The League of Gentlemen.. New Episodes

Rabs

Starts next Monday and is on Tuesday and Wednesday too (only a three episode special) on BBC 2

cpcompany

Keeping my expectations low. The third series was terrible and I didn't bother with the fillum. Hopefully it will be as good as series 1 or 2.

xwaspfan

Looking forward to it...like you say I hope they haven't broken it.....if so there's always the safe word.....juliet bravo

axisus

Meh. Series 1 brilliant, series 2 brilliant, series 3 terrible and unfunny. Film so bad that I gave up about 15 mins in and never went back. Wouldn't hold my breath. 

lustycourtier

cpcompany said:

Keeping my expectations low. The third series was terrible and I didn't bother with the fillum. Hopefully it will be as good as series 1 or 2.

Series 3 was great and the film was a fantastic concept on the idea. I’d give it another go if I were you 

Philly_Q

I've forgotten whether I liked series 3 or not, I only remember the style was a bit different.  I liked the film.  I'll be treating the new episodes with caution.

hywelg

axisus said:7

Meh. Series 1 brilliant, series 2 brilliant, series 3 terrible and unfunny. Film so bad that I gave up about 15 mins in and never went back. Wouldn't hold my breath. 

You're forgetting the radio series on R4 prior to the TV series. Just like Hitchhikers Guide the pictures were better on the radio.

CHRISB50

I'm quite looking forward to it.

The live show was one of the funniest evenings of my life.

Guitar_Slinger

Will be worth watching just for Mickey Love, IMHO.

Musicman20

Series 3 was very cleverly put together IMO. I don't think they 'overdid' LOG....thankfully. In the USA it would have 18 seasons by now.

Some of the best UK comedy in years. For me it is up there with Young Ones and Phoenix Nights.

cj73

 A timely thread.  I was off work yesterday with the lurgy and couldn't settle on anything I wanted to watch from my death couch.  I'll admit to never watching an episode of League but really enjoyed Inside number 9....so....a quick sky catch up search for LOG later and I'm watching it from the start.  Got 3 episodes in and gave up. Loved the humour, loved the characters hated the laugh track.  I know what I find funny, I don't need to be told.  

I await the old man shouts at cloud, first world problem responses.

Sassafras

First series was exceptional but like most comedy shows it slowly ran out of steam.

Guitar_Slinger

First series was a long time ago (the bloke who played Little Don fom the roundabout zoo died in 2003). Watching it now for the first time would probably be like watching On The Buses when everyone else was watching the Young Ones.

WezV

I really enjoyed 3.

just think how many TV series now take the same approach to storytelling.  It probably seems dated now because so many do it

axisus

WezV said:

I really enjoyed 3.

I found it incredibly slow and dull after the quickfire of S1 and S2. I seem to recall one episode was a guy jerking off blokes in a massage parlour. It was excruciatingly uncomfortable to watch with family. 

lustycourtier

Just caught first episode. Fantastic. 

Iamnobody

lustycourtier said:

Just caught first episode. Fantastic. 

Agreed. 

Deadman

First 60 seconds were particularly hilarious. Or is that hilHAIRious?

thermionic

Just when you thought it was bad enough, they ramp it up a notch with “Key under the mat?”

Very good, I like the way they’ve let the characters develop in the time they’ve been away.

MagicPigDetective

Legz akimbo- I’m still laughing  
The bingo sketch was genius. 

Heartfeltdawn

Am recording them all simply so I have a LoG orgy in January when the kids go back to school.