The Medium is Not Enough TV blog: Microfeed for "Review: The Peter Serafinowicz Show 1.1" http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2007/10/review_the_peter_serafinowicz.php Comments for the entry "Review: The Peter Serafinowicz Show 1.1" en-us Movable Type v4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:34:25 +00:00 Comment from AnnaWaits Hmm, you're a lot kinder to it than I have been. As you say, a lot of it was pure weird, and not even in a good way. I was pretty disappointed to be honest - Serafinowicz is a great performer but he was really let down by the writing.

]]> 3571@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c22360 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:34:25 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob I'm benevolent, me. Plus that lawyer sketch garnered a lot of good will from me that covered the humour deficiency in things like the Sherlock Holmes sketch.

I'm a firm believer in Jerry Sadowitz's 'humour tax' principle: the unfunny stuff is a tax you have to pay to enjoy the funny stuff. This was more mid-80s taxation levels rather than 1970s (v bad) or c.1996 (v good) levels, which I think is acceptable to the majority of hard-working British families.

]]> 3571@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c22361 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:39:43 +00:00 Comment from Mark H Wilkinson I tried watching this, despite my concern about some preview clips (including one on Caine's Masterclass, which I remember). After a while, my hand, of its own volition, activated the remote to seek out a recorded episode of Robot Chicken.

I also tried the first episode of The Sarah Silverman Program last night. This time, my hand led me to Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends on the Cartoon Network.

On the whole, my hand seems to think animation is more suitable for an adult's enjoyment than unfunny oddities from people who are old enough to know better.

I'm inclined to agree.

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