Heads Up: New Chris Morris sitcom tonight, c4

Dont be at yourself

Nathan Barley, tonight at 22.30 (I think) on C4.

Based on the character of the same name in the TVGOHOME fake tv-listings, brought to you by Chris Morris, the man responsible for Brass Eye, The Day Today and Jam.

Should be good.

DerekD Goldfish

should be very good thanks for reminding me

TheAlmightyArse

Rather Important Edit ("RIE"): I think it's on at ten, not half ten.

My expectations aren't too high for this...

Chris Morris' latest stuff has been a bit pointless (Jam and My Wrongs, come forward), quite a few people close to the source of this have said it's less than great and apparently much of the satire will be irrelevent to anyone living outside of London.

Really hope to be proved wrong though, and if worse comes to worse I'll be happy just to slap my well-spun the Day Today DVD.

Pigman II

After some of Morris's latest stuff I had set my expectations pretty low for this. However I was pleasantly surprised and I thought the first ep was pretty good (Not BrassEye or DayToday quality but leagues ahead of Jam and MyWrongs). In particular I loved the way it portrayed the e-generation as a bunch of pre-school children playing with toys and laughing like idiots at puerile email attactments

Idiot #27 : "Dan I have to say your latest article is the best thing I've ever read!"

Dan : "Really? What was the second best thing you've ever read?

Idiot #27 : "Eh....Books and stuff"

Dan : "Which books?"

Idiot #27 : "Eh....Heidi"

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FYI ep 1 will be repeated numerous times for anyone how might still want to catch it...

channel 4 - 13/2 00:10
e4 - 14/2 22:30
e4 - 15/2 02:50

lee_baby_simms

i found it to be so-so. the section where dan ashcroft had the meeting with the weekend paper was the only part that made me laugh.

i dont have any particular issue with the subject or the characters, i just didnt find it very funny. athough that said i kept thinking of david brent everytime nathan barley opened his mouth.

as a long time fan of chris morris i couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed.

but hey, still 5 more eps to go.

DerekD Goldfish

I liked it
it wasnt unbeliviby good but certinaly had some potential

and also I dont know what this hatred of Jam is about
I loved Jam both the radio and tv series some of the most weirdly sick stuff ever shown on tv

TheAlmightyArse

Regarding Jam, it was pointless. Blue Jam created a warm, dark ambience and let the mind's eye draw surreal imaginings of its sketches. Jam took those same sketches and didn't do either of those things. Blue Jam also played host to some Morris hosted interviews, which are always lovely.

DerekD Goldfish

Well seing as I saw the tv shoe first
I couldnt be dissapointed by them not living up to the radio show
so thats probably it

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i liked it, 4 of us were laughing alot watching it


we had just finished listening to a mitch hedberg cd though

corblimey

Any news of E4 showing it, or are their schedules just too jam packed with OC repeats and Holly-bloody-oaks?

magpie

For highlights of the original strip from 'TV Go Home' have a shifty at this: http://thegestalt.org/simon/****/

(the **** above should have the letters c u n t in them, but the pointless 'bad words' filter has made it impossibly to post the proper link... ho hum)

I have to say I watched it and thought it was genius. His mobile phone with MP3 decks, his succession of endless, meaningless hipspeak: 'stay dusty', 'stay futile'. His insistence of saying 'alright m'nigga' to all blacks, asians etc. Referring to himself as an 'independent media node'.

I don't know about it only being relevant to London. Go down to Anseo on Camden Street and you'll see plenty of this sort of malarkey.

Swarfboy

Brilliantly written show and shows maybe the maturity that is now in Chris Morris's writing... every line was great... just listen to it again as a lot of it flies past you on the firsst pass...... My vote for this year anyway.... not as rib tickiling as Little Britain but it is Funnier...........!

magpie

Keep it chopped out.

karlh

magpie wrote:

For highlights of the original strip from 'TV Go Home' have a shifty at this: http://thegestalt.org/simon/****/

(the **** above should have the letters c u n t in them, but the pointless 'bad words' filter has made it impossibly to post the proper link... ho hum)

I have to say I watched it and thought it was genius. His mobile phone with MP3 decks, his succession of endless, meaningless hipspeak: 'stay dusty', 'stay futile'. His insistence of saying 'alright m'nigga' to all blacks, asians etc. Referring to himself as an 'independent media node'.

I don't know about it only being relevant to London. Go down to Anseo on Camden Street and you'll see plenty of this sort of malarkey.

I'm sorry for straying slightly but this can only be the words of a witch! Anseo is the best bar in the world and a welcome refuge from wankdom.

magpie

Anseo is the best bar in the world and a welcome refuge from wankdom.

Yes, it's nice in a grotty, New York stylee, Eddie is a gentleman landlord and the music is normally pretty good, though starting to err on the side of 'ironic' a bit too much for my taste.

It is however chock full of Meeja types, members of The Chalets, hat designers, national-health specs-wearers, webmasters, publishers of impenetrably hip free 'magazines' and assorted other Independent Media Nodes who like to dress like the Scissor Sisters and make with the ironic 'rock' fingers at any given opportunity. Like that twat Alex Zane.

Keano_sli

I'm afraid I thought the show was utter tripe. Another 30 minutes of my life down he tubes!!!

pickarooney

Saw it last night, liked it a lot, though I would never have guessed it was Chris Morris (well, some of the strange word juxtapositions do have his style I suppose).
They guy who played Barley reminded me a lot of Joe Rooney (Fr. Damo in Father Ted) for some reason.