10 Responses for "Ep 117: Peep Show"

1. markymarc January 29th, 2008 at 8:17 am

   HA! 30 ROCK!

   FINALLY!

   i just thought i was mad and was enjoying it in silence. Wait till you get up to the episode where alec role plays all of tracey jordans family. and anything with jane krakowski. i bought a kenneth tshirt in NY

2. markymarc January 29th, 2008 at 8:18 am

   also HA FIRST POST!

   THE SYDNEY BOXCUTTING FAMILY is nothing if not punctual.

   for some reason the cap-locks key has become my version of TOURetteS

3. MoBo January 29th, 2008 at 8:26 am

   I did find the POV camera a bit off-putting when I first started watching Peep Show, but I got over it pretty quickly, and think it’s quite relevant to the fact there’s a lot of inner monologue. Also you may remember Sophie from such movies as Hot Fuzz. She was also in the episode of The Office playing the reporter from the paper magazine while Brent is told by the motivational speaker people that they don’t want him anymore (I caught up on The Office over Christmas).

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   That’s Numberwang. We’ll see you next week.

4. FulltimeCasual January 29th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

   Good to have you back boys!

   *30 rock, diet arrested development. but still incredibly enjoyable.

   *Peep Show.. yeah, the POV annoys me too, but there are still some killer lines.. perfect hangover television.

   and on behalf of all the geeks who listen, when are you gonna review Battlestar Galactica in full?

   pete.

   (btw, you should really get back into twitter mr cropley, boxcutters has quite the following there. sad, lonely geeks watch a lot of telly. who knew? )

5. Ross January 30th, 2008 at 8:24 am

   Wayne Carey has been sacked by Channel 9.

   It has also been revealled he allegedly smashed a wine glass over his girlfriend’s face before allegedly assualting police in the states last year.

   In the end I guess Nine had little choice.

6. fourthof5 January 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

   Apparently this is the new logo. Now lets see if I can get this to work

   http://aussieidiotbox.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/windowslivewriterabc1newlogonewchannelallocations-24fbp-a11.jpg

7. jimbo January 31st, 2008 at 6:30 am

   I don’t have a problem with Peep Show. It doesn’t annoy me the way it obviously annoys Josh. I just don’t get that much of a laugh out of it.

   However, I have only just discovered The Thick Of It. Anyone know it??

8. Rob Boxcutter January 31st, 2008 at 10:38 pm

   Yes, Jim. The Thick of It is absolutely marvellous stuff, especially the press secretary / spin doctor – his barely contained fury is palpable even before he utters a word. I wish I could swear as colourfully and articulately. I think I’ve only watched five of the six 2005 episodes, and neither of the 2007 “specials”, but I have them all somewhere …

9. Rob Boxcutter January 31st, 2008 at 10:42 pm

   … or was he rather a political advisor in the PM’s office? A real head kicker, anyway.

10. jimbo February 1st, 2008 at 2:10 am

    Yeah, Rob. Malcolm Tucker is the PM’s communications director. And enforcer. And he can swear for Britain! He just absolutely lights up the screen with sheer menace. Diabolical! And the Scottish accent just makes it even funnier.

    He’s very transparently based on Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s absolutely brutal communications chief.

    I’ve seen all six of the original episodes and the first of the specials. Unfortunately, before they shot the specials Chris Langham, who plays the minister, had been convicted of child p rn charges so he clearly wasn’t available.