OFF: Donnington Question

zeitgeist-scot xzx28 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM
Sat Oct 24 11:21:03 EDT 1998


At 00:11 25/10/1998 +1000, you wrote:
>zeitgeist-scot wrote on
>Saturday, October 24, 1998 7:24 PM
>
>> I was there, they did 'perform', and yes I did hit Ade Edmondson with a
>> bottle of 'water'.
>>
>> The Comic Strip never were funny and my only regret is that I didn't nail
>> them all.
>>
>
>I beg to differ, seeing the recent telemovie from the BBC, and the comic
>and filming talents of that crew, I now have renewed faith in British
>comedy as I know it. `Bad News' was meant to be just that, extremely bad:-)
>
>Patrick.
>

Yes, but television comedy is just that.  Televisual.  It's not funny when
they prat around on the stage at Donington.  Just as Spinal Tap was a
movie, when they started making records and touring it went from comedy to
farce.

And nothing can convince me that the Comedy Strip were anything but
unfunny, middle class, university graduates who should never been allowed
in front of a camera.  It may have been funny in front of 100 other
undergraduates, but please!

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