Over-rated

finchy

all show no go wrote:

James Bond movies

I'll agree with you for all except From Russia With Love and Goldfinger.

The Pierce Brosnan ones in particular - he and the directors should be forced to sit down and eat every last inch of videotape used for filming those.

finchy

d198594t wrote:

I'm sorry, but the overwhelming majority of comedy officianados will catgaorically place the Two Ronnies "fork 'andles" sketch in the 'classic funny sketch' box. I'd hazard a guess and say that you're in the minority on that one. Unless you've had a sense of humour transplant or are american then I cannot take the rest of your list seriously.

I suppose next you'll assert that Tommy Cooper wasn't funny!

Not American, don't think I've ever had a humour transplant.

The overwhelming majority of comedy afficionados are probably unbelievably dull people who like unfunny classic comedy clips to prove that they are different from, and therefore better than, other people. So there. :twisted: :P

bobtbuilder

I'm sorry, but the overwhelming majority of comedy officianados will catgaorically place the Two Ronnies "fork 'andles" sketch in the 'classic funny sketch' box.

I love comedy, and I agree that the fork 'andles sketch is shite. It's just monotonous drivel.

pb21

London :roll:

DavidBelcher

James Joyce's Ulysses - six or seven quids' worth of Penguin paperback I should never have wasted the cash on.

David

Nadder

pb21 wrote:

London :roll:

literally could not agree anymore, can't stand the place! Though I have never lived there so that is just an opinion!

thrip

shouldbeinbed wrote:

innocent smoothie packaging - you're not funny so just stop doing it

+1

Most pop and rock music
Going up at the end of sentences
Krispy Kreme donuts

all show no go

johnfinch wrote:

all show no go wrote:

James Bond movies

I'll agree with you for all except From Russia With Love and Goldfinger.

The Pierce Brosnan ones in particular - he and the directors should be forced to sit down and eat every last inch of videotape used for filming those.

Fair enough with regards to those two movies and I couldn't agree more with you when it comes to Brosnan.
I must admit that OHMSS is a bit of a guilty pleasure though.

jedster

I'll agree with you for all except From Russia With Love and Goldfinger

Oh come on!

OHMSS is class*. Not a guilty pleasure - just class. Look I know George whatisface is a bit rubbish but frankly if Sean Connery had been in it then it would have been so good it would have created a huge distortion in the fabric of time and space and probably broken the universe. FACT

*Diana Rigg in a skating dress, mountain top hideaway, dead cool minimalist retro skiwear - what's not to like?

jedster

By the way, as a point of order, you can't put things in the list which are just obviously, uncontroversially crap. They wouldn't be over-rated would they?
X factor? Snow Patrol? come on!

I may as well as Black Lace, the collected works of Jeffrey Archer and French Golden Delicious apples

jedster

BTW again

Even worse when you get in on a DVD - I've paid for the bloody thing, so why tell ME about piracy? They should only put those on counterfeit DVDs

class, chapeau

prawny

thrip wrote:

shouldbeinbed wrote:

innocent smoothie packaging - you're not funny so just stop doing it

+1

Most pop and rock music
Going up at the end of sentences
Krispy Kreme donuts

Now you take that back!

Overpriced yes, but overrated? Never!

Monkeypump

Steak.

Beer.

Wine.

Suit & tie.

Try good quality examples of all the above and you just might understand why people like 'em. Suit and tie might be better if you squeeze a shirt in between...

Anonymous

Skinny water
Kerry katona
Jodie marsh
Vernon kay
Julie walters
Katy brand
Jonathan Ross
Hugh jackman
Mel and Sue, 2 women comdeians who have NEVER been funny, just Glib.
Clive Anderson

Special K

Estate agents

Recruitment consultants

Marks and Spencers Food

Waitrose

Marco Pierre White

Willier bikes

Charge bikes

Dostoyevsky

Three Colours

Pross

nasahapley wrote:

France

France isn't over-rated, I've never heard anyone say it's good

Pross

all show no go wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

all show no go wrote:

James Bond movies

I'll agree with you for all except From Russia With Love and Goldfinger.

The Pierce Brosnan ones in particular - he and the directors should be forced to sit down and eat every last inch of videotape used for filming those.

Fair enough with regards to those two movies and I couldn't agree more with you when it comes to Brosnan.
I must admit that OHMSS is a bit of a guilty pleasure though.

I'm going to have to leave this forum in protest, you're all phillistines :shock: Just wish they could make the new films quicker and that they wouldn't keep ruining them on TV with ad breaks. Astons, gorgeous women, explosions surely it's worth putting up with wooden acting by Brosnan to see Sophie Marceau / Fammke Jansen etc??

At least someone mentioned the merits of Diana Rigg in OHMSS, from what I have read Lazenby enjoyed some scenes a bit too much and who can blame him?

Stewie Griffin

Being the last one in the office on a Friday evening.

Smokin Joe

bobtbuilder wrote:

I'm sorry, but the overwhelming majority of comedy officianados will catgaorically place the Two Ronnies "fork 'andles" sketch in the 'classic funny sketch' box.

I love comedy, and I agree that the fork 'andles sketch is shite. It's just monotonous drivel.

Agreed.

And that effing parrot sketch from Python, everytime I hear it I start losing the will to live.

DavidBelcher

Smokin Joe wrote:

bobtbuilder wrote:

I'm sorry, but the overwhelming majority of comedy officianados will catgaorically place the Two Ronnies "fork 'andles" sketch in the 'classic funny sketch' box.

I love comedy, and I agree that the fork 'andles sketch is shite. It's just monotonous drivel.

Agreed.

And that effing parrot sketch from Python, everytime I hear it I start losing the will to live.

Best Two Ronnies sketch in my opinion was probably the Mastermind one - very clever wordplay, which was something Barker & Corbett excelled at (though I think David "One Foot In The Grave" Renwick wrote it, rather than Ronnie B. under his "Gerald Wiley" pseudonym).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq8ZnQ95cKk

David

celestecharlie

Champagne
Woody Allen
Bryan Robson
Rugby
Chinese food
Nightclubs
Money
Cats
Winter
Christmas
Subscription TV

There, done for now.

Fat Head

AUDI CARS (driven by people who drive like there getting someone in labour to hospital)

teagar

For me going to gigs is very over-rated.


I do really enjoy watching my favourite bands play live infront of me.

But being shoved, elbowed, crushed before being covered in beer and spending most of the time staring at the back of someone's head while a smelly guy from behind gets far too intimate is not my idea of fun.

I don't seem to be in the majority with this one mind.

For a change!

finchy

celestecharlie wrote:

Chinese food

Proper Chinese food or the bland stuff you get in too many restaurants/takeaways?

finchy

Monkeypump wrote:

Steak.

Beer.

Wine.

Suit & tie.

Try good quality examples of all the above and you just might understand why people like 'em. Suit and tie might be better if you squeeze a shirt in between...

Done, done, done and done. Thanks for the shirt tip though, I might try that next time I go to a funeral.

Well obviously all of this is subjective, especially for something like food and drink, and I can see why people enjoy them (i.e. they have different taste to me), but I'll explain the suit and tie one.

They just make me think of a) working in an office and b) formal occasions. Both of which I hate.

RichN95.

Pink Floyd
The Royle Family
Gin
The films of Paul Thomas Anderson
Watchmen (the book)
Manchester City
John Terry
Most catwalk models
Skiing
London
Ecstasy (yes, a long time ago)
Umberto Eco
Baths (as opposed to showers)
Roman Kreuziger
Having a child (no, I haven't and it's not a miracle)
The War on Terror
Barack Obama (I like him, but Nobel Prize?)

TheStone

- The Beatles
- Star Wars

all show no go

Chelsea. The place and the football team.
Ant & Dec since CD:UK finished.
Nike trainers.
The gym.
ITV.
Recycled toilet paper.
House. The TV show, not the thing we all live in.
The Mercury Music Awards.
Volkswagens. I own one.It's sh*te.
Suzuki motorcycles. I own one. It's sh*te.
The Mighty Boosh.

finchy

all show no go wrote:

The Mighty Boosh.

+1, although I don't know if it quite fits into this thread.

The only people who tend to rate that show are the types of teenage boys who go into a barber's and say "here's £30, make me look like a c0cksuck3r" and their even more gormless looking girlfriends.

El Diego

Cycling