The English Class (2 Viewers)

[Umfufu]

New RTE comedy.

It's not funny but the format & characters are quite original...









...unless you've seen The Office.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Without a doubt the worst thing I've ever seen on RTE. Some going.

It's so fucking bad, I want to die.

I hate Ireland.

 

[Umfufu]

According to IMDB, the guy who wrote it was also a script writer on the "4th Irish Film & Television Awards" & "You're A Star Charity Special 2".

He obviously used up all his quality material on these 2 projects.

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

Without a doubt the worst thing I've ever seen on RTE. Some going.

It's so fucking bad, I want to die.

I hate Ireland.

are you still with that bird from work?

wasnt there some english comedy during the late 70's/ 80's about a bunch of immigrants attending an english night class? cant be bothered googling it. nigglybits will know.
it was on the 100 worst tv moments on channel 4 and people were giving out stink about it on the grounds of racism.

 

[cpr]

couldn't watch it....too close to home

 

[CinnamonBoy]

are you still with that bird from work?
quote]

I am, yeah. Going down to meet her oul pair at the weekend I think.

Well, that what she wants. I want to go and see James Chance and the Contortions on Saturday night.

It's a tough call.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Watch Your Language or Mind Your Language
by the same guy who did Love Thy Neighbour (?)
a comedy romp about a racist who has a black man move in next door.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075537/usercomments
Mind Your Language

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Till Death Us Do Part does racism so well.
Spike Milligan playing the part of 'Paki Paddy'.
Comedy gold.

So English Class?

Morgan formerly of Fair City was the teacher, yeah?
Interestingly his character there was racist of sorts. Burned a black man, Gabriel, to death.

 

[Unicron]

Love Thy Neighbour (?)
a comedy romp about a racist who has a black man move in next door.

The white guy was a working class oik wasn't he and the black dude was a doctor who looked down on the white dude as he was poor right? Or maybe I'm thinking of something else.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Is it like that Channel four thing, the book club?

that was shite after the first episode cos they never mentioned books again

 

[Johnnyc]

I thought this was brilliant! Best thing RTE have done in years and well worth the licence fee. When is the DVD out?

 

[Goodbye]

I surprised myself and laughed out loud once. For the rest I had a look on my face of pure bewilderment, but when the teacher guy rubbed out a word on the blackboard and replaced it with "internet" that was funny.

Keep this kind of humor up and it might get good.

 

[Ferox13]

Watch Your Language or Mind Your Language
by the same guy who did Love Thy Neighbour (?)
a comedy romp about a racist who has a black man move in next door.

Have you seen LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR recently.

I think we all look back and remember the snow flake/chocolate drop insults.
At the end of the day - the series was a dig at working class trade unionists.
The black guy was conservative and hard working - the whit guy was a 'socialist' and trade union leader, he was lazy and used 'strikes' as a way of getting out of work. The Black guy usually ended with the upper hand..

It's funny how i missed this when i was a kid. Carry on at uour Convience also has a similar pro-tory anti-lefty message..

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Even worse this week.

I got some people over to watch it. I told them it was important to see it as it's now the benchmark by which anything else shit will be measured.

What I thought was interesting was that the expressions on the faces of the people in the class were the exact same as the people in my sitting room. Boredom, revulsion, hatred...
Perhaps in some crazy way it's some kind of art piece.......?

 

[jane]

Even worse this week.

I got some people over to watch it. I told them it was important to see it as it's now the benchmark by which anything else shit will be measured.

What I thought was interesting was that the expressions on the faces of the people in the class were the exact same as the people in my sitting room. Boredom, revulsion, hatred...
Perhaps in some crazy way it's some kind of art piece.......?

OMG, IT SHOULD BE CALLED ATTACK OF THE SIMULACRUM.

Anyway, I tried to watch bits of this online. It did not give me cause to watch any of it on the telly.

Hasn't been a disaster like this since The Cassidys, has there? Is this actually worse? Is that possible?

 

[ratmonkey]

If there's anyone capable of worse, it's RTÉ.

 

[Goodbye]

Classic episode

Fire = comedy gold

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Extra Extra

 

[Goodbye]

Slowdancing in class. Sexual harrassment. It just gets better and better.