I've always loved that sequence. I think it proves that you can dress up completely innocuous facts with sinister presentation and make them seem like some hidden evil is being committed. I agree with the previous posters, very Brass Eye.
"It was 1986...the year of the Challenger disaster, and the Chernobyl meltdown. Yet despite this carnage, Campbell's career went from strength to strength..." XD XD
Best youtube comment I ever saw was a guy saying he always sings this along to the opening credits: CHARLIE BROOKER'S SCREENWIPE, CHARLIE BROOKER'S FUCKING SCREENWIPE!
@@jonfox1867 This is an incredibly old comment but because nobody's responded I feel honour bound to tell you the opening theme tune is A.M. 180 by Grandaddy off of their album Under the Western Freeway, it should be on all streaming platforms and is also obviously on RU-vid
It's amazing how much explicit stuff Arrested Development managed to get past the censors just by not having a laugh track and by just glossing over things.
Hells bells, I remeber Hi-5, which my parents would put on for me around the time this was recorded. Really strange to hear someone mention something so obscure that I remember.
I have a great idea for a TV show. People bring in their injured pets. The vet looks at them, figures out what is wrong, then stomps on their head. If the animal is larger than a pig he uses a hammer.
YES! Love hearing a man whose opinion I respect so much recommending my favorite TV show! Arrested Development is easily the funniest sitcom ever made. And that clip from Mr.Show looks hilarious, defo gonna look into that!
I enjoy Pointless as well, but I can only get British TV through RU-vid channels, and I haven't been able to find a lot of uploads of Pointless. I've been able to watch a lot more of The Chase, and it's still my favorite.
Milkshake on Channel 5? I used to watch Beyblade then!?! I guess it does help you wake up when watching insane japanese toons played back with american rock music about magical spinning tops....i swear i didn't take drugs back in the 90's (wouldn't have been old enough too)
i assumed people put on the tv on the morning to avoid falling back asleep. And the morning show my mom used to put on when I was a kid (some Finnish show) would tell you the time all the time, so you'd be aware of how much time you have left.
6:48 Jamie Oliver looks a bit more Julian Clary than himself.... Funnily enough the instant he said "3 comedies you should watch you may not have heard of", Arrested Development was the first thing that sprang to my mind.
I like people like Charlie brooker and bill maher. Every where you go all you hear from people is "Everything is fine". "No, everything is OK", it could be worse". Not charlie brooker or bill maher. Both of them say "No, there are problems going on and trying to compare them with someones is just pushing it all under the rug. We got problems and they need sorting".
Fuck Deal or No Deal; send us The Chase! I LOVE that show, and yet Fox will not greenlight it even though they shot the pilot earlier this year. It's been on ITV1 for six seasons now; it has a proven track record. Contact the networks, my fellow Americans, and tell them we need that show now.
Yeah, but he pulled Konnie looking like that! (Brooker himself says he now just lets his hair grow a bit. He's made some money what with his TV writing like Dead Set and the brilliant Black Mirror, plus books based on his columns in The Guardian).
Pretty sure they filmed the pilot but there was no further information on it, so it could be waiting to be greenlighted, or they will just not say anything about it and let it vanish
07:30 by the time she got shot, I'd already dumped my telly in favour of a powerbook with internet connection. When I shouted 'Who the hell is Jan Dildo anyway?' in my office, I got dirty looks.
littlesmew if sheridan smith who acted on two pints of lager and a packet of crisps is good enough to work with the better half of the league of gentlemen then an actor off two pints of lager and a packet of crisps is good enough for charlie brooker
ha look how square Charlie was. with his 2 doller haircut and his dad's jumper on....these days he's all sexified with his floppy silver fox hair, his hipster half beard, his dinner suit and his glamourous wife/
Scantily clad ladies for male amusement? That wouldn't fly on the BBC, these days. Having said that, neither would the well-written and humorous narrative. (I'm assuming this. I haven't watched the BBC in years.)
Charlie Brooker has his belt hanging out at 19:00... I now have an excuse to do the same... Although the whole fucking point of this was to be/to understand that that shouldn't be or couldn't be an excuse because I shouldn't fucking need one no matter the importance of my titular position.
