There was a wonderful headline in The Guardian this week. Sunderland were apparently involved in a violent game of football at the Stadium of Light and the story was titled Malice In Sunderland.
This newcomer has now entered my list of top headlines but it has yet to beat the Mirror headline during the BSE crisis. A spread in that newspaper featured a massive picture of piles of burnt cow carcasses and the accompanying banner headline read Apocalypse Cow!
Sadly, both of these made me laugh more heartily than the new series of Little Britain. This started last Thursday and amid the usual characters was the addition of a freaky bachelor and his ugly Thai bride, plus an oh-so-polite woman who urinates everywhere while conducting everyday business such as chatting in supermarkets.
While there were a few funny moments in the opening episode, it did have a feeling of going over old ground. But like the other 9.5million people who tuned in to watch it, I’ll probably stay with it to see if it improves. It does make you respect Ricky Gervais more for not mining the seam of The Office to death with another series, though…
I may also give the new BBC sketch show Man Stroke Woman another go too. This is the new series from Ash Atalla, the producer of The Office. It’s pretty formulaic stuff but it had its moments, namely a scene with Daisy Haggard of Green Wing fame playing a woman who can’t play pool despite her boyfriend’s most encouraging efforts.
Most of the cast may currently be second-string comedy actors (that fat bloke from Sean Of The Dead, that bloke who was sometimes in Nathan Barley, a kooky Canadian bird, etc) but so were most of The Fast Show until that series really took hold.
This could be a slow burner. It could also be shit. The jury’s still out...
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