Black Books - Wed 9pm ABC

[bigguns]

Checked out Black Books the other night - arguably the stupidest show I've ever seen, but piss your pants funny at the same time.

ABC have continued with an excellent Weds comedy lineup with the Practical Guide to Parenting at 830 (I think that's what its called).

 

[BomberGal]

Stupid? It's very clever!

One of my favourite shows. Probably won't watch unless I've got nothing else to do though, I've seen them all many many times

 

[placebo]

Great Show.

 

[NICK THE PIE MAN]

Great show! Dylan Moran is my hero.

Had the complete series on DVD for about a year and always good for a laugh.

 

[clogwearer]

At its best, one of the funnest shows I've ever seen.

 

[bigguns]

Stupid as in silly humour - haha stupid, not pathetically stupid. I'm hooked!!

 

[mad-saint-guy]

Brilliant show. I've got the complete box set and absolutely love it.

It is a bit of a shame they only made three seasons, but at least it never went stale.

 

[Mobbs]

Can anyone remember Bernard Black's response when someone suggested it was Friday? Something like "and next week it'll be Friday, and the week after that, and then the whole horrible process will just keep going on and on until after we're dead..."

Love Black Books.

 

[Isandula]

Absolutely love this show, one of the best seen it all so many times

Yeah pity about only 3 seasons but that meant it never went off, keep its funniest.

 

[treeman]

Very funny! Gotta love Bernard and Many!
My favourite episode is when they write the children's book!

-Ben

 

[Warwick]

"Enjoy. It's dreadful, but quite short".

"You know what you are? You're a beard with an idiot hanging off it".

Manny: There's a girl.
Bernard: A what? You know I don't approve of you seeing other girls- people. Who is she?
Manny: Roweena, a friend of Anne's. I met her once and was hoping to meet her again.
Bernard: Oh, I see.
[Mockingly]
Bernard: Roweena! Roweeeeena! And what am I supposed to do while you're doing the underpants charleston with this insane, blind tart?
Manny: Why are you getting so angry?
Bernard: I can't help being angry when I'm furious! So, before you go off to raise your bearded freak circus, what's she like?
Manny: She's nice.
Bernard: She's nice, she- dont make me sick into my own scorn. What are her prospects? Does she play the viola? Does she embroider? Is she kind to the servants?
Manny: I don't know. All I know is I like her and there's a good chance that she likes me.
Bernard: [Later] Well, we're going to this party because I'm trying to picture this girl who likes you and all I can see is you in a dress.

Bernard: It's all rubbish! Nobody is prepared to admit that wine doesn't have a taste.
Manny: Of course you can't taste anything, you smoke eighty bajillion cigarettes a day. What's that you're eating?
Bernard: It's some sort of delicious biscuit.
Manny: It's a coaster.

Very funny! Gotta love Bernard and Many!
My favourite episode is when they write the children's book!

-Ben

Haha.

Hillarious.

Manny: (about Bernard's "children's" story) I just have two teeny-weeny suggestions for changes.
Bernard: Which are?
Manny: Well... instead of... the er, academic and the journalist and the daughter. Erm, perhaps it could be about an... elephant?
Bernard: An elephant?
Manny: That's right.
Bernard: I see. (pause). What's your other suggestion?
Manny: Well, instead of the Stalinist purges and the divorce and the investigation, erm, it could be about... losing a balloon

 

[BomberGal]

Bernard: Roweena! Roweeeeena!

Roweeeeeeeena!

The outtakes for this scene are classic.

 

[Johnny_Segment]

If you enjoy Black Books try out "The IT Crowd". Very much the same type of humour plus excellent cameos by Noel Fielding.

 

[placebo]

If you enjoy Black Books try out "The IT Crowd". Very much the same type of humour plus excellent cameos by Noel Fielding.

Yep.
The IT crowd is great.

 

[yirra_kurl]

not sure on the IT crowd, dont find it AS amusing.

Black books is rather funny though, tough one to beat.

BERNARD "look at these people, what do they want"

MANNY "well they want to buy books"

BERNARD "yes but why me, why do they come to meee"

MANNY "well you own a book shop"

 

[Calcium Man]

Absolutely love this show.

Bernard: Of course space is hot, where do you think pineapples come from

The best episode is with Simon Pegg, when Manny goes to work in the book shop next door.

 

[Ball Hog]

*BUMP*

Just wanted to say i am a huge fan of this show. The 3rd episode of the first season "Grapes of Wrath" is one of the funniest episodes on any TV show i have ever watched i think. Some episodes i thought were rather poor but some where absolutely hilarious. Thought it didn't finish too strong which was a bit of a shame but plenty of funny episodes in there. The 'elephant and the hen' where Bernard and Manny write and then burn the childrens book is hilarious and the one with Simon Pegg and Goliath books is fantastic as well.

At the moment, its on on ABC 2 on Tuesday nights.

*Hopefully some other fans turn up after this bump.*

 

[lewigie]

I'm a prostitute robot from the future!

 

[docker_champ29]

Dylan Moran is the only good part of the show imo. I find it hard to find the other characters funny when they're such bad actors. I realy enjoyed the episode or 2 that Simon Pegg was on it.

 

[cats2rise]

Grapes of Wrath and the ep about the childrens book are the best. Also like the one where Manny finds out he can play the piano

I have the box set and love it. Disagree with you there, docker champ29. Manny is a pretty good character and the acting gets better.

Has anyone seen any live stand up shows from those two? I'd be interested to go.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Grapes of Wrath and the ep about the childrens book are the best. Also like the one where Manny finds out he can play the piano

That one is my favourite, with the blind piano teacher, and him hiding in the grand piano playing it with a couple of spoons

Has anyone seen any live stand up shows from those two? I'd be interested to go.

Yes, I have Dylan's live stand up show called Monster, it's not bad. He made it just after they finished with Black Books, so it was at the height of his popularity.

 

[Mobbs]

There was an old stand-up segment of Moran's I found once. Can't remember where, maybe youtube, I dunno. He was way younger and it was like a uni pub crowd. He started very very slowly, nervous, or just poor delivery, but within the same set he turned it up later and imo the latter part of that set was as funny as anything of his I'd seen.

 

[placebo]

Has anyone seen any live stand up shows from those two? I'd be interested to go.

Saw Moran live when he came to Perth a couple of years ago. Very, very funny guy. Was a really good show.

 

[dajesmac]

Anything goes?

NO NOT ANYTHING GOES I SAID NO RULES!

 

[smiddaz123]

'Ah, skinheads! Perfect!'