[TV] UK Comedy Cup - Nominations Thread

[Mellotron]

second all of these

Oi I can ruin your tournament if you ruin mine.

 

[stewart12]

Part of the reason I wanted to rerun this. Already a lot different. Interesting to see which shows endure, and which fade from memory.

yes feel like a lot of "millenial comedy" is becoming forgotten. Stuff like Darkplace, Nathan Barley, Look around you etc is rarely talked about but was ALL THE RAGE in the early-mid 00's

 

[bob_monkhouse]

The fast show
The young ones
The IT crowd
Red Dwarf
Not the nine o'clock news

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Dads Army
Monty Python
After Life
Yes Minister
Two Ronnies

 

[big nuts]

Bottom
Fast Show
Toast
Nathan Barley
Peep Show
Inbetweeners

 

[Krafty]

The Office
The Inbetweeners
Blackadder
Would I Lie To You?
An Idiot Abroad

 

[Sussexscots]

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
Dad's Army.
Still Game.
Rising Damp.
A Small Problem

 

[Mellotron]

yes feel like a lot of "millenial comedy" is becoming forgotten. Stuff like Darkplace, Nathan Barley, Look around you etc is rarely talked about but was ALL THE RAGE in the early-mid 00's

TBF Barley and Boosh have QUALIFIED.

 

[Badger]

Red Dwarf
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Blackadder
After Life
Big Train

 

[Mellotron]

STOP NOMINATING! The 32 have qualified.

They are as follows;

Spaced
Peep Show
The League of Gentlemen
Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
The Royle Family
Early Doors
The Office
Fawlty Towers
Father Ted
The Young Ones
Drop The Dead Donkey
The Detectorists
This Country
The Fast Show
Breeders
Inside Number 9
Psychoville
The Inbetweeners
The Day Today
Nathan Barley
The IT Crowd
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Not The 9 O'Clock News
Fleabag
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Only Fools & Horses
Blackadder
I'm Alan Partridge
The Mighty Boosh
The Thick Of It
Red Dwarf
Porridge​

Being honest, I think this year's crop is slightly weaker than 2014's. Personally a little disappointed to see Extras miss out, and genuinely shocked not to see a single nomination for People Just Do Nothing, a great modern comedy.

Some of a certain vintage may be disappointed at a lack of Dad's Army or Monty Python, but it shows what complacency can do in the cut throat world of major tournament qualification.

I'll allow the Albion Fantasy World Cup to run it's course, then the groups will be drawn for this.

 

[Badger Boy]

Surely there should be some kind of pre-competition qualifiers for the ones nominated but who didn't make it in? Extras not being in this is clearly a joke, Patrick Stewart's episode alone is funnier than a lot of that list.

 

[Stato]

Oh, what a shame 'After Life' missed out!

 

[Uh_huh_him]

STOP NOMINATING! The 32 have qualified.

They are as follows;

Spaced
Peep Show
The League of Gentlemen
Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
The Royle Family
Early Doors
The Office
Fawlty Towers
Father Ted
The Young Ones
Drop The Dead Donkey
The Detectorists
This Country
The Fast Show
Breeders
Inside Number 9
Psychoville
The Inbetweeners
The Day Today
Nathan Barley
The IT Crowd
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Not The 9 O'Clock News
Fleabag
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Only Fools & Horses
Blackadder
I'm Alan Partridge
The Mighty Boosh
The Thick Of It
Red Dwarf
Porridge​

Being honest, I think this year's crop is slightly weaker than 2014's. Personally a little disappointed to see Extras miss out, and genuinely shocked not to see a single nomination for People Just Do Nothing, a great modern comedy.

I'll allow the Albion Fantasy World Cup to run it's course, then the groups will be drawn for this

That's a pretty good set to be honest

 

[Badger]

Surely there should be some kind of pre-competition qualifiers for the ones nominated but who didn't make it in? Extras not being in this is clearly a joke, Patrick Stewart's episode alone is funnier than a lot of that list.

Expand the competition to 48 entries. Maybe some of the early rounds can be played in the US.

 

[Stato]

Inside No 9 is a weird entry. Excellent show, some funny moments, but loads of episodes are not even intended to be funny.

Oh how we laughed at 'The 12 Days of Christine"...

 

[Mellotron]

Surely there should be some kind of pre-competition qualifiers for the ones nominated but who didn't make it in? Extras not being in this is clearly a joke, Patrick Stewart's episode alone is funnier than a lot of that list.

I refuse to bow to any FIFA-esque calls for an expanded 48 show tournament.

I will consider the nomination process for future tournaments. I did consider suggesting qualification would require 3 nominations per comedy, rather than 2, but the worry is either that could take a long time to get 32, or could become to close to just becoming a big ol' vote for the best comedy, which rather defeats the point.

I can tell you that Extras qualified in 2014 but when out in the group stages. I happen to agree with you regarding it's quality, but this is always the danger with qualifiers.

 

[Mellotron]

Inside No 9 is a weird entry. Excellent show, some funny moments, but loads of episodes are not even intended to be funny.

Oh how we laughed at 'The 12 Days of Christine"...

Indeed - I suspect this will count against it and it will struggle.

Shearsmith & Pemberton are seasoned comedy actors and most episodes will have some elements of comedy, so I'm ok with it qualifying.

 

[Stato]

Indeed - I suspect this will count against it and it will struggle.

Shearsmith & Pemberton are seasoned comedy actors and most episodes will have some elements of comedy, so I'm ok with it qualifying.

Should replace it with something else that one of them's going to be in soon....

 

[keaton]

Fast Show
Yes Minister
Peep Show
Ghosts
Catastrophe

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Operation Good Guys
I’m Alan Partridge
The Office
Only fools and horses
Derek