Can't agree more, I was disappointed also. I was hoping for a Skithouse meets Chaser-esque show, and while I am all for political satire, I feel Good News World fell well short with clichéd and rather old hat material.
Another thing you touched on here was the formula - Good News Week worked so well because it wasn't entirely scripted. A lot of these comedians' strengths lie in improv (which is where Paul & Mikey play off one another so well, and when I do find Akmal funny) and it was that element that played off their brilliance in GNW.
I am willing to give it another few weeks also, but I do hope they bring back Good News Week at *some* point, because it would be a damn shame to lose that show.
I described Paul's desk as bigger than God's scrotum.
The crosses kept ending before the glaringly obvious punchline most set up.
Akmal doesn't work as the Auguste clown in a three man routine. Delivering *scripted* cheesy non-sequiturs is beneath him.
It was very forgettable. Which is a crying shame.
We need a good sketch comedy, there are a wealth of commercial and political memes crying out for a good slapping with an inflated pigs bladder, but this is not the team to deliver it.
Was I the only one who felt the Paul and Randy at the desk sequence was actually reliving some kind of drug trip while watching a Bert and Ernie routine on Sesame St.
I agree with everything you've said here. Keep Sammy J & Randy and get rid of almost everything else. I would actually pay to see a Sammy J & Randy get their own TV sitcom a la Lano & Woodley. XD
I think the main problem I had with the show was that it all felt so forced and scripted. People watch GNW for the spontaneous silliness you get when you throw a bunch of comedians together in the same room. This is not that.
Also I heard from the taping that apparently this Good News World is only going to be a 12 part series to finish off the year and that regular GNW will return next year. :)
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Another thing you touched on here was the formula - Good News Week worked so well because it wasn't entirely scripted. A lot of these comedians' strengths lie in improv (which is where Paul & Mikey play off one another so well, and when I do find Akmal funny) and it was that element that played off their brilliance in GNW.
I am willing to give it another few weeks also, but I do hope they bring back Good News Week at *some* point, because it would be a damn shame to lose that show.
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The crosses kept ending before the glaringly obvious punchline most set up.
Akmal doesn't work as the Auguste clown in a three man routine. Delivering *scripted* cheesy non-sequiturs is beneath him.
It was very forgettable. Which is a crying shame.
We need a good sketch comedy, there are a wealth of commercial and political memes crying out for a good slapping with an inflated pigs bladder, but this is not the team to deliver it.
Was I the only one who felt the Paul and Randy at the desk sequence was actually reliving some kind of drug trip while watching a Bert and Ernie routine on Sesame St.
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I think the main problem I had with the show was that it all felt so forced and scripted. People watch GNW for the spontaneous silliness you get when you throw a bunch of comedians together in the same room. This is not that.
Also I heard from the taping that apparently this Good News World is only going to be a 12 part series to finish off the year and that regular GNW will return next year. :)
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Though I am not sure I can sit through another 11 eps of World.
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