[TV] The Mash Report Axed

[Pavilionaire]

Disappointing news after 5 series.

I though Nish Kumar, Rachel Parris and Geoff Norcott were excellent.

There is already a lack of good satire on TV without losing another show.

 

[lawros left foot]

Cancel culture.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

And so it starts.

Put a Tory donor in charge and this is what happens.

 

[Igzilla]

And so it starts.

Put a Tory donor in charge and this is what happens.

Presumably it'll be replaced with The Jim Davidson Show, so as to better reflect the UK...

 

[franks brother]

Cancel culture.

And cancel culture critics like Laurence Fox celebrating its demise and without any hint of irony.

 

[Eeyore]

The Sun welcomed the cancellation of the series, which it said was "preachy, self-righteous [and] left-wing".

Says a paper that is preachy, self-righteous and right wing.

 

[highflyer]

And cancel culture critics like Laurence Fox celebrating its demise and without any hint of irony.

I am sure the usual 'cancel culture' critics on NSC will be along soon to tell us how outraged they all are.

Shame anyway. I thought it was great on the whole. Often very funny and some clever satire.

 

[Jeremiah]

The Sun welcomed the cancellation of the series, which it said was "preachy, self-righteous [and] left-wing".

Says a paper that is preachy, self-righteous and right wing.

And that's why they welcomed its cancellation. I must admit I thought it was rubbish but there you go.

 

[Guinness Boy]

The Sun welcomed the cancellation of the series, which it said was "preachy, self-righteous [and] left-wing".

Says a paper that is preachy, self-righteous and right wing.

Hilarious, given that Norcott is a self confessed working class Tory who made a bleeding heart documentary about how he was so rare in the arts, presumably forgetting the rich heritage of Manning, Davidson and Tarbuck et al who laid the path for Saturday Night comedy in the UK.

 

[RossyG]

And so it starts.

Put a Tory donor in charge and this is what happens.

The Director General doesn’t cancel shows. That’s not how it works. This thread by a guy who’s worked for the BBC explains the situation well.

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(Click to follow the thread).

Basically The Sun has taken the news that a mediocre Daily Show rip-off hasn’t been recommissioned for a fifth series and twisted it into a “Take that, lefties!” narrative.

But don’t worry, there’ll be many more “Johnson is a racist/Donald Trump is orange and bad/squawk Tories/Brexit voters are gammons” comedies coming along.

 

[Guinness Boy]

And cancel culture critics like Laurence Fox celebrating its demise and without any hint of irony.

Fox is without doubt the biggest bellend in politics at the moment. Farage must be glad of the break.

 

[RossyG]

...forgetting the rich heritage of Manning, Davidson and Tarbuck et al who laid the path for Saturday Night comedy in the UK.

Emphasis on heritage. They’ve not been on in peak time since the 90s (Davidson), 80s (Tarbuck) and 70s (Manning).

 

[highflyer]

Hilarious, given that Norcott is a self confessed working class Tory who made a bleeding heart documentary about how he was so rare in the arts, presumably forgetting the rich heritage of Manning, Davidson and Tarbuck et al who laid the path for Saturday Night comedy in the UK.

To be fair, I have found Norcott to be generally likeable and funny. Unlike Manning, Davidson and Tarbuck!

 

[Guinness Boy]

To be fair, I have found Norcott to be generally likeable and funny. Unlike Manning, Davidson and Tarbuck!

He's good on Mash Report and comedy does need a variety of political viewpoints to be relevant. But did you see that documentary series? Jesus Christ.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Emphasis on heritage. They’ve not been on in peak time since the 90s (Davidson), 80s (Tarbuck) and 70s (Manning).

That's because they're shit, unfunny cockends.

The point is they opened the door for comedy on TV and it's the fact that there hasn't been single funny right wing comic ready to step into their shoes that allowed alternative comedy to take over and become mainstream.

 

[RossyG]

That's because they're shit, unfunny cockends.

The point is they opened the door for comedy on TV and it's the fact that there hasn't been single funny right wing comic ready to step into their shoes that allowed alternative comedy to take over and become mainstream.

Maybe one hasn’t been allowed to.

And those shit unfunny cockends managed to get some very high viewing figures from people who presumably liked them. Tarbuck and Davidson were very popular throughout the 80s alternative comedy boom.

(I thought Manning was ghastly, Tarbuck annoying, but Jim Davidson very good when in family friendly mode. My favourite of the old-school comics was Bob Monkhouse.)

 

[RossyG]

From another BBC-employed scriptwriter:

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Also, this show hasn’t been cancelled as in banned. The old episodes will be around on the iPlayer. And if Channel 4, say, wanted to bring it back, they’re free to do so.

 

[Pavilionaire]

That's because they're shit, unfunny cockends.

The point is they opened the door for comedy on TV and it's the fact that there hasn't been single funny right wing comic ready to step into their shoes that allowed alternative comedy to take over and become mainstream.

Somewhat ironically, some of the funniest comedy characters have been those that are clearly of a right-wing persuasion, from Alf Garnett to Alan B'Stard, Al Murray The Pub Landlord to Alan Partridge.

 

[RossyG]

My favourite comedy characters are Wolfie Smith and Rik from The Young Ones.

 

[Mellotron]

I’m centre-left and found the show painfully unfunny.