11th November
Much to my surprise, my father decided to join me for the premiere of the ninth series of Peep Show, describing it as "not too bad". Praise indeed. There is seldom any crossover in our viewing tastes, save for the ludicrous number of football matches we watch.
Essentially, this opening episode set about laying the ground to reunite the El Dude Brothers, following the conclusion to Season 8, where Mark's girlfriend Dobby had left him to go to New York, in part due to Jeremy's actions. Sure, the plot was a bit zany, resulting in Jerry (Tim Key, perhaps becoming a bit overexposed in British comedy) being dragged out of Mark's flat so Jeremy can move back in. There were times when the dialogue crept into self parody*.
But I laughed an awful lot and spending time with these characters is still a great pleasure. A special mention has to go to Matt King's Superhans, going from a teetotal juice detox enthusiast to lewd bathroom drunk in the blink of an eye. I'm cautiously optimistic for the remaining episodes.
I then turned over for the new Josh Widdicombe vehicle "Josh" on BBC3, which demonstrated precisely how difficult sitcom writing is. I don't mean that in a derogatory way. I particularly enjoyed Elis James' performance as Josh's flatmate, but I generally thought it was struggling to find a unique perspective. Early days thought.
*There has been a bit of discussion on the internet surrounding the line "What is this, farty Guantanamo?" which did fit into that category, but didn't ruin the show for me as it seemingly did for others.
Essentially, this opening episode set about laying the ground to reunite the El Dude Brothers, following the conclusion to Season 8, where Mark's girlfriend Dobby had left him to go to New York, in part due to Jeremy's actions. Sure, the plot was a bit zany, resulting in Jerry (Tim Key, perhaps becoming a bit overexposed in British comedy) being dragged out of Mark's flat so Jeremy can move back in. There were times when the dialogue crept into self parody*.
But I laughed an awful lot and spending time with these characters is still a great pleasure. A special mention has to go to Matt King's Superhans, going from a teetotal juice detox enthusiast to lewd bathroom drunk in the blink of an eye. I'm cautiously optimistic for the remaining episodes.
I then turned over for the new Josh Widdicombe vehicle "Josh" on BBC3, which demonstrated precisely how difficult sitcom writing is. I don't mean that in a derogatory way. I particularly enjoyed Elis James' performance as Josh's flatmate, but I generally thought it was struggling to find a unique perspective. Early days thought.
*There has been a bit of discussion on the internet surrounding the line "What is this, farty Guantanamo?" which did fit into that category, but didn't ruin the show for me as it seemingly did for others.
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