The new series is not a patch on his old stuff - my kids love Psycho Mr Bean, but I think it's weak, the chav family are just annoying, the black & white film scenes are dull...but the Van Driver's Lament tonight was just fabulous..., wasn't it?!
very hit & miss.
I Liked the Dragon's Den take-off last week.
Not usually a fan of gratuitous swearing for comic effect but I must admit the Van Drivers' Lament made me laugh out loud
I remember him in his heyday. You know a comedy show is huge when it crosses over into 'pub speak'!
The trouble with sketch shows is that they do like flogging a dead horse.
I think the news eries is fabulous! the B/W 'writer & landlady' sketches are wonderful - funny but seriously dark undereath, I love the 'noir' closeups they do.
The chav family are excellent - with the clever editing showing PW apparetnly constantly yelling at the apparently constantly barking dog - very clever.
Johnny Depp - who let's face it, is one of the best character actors of his generation, thinks that Paul Whitehouse deserves that acolade - and I for one agree with him.
I loved the last series overall, although I found that some parts were terrible, but they were made up for by the flashes of brilliance like The Surgeons, and the Film Noir sketches.