Monday, 2 November 2009

Russell Howard's Good News (2009)

Russell Howard has a new comedy show on BBC 3, and I've been tuning in on iPlayer: it's a perfect candidate for timeshifting since it pops up on the homepage and is on at an unreasonable hour.

I especially like the title sequence and inserts, even though they're blatantly ripped off of Juno:



It sets the tone for the programme and feels different from most other BBC comedies. I just love the way it plays with scale and dimensions!

The show itself is still finding its feet - whoever thought up the "Mystery Guest" feature needs to just let go and drop it - but Howard is popular for reason, and his jokes can carry the half hour. While I didn't laugh out loud that often, I did grin the whole way through.

1 comment:

Liv said...

it also helps that he is pretty cute, even when he decides to not to shave ! c: