Northern Political Comedies.. does anyone like them?

Basq

You know the ones i mean?!

Horrible cringe-inducing poorly acted comedies like "Give My Head Some Peace" or the unfunny one-joke spoof that is "Folks On The Hill"

Honestly.. i don't think anyone could find them remotely funny or intelligent.

So.. like 'em or loathe 'em?

monkeyfudge

They're absolutely atrocious... almost makes you proud of some of the comedy junk RTÉ does.

But I have come across one or two sick individuals who think Give My Head Peace is brilliant.

Basq

monkeyfudge wrote:

But I have come across one or two sick individuals who think Give My Head Peace is brilliant.

I hope you hurt them..... sincerally, i really hope so!

aidan_dunne

The first couple of series' of 'Give My Head Peace' weren't too bad. Not what you would call belly-achingly funny but decent enough. At the time I guess it was kind of "different", you could say, taking the piss out of the whole Norn Ireland situation and all. But it did go downhill pretty quickly after that, though, and I haven't watched it since about the third series or so. Anytime I've happened to stumble across it in more recent times whilst flicking through the channels, I have to agree with the rest of ye, it just looks atrocious now alright.

As for 'The Folks On The Hill', I've never seen it so I can't comment but I've heard it's pretty dire as well.

I guess there's only so much comedy material you can get out the whole N.I. political situation before you start repeating yourself and going around in circles.

lostexpectation

you're havin a laugh, you havin a laugh

mike65

The trailers alone are enough to send one running out the room.

Mike.

DublinWriter

Complete arse, all.

Folks on the Hill is worth of special attention. It's animations look like some crappy avatar VR thingy from the mid-ninties. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that it reminds me of the character animation from the 80's video "Money for Nothing".

Give my Head Peace? Please. As they say in Norn Iron, complete rabbash and phish.

It's a little sad as Norn Iron folk are normally very funny and have a characteristic dry-type of humour.

Mr Burns

monkeyfudge wrote:

But I have come across one or two sick individuals who think Give My Head Peace is brilliant.

Me raises hand. I think it's the best thing since sliced bread!

Jerichoholic

Oh they are painfully bad.

_Kaiser_

My mother is a big fan of Give My Head Peace , but then she's from Donegal so the "humor" (using the term loosely) probably means more to her.

[slightly offtopic] It's actually a good parallel to people's views on the whole situation up there anyway. How many people down here really care anymore? I reckon we've enough problems of our own as it is myself. [/slightly offtopic]

lostexpectation

DublinWriter wrote:

Complete arse, all.

Folks on the Hill is worth of special attention. It's animations look like some crappy avatar VR thingy from the mid-ninties. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that it reminds me of the character animation from the 80's video "Money for Nothing".

Give my Head Peace? Please. As they say in Norn Iron, complete rabbash and phish.

It's a little sad as Norn Iron folk are normally very funny and have a characteristic dry-type of humour.

does it drive anyone else mad how the they animate the head moving, in sort of slooooooooow triangle without any acknowledgement of his speech, its headwrecking to watch.

Kojak

monkeyfudge wrote:

They're absolutely atrocious... almost makes you proud of some of the comedy junk RTÉ does.

There really bad when that would be suggested. Give my head peace is awful while there's another cartoon type thing which is about as funny as Pat the Plank - I can't remember its name but it "satirises" Northern Ireland politicans.

Basq

Kojak wrote:

There really bad when that would be suggested. Give my head peace is awful while there's another cartoon type thing which is about as funny as Pat the Plank - I can't remember its name but it "satirises" Northern Ireland politicans.

That's 'Folks On The Hill' as mentioned!

SprostonGreen

Rubbish, the first serious of GMHP they did every prod/taig stereotypical joke available and they should have left it there.

BAZM8

All northern irish comedy is rubbish... Colin Murray is funny on the panel and not when he is on the NI version of the same thing (can't remember the name of it .. and don't care).
As well as that any place that thinks "May McFetridge" is funny has had a humour bypass. (middle aged man dressing up as a woman, didn't that die with Les Dawson)

I wouldn't just limit it to their comedy programmes either, name one BBC NI or UTV produced programme that was any good...?

DublinWriter

BAZM8 wrote:

I wouldn't just limit it to their comedy programmes either, name one BBC NI or UTV produced programme that was any good...?

Why Don't You?

No wait, that belongs in the nostalgia bin.

Yes, I agree, THITWG carried the joke about 10 years more than they should have. At least Nuala McKeever had the sense to get out while people were still laughing. It was a shame she never did more, even with her own series on BBC Norn Iron.

And yes, I fancied the arse off-a-her.

leftofcentre

As a nordie i like them both

It depends on your background. For example i never like the d'believables or however you spell 'em, I always seen it as country humour.

Give my head peace is BBC NI's top rated show, so people do like it.

But I can see to outsiders how the humour would appear crap.