Okay, I don't know what to say other than if you don't find yourself
laughing at this you either: 1. aren't intelligent enough to understand
it - or - 2. are WAY too uptight (like many of the people shown)! Dom
Jolly's Trigger Happy TV is nothing short of comic genius. I'd like to
meet the man personally just to shake his hand! Yes, there are recurring
characters, but none of the jokes are exactly the same (which some
people don't seem to catch on to - they see the same character and
instantly think "he's doing the same thing, this is repatative, and
since I have the attention spam of a 2-year-old, I'm going to write him
off and say this isn't funny because I'm not intelligent enough to pay
attention and see what actually happens!").
Trigger Happy TV is NOTHING LIKE Jackass. Jackass is idiots hurting
themselves and others or just generally disturbing the peace and risking
getting their asses kicked if they haven't already kicked each others'.
Trigger Happy TV is cleverly planned out sketches that rely entirely on
public interaction to make them work. Some of it is juvenile, yes, but
you'll never see Dom Jolly or his cohorts destorying property (others or
their own) or deliberately hurting each other (or others) just for
kicks. When they dress up in animal costumes and get in play fights,
it's just for shock value/hilarity. No one is actually hurt. That is
where the difference lies.
Now, when are we going to get the original UK episodes unedited on US
region 1 DVD Mr. Jolly? I'll be first in line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
