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Topic History of: Have I Got News...
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Prunella Minge |
Yes, I quite agree. I still get it, but I don't why. Just habit I suppose! |
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JK2006 |
Agreed Pru - hasn't Private Eye gone off too? |
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Prunella Minge |
I don't think the format is tired - you might as well say the sitcom format is tired because certain current sitcoms aren't good. Formats are formats - they rely on how you use them. It's down to the writers and performers. This period ought to be perfect for a satirical news show - it's not as if there's nothing to satirise! I think the HIGNFY writers have become very weak, Hislop spends far too much time addressing the audience, and Merton - the biggest problem, in my view - has become stunningly lazy. That blank gaze he does is so tiresome, and his 'ad-libs' are often just soundbites from old shows like Not Only But Also. The show needs younger writers and it needs to upset people again. |
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Marcus |
I pretty much gave up on it a few years ago. It's become a part of the establishment it used to deride. Satire has a future, but this particular format has run its course. |
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JK2006 |
gone off a bit; last week weak; this week worse. |
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