Re the points. In the UK version, they don't matter as mentioned, and you can only *glimpse *the scorebox in a handful of very wide shots. The reason is basically because rounds get dropped because they're not funny enough. Then there's an ongoing running gag in the UK that Paul Merton [nearly] always wins, and Ian Hislop loses. But the points only really "exist" as a concept because there are two teams. If there are teams, then there must be a score. QED.
On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 2:17 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I was surprised by how much I liked the first show - so much better than > “After Midnight.” It seemed like the point of the show is for the civilian > is to be kind of a straight man, and I thought he was fine, though maybe he > or Wood should have somehow brought in a little bit of who he was in real > life. Wood was funny, but I agree the energy level was a bit off; it’s > almost like they watched the first eek of After Midnight and decided > whatever they did they wanted to avoid that desperate manic vibe. I know > the points don’t matter but they hardly existed at all, o scoreboard or > explanation, so it sounded like a non sequitur when they were mentioned a > few times late in the show. > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 at 11:55 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Anyone else watch it? I have no familiarity with the British version, so >> I can't compare it. >> >> For the most part, it wasn't very good. While I like Roy Wood Jr. a lot, >> and run hot and cold on Amber Ruffin and Robin Thede, it was one of the >> first times I've liked Ian Michael Black. >> >> The two biggest problems I found were 1) the Libertarian panelist. It >> wasn't his politics (which mostly went unexpressed); it was that he was >> basically a smart author forced to compete with four professional >> comedians, and there aren't a lot of civilians who are equipped for that. >> He was game, but out of his depth. (For example, in the closing "What Will >> Be News Next Week?" bit, the other three gave humorous answers while his >> was sober and serious.) >> >> The other, bigger, problem was that it felt like -- despite a live >> audience -- there was a lot of dead air; it was a 30--minute show crammed >> into a 60-minute slot. >> >> To be honest, probably the liveliest and most unexpected thing on the >> show was the two unbleeped "motherfuckers." Guess CNN didn't go with a >> seven-second delay. >> >> Hopefully, they'll solve some of the problems as they go along, but right >> now, there's not a lot there. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a5cbcd06-6724-4686-be49-0af9a0fe4014n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a5cbcd06-6724-4686-be49-0af9a0fe4014n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKq2o50L66KnHFmXZrpPrEUxP%3DZv7ByeKj8-89f-f%2BAJQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKq2o50L66KnHFmXZrpPrEUxP%3DZv7ByeKj8-89f-f%2BAJQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDpeBuftj%2BfftLEovD-dM4RLEO%3DJ4sT8OSHm7py2pYLdQ%40mail.gmail.com.
