Four Sad Faces - New BBC 7 Radio Show
I spent this evening with Tom Critchlow, watching the recording of the new radio show on BBC7 - 4 Sad Faces.
Judging from the many, many sad faces that left the BBC Theatre when they had the chance, this is not a show that's got a great future ahead of it. The four writer-performers appeared to not only lack any comedic writing skills, but also had no appreciation of how to present comic material.
I don't think they are to blame. There are plenty of people who are not funny - and none of them can be blamed for that. I'd suggest that either:- they have a lot of friends who turn up to their gigs, but not one has the heart to say "Stop it. Stop doing it now."
- some young BBC 7 comedy commissioner was so keen to discover the next big thing, that they went to Edinburgh, and signed the first people the saw, or:
- my comedy radar was off tonight, and these four are the funniest thing since last year's funniest thing.
Only time will tell, for 4 Sad Faces.
09.09.2008. 22:35
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