November 6, 2007

Down the Line. I’ve been lucky to catch a few of these recently on Radio 4 and they’re fantastic. Funniest thing I’ve heard on the radio in years. (Not that that’s saying much given the general state of radio comedy these days…) But yeah, got me in tears here.

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  1. 1 Jez
    Nov 6th, 2007 at 10:38 pm

    I really enjoyed Fags, Mags and Bags. OK, I’m the son of a shopkeeper, but I think sons and daughters of people in other professions will too.

    Not sure why you’re down on Radio 4 comedy. Milton Jones is top, I liked the 15 Minute Musicals, Mitchel and Webb Sound is on tomorrow, and the recent run of Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive (with Armando Iannucci!) was ace.

  2. 2 Dave Shelton
    Nov 7th, 2007 at 1:28 am

    Dammit. Just came here to also plug Fags, Mags and Bags and Jez beat me to it. It’s really wonderful. And I am not the son of a shopkeeper.

    Agree with most of the rest of what he says too. Making my posting here all the more redundant.

    It is easy to get the idea that Radio 4 comedy is sub-par because if you catch the wrong bits (Bearded Ladies, Quote Unquote, the mysteriously endlessly recommissioned works of Simon Brett) then, yes, they’re fucking awful. But everything Jez mentions (except possibly the 15 minute musicals which I haven’t heard) is wonderful. And you should give Ed Reardon’s Week a go when it next crops up. It’s funny anyway but all the more so if you work from home.

  3. 3 Dave C
    Nov 7th, 2007 at 8:53 am

    You find this funny? ‘Down the Line’ and ‘Bearded Ladies’ are the two shows on Radio 4 that have me running across the lounge to turn off the radio.

  4. 4 Pete Ashton
    Nov 7th, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    Hmm. I checked out FMB and it was okay. Pretty funny in places but didn’t make me grin like a baboon.

    I think this stuff is terribly subjective.

  5. 5 Dave Shelton
    Nov 10th, 2007 at 10:22 pm

    New series of Ed Reardon starts on Friday (I think) if you’re interested.

  6. 6 Jez
    Nov 11th, 2007 at 10:19 pm

    Pete, perhaps Drills, Thrills, and Spills? It’s a new oil exploration comedy.

  7. 7 Pete Ashton
    Nov 11th, 2007 at 11:39 pm

    One for my dad then!

  8. 8 Pete Ashton
    Nov 12th, 2007 at 12:12 am

    Oh, you fucker. I spent a while googling for that, gave up cursing the BBC for rubbishness and only now, an hour later, get the joke.

  9. 9 Jez
    Nov 12th, 2007 at 10:06 am

    pwn3d!

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