Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

[the anti-lfj]

That was really terrible. Stick to just writing the words eh Charlie.

[pretentious_helvetica]

Heads up...

Repeated at 12.30am

*phew*

[AnimeExpert2003]

Shame this is on at the same time as America's Next Top Model.

Oh Hell no!

[biglime]

Probably the best episode there's been so far.

For a low-budget show, it looks so slick.

[pretentious_helvetica]

Brilliant stuff - loved his dissection of CBB and the fact that next week he gets to explain why videogames are much, much better than television. That psychic programme looks horrific.

edit - I wonder if Rab will appear next week seeming that Brooker's appeared on Videogaiden..

[cassidy]

did we all note the wiimote and nunchuck in pride of place on his coffee table. Replacing the 360 pad of old

I'll just add I love Charlie Brooker and not just because he loves Dr Who.

[Bluejam]

That was really terrible. Stick to just writing the words eh Charlie.

No.

It was brilliant

[Laine]

Well trained.

Not trained well enough to stop leaving himself signed in, obviously.

[the anti-lfj]

No.

It was brilliant

Oh yeah you're completely right! How stupid of me not to realise!

[So. Angry.]

Oh yeah you're completely right! How stupid of me not to realise!

Good. Now you've admitted your mistake you can leave us all to our Brooker love-in.

Is the BSG Baltar/Six pastiche up on youtube yet? If not, why not?

[The Liberal Elite]

That was really terrible. Stick to just writing the words eh Charlie.

How come you didn't like it, out of interest?

Thought it was very good indeed. If he doesn't watch himself though, he'll be growing dreadlocks and introducing tape winds between segments though, before too long.

[the anti-lfj]

If he doesn't watch himself though, he'll be growing dreadlocks and introducing tape winds between segments though, before too long.

That was why.

[Popo]

Hey, I wonder if Rab and Ryan are on next week's show, seeing as he was on their show previously?

[K]

That was why.

It's weird how closely Charlie Brooker copies VLS in some places but not in others – the 'Magic Noose' bit last night was very much in his style, and he occasionally slips into what sounds like a full-on impersonation. He must be aware that he's doing it. Chris Morris copied VLS exactly in his early work, before he moved onto a style of his own, and it's surprising that someone who's already developed as distinctive a voice as Brooker would still be occasionally slipping into someone elses.

[JPickford (retired mod)]

Maybe he'll pop up and tell us?

[Sideshow]

I could have done without hearing another 10 minute diatribe about big brother, or the Denis Leary impersonator, or the animation which was too long and unfunny. The BSG bit was great though, and I really want to see that psychic detective thing.

Forget the VLS comparisons, who these guys really want to be is Clive James.

[Popo]

VLS?

[So. Angry.]

VLS?

"Victor Lewis Smith?"

"Never heard of him."

[K]

Victor Lewis-Smith. Pioneering radio comedy bloke, who greatly influenced the young Chris Morris. He did some patchy but often brilliant TV as well, like TV Offal and Inside Victor Lewis-Smith. He used to write the TV column for the Evening Standard, but I'm not sure if he still does.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_lewis-smith

[JoeK]

I could have done without hearing another 10 minute diatribe about big brother, or the Denis Leary impersonator, or the animation which was too long and unfunny. The BSG bit was great though, and I really want to see that psychic detective thing.

Forget the VLS comparisons, who these guys really want to be is Clive James.

Actually, I found the BB bit quite good, as I didn't care to watch any of the programme itself when it was on.

I like the show enormously though - great fun.

[Smitty]

I don't think Brooker's copying VLS, personally.

There both very different whilst being a little similiar because of the area they're working in and, perhaps, a shared sense of humour.

That, however, is not copying. I think Brooker is excellent and completely his own man.

Oh, and can I add that VLS also did a programme called ''Ads Infinitum'' which was jaw-achingly good. There are a few clips up on youtube.

And, of course, TV Offal was brilliant.

[K]

There were parts of last night's programme where Brooker's delivery was exactly like VLS'. The whole programme is more-or-less in VLS' style. That isn't a bad thing because it's a show taking the piss out of bad TV - by definition it's going to have similarities with, say, TV Offal. Brooker's style is distinctive enough to make the show his own, but there are bits where he inexplicably goes from taking influences from VLS to copying him exactly – these are obvious enough that they could be construed as deliberate references, but it's still a bit odd.

[Smitty]

There were parts of last night's programme where Brooker's delivery was exactly like VLS'.

I shall investigate.

Not that I think that really be of any significance, anyway. But hey.

[ngchol]

It's weird how closely Charlie Brooker copies VLS in some places but not in others – the 'Magic Noose' bit last night was very much in his style, and he occasionally slips into what sounds like a full-on impersonation. He must be aware that he's doing it. Chris Morris copied VLS exactly in his early work, before he moved onto a style of his own, and it's surprising that someone who's already developed as distinctive a voice as Brooker would still be occasionally slipping into someone elses.

Didn't he do a sketch in his Xmas round-up programme where he met some guy in a multi-storey car park to talk about those BBC blooper reels from the 70s, where his contact mentions VLS and Charlie interrupts before he's finished saying the name, "Nah. Never heard of him". It made me LOL, anyway.

[Popo]

Didn't he do a sketch in his Xmas round-up programme where he met some guy in a multi-storey car park to talk about those BBC blooper reels from the 70s, where his contact mentions VLS and Charlie interrupts before he's finished saying the name, "Nah. Never heard of him". It made me LOL, anyway.

"Victor Lewis Smith?"

"Never heard of him."

[Robbo]

Didn't he come back with "He's like a rich man's you." ?

[evilwallpaper]

yea

"yea but then Victor Lewis Smith"

"who?"

"Victor Lewis Smith, he's sort of like a rich mans you"

"right"

"he put the rainbow sketch into one of his excellent TV offal shows on channel 4 a few years back and it permeated into popular folk law as a result"

"never saw it"

"what never ?"

"nope"

"you liked it"

"can we move on?"

[Vimster]

It was the description of the 'celebs' in CBB not getting into the VIP area of Gregg's that made me laugh the most.

[JPickford (retired mod)]

yea

"yea but then Victor Lewis Smith"

"who?"

"Victor Lewis Smith, he's sort of like a rich mans you"

"right"

"he put the rainbow sketch into one of his excellent TV offal shows on channel 4 a few years back and it permeated into popular folk law as a result"

"never saw it"

"what never ?"

"nope"

"you liked it"

"can we move on?"

Hmm. Not bad but it's no Parrot Sketch.

[the_buddha_of_gaming]

Brooker earns extra points for using a piece from The Fountain soundtrack.