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Just want to announce that bo'selecta 3 will be appearing on out screens very soon. Very, very excited! Do we have any bo'selecta fans on the board besides myself? |
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yep..... a lot of people see it as inane crap but i actually think its extremely clever: highlights: - every MJ sketch! - duet with Meat Loaf - cccccraig davvvvvid i saw the ad for series 3..... golum the gimp.... classic |
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precious butter |
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ya wot Kes? don't call her that Kes! she's not a slag, she's me mum! |
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"i fucking LOVE celebreties" |
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"Please do not say fuck or bugger" "He said fuck 'n bugger, you fucking bugger" |
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Trisha: When I say "rice", you say "and pea". C'mon, "Riiiice" [and pea] Trisha: "Riiiiiiiice" [and pea] Trisha: C'mon, we sayit a likkle bit louda, gwan mek you feel a likkle bit bettah. "RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE" Bogle bogle bogle, bumblesquat |
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- ricky gervais.... a genious pisstake "i love my jolly green giant.... cha' mon" |
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wibble wobble, charlies angels, full throttle, no minge |
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I thought the first series was absolutely great, craig david and michael jackson sketches became known practically worldwide. The second series i thot got a bit tiresome, i mean the Davina McCall sketch "fuck or bugger" wore out after the third time. The ricky gervais sketch i thot was terrible. I cant really say i'm lookin forward to this. I rememeber when Avid had 15 min slots on E4 before he Bo Selecta started, this was his best material. |
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I liked his Marilyn Manson. |
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I liked his Christina Aguilera, in her caravan "y'know, flicking the bean" |
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the elton john bit was ott |
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You can read about it in me new boowk! You just ave to LOOWK fer it! |
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it's OK, not a classic IMO because it's too based on "in" and C- list celebritys, some of which I've never even heard of, future generations just won't get the jokes for this reason. I do find it enjoyable to watch although it does kind of put me off my food. Same thing with "Spaced" (though that doesn't put me off my food, not as much anyway), it's funny, but anyone under about 25 just won't get half the jokes. My money's on "the Office", after all idiots are funny forever. |
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but anyone under about 25 just won't get half the jokes. Don't you mean, anyone over 25? |
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No I meant under, maybe I should lower the age a bit, basically anyone who's too young to remember Grange Hill or Star Wars-a new hope when it 1st came out at the cinema. |
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I agree with soundguy that it won't age well, but then is that that important (i love putting two thats together). I liked Spaced exactly because you had to be of a certain age to appreciate it fully and you could laugh at the kids for once, instead of being laughed at by them. |
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"Spaced" actually very cleverly demonstrated the "under-a-certain-age-group-won't-get-this" thing with one of their sketches. Remember the blond chap (Tim?) is the pub and goes for a piss. A young chap comes in and stands beside him in the urinal. To make sort of pleasant conversation he starts to recite the old "kia-ora" advert ..... "its too orangey for crows.... ". Because the fella is too young, he thinks Tim is saying something derogatory. Its hilarious! - "what the fuck are you on about?" - "its just for me and my dog......." Cracks me up! |
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I remember that advert. And I'm (a little) under 25.. As for BO Selecta.. it has it's moments. But it will date painfully fast. And some bits are utter shite. The Ricky Gervais/Office sketches aren't funny.. in fact, no comedy programme's attempts to send up the Office are funny.. because the Office itself is a comedy anyway. I just don't understand why they would do that. Painfully (and hilariously) close to reality as the Office is, it's only TV. So how can comedy be made fun of? |
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thats just it though. Bo Selectah took the best comedy there was at the time, and took the piss out of its most "popular" moment - the Ricky Gervais dance. They make out that that (<- way hey!) is what Ricky Gerbais considers himself known for, and sure enough, RG hasn't done much else after The Office. They painted him as a b-rate comedian that is riding on the wave of a brief success. Its a classic Bo Selectah angle on fame and extremely subtle. If you remind yourself that Bo Selectah is all about amplifying any hint of self-promotion to the max, you'll get it even better. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwicked |
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I spotted that though. But it wasn't that funny. The "dance" is quite possibkly the weakest moment of the Office.. certainly as far as long term laughs are concerned.. as it was the least subtle joke in the entire run of the show. A lot of people struggled with the uncomfortable humour of the show; but the British public at large seemed to be able to connect with that because it could be read on the lowest-common-denominator level of "oh look, how funny it's a fat man dancing". Slapstick travels better than any other kind of humour and, for me, has little or no longevity. But as for making Gervais look like a b-rate comedian riding on a wave of brief success - there's nothing that witty about saying that, as he often says it of himself (when he's not saying that his work is better than Dickens). It's too little too late really. If someone comes along and says they're a cunt, it's fairly ineffectual to try and send them up as being a cunt. They got in there first. Self-deprication is a powerful dis-armer. That's why that particular Bo Selecta sketch doesn' twork for me. |
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Gervais has even sent up the fact that he is known as "the man that does the funny dance".. |
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It's very hit and miss trying to make fun of people who are aware of the nature of celebrity. Where Bo Selecta works is with the people who seem unaware that they are shameless selfpromoters, riding (not very) high on (very) little talent. |
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i'm hearing ya on the RG thing and some of my mates think the same. Maybe i'm quantum-leaping here though but i reckon that its because its the obvious thing to do and because RG parodys himself even, that Bo Selectah targets him all the same - its that kind of cheap and nasty quick-fire show that doesn't take itself that seriously or try to be ground-breaking and shit. I know RG's dance was the most low-brow element..... thats exactly why it was picked on. We'll have to agree to disagree. cha'mon! |
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"Ziggy says you have a... 23% chance of success if you pursue this course of action." [Taps plastic plastic box furiously as it emits a confused-bleeping sound] |
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DROP THE H!! Bo Selecta! |
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hapologies |
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hassole |
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Just by having Brent say 'chamon' in the Christmas special was possible the best comeback to Bo Selecta that Gervais could have done. |
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yeh.. sort of a pan-comedy ping-pong game of jibes |
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chek-dek-da-dek-da-gone |
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