Comments on: "Look Around You" comes to US cable this week http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: sazzamook http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-378122 sazzamook Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378122 The Mighty Boosh = highly over-rated :) The Mighty Boosh = highly over-rated :)

]]> By: Dean http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377927 Dean Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377927 Oh. My. God. Yes. Oh.
My.
God.
Yes.

]]> By: sheamcf http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377421 sheamcf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377421 Maybe this will fill my Wonder Showzen void Maybe this will fill my Wonder Showzen void

]]> By: stumo http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-378201 stumo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378201 I bought a DVD of this for my brother when he was studying for his A levels (pre-uni exams). He wasn't quite sure what to make of it for the first 5 minutes, then he realised that it must be a spoof. Get someone to watch it and tell them it's real... I bought a DVD of this for my brother when he was studying for his A levels (pre-uni exams). He wasn’t quite sure what to make of it for the first 5 minutes, then he realised that it must be a spoof.

Get someone to watch it and tell them it’s real…

]]> By: Lemon http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377693 Lemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377693 Series one with the 10 minute episodes is great. Series two with the 30 minute episodes less so. But it might just be me. Series one with the 10 minute episodes is great. Series two with the 30 minute episodes less so. But it might just be me.

]]> By: wormbaby http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377467 wormbaby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377467 I loved this when it was on BBC America. Now how much longer must I wait for the Mighty Boosh? I loved this when it was on BBC America. Now how much longer must I wait for the Mighty Boosh?

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377469 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377469 adult swim has really been kicking some serial ass lately, what with 'Metalacalypse', 'the Drinky Crow Show', 'ATHF', 'robot chicken'. 'Frisky Dingo', '12 oz. Mouse' and 'Squidbillies'! some of the only watchable stuff on teevee these days. looking forward to checking out 'Look Around You'. adult swim has really been kicking some serial ass lately, what with ‘Metalacalypse’, ‘the Drinky Crow Show’, ‘ATHF’, ‘robot chicken’. ‘Frisky Dingo’, ’12 oz. Mouse’ and ‘Squidbillies’! some of the only watchable stuff on teevee these days. looking forward to checking out ‘Look Around You’.

]]> By: tomston http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377730 tomston Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377730 Also contains lots of cameos from Edgar Wright - the director of Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Not sure if he directed this too, but it stands a fair chance, I guess. Also contains lots of cameos from Edgar Wright – the director of Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Not sure if he directed this too, but it stands a fair chance, I guess.

]]> By: silly bobs http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377742 silly bobs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377742 @8 +1 on series one being good, 2 left me "meh" with the more personality/presenter based shizzle, was more like some sort o' sketch show. 1 is the mutant child of all the 16mm educational films you were shown as a kid. but it aint no wondershowzen..... @8

+1 on series one being good, 2 left me “meh” with the more personality/presenter based shizzle, was more like some sort o’ sketch show. 1 is the mutant child of all the 16mm educational films you were shown as a kid.

but it aint no wondershowzen…..

]]> By: 13strong http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377491 13strong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377491 "The opposite of the brain is probably the bum..." Awesome. “The opposite of the brain is probably the bum…”

Awesome.

]]> By: karengeier http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-378282 karengeier Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378282 season one was a cavalcade of awesome, but season two is a bit lacking, as they changed the format greatly. still, look around you is amazing. season one was a cavalcade of awesome, but season two is a bit lacking, as they changed the format greatly. still, look around you is amazing.

]]> By: Steaming Pile http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377531 Steaming Pile Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377531 Number one...the larch. The...larch. Number one…the larch. The…larch.

]]> By: greyface http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-378313 greyface Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378313 Thanks, Robert Popper. Thopper. Thanks, Robert Popper.

Thopper.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-378070 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378070 Peter Serafinowicz! http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/cd2462fae2/peter-serafinowicz-50-impressions-2-mins-from-peter-serafinowicz-dawsonbros-and-al_campbell Peter Serafinowicz!

http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/cd2462fae2/peter-serafinowicz-50-impressions-2-mins-from-peter-serafinowicz-dawsonbros-and-al_campbell

]]> By: Droogy http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-378838 Droogy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378838 I one espisode a while ago on Adult Swim - it was a wonderful surprise. A reason to watch Adult Swim again! I one espisode a while ago on Adult Swim – it was a wonderful surprise. A reason to watch Adult Swim again!

]]> By: Todd Sieling http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-378333 Todd Sieling Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378333 @SHEAMCF Wonder Showzen carves out a hole in your soul that nothing else will ever fill, but Look Around You does well in its own right. I found it a lot like old SCTV, where I wouldn't often laugh when watching it, but did uncontrollably when thinking about the sketches later. Beautiful stuff. @SHEAMCF

Wonder Showzen carves out a hole in your soul that nothing else will ever fill, but Look Around You does well in its own right. I found it a lot like old SCTV, where I wouldn’t often laugh when watching it, but did uncontrollably when thinking about the sketches later. Beautiful stuff.

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377822 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377822 Wondershowzen's puppet sex got old quick, but there was some true brilliance in that show. Brain Busters Brain Busters BRAIN BUSTERS! Wondershowzen’s puppet sex got old quick, but there was some true brilliance in that show.

Brain Busters Brain Busters BRAIN BUSTERS!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377585 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377585 Thanks ants. <em>Thants</em>. Thanks ants. Thants.

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377845 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377845 omg this is a dream come true omg this is a dream come true

]]> By: se7a7n7 http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-377592 se7a7n7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377592 HUGE LOL at the scientist firing a pistol into a trashcan. HUGE LOL at the scientist firing a pistol into a trashcan.

]]> By: chezzo http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/look-around-you-come.html#comment-378107 chezzo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378107 "We're passing an alternating direct current through some iron. We're using ACDC because iron is a heavy metal." "The scientist cracks open the egg. Watch out for the new albumen... it's out now!" "What is water? That's a very tricky question to answer because nobody really knows. You might as well ask, what are birds? What *are* birds? We just don't know." Yeah I agree, Series 1 is much better than 2 - 1 is a spoof of school science programs, 2 is a spoof of Tomorrow's World type shows. “We’re passing an alternating direct current through some iron. We’re using ACDC because iron is a heavy metal.”

“The scientist cracks open the egg. Watch out for the new albumen… it’s out now!”

“What is water? That’s a very tricky question to answer because nobody really knows. You might as well ask, what are birds? What *are* birds? We just don’t know.”

Yeah I agree, Series 1 is much better than 2 – 1 is a spoof of school science programs, 2 is a spoof of Tomorrow’s World type shows.

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