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i think what i was really trying to say was: there's been a lot of remakes and reboots recently - way too many

I didn't say The Simpsons copied The Flintstones I said it was inspired by it

seremtan wrote:i think what i was really trying to say was: there's been a lot of remakes and reboots recently - way too many

And I disagree , the shows that are getting revived more than deserved it imo because they have more to give, we will see about Red Dwarf but, Futurama I definitely didn't want to see go, I know many more that thought the same way about Family Guy when it got the chop, Harry and Paul was better than a lot of sketch show comedies around today when it was revived and was always meant to be temporary, then Shooting Stars still does the trick despite looking a bit ropey when compared to Celebrity Juice.

There's been 'specials' but I don't think you can call them a reboot, it's also always been pretty common practice to invite the writers and actors to do a 1 off special for a particular event like and it's nothing new. Hooligan Island will technically be a brand new series.

This is all that I can think of off the top of me head, but the incomplete list of new Brit comedies over the last 5 years swamps this list of 3 (at most?) revived shows over it's history

^^ I think that last statement is actually a bit too bold to be true

edit: TOP GEAR !, which came back infinitely more successful than before it was killed

DTS wrote:I didn't say The Simpsons copied The Flintstones I said it was inspired by it

Aye I got ya, just wasn't sure if that was a point you was trying to make , I didn't know the Flintstones fact though so cheers . With Futurama, thought Comedy Central ? taking over helped breathe some new life into it ?, got more than enough love for that series though and was gutted when it got the chop, I'm gonna be having a dig about for that other show that you say is better n all, not heard of it

seremtan wrote:russell howard = wanky, laddish stand-up, not a patch on stewart lee

Agreed, although I've been to see both (a friend bought Russell Howard tickets).

Anyway, apparently Comedy Vehicle series 3 won't be screened till 2014 - gutting - but he's got a DVD coming in November, which - if it lives up to "41st Best Stand Up" or "If You Prefer a Milder Comedian" - should be great.
Richard Herring's pretty prolific in a more low-key way as well though; he's worth checking out on iTunes for his Edinburgh Fringe / Leicester Square podcasts. He puts out those podcasts for free so I thought it only fair to buy a couple of his DVDs since I enjoy his stuff.

Oh yeah, Histor's Eye on YouTube too, brilliant for the pathetic egg/bird puns that one of the puppets tries to crowbar into every thing he says

Fresh Meat was a decent new addition to british TV comedy fare - written by the same guys that did peep show. One series so far I think, which was very enjoyable, looking forward to the next one.