KimyReizeger Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Anyone watch 'Balls of Steel' last night? Accidentally flicked onto it and caught some horrendously unfunny 'pranksters' posing as comedians. A guy called 'Neg' who makes ridiculous hooting noises whilst pumping his fist in the air goes around in a souped up Corsa throwing hamburgers at set-up-by-their-m8s targets. He ends up looking like a complete wanker as it is impossible not to sympathise with the people getting hit, particularly when he performs the aforementioned 'whoop-whoop' and drives off.Also features a guy dressing up as a 'devil' and playing shit jokes like putting diversion signs all round a round-a-bout - so there's no way out LOL!!!Finally a Dennis Pennis rip-off who goes around interviewing celebs with 'hilarious' jibes written on the back of her mic: 'muff-diver', 'loves cock' for example. Not.clever.at.all. Quite how they justify flying her out to Holywood for that is beyond me.Oh and there were two Dirty Sanchez rip-offs aswell, I didn't watch them.The show is punctuated by terribly scripted conversations between the spastic host and the various guests.This channel should seriously struggle to class itself as a legitimate, ethical entertainment provider and increasingly looks like some half-baked 3am Sky obscurity...the constant swearing is simply miserable and an incredibly base way to get laughs.Have a look:YouTube - Balls of Steel: Burger Bowl Off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 its utter bollocks man, i caught a bit of it once a couple of years ago now (i think) and there was a welsh guy stapling his mates tongue to a desk. Infact i think that was one of the moments when I really started to wonder wtf is wrong with our culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 You did watch a faaaair bit of it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 You did watch a faaaair bit of it though.Yeah I know, but purely from the standpoint of a disgusted, be-jawdropped observer. It is interesting to see what people will laugh at on prime-time tv, though I don't usually get indignant about the shite Ch4 puts on - big brother, vanity lair, shipwrecked, Friday night project etc - but this programme can only appeal to people of very low intelligence; it's that simple. I actually feel sorry for the guys who have to shoot and edit this sort of thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 those guys are in dirty sanchezdid you see militant black guy? he's quite funnythe rest is pretty bollocks i agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 I really started to wonder wtf is wrong with our culture.Our culture? - what culture?Newsagent racks full of gossip magazines - libraries stocked with "autobiographies" ghosted for 18-year-old junkie pop stars whining about their "rehab hell" - airwaves choked with TV shows, featuring worthless nonentities sitting in a house shouting at each other - supermarket shelves buckling under the weight of processed convenience foods - big fat bastards waddling between the mobile phone shops & McDonalds......and don't even start me on the Bebo culture.Britain? - we're fucked. Goooooodnight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 did you see militant black guy? he's quite funnyYouTube - The Militant Black Guy Balls Of Steel 2007 23/03/07Just seems like a shit version of something else, something far more cutting like Pennis, trigger happy tv among others.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 YouTube - The Militant Black Guy Balls Of Steel 2007 23/03/07Just seems like a shit version of something else, something far more cutting like Pennis, trigger happy tv among others..Is that not just a total copy of the Hooper X character from Chasing Amy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovers_spit Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 its so fucking awful. its not funny.i would actually love that urban cowboy guy to like, try something on me, just so i could catch him and repetedly bash him smug fucking face again the curb till all his teeth were cracked and/or missing and he bled out.and the presenter is so fucking unfunny and has such a nasal voice.godi hate them all.cept the militant black guy. i dont want to be tarred with the racist brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 i would actually love that urban cowboy guy to like, try something on me, just so i could catch him and repetedly bash him smug fucking face again the curb till all his teeth were cracked and/or missing and he bled out..Yeah, he's a total dick. His only gimmick is audacity and surprise; people just don't ever expect such mean-spirited, schoolboy behaviour whilst waiting for the bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 YouTube - Ah My Balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzHines Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Channel 4 has just generally gone down hill. Apart from the odd super late at night good film, and the occasional good dispatches, not much else going on. Is very much a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 10 Easy Wishes Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 All the clips I have watched from this thread are about as funny as my cock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 All the clips I have watched from this thread are about as funny as my cockI am now picturing your cock wearing a comedy glasses and moustache combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted May 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 I've been watching some more. It's incredible that the show essentially rides on its own television status to justify itself, 'oh it's not for real, it's for telly!' - if you look at Neg in isolation, outwith tv, then he's just a horrible, bullying little prick. Anyway, I'm not purely re-hashing old news, there's a reassuring moment around the three mintue mark in this one: Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 The one that Alex Zane did was pretty funny (I'm aware Alex Zane and 'funny' in the same sentence sounds wrong).He set up a Mastermind style game show and then kept telling them they were wrong, to the understandable annoyance of the guests. Particularly the old boy who was an Anne Frank expert and totally lost it.I also liked the the Poirot oneZANE: What was the only Poirot novel to have the word lesbian in it CONTESTANT: Murder on the Orient Express ZANE: No, it was Poirot and the Lesbians.Other than that and Militant Black Guy it is total gash. I wouldn't blink if it was never aired again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neutral Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Has anyone else had the thought that these shows are extremely funny because they aren't? I get this a lot whilst watching modern comedy. Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps? Bad acting, really bad script, really amusing - is it deliberately dire? I think it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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