Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special

VG31

I thought the Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special was very poor. There was very little laughs and it was constantly trying to be funny. In my opinion, it crossed the line in vulgarity.

Is Brendan O'Carroll running out ideas or if this just a once off?

I won't be watching them again unless I've heard if it's good.

tigger123

In-your-endo.

tigger123

In-your-endo.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Never found it funny.Ever.

893bet

A load of caca

EICVD

How anyone finds Mrs Brown funny is beyond me, desperate stuff altogether!

368100

I thought the bit about the priest saying he used to lick the whisk when he was young was quite funny...but they just ruined it by showing him with cream all over his face. Overkill destroyed any humour that was in it.

Iwasfrozen

I like Mrs Brown's boys but this episode he seems to be trying too hard to find laughs and I think he crossed the line with the vulgarity.

The Backwards Man

Statler: Boo!
Waldorf: Boooo!
S: That was the worst thing I’ve ever heard!
W: It was terrible!
S: Horrendous!
W: Well it wasn’t that bad.
S: Oh, yeah?
W: Well, there were parts of it I liked!
S: Well, I liked a lot of it.
W: Yeah, it was GOOD actually.
S: It was great!
W: It was wonderful!
S: Yeah, bravo!
W: More!
S: More!
W: More!
S: More!

tigger123

Has Mrs Brown not always been about dick jokes and a touch of vulgarity? With my mam tonight so ended up watching it, didn't think it was vulgar.

IsaacWunder

Still amazes me he won a Bafta for a show that makes the Adam Sandler stuff look like high art.

tigger123

IsaacWunder wrote: »

Still amazes me he won a Bafta for a show that makes the Adam Sandler stuff look like high art.

I wouldn't mind but some of its so badly written.

Tail Docker

tigger123 wrote: »

I wouldn't mind but some of its so badly written.

Lol -shyte sells, and I laugh like a drain along with everyone else...funny fecker BOC, I'd say he cares what some people say, as long as loads of people pay.

My name is URL

I thought the Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special was very poor. There was very little laughs and it was constantly trying to be funny

Sounds better than usual

DEFTLEFTHAND

The fag jokes are getting really old. Do they think this is edgy humour or something?

no money honey

Im not one to complain about comedies and comedians because people dont realise how hard it is to and that people have a different sense of humour to each other.

But I'm still yet to find anyone that didnt think that this programme is the biggest piece of rubbish on the airwaves. Horrible horrible bollocks, pure embarrassment to the country IMO.

Kristopherus

Dreadful. Jokes too contrived.

My name is URL

Tail Docker wrote: »

Lol -shyte sells, and I laugh like a drain along with everyone else...funny fecker BOC, I'd say he cares what some people say, as long as loads of people pay.

Apparently he turned down big money to make a US version for HBO...

That's according to him, mind.. so fcuk knows if it's true or not. I can't see an American audience warming to his humor.

fryup

can we add a poll to this thread??

do you find mrs brown funny.. yes or no ??

tigger123

My name is URL wrote: »

Apparently he turned down big money to make a US version for HBO...

That's according to him, mind.. so fcuk knows if it's true or not. I can't see an American audience warming to his humor.

Did he say why? That's a bit strange.

I saw someone on Twitter say that he's done after these two Christmas specials and is gonna retire the show, not sure if it's true.

paulieeye

Is the sitcom in Ricky Gervais extras based on this or the other way around?

IsaacWunder

My name is URL wrote: »

Apparently he turned down big money to make a US version for HBO...

That's according to him, mind.. so fcuk knows if it's true or not. I can't see an American audience warming to his humor.

There's no shortage of stupid people in America. He'd clean up.

monkeysnapper

I was very disappointed . Very poor .

tigger123

paulieeye wrote: »

Is the sitcom in Ricky Gervais extras based on this or the other way around?

Extras was before Mrs Brown. I was just thinking about the similarities as I was watching it tonight!

fryup

i hate it when they do the "bloopers" to the camera....its plainly obvious there rehearsed

My name is URL

tigger123 wrote: »

Did he say why? That's a bit strange.

I saw someone on Twitter say that he's done after these two Christmas specials and is gonna retire the show, not sure if it's true.

His priority is to spend more time with his family iirc. Not sure why that would be an issue considering most of them already work for him on the show.

One eyed Jack

no money honey wrote: »

Im not one to complain about comedies and comedians because people dont realise how hard it is to and that people have a different sense of humour to each other.

But I'm still yet to find anyone that didnt think that this programme is the biggest piece of rubbish on the airwaves. Horrible horrible bollocks, pure embarrassment to the country IMO.

Made me laugh

But yeah, I find it funny, but I understand why people take it seriously - because as you quite rightly point out, people do indeed have a different sense of humour to each other. I don't find it an embarrassment to the country either, there's a hell of a lot more to be embarrassed about besides Mrs. Brown!

tigger123

My name is URL wrote: »

His priority is to spend more time with his family iirc. Not sure why that would be an issue considering most of them already work for him on the show.

Hmmmm. He couldn't work with them all in New York or LA for 6 months, then spend the money they make together back in Ireland?

Hmmmm.

Absolute absolute absolute irredeemable garbage.

shruikan2553

It was the same as every other episode then?

anncoates

Brendan O'Carroll is about as funny as syphilis.

Unfunny mining of that painful 80s 'gurrier' pastiche that was even passée with Twink and Brendan Grace.

Son0vagun

It seems it's very popular to hate Mrs Brown on boards. I watched it, I laughed at bits, I cringed at others, but I enjoyed it. And I'll watch it again on New Years Day.

philstar

i really lose all hope for humanity knowing that this tripe is so popular.....

i mean i'm not being snobby or anything, but you really have to have the intellect of a primate to find it amusing

tigger123

Son0vagun wrote: »

It seems it's very popular to hate Mrs Brown on boards. I watched it, I laughed at bits, I cringed at others, but I enjoyed it. And I'll watch it again on New Years Day.

Not sure if it's just confined to boards.

keeponhurling

paulieeye wrote: »

Is the sitcom in Ricky Gervais extras based on this or the other way around?

When the whistle blows !

I liked it until I found out it was actually a man in a dress. It's disgusting.

TheBeardedLady

I'm very sorry to say this during the Christmas season but I'd judge someone who found that muck funny. Judging people is not a nice thing to do but there ye go. Just being honest, like.

ClovenHoof

Only the cognitively underperforming would believe that this show was funny from the start.

It's Moron+ 'jokes'

zeebre12

I found the show tonight a bit too vulgar and dirty..it can't be denied that most young children watch this with their family on Christmas night, and it is accepted and Brendan knows lots of children watch it..I was watching it with my younger cousins in our house and it was on in the background, I felt really uncomfortable watching it with them..I think he should tone done the sexual references a bit, because its common knowledge that most children watched it tonight around the country..you can have sexual references that only adults really understand, but then you have children asking what's that thing she's mixing with?

My name is URL

zeebre12 wrote: »

I found the show tonight a bit too vulgar and dirty..it can't be denied that most young children watch this with their family on Christmas night, and it is accepted and Brendan knows lots of children watch it..I was watching it with my younger cousins in our house and it was on in the background, I felt really uncomfortable watching it with them..I think he should tone done the sexual references a bit, because its common knowledge that most children watched it tonight around the country..you can have sexual references that only adults really understand, but then you have children asking what's that thing she's mixing with?

However shite and nasty the show is, you can't blame it for the idiots that allow kids to watch it.

I was laughing all the way through never fails to make me laugh

MadYaker

I used to think for a while that it was for people who had a different sense of humor to me, but I now realise that only morons find it funny.

jimmymorrison2

My name is URL wrote: »

However shite and nasty the show is, you can't blame it for the idiots that allow kids to watch it.

what time do they put it on at ?

ger664

zeebre12 wrote: »

but then you have children asking what's that thing she's mixing with?

A whisk

jimmymorrison2

I think Mrs Brown's Boys, like most Irish 'comedy' it, captures Irish 'humour' perfectly.

Mostly a mixture of strange, warped, off, and hateful, with the odd genuinely funny bit now and then.

DEFTLEFTHAND

jimmymorrison2 wrote: »

I think Mrs Brown's Boys, like most Irish 'comedy' it, captures Irish 'humour' perfectly.

Mostly a mixture of strange, warped, off, and hateful, with the odd genuinely funny bit now and then.

Edgy humour is beautiful when done well. Look at Artie Lange or Howard Stern. When done badly it's horrible, everything is too obvious and they use slurs, but listen to Artie Lange talk about gays and broads for instance, it's much more clever, you'll be laughing your ass off

circadian

Terrible tv. Seen the birthing fiasco and turned it over. Absolute tripe.

jimmymorrison2

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Edgy humour is beautiful when done well. Look at Artie Lange or Howard Stern. When done badly it's horrible, everything is too obvious and they use slurs, but listen to Artie Lange talk about gays and broads for instance, it's much more clever, you'll be laughing your ass off

American ? We were talking about typically Irish comedy and humour in Mrs Brown's boys

better call saul

Heard it being compared to father Ted.


That's like comparing the soccer skills of a paraplegic to Eric Cantona.

Disgraceful tripe

Mantis Toboggan

MadYaker wrote: »

I used to think for a while that it was for people who had a different sense of humor to me, but I now realise that only morons find it funny.

I'm in oz on holidays at the moment and was shocked at how popular it is over here. There was a live tour earlier in the year which completely sold out!

braddun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgGwFfoXcHE