with DVDs at the moment, got loads that I bought ages ago and still haven't watched. Damn, wish I had some more free time.

I guess it was inevitable that we weren't gonna get an episode airing here before the US. The record I think is three days, shared by Homer's Barbershop Quarter and Cape Feare, and maybe Homer Goes To College too.

Oh, and someone mentioned Room 101 earlier...the L!VE TV clip of the bouncing dwarf in the Cilla Black episode was actually donated to the show by me, I recorded it purely for fun at the time when I was ten, uploaded it to youtube, and Hat Trick Productions found it and got in contact with me. Got paid £100 for it, too, so yay.

[thomasp]

Well, you could've mentioned that the season 9 DVD is out tomorrow. Where's everybody ordered theirs from? Or do you still visit actual shops (like me)? Or do you hate season 9?
Ordered it from Amazon back in the beginning of December. It arrived yesterday, along with the Green Wing Special dvd which I tagged on to the order.

Certainly is annoying C4 refusing to show S13. Not that I'm complaining much because I'm at uni without a telly :D. At this rate, S13 will be out on dvd before C4 has finished showing it!

What was the last S13 ep they got up to?

[Adamm R)))]

I am Furious (Yellow), there are 4 episodes left.

[matt228]

I forgot that S9 was out actually. I get the head box-sets, so I will have to get it rather quickly. Problem: I have no money (in fact I'm -£30) and I still have quite a few DVDs to watch that I bought this week.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

I pre-ordered from Amazon, got it yesterday. Gonna start watching in a few minutes. I'll start with the Cartridge Family - it's my favourite episode, plus it has Swartzwelder commentating!

[matt228]

I pre-ordered from Amazon, got it yesterday. Gonna start watching in a few minutes. I'll start with the Cartridge Family - it's my favourite episode, plus it has Swartzwelder commentating!
Wow, that's rare. He's a recluse, isn't he?

[Ivan]

^He's not supposed to be on it, however, Mike Scully calls him on his cell phone and he talks on the commentary for a few minutes.

[matt228]

^He's not supposed to be on it, however, Mike Scully calls him on his cell phone and he talks on the commentary for a few minutes.
Oh right. I heard one commentator talk about him once and said that when invited to a party, Swartzwelder said "Oh great. I won't be there." :LOL:

[Greased Scotsman]

Got S9 from WH Smith's on Monday for £20 thanks to a Xmas voucher, and just finished the commentaries. I'd forgotten what a great season this was. The commentaries are great, best for a while. The best commentaries are on Principal & the Pauper, Last Temptation of Krust and Girly Edition (which contains the BIGGEST laugh I've ever heard on a commentary). Oh, and the head box and all the inner artwork are fantastically designed.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

I love the designs on the discs and booklet too. I've only watched one discs worth of episodes so far but the commentaries have been pretty good. Oakley and Weinstein were so defensive of the Principal and the Pauper!

[Adamm R)))]

Wife Aquatic was pretty average. Humour was pretty thin and the story was largely uninteresting, but what saved it was its stunning animation and direction for me. C+

[matt228]

Damn, I couldn't record Wife Aquatic. I'll have to look out for it in future. The news a week ago that I had a girlfriend (I used it to bump the thread) has now expired, I've been "finished", in case you wanted to know :D (plenty more fish in the sea and all that :LOL:)

[Greased Scotsman]

I liked Wife Aquatic, slow start, but the second half was very good. A-

[Simpsons Forever!]

I liked The Wife Aquatic - fantastic animation, an alright plot and some good jokes made for an enjoyable episode. The ending felt a bit unsatisfying though. It would've been better to see a revitalised tourist island. 4/5 B+

[Greased Scotsman]

I've just watched Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times, and IMO you're in for a treat. It's the funniest 3-part episode for a while, and the third segment is hilarious.

[coolcoates]

WOW, I haven't seen snow like this in England in a looong time! About time too! Snowball fight!!!

[H Thompson]

Yeah I have it too, it's been quite a sight to wake up to.
Anyone see Never Mind the Buzzcocks last night, they were really mocking donny tourette.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

^yeah I caught the end of it.

^^most of the snow had gone (in Bristol) when I got up at 9.30 :(

Watched Faith Off last night. Great episode, except the ending was pretty gruesome for a Simpsons episode...still funny though.

[Nameless]

Most of the snow survived until lunchtime in my area.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

The snow's still here in my area. It stopped snowing around 2pm, but it's not melted.

[Adamm R)))]

Damn, I forgot about Buzzcocks, I'll try to catch the repeat on Saturday. I should set a weekly recording thing for it, but I'm still just getting the hang of my DVD recorder. And as for the snow, we only had a centimetre or two that had melted by mid-morning and it didn't snow at all during the day. Still good to wake up and see it there though.

[matt228]

as for the snow, we only had a centimetre or two that had melted by mid-morning and it didn't snow at all during the day. Still good to wake up and see it there though.
Same here in the North East, but it did snow for a few spells during the day. It's virtually all gone now, though. The centimetre or two that we woke up to was the only snow that didn't melt straight away.

[Greased Scotsman]

Snow? What is this thing you call snow? We Scots haven't seen any snow in these parts fot 100 billion years.

...Or at least it seems like that round my way. :(

Buzzcocks = Funniest Show Ever.

[coolcoates]

Buzzcocks = Funniest Show Ever.

It sure is ;) Bill Bailey is so hilarious. Has anyone seen any of his stand ups? In case anyone's interested, he's performing on the 24th of Feb at the Watford Colloseum. Not sure if tickets are still available. I got mine about a month ago. Can't wait :D

Bill Bailey's Cosmic Shindig.

[Reverend Lovejoy]

The snow's still here. I'm looking at it right now.

[Whip-Smart]

Another day :) off extra long weekend

Mock the week was awsome (as always) Last night

[Greased Scotsman]

I got tickets to see Paul Merton at the Glasgow Comedy Festival next month. There's tons of comedians I want to see live - Bill Bailey, Dara O'Briain, Lee Evans, Eddie Izzard...

I've also just found out that Ozzy's playing Wembley Arena on June 19th, so Im gonna try and get tickets for my best mate's 18th next week.

[matt228]

It sure is ;) Bill Bailey is so hilarious. Has anyone seen any of his stand ups?
I have the 3 disc Live Collection DVD set :D

This series (S4) of Mock the Week hasn't been as good as series 3 (end of 2006), but each week is better than the last. The quality drop from S3-4 was from "funniest show on TV" to "fucking hilarious". Thursday's episode was "abso-fuckin'-lutely hilarious" (nice example of tmesis there:)).

[H Thompson]

You're all way too happy with the state of British comedy, the likes of buzzcocks and mock the week are quite enjoyable, but their not brilliant.
The problem is panel show's are supposed to just be a bit of cheap forgettable filler, but they seem to be the highlights of comedy. Sitcom's and Sketch shows are supposed to be the highlights, but there's no good one's around at the moment, even the best of them are merely quite good.
Things were much better in the 90's and even the first couple of years of the 00's

[coolcoates]

I agree Homer_Thompson, but I would say the 80's was the decade for GREAT British sitcoms (even though I wasn't alive at the time). If only there were still shows like Only Fools & Horses, Blackadder and Father Ted (although that was 90's)

[H Thompson]

Yeah the 80's was probably the best actually.

[Adamm R)))]

Sitcom's and Sketch shows are supposed to be the highlights, but there's no good one's around at the moment, even the best of them are merely quite good.

Don't worry, the new series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps starts soon!!!

But anyway, I wouldn't consider myself happy with the state of British comedy at all, I just don't mention shows I'm not watching because they suck, I suppose. In fact, I think new Simpsons is the only thing I watch on TV at the moment and even that's meh.

Anyway, I'll be sure to catch the repeat of Buzzcocks tonight. And by the way, apparently in next week's episode, Preston (I don't know his last name... that guy from The Ordinary Boys) walks out because of bad stuff frequently being said about Chantelle.

[coolcoates]

Does anyone here watch Dragon's Den? I've seen some clips of it on other TV shows, but never actually watched an episode. I'll watch the repeat tonight and see what I think. Seems interesting. Kind of similar premise to The Apprentice (new series of which starts in a couple of weeks by the way ;) )

[Greased Scotsman]

Anyway, I'll be sure to catch the repeat of Buzzcocks tonight. And by the way, apparently in next week's episode, Preston (I don't know his last name... that guy from The Ordinary Boys) walks out because of bad stuff frequently being said about Chantelle.Yeah, I read that in a Bill Bailey interview. Can't fucking wait for that :D Apparently Bill gets a guy from the audience who looks like Preston and this random guy sits beside Bill for the rest of the show!!

[H Thompson]

Where is that interview then?

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

H_T's right, those panel shows on these days aren't very good. Especially Mock the Week IMO. There have been a few good sitcoms recently like The Thick of It, Lead Balloon and of course Extras, but no where near the number there should be. All those BBC1 comedies (Not Going Out, After You've Gone, Little Britain) have been terrible. Charlie Brooker Screen Wipe, now there's a genius program! Shame it's shoved away on BBC4, could easily be on 2.

Does anyone here watch Dragon's Den? I've seen some clips of it on other TV shows, but never actually watched an episode. I'll watch the repeat tonight and see what I think.
It's...okay. I do quite like the idea, and it is pretty funny sometimes, but it's so damn repetetive. Someone gives a pitch for their product, then straight after the voiceover pretty much repeats it. The whole show pretty much goes like this:
Person: Here's my product, it does such and such. I want x amount of money invested for y% stake.
Voiceover: [Person] is looking for x amount of money for y% stake in his business which does such and such.
Dragon: I don't think there is a market for this product, so I'm out.
Voiceover: [Dragon] doesn't think there is a market for the product and has declared himself out.

[matt228]

To Adam R: Preston is in fact his surname. His full name is Samuel Dylan Murray Preston.

To H_T: Perhaps panel shows are the new "big thing" in comedy? A few years ago perhaps were, as you say, "cheap forgettable filler", but now they are a chance for five to seven (if you count the host) comedians to shine through. Mock the Week and Never Mind the Buzzcocks are two of the best shows on TV at this time. Is that really so bad? Why don't we just enjoy them? We can still "forget" them the next week, if we must. Blackadder and Father Ted were much more memorable, and much better (hence why I have the complete DVD collections of both), but until something better comes along, we'll have to just laugh ourselves silly at Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week and QI.

To coolcoates: Dragons' Den is very good indeed. I watched The Apprentice last series, so I'm glad to hear it's coming back.

To scottvivian: I never saw The Thick of It, but Lead Balloon was very good. I'm also quite enjoying Bonkers (first mention of a non-BBC show that's good at the moment) at the moment, though an hour is perhaps too long. Extras was good, but I preferred Lead Balloon. I never saw After You're Gone, but I enjoyed Not Going Out very much indeed. Little Britain S3 was atrocious but S1-2 were good. I've never even heard of Screen Wipe. Then again, in agreement with your opinion of shite British TV recently, we have had the absolutely appalling shows such as Time Trumpet and that godawful My Hero.

[Otis P Jivefunk]

When is C4 going to finish showing Simpsons Season 13? Xmas is over, Celebrity Big Brother is over, there are only a few episodes left of Simpsons Season 13, so what the hell is going on?...

[Whip-Smart]

I was asking my self that today,I hope we dont have to wait till the end of Ugly Betty

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

I was asking my self that today,I hope we dont have to wait till the end of Ugly Betty
yeah that's gonna be another 15 weeks!

we have had the absolutely appalling shows such as Time Trumpet
:angry: You've made an enemy for life!

[H Thompson]

Time Trumpet was hugely hugely dissapointing, I expected so much more from Armando Iannucci, I thought it was ok, but It should have been so much better.

[Veryjammy]

Time Trumpet was the smuggest load of shite I've seen in a long time.

[Greased Scotsman]

Where is that interview then?
There's a link to it from Bill Bailey's official site.

Also, am I the only one who thought Not Going Out was fucking hilarious? Even my parents loved it, and they don't normally like that sort of thing.

Also, did anyone else see Paul Merton's last Room 101? That was great.

[Adamm R)))]

Revenge was just as expected, standard dull 3 parter stuff. First segment was largely boring, plus it had that horrible "I violated you when you slept" joke, D. Middle segment was the most entertaining, it had some good ideas but was poorly executed mostly, C+. The last segment was uninteresting, but I did like "poison Lenny", C-. Overall C-

Also, I did see that Buzzcocks yesterday and it was pretty hilarious.

[matt228]

There's a link to it from Bill Bailey's official site.

Also, am I the only one who thought Not Going Out was fucking hilarious? Even my parents loved it, and they don't normally like that sort of thing.

Also, did anyone else see Paul Merton's last Room 101? That was great.
Thanks for the info about the link. As I said earlier, I thought Not Going Out was great. Ian Hislop on Room 101 was a real treat; a fantastic way to end Merton's tenure.

Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times was OK. Pathetic plot, and they were right in thinking that the third segment should be a Halloween segment. I'd say the first one was a C-, the second was a C+ and the third a C. Opening/ending/links: D-. Since they are so little of the episode, I'll give the episode an overall C-.

[Drunk Barney]

I missed 'Revenge tonight.

So anyway has everyone completed there Season Nine sets yet? I havn't started on extra's yet, but episode wise I've just got to see the final three, and then I'm done. So far it's been about a B/B+, but the final three episodes are likely to take that up to a B+ average. I'll rate and probably review them in the Season Nine thread when I'm done.

[Adamm R)))]

I've seen every episode, the first 13 with commentary, the Oakley and Weinstein special thing and everything else except the art and animation features for disc 3 and 4.

[Whip-Smart]

Ive seem all of the epsiodes, and them with commentary thats all I ever really watch, Never bother looking for the hidden stuff or watching animation showcase things. season 9 was a good season better then how I remember it.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Just got the last disc to watch with commentary - haven't watched any episodes without commentary yet. The first few commentaries of the Season were great - The Princial and the Pauper, The Cartridge Family, The Last Temptation of Krust to name three - but the later ones are utterly boring. All they do is point out the jokes and laugh at them.

[matt228]

I haven't bought S9 yet, and I've no money to buy it with. :-O

[MJD]

Can i just say that the introduction to Principal and the Pauper commentary has to be one of the funniest things ever, "Did you want to destroy the show? i did."

[Nameless]

RTE are almost done with s14 now. if this keeps up we might not see it until 2008.

[Adamm R)))]

Can i just say that the introduction to Principal and the Pauper commentary has to be one of the funniest things ever, "Did you want to destroy the show? i did."

My favourite was the beginning of All Singing All Dancing. "Welcome to the commentary for All Singing All Dancing and because of the episode's theme, we're going to sing the whole commentary!"

Also, Buzzcocks has just finished, it was really good. Preston snapped much too quickly, I thought. And was he honestly expecting them not to say anything of that nature? Anyway, I'm beginning to think Amstell is a good host, but he's still far from Mark Lemar.

[matt228]

I didn't see very much of Lamarr's tenure, but Armstell is so good, I fail to see how he can be better (Lamarr was good on Shooting Stars, but he wasn't that funny).

[Greased Scotsman]

they were right in thinking that the third segment should be a Halloween segment.I believe they were referring to the second segment, which bordered on the supernatural.

Also, if you have Sky try and watch a couple of old Buzzcocks on UKTV G2. Lamarr's ad-libs with Bill and Phill are some of the funniest things I've ever seen. Amstell is very good too, but he'll never be as funny as Mark.

[H Thompson]

Lamarr had a more detached cynical persona, and he himself had a more alternative sensibillity towards music, he himself does have a real passion for music, Amstell's knowledge only really stretches to pop, and so the scope of the show, seems much more fixated on mainstream figures.
I kind of find it slightly annoying how they keep picking a weekly "easy target", for Amstell to dish loads of insults onto, often it'll be some old woman who used to be on t.v a couple of years ago but now isn't, which is sort of a little repetitive.
And Amstell has a very forced way of digging at people, it's very purposeful, very deliberate, Lamarr was more amusing, because he'd insult people in a very offhand, disintrested way and he improvised more, Amstell's gags are all clearly planned ahead of time. He's still good though, he has his own unique persona and delivery that can be funny.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Amstell's gags are all clearly planned ahead of time.
Lamar's would have been too, 90% of the jokes on panel shows (including contestants') are written before recording. Though maybe Lamar was better at making it less obvious.

[Drunk Barney]

So has anyone seen Hot Fuzz? Excellent film. It somewhat reminded me of The Joy of Sect.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Yeah I saw it Thursday, and loved it. Suprisingly gruesome as well...

[Nameless]

Wasn't the purpose of this thread to discuss some animated television show or something?

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

It somewhat reminded me of The Joy of Sect.
^This is close enough in my book ;)

Actually while I'm posting, does anyone know when Little Big Girl is on Sky? They seemed to be airing most episodes only a week after the U.S.

[coolcoates]

Yeah, it really is more of a "UK discussion" than "UK: Channel 4 and Sky One Discussion", not that that bothers me :D

About Simon Amstell, I think he's a pretty good host, though some of his gags seem a bit forced. Does anyone think any of the guest hosts from the season before Amstell started (season 18 I think) would have done a better job? Jonathon Ross' episode was hilarious, though I think a one off appearance was for the best.

[Adamm R)))]

Little Big Girl doesn't air until at least April.

Lamarr had a more detached cynical persona, and he himself had a more alternative sensibillity towards music, he himself does have a real passion for music, Amstell's knowledge only really stretches to pop, and so the scope of the show, seems much more fixated on mainstream figures.
I kind of find it slightly annoying how they keep picking a weekly "easy target", for Amstell to dish loads of insults onto, often it'll be some old woman who used to be on t.v a couple of years ago but now isn't, which is sort of a little repetitive.
And Amstell has a very forced way of digging at people, it's very purposeful, very deliberate, Lamarr was more amusing, because he'd insult people in a very offhand, disintrested way and he improvised more, Amstell's gags are all clearly planned ahead of time. He's still good though, he has his own unique persona and delivery that can be funny.

Agreed word for word.

So has anyone seen Hot Fuzz? Excellent film. It somewhat reminded me of The Joy of Sect.

I may catch it, the trailers look very good.