Observations on this week's "Mock The Week"...

[Pavilionaire]

1. Frankie Boyle was off sick and, by God, did they miss him. He is the X Factor on that show.

2. David Mitchell is good in small bursts but, f***, when there's no Frankie to take the airtime away Mitchell becomes an annoying (unt.

 

[Gerbil]

frankie boyle IS the show!

 

[Pavilionaire]

When the quintet of Boyle, Dennis, Parsons, Howard and O Briain are there it's must-see TV. Take Boyle out and it's like The Stones without Jagger...

 

[8ace]

Boyle is the funniest man on TV, no-one else comes close.

 

[Robot Chicken]

How did Ben Norris do? He's always good at the Komedia.

 

[The Phoenix]

I have a girlfriend from Glasgow. Frankie Boyle gives me most of my material for conversations with her

 

[Dave the OAP]

I like Boyle, however I thought Ben was absolutely brilliant......the joke about Poole harbour being attacked by the Japanese had be laughing so much, my sides hurt.

If he is on the Komedia, I will certainly try and get along

 

[Marc]

Mock The Week is poor in comparison to Dan Pattersons quite brilliant Whose Line Is It Anyway?, that was PROPER improv comedy not MtW where you can see them reading from a script...RUBBISH! (but it is still funny granted!)

 

[Mackenzie]

Frankie Boyle is funnier on MtW than doing his own stand up imo....he works well as the 'shock' comedian in the MtW mix, rather than doing his whole routine of 'shocking' jokes.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

MTW - scripted, middle of the road dross (sorry) and that bald bloke must have one of the most punchable faces on the planet - there's bald and there's TOO bald!!

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I can't disagree with AA Gill writing in The Times last week:

"I was flicking around the iPlayer this week and I settled on Mock the Week. I don't know if it was this week's or last week's or a repeat from last year. The news it's supposed to mock is so nebulous and incidental, it doesn't register as current affairs. The presenter is that moon-faced Irishman who was christened by a dyslexic priest. Whenever I see him I can't help thinking: "You really ought to be doing something better with your life." The show is a masterclass in too competitive joke-telling and trying too hard. The joke is always the same joke and the guests are always the same people wearing different ugly prosthetic Hallowe'en masks with comedy beards and character hair. It is a show of the most abject oppression. Grown-ups desperate for attention shout pathetic inanities and slight obscenities, falling over one another to garble payoffs that are more like IOUs or begging letters. If you changed the set a little and made it, say, a National Health Service waiting room, it would be easier to believe this was a documentary about special-needs ADD patients. This is only one of a whole slew of late-night comic quizzes that lack any purpose or self-belief. This isn't satire or anger; it's not even irony. It's comedic lap-dancing with ugly men.

There is a moment at the start of all of these shows when the compere introduces the teams to the audience. As each name is spoken, the person to whom it belongs knows that they're in close-up and reacts with a little cameo of hilarity. They'll do a small gurn, make a gesture, as a reaction to their own names. It's such a pitiful moment of insecurity, such a naked insight into despair and neediness.

What humorous little mime do you pull when you hear your name called? Perhaps we should all work on one in front of the mirror, so when we're introduced to new people we can flash a surprised guffaw and point our fingers like invisible revolvers, or make a show of glamour and run our hands through imagined big hair. And then people who didn't know us before would know right away that we're really, really, very, very funny."

 

[Mr deez]

Not convinced this show is ever any good, the pretence that it's in any way improvised just irritates me.

 

[Don Quixote]

Boyle isn't even any good, he just comes out with outrageous stuff that people think is funny. "She is so old her pussy is haunted". What is that about? Its just SICK!

 

[Garage_Doors]

MTW - scripted, middle of the road dross (sorry) and that bald bloke must have one of the most punchable faces on the planet - there's bald and there's TOO bald!!

And the most squeaky voice.

 

[Mustela Furo]

not MtW where you can see them reading from a script

yes - noticed that when the fly was squashed by one of the "scripts"

 

[adrian29uk]

Will we ever see anyone from Little Britain go on Mock The Week?

Is this because:
1) They are too big for the show
2) or Not very good?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Frankie Boyle is one of the anchors on MTW , without him the show drifts into mediocrity.

 

[Chrystal Palace]

Mock The Week is poor in comparison to Dan Pattersons quite brilliant Whose Line Is It Anyway?, that was PROPER improv comedy not MtW where you can see them reading from a script...RUBBISH! (but it is still funny granted!)

Dan Patterson made MtW as well.

 

[vegster]

I can't disagree with AA Gill writing in The Times last week:

"I was flicking around the iPlayer this week and I settled on Mock the Week. I don't know if it was this week's or last week's or a repeat from last year. The news it's supposed to mock is so nebulous and incidental, it doesn't register as current affairs. The presenter is that moon-faced Irishman who was christened by a dyslexic priest. Whenever I see him I can't help thinking: "You really ought to be doing something better with your life." The show is a masterclass in too competitive joke-telling and trying too hard. The joke is always the same joke and the guests are always the same people wearing different ugly prosthetic Hallowe'en masks with comedy beards and character hair. It is a show of the most abject oppression. Grown-ups desperate for attention shout pathetic inanities and slight obscenities, falling over one another to garble payoffs that are more like IOUs or begging letters. If you changed the set a little and made it, say, a National Health Service waiting room, it would be easier to believe this was a documentary about special-needs ADD patients. This is only one of a whole slew of late-night comic quizzes that lack any purpose or self-belief. This isn't satire or anger; it's not even irony. It's comedic lap-dancing with ugly men.

There is a moment at the start of all of these shows when the compere introduces the teams to the audience. As each name is spoken, the person to whom it belongs knows that they're in close-up and reacts with a little cameo of hilarity. They'll do a small gurn, make a gesture, as a reaction to their own names. It's such a pitiful moment of insecurity, such a naked insight into despair and neediness.

What humorous little mime do you pull when you hear your name called? Perhaps we should all work on one in front of the mirror, so when we're introduced to new people we can flash a surprised guffaw and point our fingers like invisible revolvers, or make a show of glamour and run our hands through imagined big hair. And then people who didn't know us before would know right away that we're really, really, very, very funny."

Some good points there its almost possible to predict the decline of targetted "Topical" quiz shows... QoS started well then attempted to descend in to comedy...Buzzcocks started badly and stayed there,HIGNFY has slowly become quite tame and is no longer required viewing. Even Qi has managed to lose the ability to inform AND entertain and now becomes a vehicle merely ot the "Team" to behave like they are having a laugh in the common room at Eton.... I suppose if you pack enough Faus laughter in to a 28 minute slot you lessen the need for creative wit. As for MTW I have never taken to it.. I fear for the whole genre

 

[KneeOn]

Mock The Week is poor in comparison to Dan Pattersons quite brilliant Whose Line Is It Anyway?, that was PROPER improv comedy not MtW where you can see them reading from a script...RUBBISH! (but it is still funny granted!)

This guy should be PM! WLIIA is f***ing gold, Styles and Mochrie are golden! I prefer Drew to Clive though. Drew's funnier, and Proops and Brady just round the show off nicely!