I will say the mixture of clips isn't too bad. Richard Whiteley's ferret outtake was used tonight as was the infamous BBC Skype call and some other footage from Sky News of kids throwing snowballs at the reporter during a live OB. And that "what's in the box" outtake from Live TV plus funny horse names during a race (I swear some of those names are not genuine!)
The mix of clips used are good. They're at their disposal as they've appeared on past editions.
It's the editing of them that ruins it. For example the clips of the fisherman were all shown in one sequence originally which at the time was hilarious as to how many times this man could fail.
On the David Williams version just two clips were used and were not shown consecutively so you'd have no idea it was the same person. It also didn't help that the canned laughter downed out most of what was said, that was if David didn't speak over it first.
The clips being used weren't in question. What made IBAOTN what it was was Denis and Griff just let the clips speak for themselves, they'd merely introduce the sequence beforehand. And real laughter mimics the parts that most find funny and how funny they find it, something that canned laughter can't do which thinks all clips are just as funny as each other.
Overall treating Alright on the Night as just another clip show puts it in danger of being forgettable and unmemorable and just like any other blooper show which barely last a couple of years. It's the original and have been going on for 40 years. The legacy of the show deserves more than an animated unrecognisable character and a disruptive voiceover.
