British comedian Russell Howard shares his views on the topical news of the previous week.British comedian Russell Howard shares his views on the topical news of the previous week.British comedian Russell Howard shares his views on the topical news of the previous week.
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I used to watch a good bit of this back in the day. It was adequate disposable entertainment. Although some people were negative about how it was more demonstration of great research rather than amazing comedianing with a liberal splatter of stuff appropriated from the internet (lots of repetition), this filling the time between dinner and bedtime on weekday nights with nothing planned.
I don't know if would have watched this if I had had a wider selection of things. It was a pretty casual and quick show so it never felt like much a commitment to watch but the jokes admittedly were hit and miss. Howard as a comedian doesn't really have much of an edge except just laughing along with what he's seeing, making funny (I should say annoying) voices and laughing a long to what we have just fricking seen to punch home what was not that subtle in the first place.
The mystery guest segment just halted the pacing dead in a jarring way and I kept forgetting how much it irritated me. If maybe he had three guesses to who they were and three clues, it could have been consistent with the flow but it was actually kind of painful.
I was not grateful for the political overtones present. I know it's about the news and it's very possible to have a fun political show that is both casual and satirical but it was incongruous in a show that revelled in a more juvenile sense of humor. Juvenile humor is swell, I just want a bit of consistency. Howard is clearly to my mind right in principle (he tends to side with gay people and the poor anyway) but he can be so sanctimonious that it is repugnant. One smug rant about the police that oozes an "All lives Matter" vibe was particularly disturbing.
The "It's not all doom and gloom" segment they like to end each episode with actually was perhaps among the most depressing thing in any comedy show since they had to show us people at their lowest to give a little ray of sunshine. I'd rather they'd put that in the middle and just ended with a fluff piece.
Looking back over this on the internet, this doesn't do it for me much anymore. I'm not sure if I changed or if I just have access to better stuff but even by the standards of goofy comedy (I'm way into Family Guy if that helps) I find this just kind of pitiful now.
I don't know if would have watched this if I had had a wider selection of things. It was a pretty casual and quick show so it never felt like much a commitment to watch but the jokes admittedly were hit and miss. Howard as a comedian doesn't really have much of an edge except just laughing along with what he's seeing, making funny (I should say annoying) voices and laughing a long to what we have just fricking seen to punch home what was not that subtle in the first place.
The mystery guest segment just halted the pacing dead in a jarring way and I kept forgetting how much it irritated me. If maybe he had three guesses to who they were and three clues, it could have been consistent with the flow but it was actually kind of painful.
I was not grateful for the political overtones present. I know it's about the news and it's very possible to have a fun political show that is both casual and satirical but it was incongruous in a show that revelled in a more juvenile sense of humor. Juvenile humor is swell, I just want a bit of consistency. Howard is clearly to my mind right in principle (he tends to side with gay people and the poor anyway) but he can be so sanctimonious that it is repugnant. One smug rant about the police that oozes an "All lives Matter" vibe was particularly disturbing.
The "It's not all doom and gloom" segment they like to end each episode with actually was perhaps among the most depressing thing in any comedy show since they had to show us people at their lowest to give a little ray of sunshine. I'd rather they'd put that in the middle and just ended with a fluff piece.
Looking back over this on the internet, this doesn't do it for me much anymore. I'm not sure if I changed or if I just have access to better stuff but even by the standards of goofy comedy (I'm way into Family Guy if that helps) I find this just kind of pitiful now.
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By what name was Russell Howard's Good News (2009) officially released in Canada in English?
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