The Thick of It

Does anyone watch this? I've only just started watching it, it's pretty much the best thing on television at the moment.

I watched the first six episodes from a DVD and although they were undeniably funny, it's a bit weird watching Chris Langham after the whole child porn thing. The Specials and new series don't have him in though and are still just as funny, Saturday's episode was amazing, really looking forward to the conclusion this weekend. I think my favourite bit in the whole thing is actually a deleted scene from the specials where some guy just gets annihilated on newsnight and then goes to a bar where the following exchange occurs:

Ben Swain (just after his screw up on Newsnight): Can I get you two fellas a drink?
Malcolm Tucker: I'll have an orange juice, yeah, please.
Jamie: Oh, I'll have a pint of f*ck right off and die, you miserable fu*king tosser. Do they do that in here?

Langham's character was only ever incidental to the programme anyway, so he's not a huge loss.

It's a brilliant programme.

Shoeshine wrote:Langham's character was only ever incidental to the programme anyway, so he's not a huge loss.

It's a brilliant programme.

Yeah, on the one hand I can't believe I've missed out on it this long but on the other hand it's given me a chance to watch a few hours of comedy gold. I reckon that Tucker will end up working for the opposition and they get in power and by doing that he finds some way to f*ck over Fleming and Julius.

Get hold of In The Loop, vilks - it's basically The Thick of It: The Movie, but with a few different characters (yet, oddly, featuring the awesome Tucker and bimbling Olly, although he's not called Olly, but he patently is Olly).

Tony Soprano going up against Malcolm Tucker - that's all kinds of win.

Dello wrote:Get hold of In The Loop, vilks - it's basically The Thick of It: The Movie, but with a few different characters (yet, oddly, featuring the awesome Tucker and bimbling Olly, although he's not called Olly, but he patently is Olly).

Tony Soprano going up against Malcolm Tucker - that's all kinds of win.

I will do so in due haste, cheers for the heads up.

Dello wrote:Get hold of In The Loop, vilks - it's basically The Thick of It: The Movie, but with a few different characters (yet, oddly, featuring the awesome Tucker and bimbling Olly, although he's not called Olly, but he patently is Olly).

Tony Soprano going up against Malcolm Tucker - that's all kinds of win.

Love it.

And my favourite TTOI line: "You just took a shit with your clothes on, Olly."