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 Post subject: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 25 Dec 2010, 23:18 
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Are they past their sell by date?


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 26 Dec 2010, 10:26 
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Too right, I thought that was crap.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 26 Dec 2010, 10:26 
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Watched first 5 minutes and that was me done.

Poor.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 26 Dec 2010, 10:42 
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And they weren't funny on The One Ronnie, either.

How the eff did that get on Xmas Day TV?


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 26 Dec 2010, 10:50 
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i was planning to watch it along with the royle family on i player .

dont think i will bother now.

poirot was great over on itv at the same time..


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 26 Dec 2010, 16:36 
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blahblah wrote:
Are they past their sell by date?

Exactly what we said as we turned it off after 10 minutes. Dreadful.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 26 Dec 2010, 16:41 
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I might give Airline a watch, I am sure it was funnier than this shite parody :shock:


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 26 Dec 2010, 21:54 
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Disappointingly bad but it is a series so I will give it another chance.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 26 Dec 2010, 22:10 
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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 27 Dec 2010, 00:56 
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It was awful - as was The One Ronnie and Benidorm.

Thought The Royle Family was back on form though :D


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 27 Dec 2010, 01:01 
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The best Christmas TV was on Sky Sports 1 from 11pm. Hands down. Hope the repeat is as good today.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 27 Dec 2010, 12:14 
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It was awful - as was The One Ronnie and Benidorm.

Thought The Royle Family was back on form though :D


Really? I thought it was much poorer than the last couple of years :lol: .


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 27 Dec 2010, 12:14 
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I enjoyed it. Not as vulgar as Little Britain (the latter episodes)

Royle Family was also good although Dave is beginning to steal the show. Missed Twiggy though :(

Benidorm has lost it. No Johnnie Vegas, no fatty and thinny gay couple, no baby Coolio :cry: and Sue bleedin Pollard :evil: At this point it was turned off.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2011, 13:36 
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Still watching this and finding it quite enjoyable now. :D


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2011, 14:43 
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Looks like I'm in the minority here but I love this show (although last night's was the weakest so far).

The Coffee Stand Woman alone is worth waiting for, brilliant.

I know many others who love it too, surprised by the reaction here.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2011, 14:47 
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I think if this had come before Little Britain, people would be raving. I guess Little Britain left people expecting more from them. Like I said, still watchable IMHO.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
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I have seen a few odd minutes of subsequent shows and my opinion that is dire hasn't changed.

All remarkably predictable, overplayed, OTT stereotypes and just lacking in actual wit.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2011, 14:58 
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Chuckled last night when they told a fat man he needed to buy two tickets because he was fat. They didn't give him two seats next to each other, though. :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2011, 15:00 
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Some of the characters are good and some are very poor so the programme is very hit and miss.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 14 Jan 2011, 15:02 
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Some of the characters are good and some are very poor so the programme is very hit and miss.

Which to be honest is exactly how I found Little Britain, which I hardly raved about.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 15 Jan 2011, 13:39 
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Its so predictable, I can see the jokes comig a mile away. To be impressed I need to see something thats better than I could write :P


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 15 Jan 2011, 15:23 
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Jonathan wrote:
I think if this had come before Little Britain, people would be raving. I guess Little Britain left people expecting more from them. Like I said, still watchable IMHO.


I don't agree, Little Britain started off with some good characters and ideas (Lou and Andy, the only gay in the village etc) but soon ran out of both and had to rely on taboo-breaking (bitty, pissing/vomiting old women). They've now continued in the same vein of cluelessness, it's only the early popularity of Little Britain that's still keeping them in prime time. IMO :P .


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 15 Jan 2011, 15:35 
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Its so predictable, I can see the jokes comig a mile away. To be impressed I need to see something thats better than I could write :P


I judge restaurants in the same way...


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 15 Jan 2011, 16:01 
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I have always been a Walliams and Lucas fan, and loved Little Britain (maybe because I live near Vicky Pollard country) :P

I saw LB at the theatre a couple of years ago and it was brilliant.

I do like Come Fly With Me too. My favourite character being Ian the Immigration officer.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
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Never been that big a fan of 'Little Britain' but ended up watching the first episode of 'Come Fly With Me' during the xmas break and I have to say that I thought that this was a comedy designed for quite possibly the lowest common denominator of the beeb's audience :evil: .

The characters were shallow, unimaginative & in many cases quite offensive from a racial stereotype perspective. Did the makers of this show really not get that the 'fly on the wall' documentaries they were sending up are in reality comedies themselves :?: :? ...


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
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Never been that big a fan of 'Little Britain' but ended up watching the first episode of 'Come Fly With Me' during the xmas break and I have to say that I thought that this was a comedy designed for quite possibly the lowest common denominator of the beeb's audience :evil: .

The characters were shallow, unimaginative & in many cases quite offensive from a racial stereotype perspective. Did the makers of this show really not get that the 'fly on the wall' documentaries they were sending up are in reality comedies themselves :?: :? ...



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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
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Razorback wrote:
Never been that big a fan of 'Little Britain' but ended up watching the first episode of 'Come Fly With Me' during the xmas break and I have to say that I thought that this was a comedy designed for quite possibly the lowest common denominator of the beeb's audience :evil: .

The characters were shallow, unimaginative & in many cases quite offensive from a racial stereotype perspective. Did the makers of this show really not get that the 'fly on the wall' documentaries they were sending up are in reality comedies themselves :?: :? ...



:oops: :oops:


:lol: :lol: :lol:

I think the racist stuff comes from finding it unfunny.

It seems like a School doing an impression of LB doing Airline, to be honest.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 17 Jan 2011, 17:48 
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Tried watching this and just couldn't stick it out. Just not funny.


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 17 Jan 2011, 18:19 
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blahblah wrote:
Karrde wrote:
Its so predictable, I can see the jokes comig a mile away. To be impressed I need to see something thats better than I could write :P


I judge restaurants in the same way...


I've never understood why some blokes would pay a hooker for a hand-job... :?


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 Post subject: Re: Come Fly with Me
PostPosted: 17 Jan 2011, 19:38 
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I'm with RichT on this one.

Yes, it's a bit hit and miss (but then almost every sketch show is)... and the airline documentary is an obvious target... and it's not as good as Little Britain (given that was the best new comedy show for years, at least for the first two series, it would be astonishing if it was)....

...but with 99% of new stuff on TV being totally unwatchable, this show is at least trying to be a little different (and the racial/gay stereotypes are meant to be ironic, of course)... and at times it is very funny indeed.

Well I think so, anyway. :)


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