Last night I favoured Little Britain over Madonna
If the latest documentary on Madonna had been aired five years ago, I would very likely have set two VCRs - and watched the broadcast itself - just to make sure I did not miss it.
Last night I ignored it (alright, I forgot about it) and watched Little Britain instead. I'm Going To Tell You A Secret is probably going to be repeated over the next few days on E4, E4 + 1, More 4 (and More 4 + 1 when Channel 4 launches it on the additional Freeview channel they successfully bid for the other day).
I also bet it's already freely available from any BitTorrent client worth of its name.
What was Madonna's big secret that she wanted to tell us anyway? If she really wanted to shock us, I suppose she could confess:
'All this business of being out of breath and not hitting half the notes, it's all pretense really. In reality am a trained opera singer with a vocal range of seventeen octaves, but I'd hate to come across as a pretentious virtuoso.'
Yeah, right.
Friday 2 December 2005 at 11:22 am
So you forced your ears to listen to her Children In Need performances as well, did you?!
I applied the same logic to last night's clash, but came to the opposite conclusion. I watched and taped Madonna, because Little Britain will be shown a million times and (whisper it quietly) it hasn't been as funny in the two episodes so far. (Just me?)
There was a point to the 'secret' thing, and it was quite nice, and slightly humble of Madge, but nothing major. I won't spoil it for you though.
Friday 2 December 2005 at 11:28 am
You are SO over her, aren't you? I'm proud of you!
(And, no, Chig, you're not the only one who has found this season of Little Britian unfunny.)
Friday 2 December 2005 at 1:21 pm
Ditto here. I am very fond of Little Britain and have found series 1 (very) and 2 (rather) lever, irriverent, quirky, odd, daring and imaginative.
Series 3 so far appears to be pretty uninspired. I wish they worked more in the surreal direction of Mr Man, but I suppose the average viewer who will go and buy the Daffyd doll at Clintons prefers catchphrases and soundbites.