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As Time Goes By

  • 29-06-2010 4:00pm
    #1
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭


    What is with this show???? It really isn't funny.


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  • #2
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,200 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Most of the acclaimed British comedies from the 90's weren't funny, or have aged terribly!

    Keeping Up Appearances, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar Of Dibley, The Thin Blue Line, Coupling (etc.) Hate them all!


  • #3
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    basquille wrote: »
    Most of the acclaimed British comedies from the 90's weren't funny, or have aged terribly!

    Stuff like Keeping Up Appearances, Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar Of Dibley, The Thin Blue Line, Coupling etc.

    Hate them all!

    I will agree with KUA, TVOD and Coupling but they were bad in the 1990s in fairness.

    I think AbFab still has a bit of fun in it, mainly down to the cast but also some of the situations, but it was bound to age since it is all about the style of that era.

    TTBL isn't bad again I think its down to the cast and the one liners.

    Sorry for abvr. everything there. :)


  • #4
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,200 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Have you seen Ab Fab recently? It's really aged horrifically.. it's one of those shows that I think people watched with rose-tinted glasses. People lauded Joanne Lumley as some sort of comedic genius... far fecking from it IMO!

    The Thin Blue Line wasn't awful.. as both Rowan Atkinson and James Dreyfus always put in great performances.

    But look at comedies of the 80's on BBC - they were vastly superior.. stuff like Red Dwarf, Black Adder, The Young Ones to name just 3.


  • #5
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    Yeah you would have to wonder how KUA got past season 2.. it's the same story over and over.. God bless the guy who plays Emmett in that show.. same lines every show.


  • #6
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    basquille wrote: »
    Have you seen Ab Fab recently? It's really aged horrifically.. it's one of those shows that I think people watched with rose-tinted glasses. People lauded Joanne Lumley as some sort of comedic genius... far fecking from it IMO!

    The Thin Blue Line wasn't awful.. as both Rowan Atkinson and James Dreyfus always put in great performances.

    But look at comedies of the 80's on BBC - they were vastly superior.. stuff like Red Dwarf, Black Adder, The Young Ones to name just 3.

    Red Dwarf isn't good, I find it horrific. I was just watching AbFab on Gold yesterday, Joanne Lumley does put in a good performance. But yes it had aged. She is a good comic actress. Comic Genius no.

    As Time Goes By on the other hand hasn't really aged its just very bad.
    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    Yeah you would have to wonder how KUA got past season 2.. it's the same story over and over.. God bless the guy who plays Emmett in that show.. same lines every show.

    I wonder how it got past 2 episodes.


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