Don't Stop Me Now
Feb. 21st, 2011 02:55 pmDuring the season when everyone's waiting for Have I Got News For You and QI to start up again, our British television imports have all been new entries this year. Charlie Brooker features quite strongly, with his new moanfest series How TV Ruined Your Life and his contributions to 10 O'Clock Live, which is a sort of British version of The Daily Show and is really bringing David Mitchell out well in the unexpected role of political interviewer.
The other thing we watch is Fast and Loose, which is Hugh Dennis awkwardly chairing an attempt to revive Whose Line Is It Anyway without the benefit of imaginative games or people (although Wayne Brady occasionally turns up and a couple of the others can be all right sometimes). It is, sadly to say, mostly rubbish. However, it manages to save itself by suddenly pulling out the best thing ever for a few minutes each week, namely a rubber-faced man called David Armand who proceeds to mime a song in a uniquely manic fashion.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/bkzsoJf-UsA
Particularly in this one, the speed at which he's able to switch actions and faces is amazing.
The other thing we watch is Fast and Loose, which is Hugh Dennis awkwardly chairing an attempt to revive Whose Line Is It Anyway without the benefit of imaginative games or people (although Wayne Brady occasionally turns up and a couple of the others can be all right sometimes). It is, sadly to say, mostly rubbish. However, it manages to save itself by suddenly pulling out the best thing ever for a few minutes each week, namely a rubber-faced man called David Armand who proceeds to mime a song in a uniquely manic fashion.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/bkzsoJf-UsA
Particularly in this one, the speed at which he's able to switch actions and faces is amazing.