framheim Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Their pilot is on tonight on bbc2 at 10pm, i'm really looking forward to this as their radio show is hilarious. Doric fits comedy really well and it's nice to get scottish comedy that's not set in glasgow. Anyone else watching or heard the radio show before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Yup, the radio show is brilliant so I'm really looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diarmaid Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Aye, i'll be watching. Seen a couple live shows. Also, got to be part of the audience whose laughter was recorded for the pilot. Thankfully, there was much laughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 I'm only getting about 75% of the words, southerner that I am. Still pretty funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Really? I thought it was so poor I had to switch it off. Very predictable and pretty amateurish I thought, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted December 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Really? I thought it was so poor I had to switch it off. Very predictable and pretty amateurish I thought, sorry.it wasn't as good as i hoped but had some good moments. certainly has potential. i think the mtv stuff was strongest and the golf skit the weakest. i think you're right and some of the jokes were fairly predictable, none were as good as this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 You're right, it was amateurish and predictable. Laughed a fair few times all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Aye Meikle Wartle TV was the strongest sketch. It was promising, but not up to the standard of the radio show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Will check it out on iplayer. But having heard their radio stuff I tend to think that while it's funny sometimes, it really doesn't come close to Scotland the What. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 It's 'stage show' actors on tv.. If it'd been a play it'd've been really good, just not up to par to work as a tv programme imho...Still, gotta agree it's good to see some non-glasgow-based scottish comedy making it out there, so credit to them.xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Von Mondragon Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Better than fuckin' 'Limmy's Show', 'aats fur sure. If they run out of ideas all they have to do is invoke some NE village, "aats twa coos mair 'an Rhynie/Rothienorman/Logie Coldstone/Finzean/ad infinitum" bingo, job done.As an exile, I'm also loving the locations, I could see my old uni departmental home of Powis Gate* 'ahin' the Robbie Shepherd 1st sketch.*Before History of Art was moved somewhere shit so that scumbag administrators could get the nice Victorian toonhoose, wanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedo 808 Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I like Robbie Shepherd as a character. Good fun, as I used to see Robbie at least once a week and the impression of him was pretty spot on. The military gym worker with the electric shockers was good too. The low points were the Duncan Bannatyne Dragon's Den sketch and the insulting shop wifie. Both felt like they were trying hard but neither were working. The insulting shop wifie and the golf guy could be funny with better material but the Dragon's Den guy just wisnae funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I like Robbie Shepherd as a character. Good fun, as I used to see Robbie at least once a week and the impression of him was pretty spot on. The military gym worker with the electric shockers was good too. The low points were the Duncan Bannatyne Dragon's Den sketch and the insulting shop wifie. Both felt like they were trying hard but neither were working. The insulting shop wifie and the golf guy could be funny with better material .Agree on the material. Doric alone doesn't (shouldn't?) constitute comedy. Nae bad though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I only caught the end, thought the boy band from Auchnagatt was funny as fuck though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Someone needs to upload this to YouTube and let me see it before it gets hauled down. Can't get iplayer and cant be arsed feckerin about with proxies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedo 808 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 They pronounced it Ochnagatt like it was an O, the locals pronounce it closer to Achnagatt, emphasis on A. It's similar to when the Doctor says "say aaa". Auchnagatt. They got it wrong.Put on your Doric accent and tell me what sounds more authentic...I'm awa tae Auchnagatt.My Doric top trumps theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Will check it out on iplayer. But having heard their radio stuff I tend to think that while it's funny sometimes, it really doesn't come close to Scotland the What.That pretty much sums it up for me, the odd funny moment but generally sub-par Scotland the What, Buff hardie's son is in them i believe. I tend to find it's like Scotland the What but a lot cruder and it sometimes just feels like it's done like that for the sake of it - maybe to differentiate from Scotland the What, rather than to add to the humour. Just bought the new Scotland the What book so looking forward to reading that. I kind of felt that thy just don't have the NE Observational style that Scotland the What has that makes them so much better, a proper understanding of the NE mentality instead of just adding ina doric accent to existing sketches. Someone's done a great video for this: Also can't beat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 That pretty much sums it up for me, the odd funny moment but generally sub-par Scotland the What, Buff hardie's son is in them i believe. I tend to find it's like Scotland the What but a lot cruder and it sometimes just feels like it's done like that for the sake of it - maybe to differentiate from Scotland the What, rather than to add to the humour. Just bought the new Scotland the What book so looking forward to reading that. I kind of felt that thy just don't have the NE Observational style that Scotland the What has that makes them so much better, a proper understanding of the NE mentality instead of just adding ina doric accent to existing sketches. This paragraph needs more Scotland the What. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 The overall feeling I get from this crowd is that they're not really as funny as they think they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idol_wild Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 I thought this show was okay, and it had some funny moments. I'd tune into a dedicated series on a weekly basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Watched it now. More miss than hit for me I'm afraid. Only bits to raise a titter where Nicola Sturgeon's head on top of the watermelon and the sketch with the woman trying to seduce Watty.It was nice to see the locations and hear Doric on the telly but really it just wasn't funny enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Oh, and the reference to Jane Franchi, I laughed at that as well. Three laughs in 30 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellavaird Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Anyone know if the pilot was a one-off or if there will be more TV shows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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