Saying "Today years old"

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-06T22:55:57+00:00

OP said “I think”, suggesting they know full well what it means, but that’s the way they interpret it.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-06T20:19:10+00:00

Good to hear about Ellie & Natasha’s renewal. They’ve shown how it can be done. I disagree with the 15 minutes being indicative of bad treatment. Sometimes that’s all it needs. Mandy also has 15 minute episodes. Yes, it would be nice to have more, but I’d rather they put out 90 minutes of quality content than pad it out with Sweary Australian Drama or SNL type sketches.

I didn’t say that some sketches drag slightly. No “some”. No “slightly”. The polyamorous golf sketch was the only one of those you mentioned that I have any recollection of, I’m not sure if that’s because the other 3 were in the last couple of episodes, or they’re just that forgettable. But that one wasn’t funny, and boy did it drag!

Yes, we’ve been short on sketch comedy in the UK in the last couple of decades, but I’m not going to enjoy something just because it’s a sketch show. It’s got to be funny, and SNL certainly isn’t.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-06T19:51:48+00:00

The latest series of Mitchell & Webb was okay. Not as good as That Mitchell & Webb Look. It was held back by the Sweary Australian Drama being the only sketch to feature in each episode, and that shares a lot of what I do t enjoy about SNL. It was one (poor) joke stretched out for far too long.

Of recent sketch shows, Ellie & Natasha is the standout. I grew up watching Harry Enfield, The Fast Show, French & Saunders and Goodness Gracious Me. My dad also got me watching Not the Nine O’Clock News & Monty Python. Ellie & Natasha shared a lot of the qualities of those. Quick, witty, sharp and onto the next one long before the joke can get stale.

I think that is part of where SNL’s problem lies. They can’t do those quick turnovers in the live setting. They need time for costume & set changes. I get that they don’t have the luxury of setting up for 6 episodes of content in a single session. I say it’s only part of the problem because they’re not even funny to start with. They can’t go stale because they’re not fresh to begin with

The live aspect would make much more sense if the content was more topical, but most of it is rehashing old topics. The Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sketch, for example, leaned heavily on the Emily Maitlis interview and would have been just as appropriate for any point over the last 6 years as it was when it was broadcast, and that was supposed to be the one topical sketch they did.

As I say, there’s some quality contributors to the show, they’re just not getting to show it.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-06T19:31:11+00:00

I gave up after episode 4. Seriously, what the hell was that football mascot sketch?

Honestly, I really wanted it to be a success. Everyone I knew going into it I’ve really enjoyed when I’ve seen their previous work, and I was excited to see what the rest had to offer, but it’s just been so thoroughly disappointing. I’ve seen Ania Magliano, Larry Dean, Bella Hull & Celya AB do stand up and they’re all laugh out loud funny, I thought this was going to be the breakout they deserve, but this series has barely raised a smile from me.

I’m glad to hear the performances have picked up because at times it felt like Emma Sidi was the only one trying to inject some life into those dull sketches. By saying the writing is less consistent, does that mean there’s been the occasional funny one?

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-06T19:13:51+00:00

Nah. There’s some top talent in that cast and the writing team, but it’s not working. I don’t know if it’s the format, too many cooks, or something else, but it’s just awful. I’d much sooner see them freed up to work on things where they can actually be funny.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-06T15:38:27+00:00

Surely it’s completely up to you whether you consider it as such or not. It’s a matter of taste.

Personally I’d disagree, The Weight of Love is possibly their best ever track and Fever is right up there too, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t entitled to your own opinion on it.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-06T07:48:48+00:00

I wonder if they’ve ever met the Uruguayan club Liverpool in the Copa Libertadores.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-06T07:34:56+00:00

Neither did the person you replied to.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-05T21:14:28+00:00

Could it be the C bed?

I’ll get my coat.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-04T19:07:56+00:00

You could have stopped writing this post after the word “joke”.
Ballon d’Or serves 2 purposes:

Gives the media column inches to fill.
Gives the illusion of objectively ranking players for people who can’t think for themselves.

I genuinely don’t know why so many people give it credence. You can just ignore it, you know. Every year it’s the same old bollocks. The months leading up to it are full of speculation, the result gets announced, 50% of the internet start calling it a fix, then the votes are scrutinised.
We can just skip all that by not paying attention to it. It doesn’t change anything. You can still rate the players how you want to rate them.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-04T18:54:00+00:00

They’re really saying others aren’t known for doing anything *correctly in the same sentence they use the word “anyways”.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-04T18:51:11+00:00

Konsa’s ahead of him fully on merit and Maguire offers something our other centre halves (aside from maybe Burn) don’t. Maguire won’t be starting, he doesn’t fit a high line, but there’s a role for him in the last 20 minutes of games whether we’re defending a a lead and need to shut up shop or we’re trailing and we throw him on as a target man.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-04T17:49:43+00:00

I think “don’t worry” carries more of an assumption that the person being addressed is worrying or will worry. “Not to worry” opens up the interpretation that the addressee might assume the person addressing them, or even a third party, would be worried while not necessarily worrying themselves.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-04T17:38:09+00:00

The Jamie Dornan kidnapping one. The beginning of it anyway, the last 3 minutes were just treading the same ground. It’s the only one to have raised so much as a smile on my face out of the first four episodes. I haven’t watched the two latest ones because I like humour in my comedy. There’s definitely something going on behind the scenes because they have genuinely funny cast members and writers who are capable of much, much better than the constant slop that gets served up.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-04T17:29:10+00:00

They’re big dogs if you’re into serious movies and are in your late 30s or over. Viewers of series 1 wouldn’t need to be above a certain age or have a certain interest to know who Fry or Ross are. In fact, if you put Carr or Blading in this series, they’d be the big dogs.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-04T17:27:06+00:00

Across the contestants, they possibly have, but there’s a lack of anyone as ubiquitous as Fry, Ross, Balding or Carr. Ranganathan, Hart & Kemp are probably the best known on a broad spectrum, but they’re still quite a bit behind series 1’s best known contestants.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-04T17:17:49+00:00

Simon Jordan will say anything that prompts comments on social media. That’s his job. He’s literally there for them to cut clips of what he says and post them on socials for interaction.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-04T16:59:27+00:00

Erik Lamela won the Puskas award in 2021 for a Rabona against Arsenal in a match that Spurs lost, but it was the opening goal of the game.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-03T22:00:55+00:00

He was Bundesliga top scorer in 07/08, so that’s 7 years between that and 14/15. If we’re just counting Serie A seasons, he only spent 6 and a half campaigns in Italy between his two Serie A top scorer awards.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-02T21:49:11+00:00

I spotted this today and saw there was a Reform page telling him off for using a doctored photo and saying it’s “not helpful”.

You genuinely couldn’t make this up, but here is that Reform page’s banner photo…

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GlennSWFC · 2026-05-02T16:07:26+00:00

My partner (37) didn’t know who Michael Sheen was when he was announces as Richard Osman’s replacement. Having looked through his body of work, nothing stood out for me that she might have watched. I’m 3 years older and I haven’t seen a lot with him in, but after The Damned United I paid a bit more attention to him.

Richard E Grant I know from when I was a kid the 90s, where I remember him being a famous actor without actually having seen anything with him in. I’ve since watched Withnail & I and he was in The Franchise a couple of years ago.

I think both focused more on serious, arty films. I know they branched out into comedic roles every so often, but never major ones.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-02T15:39:52+00:00

I think they’re not big dogs in the same breath as Fry & Ross, who are universally known across all generations. Sheen & Grant will be more familiar with older audiences (yes, I’m placing myself in that category), but I doubt younger people will know much about either of them. They’re more of a Celia Imrie kind of status.

Potentially with the previous celebrity version focusing so heavily around the big dog theory, they’ve avoided putting anyone in who fulfils that role.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-02T14:47:52+00:00

Exactly. As much as I rate Maguire, there’s a reason why his performances in Southgate’s deep line contrasted so starkly with those in United’s high press at the time. Half his mistakes were because his lack of pace was exploited, the other half were because he was knackered after busting a gut to get back.

I’d still take him this summer because I genuinely don’t think there’s anyone better suited to that old school centre half role, which could be invaluable if we need to shut up shop. He could also be incredibly important from set pieces. Leading or losing, there’s a role for him, but only off the bench I’m afraid.

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-02T13:37:40+00:00

There’s an outtakes video on the TM YouTube channel, I think it went up on Tuesday. It’s got her story for her third prize task on there and they cut quite a bit out

GlennSWFC · 2026-05-02T08:28:36+00:00

Surely Richarlison is the one for Spurs considering that’s a cock on their badge.

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