Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Groan-ups
ERK! Grown Ups, BBC3, 9.00pm
Remember what we said yesterday about new sitcoms always giving us that lovely warm feeling? We weren't being strictly honest: occasionally they give us those uncomfortable feelings of bottomless dread - generally when they're publicised with the sentence "from the creator of Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps". That show would probably make the top three in our list of least funny sitcoms ever, were we to compile one, so the prospect of a twin is a little disconcerting for us.
Again, we don't have a preview viewing to fall back on - we tried to watch the first episode on the BBC3 website, since they've been so kind as to provide it for broadband users, but it seems that our broadband connection is a tad unsuited for such tasks, and could only screen about a minute at at time before squealing to a halt and bring up that darned "Connecting... (32%)" banner at the bottom. Possibly it knew what was coming and was just trying to spare us, we're not sure. But we made it a few minutes into the show and we think it wouldn't be entirely unfair of us to say that it doesn't break tons of new ground. If you're a Two Pints fan, this is probably Christmas for you all over again. If, like us, you're not keen, we doubt this'll be the one to win you over.
(Incidentally, does anyone else remember a sitcom from BBC2 circa 1997 called grown ups? We're convinced we're the only people in the world who remember it.)
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I saw this on the mentioned broadband website.
it really is shit.
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2:27 pm
I remember the other 'Grown Ups'. It had Pippa Haywood and the dad from 'My Parents Are Aliens' and some other people in it. They were grown-ups. Their adult lives were middle-class and complicated and maybe a little disappointing.
It wasn't very funny.
By , at
6:44 pm
Oh My God. Susan Nickson what have you done??? Two Pints was at least watchable, even amusing. But Grown-ups.. Jeez.. Its total drivel. The word 'unfunny' is a masterpiece of understatement.
Nick, you said "wasn't very funny".. I think the word "very" was a little flattering.
"It wasn't funny" would have been still too flattering.
"It wasn't even remotely funny" is more accurate. Not only did I not even smile once, but I had to turn it off as it made me want to cry and throw a brick at my telly. BBC.. please please please tell us why you commissioned this utter tripe.. Why???
Susan, you are a talented writer. It would seem that your writing partnership with Stephen McCrum has a major flaw.. Stephen McCrum.
Susan my dear, please don't write another series of Grown Ups.
If you do, then Stephen will slowly ensure that your reputation for writing novel and fun comedies goes down the pan.
By , at
3:22 pm
Excellent, love it!
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By , at
11:14 am
Susan Nickson...worst....writer.....ever
Who did she fuck as a child to get all this work from the BBC?
First 'two pints of shite' and now 'grown-ups', i'd rather watch trinny and suzanna dress boris johnson than sit through that again.
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10:28 pm
