by jonnymac1979 » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:18 am
First of all, I've not seen anything of Dylan Moran, but a girl I work with swears by him and says he's hilarious so I'll check him out. He's the guy in Black Books is he not?
Ross Noble is very quick witted and I will be buying his DVD when I'm next in HMV along with Bill Bailey stand up. Top comedians.
Extras took me a couple of viewings to get used to as I was expecting The Office again. Of course, it could never be The Office but Merchant and Gervais have wrote the same type of cringeworthy moments which made The Office so special. Some brilliant stuff in Extras. Ross Kemp and Les Dennis sent themselves up PERFECTLY!!!! Patrick Stewart was made to look like an old pervert and he played it expertly.
For me, the Les Dennis episode was perfect, the clearly homosexual theatre director ("Oooh hoo hoo hooooo Smarties, yum-yum-yum!!!!), the Grease-recital at his daughters birthday which Maggie was invited to, Les Dennis himself sending himself up, but the guy in the Samuel L. Jackson episode who gets Andy the line in the movie, and then demands as a return of favour that he Andy takes him for a night out on the Town shows Gervais is a comedy genius. I can't wait for the new series.