by John Walker on Mar.15, 2005, under The Rest
The Daily Show is certainly the finest satirical comedy on television anywhere in the world. It would be nice to suggest it beats all the competition without trying, but the sad reality is that there just isn’t much else out there.
My (hopefully) first contribution to the excellent www.offthetelly.co.uk. It’s an especially good site, with years of archives to read through. And now me as well.
March 18th, 2005 on 11:01
Hey, let me break silence just to say that’s a really good site. I’ve been poring over it for a few days and it seems pretty sound – I guess best akin to the TV column in Private Eye given its own spin-off magazine.
Only criticism I can give it is the organisation of reviews. I’m always a little wary of first episode ‘it’s good/bad/OK let’s see how it develops’ criticism. I can understand in the case of constantly being in the now, but the further back in the archives it goes the less relevant it gets unless it’s balanced with a look back at a series’ end.
Plus, unless you’re aware of the exact dates of transmission it’s difficult to see at a glance where exactly in a programme’s existence they’re talking about without ploughing through.
March 18th, 2005 on 13:07
Email the site and let them know, I guess.
March 18th, 2005 on 14:13
I was thinking just that. No point complaining about if it’s not to the source.