On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:30 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I heard it as a podcast - although I think it was on "Comedy of the Week" >> rather than "Friday Night Comedy." (Will have to check when I get home.) >> I really enjoyed it, although I'd never heard the original News Quiz so I >> can't compare them. > > In terms of format, News Quiz is kind of like the time-filler "panel > rounds" on Wait Wait with a little bit of Jay Leno's "Headlines" > segment, as read by an actual BBC News personality who tries to > maintain his/her standard very serious demeanor. In terms of the > comedy, it's about on par with the equivalent current-events bits on > Wait Wait; sometimes they miss and sometimes you actually need to know > the story to get the comedy unlike something like The Daily Show.
I have found that the key is to listen to The Bugle before the Friday Night Comedy podcast, which usually helps. I gave up on Wait Wait because of its format. The contestant games don't really give the panel much time to be funny. The panel questions (which I would want to expand on) are usually so esoteric as to not be about current events. And "Not My Job" is not unlike the guest conductor at Cubs home games: both need to be dispatched as quickly as possible, as they've outlived their value. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
