What TV shows are people watching? (rock, fan, quote)

**Yac** · 01-18-2018, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Don't forget Have I Got News For You?

I'd have to see it first to forget it

I'm slowly making my way through these panel shows, there are so many, none of them was ever on tv in my country, so I watch them on youtube and I've yet to see more than a couple of episodes of "Have I got news for you", but I assume it's good since it's mostly the same handful of funny people doing all these shows, right ? Shouldn't be too different

Trollheart · 01-18-2018, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Yac

I'd have to see it first to forget it

I'm slowly making my way through these panel shows, there are so many, none of them was ever on tv in my country, so I watch them on youtube and I've yet to see more than a couple of episodes of "Have I got news for you", but I assume it's good since it's mostly the same handful of funny people doing all these shows, right ? Shouldn't be too different

Pretty much. You do need to be more or less up on your English politics (though they do world ones too) to get most of the jokes, but it's a hoot. I remember the late Bruce Forsyth hosted it once. I don't know if you know him, but he was big in the seventies and eighties, and one of his best-known catchphrases to the audience was "Nice to see you, to see you nice!"

So anyway, he was talking about the invasion of Iraq and he said "George Bush keeps telling us that Saddam Hussein has all these WMDs. Well, it would be nice to see them, to see them... (audience roars) NICE!"

The Batlord · 01-18-2018, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Pretty much. You do need to be more or less up on your English politics (though they do world ones too) to get most of the jokes, but it's a hoot. I remember the late Bruce Forsyth hosted it once. I don't know if you know him, but he was big in the seventies and eighties, and one of his best-known catchphrases to the audience was "Nice to see you, to see you nice!"

So anyway, he was talking about the invasion of Iraq and he said "George Bush keeps telling us that Saddam Hussein has all these WMDs. Well, it would be nice to see them, to see them... (audience roars) NICE!"

That reminds me of those ****ty sitcoms where they'd fill in a space where a joke should go by using a contrived catchphrase that the audience liked more through being beaten over the head with it than it having any comedic value, as if they were Pavlov's dog and laughing to get their treat. Not that this sounds in any way similar.