http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-97315 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:01:47 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 97315@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Just in case anyone missed it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-96989 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:41:31 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 96989@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>As for the thinnest material, what about this?<br /> <img src="http://thumbs.photo.net/photo/11227036-sm.jpg"> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-89306 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:55:00 +0000 beau-jolly 89306@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I also like Miranda but Slippy Parsons makes my skin crawl. Have you noticed that he refers to himself as Sir Nicolas Parsons on JAM now? Slimey weasel. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-89283 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:37:16 +0000 Sinnick 89283@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Good sub, but I confess I rather like Miranda </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-89170 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:22:17 +0000 Textbook 89170@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Good one :) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-89071 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:21:02 +0000 Clarky 89071@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I actually quite like Miranda myself but wanted to include a new sitcom - and be honest, it is getting a bit repetitive. Rude! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-89053 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:30:20 +0000 Boutros 89053@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Miranda's actually good. She's a clever writer. Have a root around the Vicar of Dibley for some single-ply tissue-thin gags. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-89034 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:24:00 +0000 Clarky 89034@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>'Twas Arthur Haynes. Or so my granny told me. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88997 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:18:21 +0000 dvo4fun 88997@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I think that NP was a 'straight man' to some comic(s) in the 1950s and has unfortunately continued in much the same vein ever since.</p> <p>But - did you ever see 'Rosemary &amp; Thyme'? That must surely rate at least an honorable nomination </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88978 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:27:24 +0000 Clarky 88978@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>So you all like Nicolas Parsons then? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88874 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:59:55 +0000 SpankyMonkey 88874@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Personally I have no problem with Girls on Top. Particularly if they're in the plural. And all the better if they're thin. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88853 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:31:48 +0000 butagirl 88853@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm astonished no-one has mentioned "Girls On Top" yet. Or am I just showing my age? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88844 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:23:35 +0000 Screenie 88844@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>in that sense, the thinnest material is best. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88842 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:22:06 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 88842@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I just googled ‘babes in the wood’; shocking! I had no idea such things were physically possible. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88838 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:14:20 +0000 Screenie 88838@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Anyone remember 'Babes in the wood'.</p> <p>I rest my case.</p> <p>Stars. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88837 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:07:00 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 88837@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like it.</p> <p>And I'm glad Miranda was included in here. I saw about 5 minutes of it once, and it seemed to consist entirely of a slightly odd-looking woman saying things that aren't funny, then looking at the camera and pulling faces while a laughter track played.</p> <p>I was worried that it might actually be the cutting edge of comedy and I was just out of touch and didn't understand. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88834 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:59:19 +0000 dvo4fun 88834@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice gentle pace - like 'Last of the Summer Wine'. But funny </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88825 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:43:29 +0000 Qoxiivi 88825@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Really nice idea. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31431#post-88809 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:01:01 +0000 Clarky 88809@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A furious row has broken out over the whereabouts of the thinnest material in the known universe. ‘It’s in the final series of the geriatric TV sitcom ‘Last of the Summer Wine’’ a Southampton University professor of gags insisted. </p> <p>But a lecturer in punchlines at East Anglia maintained the accolade definitely belonged to every programme in the series,’ My Family.’</p> <p>The argument became international when an academic from the American Comedy College made a strong case for the US Matt Le Blanc vehicle ‘Joey’. ‘Material don’t get much thinner than that,’ he drawled.</p> <p>But a PhD student at the Liverpool Institute of Stand Up begged to differ. ‘You guys are stuck in the past,’ he said. ‘Contemporary research proves beyond doubt the thinnest material by far is in the second series of ‘Miranda’.’</p> <p>The debate would have raged on without a timely intervention from June Whitehead, the Visiting Professor of Funny Writing at Oxford, who urged her fellow academics to look to radio for the answer:</p> <p>‘I think we can all agree, Nicolas Parsons’ script on ‘Just A Minute’ beats the others into a cocked hat,’ she said. ‘His jokes aren’t just thin, they’re completely invisible to the naked eye.’ </p>