Game on - UK comedy

[lightbeing]

Anyone here used to watch this, Samantha Janus was in it.
With Tins monkey thread, got me thinking about game on. Classic quote from the program, 'jisum monkeys'!LOL:D Another episode, Double Hard Bastards & Girly Shirt-Lifting Tosspieces!!LOL:D Classic, very funny:D

[guyblokeman]

Dude, you forgot about the skunk pussies and ginger tossers!

Game on fuckin ruled!!!

Im glad to see a fellow appreciator!

Which was the best Mat though?........

[lookfar]

Ahhh I loved Game On, it was brilliant!!:D:D I actually did a bit of remeniscing recently on tv-links.co.uk & watched a few episodes again, hehe!!:cool:

[brett]

I preferred The Blackadder Series.

Particulary Blackadder The Third!!

Now THAT was Good British Comedy....

[lightbeing]

Dude, you forgot about the skunk pussies and ginger tossers!

Game on fuckin ruled!!!

Im glad to see a fellow appreciator!

Which was the best Mat though?........

Yeah, skunk pussies, classic!LOL:D

The best Mat, well they were both good, can't really choose.

[lightbeing]

Ahhh I loved Game On, it was brilliant!!:D:D I actually did a bit of remeniscing recently on tv-links.co.uk & watched a few episodes again, hehe!!:cool:

Hi there lookfar:)

Good one girl, you have good taste!;):)

Just dug out the 3 series box set, well worth getting!:)

This would make a great showing at one of the meetings!:D

[lightbeing]

Some info on the show!:D

Game On
Co-written by future period drama extraordinaire Andrew Davies, this fine pedigree produced a series strong on character and (occasionally coarse) laughs, aimed at twentysomethings.

It is a flat share sitcom: Matthew is a self obsessed agoraphobic of private means, who is an old school friend of naïve and well meaning Martin, who he treats as something of a slave.

Martin's sister's best friend Mandy lives with them: she's a beautiful, ambitious wannabe career woman.

Critics of the show felt that the characters weren't likeable enough, particularly Matthew, who has very few redeeming features, despite Ben Chaplin investing him with a certain charm.

Chaplin left after series one when Hollywood beckoned, and Neil Stuke (who had originally auditioned for the role and only narrowly lost out in the first place) replaced him.

Much of the comedy revolved around sexual issues. The boys get very little action: Matthew because he is slightly unhinged and Martin because he is painfully shy and inexperienced.

Mandy, despite her looks and drive, is deeply insecure and prone to ill-considered dalliances with inappropriate men.

There is a refreshingly defeatist tone about Game On. The characters ultimately fail to prosper because of their own shortcomings and there are no fairy tale endings.

In the final series, Martin discovers his ex-girlfriend has his baby, but she ultimately absconds to Australia and marries someone else.

Mandy gets engaged to her well-off boss, but in the final episode the wedding doesn't take place because he dies.

If you were in your twenties when Game On aired, it was at last a sitcom that was seemingly written with you in mind, where people talked in the way you talked and about things that mattered to you and three series was a pretty decent run for this game effort.

[lookfar]

Hi there lookfar:)

Good one girl, you have good taste!;):)

Just dug out the 3 series box set, well worth getting!:)

This would make a great showing at one of the meetings!:D

Hey LB :)

Ah thank you!!

OMG not the 3 series box set, hehe!! I managed to watch a couple of espisodes online, but not sure I could handle that much in one go... you must be a BIG fan eh, LOL??!!;):D

[lightbeing]

Hey LB :)

Ah thank you!!

OMG not the 3 series box set, hehe!! I managed to watch a couple of espisodes online, but not sure I could handle that much in one go... you must be a BIG fan eh, LOL??!!;):D

Sure am, just my sort of humour!LOL;):D I remember talking like that back in the 90s!:D
Like the write up says, it was written with 20 somethings in mind for the time, but I still think it's hilarious now!:D:D
I'm laughing just thinking about it! "Martin make the Tea"!!:D:D

[qasrose]

I prefer Bottom lol, two flat mates who kick the crap out of each other lol.

[lookfar]

I prefer Bottom lol, two flat mates who kick the crap out of each other lol.

Awww I just loved Bottom, had me in fits for ages!!! They were even better live on stage with Monica the blow-up doll, LMAO!!:D:D

[lightbeing]

I prefer Bottom lol, two flat mates who kick the crap out of each other lol.

Yeah, Bottom was funny as well, loved the fight scenes:D

[qasrose]

I never went to a LIVE always wanted too.. I got Bottom Live 3 on VHS.. :). The best one was what I was watching a few weeks back, Richie and Eddy play chess and use objects from all over the house lmao....

[lookfar]

I never went to a LIVE always wanted too.. I got Bottom Live 3 on VHS.. :). The best one was what I was watching a few weeks back, Richie and Eddy play chess and use objects from all over the house lmao....

Oh that's a shame, they were best by far on stage. The adlibbing & audience interaction was hilarious:D Hehe, I remember that one!! Gonna have to check out some Bottom episodes (http://www.tv-links.co.uk/listings/1/254) again soon...