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Yeah, I figured that might have been. But then, why did you not switch it off afterwards? It sounds as if you tortured yourself by keeping watching the whole thing.
Or, for that matter, if you already know that Comic Relief is something that gets you into a bad mood, why not wait about 5 minutes and then watch it on youtube? That's what I did.
I dunno, it just seems you could have had a much more pleasant evening if you had turned the TV off right after (or, if you hated it so much, in the middĺe of) the Bond skit. Or if you hadn't turned it on in the first place.
But I appreciate that they all took the time to take part, considering their tight schedule right now.
EON now makes fun of dubbing voices.
But they still don't speak openly about Nikki van der Zyl providing all the voices for almost all Bond girls in the 60's and 70's.
One could produce a similar video about the voices of Ursula Andress, Shirley Eaton, Claudine Auger etc. - and in the end it would not be comedy, but real.
I was hoping it was played semi serious, semi for laughs, with Moore and Craig actually portraying Bond and not a behind the scenes interview type gag. Seeing both Moore and Craig at the same time will always be a welcome addition, but I left a little underwhelmed :(
I did turn the tv over right after the sketch and I loved gogglebox thanks.
That line about Paddington was funny. I actually enjoyed it.
I agree Willy. I'm amazed at some of the reaction. What on earth were people expecting?
A short Bond movie, maybe?
something that had a bit of thought behind it. Something slightly comical and classy.
He is right, though.
I was going to just say 'inane' but it is far beyond that. I am reminded of the short story TLD where Bond reads a book called Verderbt, Verdammt, Verraten. Fleming explains that in German the 'ver' prefix gives a great deal of extra emphasis to each word.
So to sum up this: Verinane, Verpitiful, Verembarassing.
I am constantly staggered at what some people can consider funny. And similarly disgusted at how much of my licence fee is spent commissioning such dross. If the BBC actually went and made Monkey Tennis now not only would I not be surprised but it would represent an increase in the quality of their output.
just because you slap some goodwill slogans and charity t shirts onto something doesn't mean it has to be universally praised. We disagree and that's fine. I'm just happy I'm not one of the people who get sucked in and accepts something just because my favourite Crap comedian tells me to donate the equivalent of a greggs meal deal.
I bet you're a riot at parties.
Because I'm not into 5 years olds humour? Luckily I don't party at the wacky warehouse or Lego land.
I don't think very much of your licence fee was spent on commissioning this....it was all for charity, or has that small detail in what the purpose of this film was really about completely vanished now?
Glad to see the occasion moved you too. How much did you donate?
Ahh the eternal question. What is and isn't juvenile humour. Some will argue Python is childish humour playing on inane fart gags and silly walks. Others will argue its intellectual humour where we will learn everything we are likely to learn about Marcel Proust and Carl Debucy.
So I guess humour is merely subjective and you take from it what you want. James Bond has never leant itself to clever and intelligent humour, so maybe juvenile gags at its expense is the correct way to go.
Or maybe it simply doesn't matter and we should not get upset about it.
Given the context of why the film was made in the first place, what the cause was, and watching the film alongside harrowing stories of what goes on in Africa, I probably appreciated it more than if this was supposed to be an out-and-out comedy classic gold moment in cinematic history, to guarantee anyone who watches it would fall in the aisles in tears of helpless laughter.
It was for a good cause, all for charity, and a bit of nice PR publicity for the Bond team while their new film is being made. I obviously wasn't expecting as much from this as you were.
I don't see why "it's for charity!" is an excuse used for this being shit. Surely the fact that it's actually for a worthy cause means that they should actually put some effort into making something halfway decent, something with at least one funny moment, rather than making a piss poor sketch because hey it's for charity so people will lap it up no matter what.
As I said, I like dumb humour, but this doesn't even pass as humour. This was just crap. Sarach Millican (I really can't stand her, she's not funny at all) being part of it was just the icing on an already shit cake.
No one was expecting comedy gold, just something half decent. Not too much to ask.
Shame a few of you here despised it so much.
It is. I was hoping for something witty and rewatchable, perhaps with Dan and Rog conversing. Alas.
Yes, lets bring ISIS atrocity videos into tihis talk about a simple video made for charity. You are indeed a charming chap, aren't you...