Just Taking Another Sip Of My 'Water'.
May. 19th, 2010 10:27 amHere is the second episode of Charlie Brooker's Radio 4 panel show, So Wrong It's Right, on iPlayer! The panel are Lee Mack, Josie Long and Tom Basden, and it literally made me laugh until I cried. You may be able to listen to it if you're outside the UK, as I think radio on iPlayer isn't as restricted as television; can anyone confirm?
I've been seeing a fair bit of vitriol about Victoria Coren on the Internet, and it's annoying me. I'm sure it's possible for her not to be to one's tastes, but I genuinely believe that she is intelligent and witty and that much of the dislike of her is spawned from pure sexism. I hope I'm wrong, but I suspect people are thinking 'oh, she's the token panel show woman, she won't be any good', and so fail to appreciate her because they're already determined to be disappointed. I think women in comedy are generally judged far more harshly than men.
Anyway, I had the pleasure of seeing Ms Coren in person yesterday, because![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
causethesounds, chocolatepeach, anewcitylife and I went to see Heresy being recorded! If, like me, you've never heard Heresy before: it's a Radio 4 panel show in which the panel argue against commonly-held opinions. The host is the lovely Victoria Coren; the panel on this occasion were David Schneider, David Mitchell and a man who was not called David and therefore unimportant. He will not be mentioned again.*
The recording was extremely short (under an hour! For comparison: Would I Lie To You? recordings take about three hours to ultimately produce an episode of the same length), so this won't be a very long report, but here's what I can remember.
( Heresy recording, 18th May 2010. )
Whilst waiting for the venue doors to open, we decided that Charlie Brooker should record Mills & Boon audiobooks. In incredibly sarcastic tones. With mock-wanking noises.
It would be a delight.
(Oh, and Team Too Many Recordings brought tiny cakes to congratulate me on meeting my deadline! ♥! (Victoria sponges, appropriately enough.))
* Nothing against the man; I just genuinely can't remember anything he said.
I've been seeing a fair bit of vitriol about Victoria Coren on the Internet, and it's annoying me. I'm sure it's possible for her not to be to one's tastes, but I genuinely believe that she is intelligent and witty and that much of the dislike of her is spawned from pure sexism. I hope I'm wrong, but I suspect people are thinking 'oh, she's the token panel show woman, she won't be any good', and so fail to appreciate her because they're already determined to be disappointed. I think women in comedy are generally judged far more harshly than men.
Anyway, I had the pleasure of seeing Ms Coren in person yesterday, because
causethesounds, chocolatepeach, anewcitylife and I went to see Heresy being recorded! If, like me, you've never heard Heresy before: it's a Radio 4 panel show in which the panel argue against commonly-held opinions. The host is the lovely Victoria Coren; the panel on this occasion were David Schneider, David Mitchell and a man who was not called David and therefore unimportant. He will not be mentioned again.*The recording was extremely short (under an hour! For comparison: Would I Lie To You? recordings take about three hours to ultimately produce an episode of the same length), so this won't be a very long report, but here's what I can remember.
( Heresy recording, 18th May 2010. )
Whilst waiting for the venue doors to open, we decided that Charlie Brooker should record Mills & Boon audiobooks. In incredibly sarcastic tones. With mock-wanking noises.
It would be a delight.
(Oh, and Team Too Many Recordings brought tiny cakes to congratulate me on meeting my deadline! ♥! (Victoria sponges, appropriately enough.))
* Nothing against the man; I just genuinely can't remember anything he said.
