BBC removes sitcom from schedule because it’s actually funny
LONDON – Head of the BBC Michael Lyons confirmed Wednesday that a new comedy scheduled to air in the New Year on BBC2 was pulled and sold to Channel 4 because it was actually quite good, and made people laugh.
The new show ‘New Age Superstars’ was written by award winning writer Neil Vincent and features current themes and witty, poignant humour.
This is not the first time the BBC has shunned a sitcom due to its humour and originality; Channel 4 comedy Peep Show was originally submitted to the BBC Writers Room but was rejected at the first hurdle because it appealed to people under the age of 80.
In comedic terms, After You've Gone is on a par with shitting blood
“People watch[ing] BBC sitcoms [don’t expect to get laughs.]” Said Lyons, “They expect to get [overpaid] household names [who probably did something distinctly average about thirty years ago, like Jasper Carrot.]”
One reason for the horrid lack of good comedy on the BBC is the misuse of tax payer’s money, choosing instead to pay above average salaries to below average stars like Ross Kemp, Jonathan Ross and Gary Richardson.
To continue the trend of mind-numbingly bad comedy, the BBC is set to continue airing total shit as it lays the financial foundations for another series of My Family, After You’ve Gone and All About Me.
Comments
By Dann on June 26th, 2009 at 8:41 am
lol… shitting blood, made me laugh out loud.