Your Favourite Character From Gavin and Stacey

[Mendoza]

sorry if its been done before, but now the 3rd series has finished, thought I may as well ask the question

 

[strings]

Oh, Mendoza, I'm not going to lie to you, its Nessa.

Now I'm going to go, 'coz this thread is boring me.

 

[Common as Mook]

Stacey because she has cracking NORKS

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Bryn, innit.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Bryn because Rob Brydon is brilliant.

But only by default as Gavin and Stacey is RUBBISH.

 

[Simster]

Bryn because Rob Brydon is brilliant.

But only by default as Gavin and Stacey is RUBBISH.

Is almost the correct answer.

G & S has certainly ended at the right time. It was getting tired, the situations were getting crap and the characters were turning into characatures that you simply couldn't give a shit about.

Nessie is a fat, selfish cow. Who cares if she ended up with nausiating porker, Smiffy? And Stacey? Thick and boring. And apparently if you're a dizzy blonde, it's OK to deceive your husband by lying about coming off contraception for a whole year.

Fucks sake.

 

[CHAPPERS]

You pricks. Bryn? f*** off.

Go on.

Pam is the correct answer and THANK f*** that show is finished, it stopped being funny half way through the second series.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Exactly Simster.

The whole Nessa and Smithy thing was such a lame imitation of the Tim and Dawn saga in The Office, with the main difference was that the characters created by Gervais and Merchant were genuine people who viewers gave a HOOT about.

Harmless enough but lacking in real quality. The Michael Mackintyre of SitComs. Nickleback syndrome (rock music for people who don't like rock music).

 

[Trufflehound]

Bryn, innit.

Brynnit?

 

[Spider]

Is almost the correct answer.

G & S has certainly ended at the right time. It was getting tired, the situations were getting crap and the characters were turning into characatures that you simply couldn't give a shit about.

Nessie is a fat, selfish cow. Who cares if she ended up with nausiating porker, Smiffy? And Stacey? Thick and boring. And apparently if you're a dizzy blonde, it's OK to deceive your husband by lying about coming off contraception for a whole year.

Fucks sake.

With you totally on this. The third series, if not shit, has been a very noticeable dip in quality from previous series, unfortunately a result of the show's mainstream success I think. Some of the situations (ie. going to the beach, having a curry) looked like they'd totally run out of ideas which is pretty ridiculous considering 19 episodes is hardly a long time for a sitcom to run.

Uncle Bryn, over the show's run, is easily my favourite character, although even he, in the third series was in danger of becoming far too much. Even at the end though he still had the best lines, in the last episode the thing about Keizer Soze and the "Oh heck" line when Dave says Nessa doesn't love him were by far the two funniest moments of the episode (perhaps the ONLY funny moments!).

 

[Scampi]

What a surprise to see the likes of Walt on this thread telling everyone how crap the programme was.

 

[Mendoza]

Bryn because Rob Brydon is brilliant.

But only by default as Gavin and Stacey is RUBBISH.

I love Rob Brydon, but I went to the filming of his new show on the beeb, sadly it was rubbish. The sketches were poor and as a host he wasnt great.

The best bits were when the camera wasn't rolling and he was mucking around and doing impressions

saying that I have a man crush on Uncle Bryn

 

[Spider]

Exactly Simster.

The whole Nessa and Smithy thing was such a lame imitation of the Tim and Dawn saga in The Office, with the main difference was that the characters created by Gervais and Merchant were genuine people who viewers gave a HOOT about.

Harmless enough but lacking in real quality. The Michael Mackintyre of SitComs. Nickleback syndrome (rock music for people who don't like rock music).

That's a bloody good summation of the show I have to say. It still seems strange to me that so many people are unwilling to start watching American comedy like Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development, which is clearly of a far higher quality than anything British in ages. And people still tell me that the American's don't 'get' comedy! Someone even had the audacity to remark whilst I was watching Curb that it was very American humour - ie. they don't really know how to do it properly.

 

[Spider]

I love Rob Brydon, but I went to the filming of his new show on the beeb, sadly it was rubbish. The sketches were poor and as a host he wasnt great.

The best bits were when the camera wasn't rolling and he was mucking around and doing impressions

saying that I have a man crush on Uncle Bryn

Rob Brydon in character - brilliant. His Keith Barret stuff is easily some of the most underrates and underwatched British comedy of the decade.Rob Brydon as himself though is entirely different, another victim of the fact that nowadays it seems that anyone who is a skilled comic actor is assumed to equally be a skilled writer (Matt Horne is the prime example).

Mind you, the sketch show format is such a poisoned chalice nowadays I'm not suprised his sounds shit!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Superb series. Excellent family watching. Cheerful, positive, funny, and well acted and scripted. Written be people who know the people they are are writing about. Three series was about right - but looking forward to a Christmas special.

And the answer to the question is:

Pam-ela .........................................

 

[Simster]

Rob Brydon in character - brilliant. His Keith Barret stuff is easily some of the most underrates and underwatched British comedy of the decade.

Spot on. Keith Barret was utter quality.

Superb series. Excellent family watching. Cheerful, positive, funny, and well acted and scripted. Written be people who know the people they are are writing about. Three series was about right - but looking forward to a Christmas special.

I must say, the cheerful positivity was its appeal. But I can't agree about the scripting in series 3, it was woeful in parts.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Stacey for two obvious reasons - (NSFW) - http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00018/stacy280c_18106a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/showbiz/article93832.ece&usg=__Iyp1lphmrar-4pqTiWynUNcO27Y=&h=229&w=280&sz=19&hl=en&start=7&tbnid=LNPzWlkPg2YE4M:&tbnh=93&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstacey%2Bin%2Blove%2Bactually%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enGB247GB247

 

[Lewes' best seagull]

The obvious answers are bryn and nessa, but I went for Pam-elaaaa.
Honorable mention to Owain Hughews-does he?

 

[Lewes' best seagull]

Double post

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Spot on. Keith Barret was utter quality.

I must say, the cheerful positivity was its appeal. But I can't agree about the scripting in series 3, it was woeful in parts.

Agreed about Keith Barret.


The scripting was a little predictable - but part of that was we knew the characters so well. There was also some gems. When Stacey said to Gavin "It's sad isn't it." Not a funny line but the right line at the right moment.