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Nathan Barley - Episode Three

Started by Pienaar, February 25, 2005, 08:05:07 PM

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Clinton Morgan

*shrugs shoulders*

If only twice the enthusiasm and energy that had been put in the brief Dave Stewart parody/opening had been put into the whole of 'Nathan Barley' then it might be a programme worth getting excited about. This is the second episode I have watched and I still feel like I am watching an episode of 'Hollyoaks' for research purposes.

Hypnotron

Its really funny!

I can't understand this negative reaction to it, you are all analysing the humour out of it!

That was as funny as any Brass Eye or Day Today.  I laughed out loud, if those celebrity pissing pics were in Brass Eye you would be crying 'genius'!

The majority of you are basically wrong.

Mr Flunchy

I'm actually liking this more week on week.  

Is it wrong that rather than thinking Nathan's a cunt, I'm actually growing to like him?  I thought the whole restaurant scene was great, especially the 'shithead' light.

Although that 'Ape Hour' thing was a bit painful to watch.  

Liked the graphics at the start too.

Kurtzekiel

You drift off, i'll have a scoff....
Well i thought him rapping in bed was quite hilarious. Other than that isn't every character seriously annoying?

Pinball

Quote from: "Hypnotron"The majority of you are basically wrong.
You are Tony Blair and I claim my £5!

InfiniteFury

Quote from: "Hypnotron"Its really funny!

I can't understand this negative reaction to it, you are all analysing the humour out of it!

That was as funny as any Brass Eye or Day Today.  I laughed out loud, if those celebrity pissing pics were in Brass Eye you would be crying 'genius'!

The majority of you are basically wrong.

The majority of people here are all analysing this program, hoping to find something funny in it. How may comedy programmes get that much of a chance?

Here we go a-bloody-fucking-gain.

no_offenc

Jonatton Yeah? reminds me of an utter prick who runs a music online "'zine" round here called Gigwise.  And so I am quite happy for that character to exist.  Barley reminds me of so many people I know, it's untrue.

But still, it was still hit and miss.  ah well.

Anon

Still not Morris's usual standard by a huge degree, but there was some pretty funny stuff in there - the rapping sex scene, 15 Peter 20's press kit, the scene with Yeah? at the end, and of course it was fantastic to have the man himself at the start (albeit as a voiceover)!

Nathan does seem to becoming an actual cunt here - the scene in the restaurant is much closer to the Nathan of TVGH.  No stand - out scene like the club scene last week this time, but still a good episode.  If the rest of the series follows the direction of this episode, then I don't think we can be writing Chris off just yet.

Koosh Koosh!

Ugh. Better than last week, but that's no mean feat. I loved all of Jonathan Yeah?'s lines, but the sex scene was horrendous.

Oh and I missed Morris' audio appearance at the beginning. Was it really good?

Angst in my Pants

Quote from: "Angst in my Pants"Isn't that The Divine David?  Like that.

Yes, it was.

"I kicked The Brown door in and painted it white on the way out'! - Thats a fucking classic:)

:)

pushchair

totally agree with hypnotron, in fact you couldn't have put it any better, Nathan Barley is just about as good as anything Morris has done in the past!

Mr Flunchy

It seems a bit of a shame that the first episode was so very shit.  I think the series would be a lot better recieved if the first episode was up to the standard of the last two.

no_offenc

I think perhaps the rapping wasn't meant to be funny, because Barley is such a fucking immense braindead prick himself.

Mister Six

Was Nathan really that cunty in the restaurant? He seemed to be giving as good as he got from the tedious, eavesdropping twats next to him.

What did he do to Pingu this week that was so bad?

imitationleather

Hit and miss? More like shit and miss! Hahaha.

Oh come on you recently-registered lot, it was shit! Morris doesn't read these boards, you don't need to pretend to like it. We're all friends here, no one will make fun of you...

MrManson


The Mumbler

Brilliantly funny, superb acting as ever.  Can't wait to watch the next one.

Still, that's quite enough of the Seinfeld DVD box set - how's the pisspoorathon of Nathan Barley getting on?  As one A. G. Partridge might once have said, "It sounds hilarious - sounds like the *Goons*!"

InfiniteFury

Quote from: "imitationleather"Hit and miss? More like shit and miss! Hahaha.

Oh come on you recently-registered lot, it was shit! Morris doesn't read these boards, you don't need to pretend to like it. We're all friends here, no one will make fun of you...

Or please at least read the Nathan Barley Episode 1 and Nathan Barley Episode 2 threads first. Just to make sure nothing's being repeated for the sake of it like.


Neil

Quote from: "Hypnotron"I can't understand this negative reaction to it, you are all analysing the humour out of it!

How is that even possible?  Go on, explain it.  Do you think we laugh and then think "Ah, but actually I was wrong to laugh at that, because..."  I think you'll find that people are more prone to "analyse" something like this when it fails to make them laugh.

DonkeyRhubarb

Is it just me or does Jonatton Yeah? deliver his lines just like the Blue Cat from 'Dougal And The Blue Cat'?

alan strang

Cor, I bet Dave Stewart feels suitably ashamed after watching all that. I certainly do.

Yeah, I know, it comes to something when even the act of taking the piss out of a terrible comedy suddenly loses its attraction. This is just getting depressing now.

Quote from: "Hypnotron"That was as funny as any Brass Eye or Day Today. I laughed out loud, if those celebrity pissing pics were in Brass Eye you would be crying 'genius'!

If those celebrity pics were in Brass Eye they'd be a small part of a much better sketch. They wouldn't constitute the bloody meat of it.

Mister Six

Edit: replying to a post which is about fifteen pages ago, this thing gets updated so quickly.

Bert Thung

Quote from: "imitationleather"Hit and miss? More like shit and miss! Hahaha.

Oh come on you recently-registered lot, it was shit! Morris doesn't read these boards, you don't need to pretend to like it. We're all friends here, no one will make fun of you...

Hooray! I was feeling very alone for a moment there.

Is Claire meant to be idealistic or an idiot?  It keeps changing from scene to scene.

Sexton Brackets Drugbust

Wow, that opened like a proper comedy show!  I laughed! Enjoyed this episode much more, but it did start to wear thin towards the end.  

I'm simply impressed that Jonatton Yeah? can hold his face in that shape for so long, thats got to be worthy of something.

hopeless

Best episode of the series. Morris bit was lovely :)  and it seemed to go on for agggggges compared to the other episodes - but not in a bad way.

Still nothing life changing - but this week it made me laugh quite a bit.

Beagle 2

QuoteI can't understand this negative reaction to it, you are all analysing the humour out of it!

That was as funny as any Brass Eye or Day Today. I laughed out loud, if those celebrity pissing pics were in Brass Eye you would be crying 'genius'!

What? so far the posts reacting to this weeks episodes have been barely a couuple of lines long, how is that "analysing the humour out of it"?

I actually thought that Levis ad in the break was going to be a tagged on pisstake of trendy adverts!

It was a teensy bit better but it just generally gets on my tits and fails to raise a titter. I was drifting off in the second half, it was boring. I dunno, I just can't think of anything to say about it, that's a bad sign.

no_offenc

Well said Strang!

Hang on, were you part of the SOTCAA thing?  I had no idea........seriously.

Or were you not?  I'm fucking clueless.

JCBillington

He can't even do a proper porno parody anymore. And is Dave Stewart, cunt though he is, really relevant or interesting enough nowadays to be worthy of an elaborate attack/parody?