'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' back on October 21st

KeanSeenan

I didn't like Minchin all that much, maybe I'm just too attached to Amstell's style of hosting it.

Mike Litoris

Jesus H fcukin Christ how bad was Westwood?!?? The guests were great, even JLS but that fcukin eejit simply ruined the show. The identity parade was excrutiating.:mad:

seachto7

Lee Mack was on top form the other night..

goose2005

Juliette Lewis - worst host ever? Clearly had no idea what was going on, and you could tell that most of the jokes they got her to read made no sense to her.

I haven't seen it yet but I'd be surprised if anyone could be as bad as Tim Westwood.

Getting there

Juliette Lewis was sooo bad. It doesn't help that I don't like her anyway but I honestly dont think I laughed once during that whole episode. Her 'being funny' was reading the autocue and then making a bewildered face. And constantly asking "Am i doing this right?"

I think Lee Mack or Minchin for permanent host! I loved ODoherty but i think every week would be a bit much and I dont know could I handle it.

expectationlost

ah it was funny enough,she's a bit mad.

ShaneU

She was nowhere near as bad as Westwood

Basq

God, that was cringeworthy and really awful..

.. and yet she was better was than Westwood.

To be fair, the panelists suffer with a poor host.. and that happened this week.

goose2005

Worse than Westwood, who at least knew the sort of show he was on and was ignorable. Terry Wogan for permahost.

Busi_Girl08

Agreed. Wogan was brilliant on the show.

Realistically though, I can't see Wogan becoming permahost on the show. Lee Mack or Tim Minchin is more likely.

Just watched it there Juliette Lewis is nowhere as bad as Tim Westwood. She was absolutely insane, but that's who she is. She is just that crazy. Westwood was just a complete and utter gob****e without a single ounce of humour in his body. As for her not getting the jokes, she's American and spends most of her time there, so it's somewhat understandable that she couldn't.

Cherry_Cola

Was at Frankie Boyles stand up show the other night and he was telling us about the episode of this that he recorded a few weeks back that they didn't air!

It sounded amazing so would love to see them air it, apparently he gave Michelle from Destiny's Child an awful doing to the point where she refused to take part any further!

Namlub

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

Was at Frankie Boyles stand up show the other night and he was telling us about the episode of this that he recorded a few weeks back that they didn't air!

It sounded amazing so would love to see them air it, apparently he gave Michelle from Destiny's Child an awful doing to the point where she refused to take part any further!

It's the last episode in the series so it won't be on until January. lol did he give the impression that they just weren't going to show it because of his outrageous ways?:rolleyes:

Cherry_Cola

Namlub wrote: »

It's the last episode in the series so it won't be on until January. lol did he give the impression that they just weren't going to show it because of his outrageous ways?:rolleyes:

Well he said the Tim Westwood episode was aired instead of it. Yeah he did but you could see why they wouldn't air it, some of the jokes were OTT and the introductions for his guests were awfully insulting.

Basq

This week's episode (Josh Groban is host) is about half-way through on BBC2 London.

Caught it from the start, but Groban isn't great. Suprising as he was very witty as a guest a season or two back.

As far as I know, it isn't on BBC NI until next Monday:

BBC2 N Ireland 11:00pm Mon 27 Dec
Season 24 Episode 10 of 12
Singer Josh Groban hosts the comedy music quiz, with comedian Charlie Baker, hip-hop artist Tinchy Stryder, singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and West End star Michael Ball joining team captains Noel Fielding and Phill Jupitus

WolfForager

Watching it myself, Jupitus was acting really stupid with the whole "your hosting not singing" thing.

Basq

Pretty poor episode altogether tbh!

Namlub

Aww, he was really good when he was a guest though...

I just watched it there and it wasn't that bad. There were one or two bad jokes, but it seemed like those came from the autocue, so it wasn't necessarily his fault as such - whoever wrote them is to blame. There's only so much someone can do with terrible jokes. I quite liked the ending when they sang "I dreamed a dream" from Les Miserable. That song has always had a soft spot with me.

cosmic

I really enjoyed it! I thought Groban was hilarious as a host, really self-depracating and his timing was brilliant. I thought it was one of the better ones this season.

omerin

I can't remember a poorer series. All the contestants on the Terry Wogan episode "laughing" at his jokes, what brown nosing. Why do the audience clap at jokes, I mean ffs




nmtb should be given a decent burial.

dr gonzo

Only learned about the Jedward episode because of this thread and just watched it on youtube, Its a weird one.

On the one hand Jack Dee is an insufferable cnut whose career i wish would die a death as much as Jedwards. Additionally Noel Fielding was a bit of a dick with that joke about Ireland.

On the other hand Jedward are a national embarrassment and i must be honest, ive never cringed so much in my life, i could barely breath when one of them was prancing around the desk playing cowboys and indians.

In summary, everyone looked like a compete asshole on that show except for Jack Dee who simply cant sink any farther.

Furthermore in Jedwards defense, they are only a pair of young lads making the most of whats going on and they clearly shouldnt be on a show where the guests are expected to be almost professional comedians in their own right so that theres a bit of give and take banter wise.

Busi_Girl08

Just watching Josh Groben's episode now.

I'm really enjoying it I think he's a good host.

Basq

The Frankie Boyle episode is on now..

.. he's gonna tear Michelle Williams apart methinks!

He referred to Noel Fielding as looking "like a bisexual Doctor Who"!

Colmo52

basquille wrote: »

The Frankie Boyle episode is on now..

.. he's gonna tear Michelle Williams apart methinks!

He referred to Noel Fielding as looking "like a bisexual Doctor Who"!

Saw it last night. They should have Frankie on more often.(Permanent Host maybe?)

Basq

Colmo52 wrote: »

Saw it last night. They should have Frankie on more often.(Permanent Host maybe?)

Very good.. but he'd never go for being a permanent host on it.

More laughs so far than on his entire 6-episode run of 'Tramadol Nights'..

Fielding's on fire this week too.

Cherry_Cola

Just watched Frankie's episode there, they edited out the joke he made about the hospital that Michelle supports but that was to be expected I guess! Great show overall.

Mike Litoris

For me, that single episode with Frankie Boyle has made up for the last 5 years without Lamarr.:D

ROFL at him calling Anne Widdecombe a Homophobic human mudslide.:p

Basq

Saw the final Buzzcocks episode of the series last week.. was just a compilation hosted by David O'Doherty.

But since I had the show series linked on Sky, I did notice another episode on Wednesday night. Thought it was odd, but turns out it's the Russell Brand episode that never aired.

The BBC has announced that it will finally transmit Russell Brand's appearance on Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

The episode, in which Brand features as a guest captain, was originally due to air in October 2008. However, it was dropped from the schedules after Brand and Jonathan Ross left offensive messages on Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs's answerphone during a Radio 2 show.

The Get Him To The Greek star, who married Katy Perry last year, used to date Sachs's granddaughter Georgina Baillie.

Brand resigned from the BBC following the incident and Ross was suspended from the corporation for three months without pay.

The show also features chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, singer Rachel Stevens and rapper Sway.

It will be shown on BBC2 on Wednesday, January 19 at 10pm.

Source: DigitalSpy

FINALLY.. looking forward to this!

phasers

Finally!

alastair_doom

Thats a nice surprise, and as its a 2008 ep it should have Simon Amstell as host

Basq

Yeah, Amstell hosted it alright.

Namlub

Yay!

D-Generate

Wow... this has just reestablished in my mind how much I dislike Russell Brand.

ThisRegard

Same here, I'm beginning to think it was pulled purely because he's unbearably unfunny and this episode is a blot on an otherwise great series hosted by Amstell.

phasers

ThisRegard wrote: »

Same here, I'm beginning to think it was pulled purely because he's unbearably unfunny and this episode is a blot on an otherwise great series hosted by Amstell.

tbh that series was pretty poor.

Simon was awful I thought, he seemed to be sucking up to Russell.

Also Rachel Stevens was the butt of most of the jokes and she is a complete charisma and personality vacuum

RobertFoster

New series starts tonight.

New series. 1/12. Anarchic music quiz. Team captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding are joined by Louie Spence, Sugababe Amelle and Peter Serafinowicz, with guest host David Hasselhoff.

23:50 on BBC2 NI, or 22:00 on BBC2 England if you fancy skipping Antaine Ó Donnaile and Cormac Ó hÁdhmaill travelling from Portstewart to Benburb by sea kayak in Sruthanna.

MitchKoobski

Hope Simon Amstell never returns to the show. Stopped watching after one series of him presenting, can't stand how he performs.

enfant terrible

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Hope Simon Amstell never returns to the show. Stopped watching after one series of him presenting, can't stand how he performs.

He was the best thing about the show.

Basq

RobertFoster wrote: »

New series starts tonight.

Had no idea..

.. David Hasselhoff guest host? Is there anyone unfunnier than him!

enfant terrible wrote: »

He was the best thing about the show.

Agreed.. Simon, although cruel, was absolutely hilarious!

MitchKoobski

enfant terrible wrote: »

He was the best thing about the show.

He was the reason I stopped watching. Hated his mannerisms and how he just performed the role in general. Just my personal opinion, I know nearly everyone else loved him.

Skid

RobertFoster wrote: »

New series starts tonight.



23:50 on BBC2 NI, or 22:00 on BBC2 England if you fancy skipping Antaine Ó Donnaile and Cormac Ó hÁdhmaill travelling from Portstewart to Benburb by sea kayak in Sruthanna.

Cheers for that, I hadn't heard any news about the new series at all.

BBC Northern Ireland's mental scheduling never changes - one of the many reasons to go Digital.

RobertFoster

Basq wrote: »

David Hasselhoff guest host? Is there anyone unfunnier than him!

He wasn't too bad, but then he embraced the meme and started referring to himself as The Hoff :rolleyes:

Skid wrote: »

one of the many reasons to go Digital.

It's a pity you can't Sky+/series link on self-tuned channels. I rarely watch things at their scheduled times any more.

ejmaztec

Basq wrote: »

Had no idea..

.. David Hasselhoff guest host? Is there anyone unfunnier than him!

Yes, Phil Jupitus.

cjmcork

oh wow - Lorraine should host every week!

Mike Litoris

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Hope Simon Amstell never returns to the show. Stopped watching after one series of him presenting, can't stand how he performs.

Same here. I slightly warmed to him after a while though. One thing being a prick but an unfunny(imo) prick isn't entertaining.

Still didn't stop me watching the show unlike Mock the Week after Frankie Boyle left.

Colmo52

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Same here. I slightly warmed to him after a while though. One thing being a prick but an unfunny(imo) prick isn't entertaining.

The Preston episode was brilliant though.

Mike Litoris

Colmo52 wrote: »

The Preston episode was brilliant though.

It was indeed and I suppose only a prick like Amstel could generate that much rage in someone.:p