Archive for the 'Comedy' Category

• Tagline : The Totally Rad Show is the summer blockbuster of geek news shows
• Website : The Totally Rad Show
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• Parental Rating : 18
• Star Rating : 8 out of 10

The Totally Rad Show is one of those programmes that would have thrived on the G4/TechTV cable channel. It’s very down to earth with the very affable Alex Albrecht at the helm, also co-presenter of one of my other favorite Revision 3 shows, Diggnation, with Kevin Rose. Fortunately no grubby cable company has their hands on this or indeed any other Revision3 show and it’s for this very reason that these shows deserve to thrive. Also the fact that they’re also pretty good is another very valid reason.

Of the three hosts, Alex is the one that really holds things together. Dan Trachtenberg and Jeff Cannata, whilst being likable enough, just seem to lack that special chemistry. Admitedly we’re only at show #9, so this is something that can still develop, nonetheless it’s still enjoyable to watch.

The shows premise is to basically review movies, video games, TV, comics and all things geek. Everything seems to be above board, rather than a sycophantic vehicle for PR.

One of the major criticisms I have of the show, is that the sound levels seem to flail all over the place. One minute I’m turning up the sound to hear what is being said and the next, I’m hunting for the remote to turn it down again, especially when our hosts are laughing and joking around.

Conclusion: It’s still the early days for the show. While it’s still a bit rough around the edges, the content is great and I imagine it will go from strength to strength.

• Tagline : Cult adult puppet show starring Dr Rabbit and Nursey Lamb
• Website : Fluffy TV
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• Parental Rating : 18
• Star Rating : 7 out of 10

I can remember when I was a kid, listening to my brothers Derek and Clive vinyl album in secret. It was done in secret, because if my older brother would have caught me, he’d have given me a good slap, and if my Mum or Dad would have caught me, god knows what might have happened. For anyone not familiar with Derek and Clive, it was a very risque series of albums recorded by Dudley Moore and Peter Cooke. Actually it wasn’t risque, but out and out filth. That being said, even though it was filth it was very funny, especially when you are a 12 year old. Listening to them now, they are still funny, if you haven’t heard them in a while, but the humor soon wears thin and so it is with Fluffy TV.

The basic premise of the show is pretty unique, especially in the vidcasts I’m aware of. The whole show consists of several segments hosted by a variety of hand puppets. These are not your common or garden hand puppets. These puppets make Eddie Murphy seem like Mary Poppins and I’m not joking. I would name some of these segments, which feature regularly in the vidcasts, but even that would force me to use some of the underlined words in a school dictionary. I’d also be force to use some words scrawled in, by over enthusiastic defacers.

Conclusion : Whilst some of the episodes are seriously funny, I found the humor soon wore thing. Probably a vidcast to drop in to view now and then.

• Tagline : Breaking News, Broken Reporters
• Website : Goodnight Burbank
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• Parental Rating : 15
• Star Rating : 9 out of 10

What do you get when you cross real news with a couple of anchor people who have clearly seen better days (or are just awful)? Why Goodnight Burbank of course. Our two anchor people in question, clearly have a hate, hate relationship and I can’t help be reminded of an old British show called “Drop the Dead Donkey”. The vidcast is between the 5-7 minute mark and only covers their on-air antics and pauses between taped material and outside broadcasts. The show covers real news items and I have to say the satire is sometimes very close to the bone and I love it.

Our main protagonists are Gordon Winston-Smythe, a poncy British, mistake of a man, who would clearly poison himself, if he bit his own tongue and Susan Jones, or Ho-ness as she corrects Gordon’s pronunciation, all too frequently. Popping in on occasion is Trisha Sakamoto, the poor weather girl, who sometimes only gets a couple of seconds to tell the good people of Burbank what’s happening with the weather and even when she does get the chance, does it pretty badly.

With three episodes available already and another 5 in the can, I’m looking forward to seeing how the on-air relationships gel or in this case dissolve. The secret to good comedy, is having characters you can believe in and actors who can portray them to their fullest. Goodnight Burbank succeeds on both counts. If you need a further fix, you can always read Gordon’s and Trisha’s blog.

The only one thing bad I really have to say about the vidcast, is it’s way too short. I watched all three last night and it seems like it took all of 2 minutes. Always the sign of a well written show, but I’m a greedy git and I want more… lots more.

I have to admit, I thought I recognised Hayden Black, the writer and actor behind Gordon. He looks very similar to Phil Jupiter, a popular British comedian, but it’s not him.

Conclusion : A great show, that would no doubt have a cult following on TV. In any case it deserves to spread like wild fire across the internet.

• Tagline : The UK’s Favourite Sex Therapist Reveals Our Darkest Bedroom Secrets
• Website : Doctor Cockney
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• Parental Rating : 18
• Star Rating : 8 out of 10

Nothing pricks up peoples ears more than the mention of sex. My wife could talk about Martha Stewart, decorating and cooking, without barely a flicker of recognition in my poor Neanderthal brain, but one whiff of the word sex and it doesn’t matter it it’s oral sex, Essex or insects, I’m then the most attentive listener you can imagine. So when I saw a mention of Doctor Cockney, I was interested to say the least. I do have to admit, that also being a Cockney helped, but never the less, what I found was most entertaining.

The basic premise of the vidcast, is that Doctor Cockney, our suave, bespectacled, cue-ball host, goes out onto the streets of London and asks random people all about sex, be it their sexual preferences, kinks, turn ons or funny stories. What results is very entertaining, especially when he talks to some of the older indulgers in carnal delights. A vidcast is released every 1-2 weeks and usually runs at around the 5-6 minute mark. I’d love to see the occasional show at around the half hour mark, as this is very amusing stuff.

Conclusion : A great show for a bit of light relief. Anyone looking for something a bit fruity, need go no further. This is 100% clean smut, if there’s such a thing. Think Carry On, with a hint of Dr Ruth (for the frankness) and you’ll be on the right lines. If you’re on the streets of London, watch out, he could be “Comin’ at ya”.