Yes, they are on occasion hilarious. Doing funny things like muttering ominously to themselves, chasing imainary things, and staggering wildly about the pavement... Or maybe no, but this is a TV show, not reality.
Mitchell and Webb & Psychoville
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Homeless people can be hilarious. One wandered into one of my lectures once and ranted to the lecturer, bottle of cider in hand, about the inequality of 'the system'. Sure, their plight isn't funny, but come on it's not like Digby and Ginger are even slightly realistic.
It's not just that he's homeless and drunk that it's funny. The joke is that Sir Digby, in his drunk and delusional state, thinks he is a super sleuth with a Nemesis out to get him, and imagines himself and his little world in the style of an old 30s-40s radio serial. If you like, it's similar to Calvin imagining himself as Spaceman Spiff in "Calvin and Hobbes" only it's his childhood imagination that separates Spiff from reality, whereas in this case it's Sir Digby's alcohol-addled delusional status. Plus he has "Ginger" who somehow (through drink, as established in this week's episode) also shares the same world view and acts willingly as his sidekick and dogsbody. Whenever I watch it, I always wonder if their exploits are just a clever front to beg, borrow, and steal whatever valuable things, money, or drink they can find, or if they really do think there's someone menacing them.
It's this combination of surrealism, absurdism, nostalgia, occasional gross-out humour, and use of SnorriCam (although it looks like from this series they're just using a hand-held) that's what makes it funny. That and that he's so poor he can't afford his own opening titles (so he scrawls them on something) or narration and theme music (so he slurs his own narration and hums the theme tune to himself).
It's this combination of surrealism, absurdism, nostalgia, occasional gross-out humour, and use of SnorriCam (although it looks like from this series they're just using a hand-held) that's what makes it funny. That and that he's so poor he can't afford his own opening titles (so he scrawls them on something) or narration and theme music (so he slurs his own narration and hums the theme tune to himself).
I have just seen the 2nd episode of Psychoville and thought it was a lot better than the 1st episode.
I do not know why but the bit where they are seeing which would be the best way to murder that guy had me lol.
I do not know why but the bit where they are seeing which would be the best way to murder that guy had me lol.
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Fair play I didn't think much of Psychoville to begin with but two episodes in and I'm hooked.
Who's ready for tonight's eps? I'm actually watching live... doesn't happen often...
In a reversal of fortune, I think I'll watch it on Ye Olde iPlayer later.
Actually, I've found a way to get the TV to work now. I might iPlayer Kröd Mandoon later... if I can be bothered.
"... it's just not as good as I'd thought it would be."
I forgot about it will catch it on I player.
I'm really loving the insanity of Psychoville. I hope they have more projects (if not a second series) in the works.
Psychoville FTW. 
Really, really enjoying it.
Really, really enjoying it.
This week's Remain Indoors was brilliant.
it is maybe the best part of the show. I know I slagged off the first episode, but I am really enjoying this series.This week's Remain Indoors was brilliant.
