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phuboy · Post by **phuboy** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:35 pm

Anybody been watching it??? Todays episode was a bit crap, but the others have been totally funny.

Denmark gets invaded by Tesco, Rape an Ape, Rape a Celebrity Ape.

Fucking amazing.

ifp · Post by **ifp** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:42 pm

i like it, reminds me of a similar thing they used to have on bbc4 which was just loads of news footage cut up together, cant remember what it was called tho

[b]racket · Post by **[b]racket** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:06 am

Armando Ianucci is a fuckin genius...Time Trumpet is well funny!!

[b]racket · Post by **[b]racket** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:09 am

ifp wrote:i like it, reminds me of a similar thing they used to have on bbc4 which was just loads of news footage cut up together, cant remember what it was called tho

That was called - 2004: The Stupid Version

By the same guy...

joseph-j · Post by **joseph-j** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:21 am

Thought it was crap. Trying too hard to be like Brass Eye. Move on man.

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:22 am

been loving time trumpet to be honest. worth the license fee.

joseph-j · Post by **joseph-j** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:25 am

Maybe I expected too much. Bit like Nathan Barley, if I watch it again and expect less of it I'll find it a bit funnier.

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:25 am

I was quite excited about it when it first came out, but having watched a few, it does seem a bit too reminiscent of past glories. Preferred his C4 show to be honest, there were links but each sketch seemed to have it's own distinct personality, whereas I think the format of this one does tend to make it a bit samey.

Still worth watching as it's still funnier than 90% of the shite on the telly. Quite looking forward to the Mitchell and Webb show coming up though, think they were wicked on Peep Show and quite enjoyed the Play Uk series they did (even though their working class accents are pretty unconvincing and the budget of a nugget per 25 mins of footage is pretty obvious).

joseph-j · Post by **joseph-j** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:43 am

Shonky wrote:Quite looking forward to the Mitchell and Webb show coming up though.

I love that posh guy (Mitchell?)... Like a Tory Youth leader on cheap whizz.

mos dan · Post by **mos dan** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:38 pm

Shonky wrote:I was quite excited about it when it first came out, but having watched a few, it does seem a bit too reminiscent of past glories. Preferred his C4 show to be honest, there were links but each sketch seemed to have it's own distinct personality, whereas I think the format of this one does tend to make it a bit samey.

OUT MONDAY!!!! comedy gold.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/1099280/ ... oduct.html

got mine pre-ordered.

moyza · Post by **moyza** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:10 pm

mos dan wrote:
Shonky wrote:I was quite excited about it when it first came out, but having watched a few, it does seem a bit too reminiscent of past glories. Preferred his C4 show to be honest, there were links but each sketch seemed to have it's own distinct personality, whereas I think the format of this one does tend to make it a bit samey.

OUT MONDAY!!!! comedy gold.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/1099280/ ... oduct.html

got mine pre-ordered.

get this if u aint seen it as well:

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/146110/T ... oduct.html

the original daddy...

ifp · Post by **ifp** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:34 pm

Joseph-J wrote:Thought it was crap. Trying too hard to be like Brass Eye. Move on man.

armando iannuci co wrote brass eye. and alan partridge. the man is a genius

RubiconMan · Post by **RubiconMan** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:15 pm

yes that day today dvd is a must..because fact into doubt wont go.
1983..nothing happened....+.......1984 nothing happened.....etc =

rickdias · Post by **rickdias** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:01 pm

yea man iannuci for prime minister, time trumpet deffo aint his best work but still well worth a watch

joseph-j · Post by **joseph-j** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:31 pm

ifp wrote:
Joseph-J wrote:Thought it was crap. Trying too hard to be like Brass Eye. Move on man.
armando iannuci co wrote brass eye. and alan partridge. the man is a genius

I know. Hence the "move on" comment.

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:34 pm

it's not laugh a minute but still pretty damn funny.

'no one expected terrrorists to fly buildings into planes.

no one was hurt but a lot of people were very surprised'

very funny despite the delivery being quite jaded.

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:32 pm

Seems to have declined in quality a bit. I don't understand why he persists with that tired old ''cut up george bush speeches to make him sing/call himself a conker-fucker'' thing.

It's the little things that are most successful i.e. the girl with the voice of boris johnson.

mos dan · Post by **mos dan** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:00 pm

Corpsey wrote:I don't understand why he persists with that tired old ''cut up george bush speeches to make him sing/call himself a conker-fucker'' thing.

I have immeasurable respect for the man's work, and it still baffles me that he thinks this is funny - it's so OLD. Still, nice to know he's human.

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:15 pm

boomnoise wrote:very funny despite the delivery being quite jaded.

I think that's where it's falling down for me. Although a lot of modern comedy's quite cynical, this does seem a bit tired to me. Because of the nature of the beast, it does appear that there's no-one you really latch onto as they're all made-up reviewers, celebrity impersonators or celebrities cut-up or with new dialogues or put in a slightly different context. Even shows like Nathan Barley and Peep Show, where the main characters are shown up as self-centred, neurotic fuckwits, there's still some sympathy with them when something goes wrong in their world.

The fact that most TV's gotten more like TDT or Brasseye rather than less means that the parody doesn't seem to work as well, as it's far more scary and ridiculous at the moment than I thought possible a few years back. I think that without Chris Morris, it also loses a fair amount of impact but then from what I gather, Armando isn't nearly as dark as Chris (witness Jam), so I can see why this turned out the way it did.

Seems to me that when writers go out on their own they don't generally achieve that ying-yang that they had in a partnership (apart from John Cleese, but he had Connie Booth to write with after Python).

alex bk-bk · Post by **alex bk-bk** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:25 pm

yeah shame morris wasnt involved. locks his language play for me as well

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