Trigger Happy TV USA

flogen

Just saw that its on CH4 tonight, i think its at 11 or so.

I hope its new gags and not just the same stuff but in America rather than England.


anyone seen it yet?

Flogen

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carrotcake

tis crap, seen it in the us

flogen

yeah, the bbc3 show was a disgrace.

carrotcake, did you like the original series', or were you not a fan at all?


-hopefully he has new material, when he stopped i thought it was because he was so well known he couldnt get away with it anymore, which is why doing it in a totally seperate country is a good idea if you can back it up.

Flogen

krattapopov

saw in the us as well, much of the same stuff.. couple of new gags but just same old same old really

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Pacifico

Anyone watch it? Ouite good IMO. Beats BoSelecta anyday. Its not just Dom now which is good.......

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PhoenixRising

I think it's getting a bit old now, but the big mobile gag still always gives me a laugh.:p

carrotcake

Originally posted by flogen
carrotcake, did you like the original series', or were you not a fan at all?

no, i liked the original one. with the us version it seemed as if dom joly was there just for the sake of it, and that he was just some little unknown man with two much more important americans. it didn't feel like it was his show at all. plus it was made with an american audience in mind, so i didn't find it as funny (not a stab at american humour, just a cultural difference thing)

Winters

Saw a bit of an episode and it wasent anything too great. But i have to say I laughed a lot at one sketch.
They had put up a sign saying "Gay and Lesbian parking only" and had the woman in a police offiers outfit. Some guy parked and she went over and told him it was gay n' lesbian parking only and asked for his sexual preferance. The guy started getting quite annoyed as he said he wasent gay and she asked him to move the car.

All he had to do was pretend he was a male lesbian

sceptre

Originally posted by carrotcake
seemed as if dom joly was there just for the sake of it,

Did he have the patented Sean Connery "I'm only doing thish for the monney" look as featured in Never Say Never Again?

celticfc

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Pacifico

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sorry my fault

Pacifico

Wasnt great last night. Mondays was good though. The key to the toilet and the preacher were funny.

Genghis

I missed it last night, but seen it Monday. I think it was less good than either of the UK series - just not as funny, though the music was good as ever.

It is clear that the concept has been developed for the US audience, with their notorious lack of irony. The whole blurred faces thing suggested a much more careful approach to the production - its more candid camera that Trigger Happy. I think the show could've been a lot funnier if it was shot in the US but made for a UK audience.

The very fact that Channel 4 are running this as a nightly series rather than a weekly episode as per the originals suggest that even they themselves don't see as much merit in the show.

Nike_Dude

It was still pretty good, not as good as the original series. The Cheerleader is annoying. Dom's heart doesnt seem to be in it it's like he just turned up for the money:)

It is clear that the concept has been developed for the US audience, with their notorious lack of irony. The whole blurred faces thing suggested a much more careful approach to the production - its more candid camera that Trigger Happy. I think the show could've been a lot funnier if it was shot in the US but made for a UK audience.

yeah couldnt agree more, it would have been brilliant if they made it for the UK audience

Pacifico

yeah the cheerleader is the worst.