Red Nose Day

_Bella_

Anyone else really looking forward to Red Nose Day this evening? I always find that its a great Friday night in. I'm in particular looking forwad to seeing Rowan Atkinson and Russell Howards Good News Bad news.

Did anyone watch the program last night about the celebrities travelling down the Zambezi River? It looked absolutely terrifying! Fair play especially to Dara O Briain for keep going with it after the first day they had!

I_smell_fear

_Bella_ wrote: »

I'm in particular looking forwad to seeing Rowan Atkinson and Russell Howards Good News Bad news.

Could please tell what someone could possibly look forward to about that programme? I just think it's shamelessly brain dead comedy, apart from when they showcase the odd decent comedian ie not Russell Howard

Skid X

I usually dip in and out of it. I record it in case I miss anything.

I think it was better in the earlier years when it was less planned. It is a little bit tame now, but still has it's moments. Great cause, obviously, hopefully they raise lots of money again this year.

ScrubsfanChris

Time to set the PVR and wast-forward through it later, isn't that what everyone does?

expectationlost

can we donate them money not to do it

duckysauce

what time is brent on ?

evilivor

duckysauce wrote: »

what time is brent on ?

Listed for the second part of the show, post 10.30pm, once it switches to BBC2/HD.

Skid X

Smithy making some good points there!

Stevecw

Great cause etc, but 90% is a load of boring stuff.

Infoanon

evilivor wrote: »

Listed for the second part of the show, post 10.30pm, once it switches to BBC2/HD.

Show switches to BBC 2 22.30 to 23.05 while news is on BBC1, then back again on BBC1

Brent is on now (9.25)

Basq

Corden was good as per usual (he has his haters, but I think he's excellent) and the Simon Cowell was quite witty too.

I'm a huge Peter Kay fan but his bit was an absolute bore.

JP Liz V1

Damian Lewis is doing a skit in Vicar of Dibley so Dawn French getting another snog from a hot fella :P

Basq

A bit behind but the Brent bit wasn't funny at all..

.. I think material's a bit thin on the ground for Brent. Everything felt all too familiar!

Shame!

colinod0806

cena wrote: »

No need for this kind of stuff

What, a joke? Oh yeah how dare I.:rolleyes:

Enjoyed that song, it was funny and catchy.

cena

colinod0806 wrote: »

What, a joke? Oh yeah how dare I.:rolleyes:

Enjoyed that song, it was funny and catchy.

not joking if your making fun of black kids

colinod0806

Dafuq? Did my post just get deleted?

cena

colinod0806 wrote: »

Dafuq? Did my post just get deleted?

Ya it did.

colinod0806

By who?

cena

colinod0806 wrote: »

By who?

A mod.

Been watching for the last hour and a half or so. If I had to make one criticism it's that there's isn't enough gay stuff. Walliams mentioned swimming the channel and the Thames without a gay pun/double entendre at the end, I feel they should've aimed for 100%.

LizT

I have to say, I didn't find it that enjoyable this year at all. Smithy's bit was good (I'm a huge Gavin and Stacey fan anyway) and Simon Cowell's bit but pretty much everything else fell flat. The bits with Mrs.Brown were painful.

Fair play to Jessie J for shaving her hair off though, major admiration for her for that.

Tropheus

Saw one of the Mrs Browne sections around 11.30 p.m. It was an embarrassment. The audience couldn't even raise a titter. Never liked it and this reinforced my opinion.

I would have expected more than the usual drunken Irish stereotypical sh!te.

colinod0806

The Mrs. Brown bits were horrendous and the hosts were embarrassed to be a part of them. Walliams is a slimy creep and his overt faux-homosexuality even makes Alan Carr, who is gay, uncomfortable.

FirstinLastout

Brutal in many ways. Mrs. Brown was horrendously unfunny and most hosts seemed lost when asked to ad-lib.
How they raised money is amazing esp given many of the poor quality skits.
John Bishop & Brand had their moments but glad I was flickin' 'cross the channels.
Either way, good cause and all but no look back moments unlike some of the previous years.

Basq

I was chuffed to see Mrs Browns Boys die on it's arse and the deathly silence from the studio audience during that skit was entertaining enough for me.

sligojoek

Basq wrote: »

I was chuffed to see Mrs Browns Boys die on it's arse and the deathly silence from the studio audience during that skit was entertaining enough for me.

Now we know what Joe Duffy won't be talking about next week.

heartseeker

Does anyone else watch these shows with a slight air of cynicism given that it just seems like another way of cheating people out of money that are probably well strapped already given the recession whose money would be better spent locally.If I was sure that all the money was going where they say it does you could make a case but there is alot of evidence out there to suggest that these type of tv appeals are just highly sophisticated marketing scams which benefit few and generate large cash streams for people involved with the charity more like companies under the guise of charities.I mean the way the kids were blatantly mocked in some of the sketches eg.danny dyer spoof really show a total lack of empathy.This coupled with Russell Brands overbearing grovelling every two minutes and requests to help him be the one to " break all records " just comes across as really insincere and superficial. What do any of ye think? Do the real problems not lie with debt and problems that BBC and government would be much better placed to tackle if there was any kind of will rather than putting the burden on tellywatcher's with mobile phones in their hand swayed by the revelling in misery by celebrities who shoot off to Africa to make themselves feel better and play off their fans emotions to give freely. At times on Brands Give It Up the other night his appeals were so regular it nearly takes on a hypnotic quality and is very taxing on the brain.I do believe in charity for sure from the home to places of need but I think these nights are a bit of a scam.Would love to hear your opinions and hopefully dispel my pessimism and restore faith :-P??

C.K Dexter Haven

They promised the "best ever" Nose day of comedy at the start of the show- that should have been warning enough- Mostly unfunny drivel- did 't think Brent or Atkinson funny at all. Not a patch on years gone by.