Children In Need-2009

It still would not solve the crap pop acts.

Although with Tv burp: last week it got 9millions viewers so I dare say it got some level of popularity

18 HARRY HILL'S TV BURP (SAT 1929) 6.04
19 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LIVE (WED 1929) 5.31
20 HARRY HILL'S TV BURP (SUN 1844) 4.61

I agree, too much singing and dancing nowadays. Bring back Cirque du Soleil!

Jimmy Cricket, is it 1983 again?

Surely the point of repeating stuff later in the evenig is because very few people watch the whole thing and many are out on a Friday night. After all the effort used to make and organise items like them it's a bit crap to show them just once. They'll never be repeated again.


Tommy Rot?

Most stand-ups avoid telly like the plague.

They can tour the UK doing the same routine in multiple venues and on DVDs, the minute they broadcast it to millions they have to come up with new stuff. It's one of the main reasons there isn't much stand-up on the TV these days... (Plus the fact that a lot of stand-up content would vex the regulators and self-censorers in TV these days - but that is secondary)

I've read quite a few interviews where stand-ups have explained this.

Yes - you were wrong then and you're still wrong now!

Really? I've read loads of interviews with stand-up's complaining the only way they can get on TV is through panel shows and how there aren't enough shows in this country that give new comedians exposure.

Michael McEntyre's Comedy Roadshow appeared to be a success; I imagine appearing on television raises their profile (even if does give away some of their best jokes), there are a few comedians I only became aware of, via telly.

I suppose it has a lot to do with the comedian's style: With somebody like Ross Noble or Dara O'Brien telly work doesn't matter so much, because much of their routine hinges on audience interaction; thus each performance is completely different from the last-- plus improv suits panel games well too.

Whereas someone such as Jimmy Carr and Stewart Francis are gag merchants, so they are revealing parts of their acts on these programmes; however on panel games, the emphasis is more on spontaneity than pre-scripted stuff.

There was Also Jack Dee happy hour witch also showcased people

Probably never destined for mainstream broadcasting again, granted, but the BBC have stuck the various inserts on their channel on YouTube so it's not like twenty years ago where if you didn't see it at the time that's the end of the matter. On that basis you can probably go to town a bit more on them because they'll still be seen after the original event albeit on-line.

But anyway repeating the inserts after midnight isn't new, it's happened for a while. Seems to suggest either too many hours and not enough material. I think I said this either last year or the year before though.

I think you'll find they tailor their stuff to the venue and/or audience. When I saw Jimmy Cricket at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in April 2008, one of his jokes was "I couldn't find the M6, and ended up driving the M3 twice". That's an appropriate joke for any venue in Blackpool, as the main arterial road to Blackpool is M6, followed by a branch motorway. However it wouldn't really work if he was appearing in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds (end of the M1), south coast, Devon or Cornwall, would it?

Furthermore there's the age range of the audience to consider. If it was a matinee at a seaside pavilion / theatre, with families present, the material would have to be suitable for young children. Adult humour would be out of the question. On the other hand, an evening show at a university students' union / pub / nightclub, with over 18s only being admitted, it would be adult humour, and not much material aimed at children.

it would work in Edinburgh, as the MAIN route in/out of scotland is M6 which starts/ends at the border

Unless you took the A1