Admittedly shameless Christmas pimpery

[Phil]

I’ve got a 12 Days of Christmas feature running on my blog currently, and I thought I’d let you all know…

Announcing: The 12 Days of Christmas!

We’re up to day three now, and every day until Christmas Eve we’ll be spotlighting and reminiscing about a classic (or not) television Christmas special. I’ve gotten a bunch of my own site’s collaborators, some names from Nintendo Life, and even David Black of this own parish to pitch it, and everyone’s done such excellent work that I just wanted to point it out, in case anyone wanted to tune in and enjoy the celebration.

Pasting the URLs of the three articles so far would spoil which specials they are, but the homepage is here, updated with a new one every morning:
http://noiselesschatter.com/

Um…this post is kind of bland.

So:

You butter watch out
You butter not cry
You butter not pout I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is patting you down

haha

Topic

[Ben Paddon]

ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS
I GAVE YOU MY HEART
AND THE VERY NEXT DAY
FIVE GOLD RINGS

[fozzibear1]

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose
and if you ever saw it
you’d know where santas whiskey goes

All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names
that is until that one year
Blitzen went too far n got brained

Then one groggy new years eve
santa came to say
rudolph you know all the ho’s on sight
wont you guide my play tonight

Then all the toy elves loved him
and they shouted out with glee
“rudolph the red nosed reindeer,
you host the arctics best orgies”

[Reece]

ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS
I GAVE YOU MY HEART
AND THE VERY NEXT DAY
FIVE GOLD RINGS

I’m kind of ashamed at how long that mindfucked me…

[si]

Phil – I had a neb at the site yesterday. I must admit, I wasn’t too enamoured with yesterday’s choice of special, but working back through Day 2’s and especially Day 1’s choices – oh yes, I think I’m going to enjoy this little series. ;)

[MANI506]

Lovely stuff, I’ll share and enjoy! I was just listening to Graham and Arthur’s Christmassy Ted commentary as well! I get so nostalgic for the first time that was on.

[si]

I ran across to the flat and, in the absence of a DVD, grabbed the scriptbook. I can just read episodes of Father Ted for hours.

[Pete Part Three]

THE OFFICE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL IS GREAT AS IS THE REST OF THE SERIES. YOU ARE WRONG, SI.

[si]

GET OUT.

Actually, I don’t really claim that The Office is *bad*,per se, it’s just that I really cannot stand Gervais., so choose not to watch. This may be the first time I haven’t actually blanked out his or the show’s name.

[Pecospete666]

I like the Office but hate the American version! Garveris has two canine teeth that when he smiles he looks like one of those cartoon sharks. I can’t stand him in Idiot Abroad but I like Carl.

[Seb Patrick]

The US Office – at least up until around about the end of the fifth season – stands for me above the UK version. Both are great, and their strengths are completely different, but I enjoy the US one that little bit more, largely because I love Steve Carell so much.

[Pete Part Three]

I’m swiftly going off him these days as his output seems to be getting increasingly worse. I quite liked Cemetery Junction but found The Invention of Lying and Ghost Town to be awful. His stand-up is largely lazy shit, Life’s Too Short was just bad-natured and ill-judged, Derek seemed to be a cynic’s attempt at melodrama and his contributions to An Idiot Abroad annoy me.

But The Office is fantastic television. Extras is pretty good too (the finale though was overlong and all over the place).

I’d rate The Office UK far above the US version which, while great in season 2 and 3, never had the realism of the original so, I dunno, meant less. The Pam and Jim stuff pales bigtime in comparison to Tim and Dawn.

[Phil]

It’s weird, the way Pete word-for-word typed my post for me. Thanks for saving me the time, Pete!!!

[genericnerdyusername]

I went off Gervais a while ago but yeah The Office is pretty spectacular. I didn’t like the second series of Extras that much, but it wasn’t bad. I can take cringe-comedy but not CONSTANTLY. I haven’t seen the US Office but my friend Paul says its great, as long as you don’t look for the same sort of show.

>Garveris has two canine teeth

What happened to the other two?

[Ridley]

I like Pete but hate the American version.

[Pecospete666]

Ridley when I refer to as Riddex this is what it means” Riddex septic cleaner” it’s a product sold here in American to clean drains and septic tanks. So whe I respond to you this is the name I will be using.

Riddex Piss Off!

[genericnerdyusername]

The way your exposition intertwines seamlessly with your insult is staggeringly beautiful.

[Ben Paddon]

I liked Ghost Town and Extras. I haven’t seen The Invention of Lying, but it’s on my to-watch list. I was underwhelmed by Life’s Too Short – nice premise, but a bit too on-the-nose.

[genericnerdyusername]

The only bit I saw of Life’s Too Short was the Liam Neeson part, and I thought that was pretty hilarious.

[Connell]

The UK Office is one of the finest pieces of television ever created. I think a lot of people can’t stand Ricky Gervais because of him playing the character of David Brent, who is MEANT to be despised and not able to be stood. The only conclusion I can come to is that people group him and the character together in their mind, in my opinion the man is a genius.

The comedy in The UK Office is very unique, with cringey situations that have hilarious consequences and Brent being the worlds worst boss, I can’t understand at all why anyone wouldn’t like the programme. It really does confuse me. I have a friend who doesn’t take much to many comedies, but he will sit there for hours on end watching the Office and find it hilarious solely because of Gervais’ characterization, being the stupid cunt he set out to be, and obviously doing it very well as everyone seems to hate him!

People seem to miss the point of the programme somewhat when they go ‘god, I can’t stand that Ricky Gervais’, that just means he’s achieved what he set out to do.

olden moments. I think the second series is better. Stephen Merchant is actually okay in it as well, I can’t stand him in their podcasts / The Ricky Gervais show / Idiot Abroad

I’m yet to watch Life’s too Short, but I’m in agreement with what was said above, the quality of his and Merchant’s writing has declined somewhat in recent years. However, in my opinion the Office will always remain as a pinnacle of British comedy, and comedy in general.

[Phil]

>the Office will always remain as a pinnacle of British comedy, and comedy in general.

I like Connell.

[si]

> People seem to miss the point of the programme somewhat when they go ‘god, I can’t stand that Ricky Gervais’, that just means he’s achieved what he set out to do.

Don’t EVER try to tell me that Ricky Gervais is better than me.

*slams door in an adolescent huff, though my point still stands*

[genericnerdyusername]

I like David Brent as a person, though. He’s adorable.

[Pete Part Three]

>David Brent, who is MEANT to be despised and not able to be stood

I don’t think you’re supposed to despise him at all. Pity him, maybe.

[Seb Patrick]

I’m yet to see anything that contradicts the theory that Stephen Merchant is the genius behind all the good stuff the partnership have done, and Gervais has been coasting along off his brilliance.

[Pete Part Three]

I was willing to buy that theory. Then I saw Life’s Too Short.

[Reece]

I’m yet to see anything that contradicts the theory that Stephen Merchant is the genius behind all the good stuff the partnership have done

I saw him live in Glasgow and I swear I haven’t laughed so much in all my life.

I was never a massive fan of The Office but I loved Extras.

I’ve never understood where all the hate for Ricky Gervais came from.

[genericnerdyusername]

He has a horrible laugh and is very arrogant. I’m not sure which is the bigger problem I have with him.

[Connell]

I watched Stephen Merchants standup tour and I’ve got to admit almost all of it was either re-used from podcasts with Ricky or wasn’t funny at all. I was highly disappointed and it was only around the time I watched that I began to realise how un-funny Merchant actually is.

[takerdemon]

I just don’t get Gervais humour. I’ve seen quite a lot of his stuff and can honestly say that I’ve not even smirked once at something he’s done. Most comedians I don’t like, I can understand the appeal, with him; it baffles me.

Plus his Simpsons episode was the worst in the shows history and that covers some ground.

[genericnerdyusername]

The worst Simpsons episode in the history of the show is Sunday Cruddy Sunday, AKA the one with Rupert Murdoch.

[Ridley]

Kill the Alligator and Run

[genericnerdyusername]

Oh yeah, that one too. I think I read that that plotline was going to be used for the movie at some point. Thank God they didn’t go for it.

[Pete Part Three]

The one where Homer is a missionary is about the time I gave up on the show.

Rather strange that there’s a show that I adore and could have as a specialist subject for its first ten seasons, but know next to nothing about for its next ten.

And still it continues…

[Phil]

Bart to the Future was the one that made me say fuck it, that’s my Sunday nights freed up.

A handful of episodes got me pretty close to that before, but Bart to the Future was just so overpoweringly stupid that I’ve never watched the show again without bracing myself for the worst.

[Ridley]

I do think the show has improved somewhat from Season 21 (The Bob Next Door a dang sight better than The Italian Bob f’rinstance) but blah blah zombie Simpsons blah.

[genericnerdyusername]

There was one where Principal Skinner was tricked into taking all the delinquent students into town while there were inspectors at the school. There was a funny line in that one. I don’t think the Simpsons is particularly AWFUL now, I just think it’s a significantly different show. If I’m in the right mood for a latter-day episode, I can enjoy it, as long as its none of the ones mentioned above…

Bottom line for me, I guess, is that I can enjoy anything if I really, really want to. I can even get a kick out of reading Pecospete’s posts on here. That’s how brilliant I am, in a nutshell.

[MANI506]

The episode where the Simpsons went to Florida was my jumping off point. Kid Rock was in it. Depressing.

Can quote the first ten years or so endlessly and I have enjoyed a few of the episodes I’ve seen since then. Also I thought the movie was good.

[Pete Part Three]

Yeah, I didn’t mind the movie, as it goes. But it was OK. Whereas, if it had been made about ten years earlier, it would have probably been outstanding.

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