Egluntyne Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Anyone watch this? I thought it was hysterical. A very promising start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miffy Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 BLAST forgot!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Me too I'm watching Houseife 49 on ITV3 (whilst surfing the net instead of finishing the tidying ) BeckyBoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbag Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I thought it was very funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I thought that it would be terrible and we only watched it because we had been watching Have I Got News For You which was also very funny tonight. It was really funny and a great update of the original. Our DS watched it with us and when it had finished we got out our Reggie Perrin DVD and watched episode 1 of that to compare the two. DS said that he preferred the modern one but they were both really funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 BLAST forgot!!! We did too, however it is repeated tonight - I think about 9.40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 It must be true . I really HAVE lost my sense of humour as I found it abysmal. There is no hope for me anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I didn't think I was interested but it came on after Have I got News For You and I enjoyed it! Will watch again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I liked it - I wasn't sure about watching it but as Egluntine says, it was promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Didn't even know about it . I loved the original - do they still do a clip of a hippo for the MIL ? Off to set the box for tonight . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 It must be true . I really HAVE lost my sense of humour as I found it abysmal. There is no hope for me anymore. I thought it was awful too Kate, but my husband was hooting with laughter. Talking of laughter, I found the canned laughter they used very obtrusive & dated It really distracted from the show, & was surely not needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 It must be true . I really HAVE lost my sense of humour as I found it abysmal. There is no hope for me anymore. I thought it was awful too Kate, but my husband was hooting with laughter. Talking of laughter, I found the canned laughter they used very obtrusive & dated It really distracted from the show, & was surely not needed? I'm glad I'm not the only one. I thought it was dreadful too, nothing like the original - I know they have to update it for modern audiences, but I thought it was very crude which I don't remember the original being. I wish they would just come up with something new rather than trying to regurgitate classics! Each to their own though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I am so glad it wasn't just me. I know my sense of humour has really gone awry lately but I sat there stony faced through the whole episode . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Now I sat stony faced through Have I Got News For You which I thought was very spiteful with odd funny bits - so perhaps it was just a relief to watch the new Reggie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I enjoyed Have I got News apart from one very tasteless joke at the end! I wasn't overly impressed with Reggie Perrin although my OH found it very funny. We both felt that the canned laughter was way too much. I might give it another go next week but I won't be upset if I miss it. I do like Martin Clunes though especially as Doc Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I loved Martin Clunes as Doc Martin and in Men Behaving Badly. Maybe it was the canned laughter which put me off as I hate being "told" when to laugh at what the writers think is funny. We'll probably end up watching it again next week as there is little else on thoug.h. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisP Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I thought it was quite funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I really liked it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Now I sat stony faced through Have I Got News For You which I thought was very spiteful with odd funny bits - so perhaps it was just a relief to watch the new Reggie! I agree....Ian Hislop really had one on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I'm not sure about the new Reggie Perrin as I really liked the original one. I am hoping he will get into his part a bit more and start to be more sarcastic. I didn't like the canned laughter either. Spoils things I find. But saying all that, I did laugh out loud a few times. I was hoping for a mention of the MIL and the hippo. Maybe in another episode. I loved HIGNFY but the MP annoyed me. I think that must be in their job title as a lot of them annoy me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Just remember - from Reggie Perrin I had to say I laughed so much when he started cutting the topiary into a buuny and then the person whose house it was looked out the window! I don't know if I fully qualified to pass judgement though as I didn't see the original series, mum and dad did though and they still like the new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 Anyone else spot the reference to Sunshine Desserts at the beginning of the episode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchens Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I wanted to like it and I like Martin Clunes but there is only one Reggie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Too frightened it will tarnish my memories of the brilliant Mr Rossiter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
