3 Non-Blondes

3non Blondes was the best sketch show I've ever seen, its pure genius!!, its just started in Australia and I've seen 2 episodes and never laughed so much in a television show. The people who put this down cant see the risk the 3 go to in the sketches, Trigger Happy TV was poor as Dom Jolly used soft targets such as old people sitting on benches. These 3 go to risker lenghts to get a laugh. My fave is the "virgin" and the lady who goes up to people and goes "would you like to f***. absolute brilliance. 5 stars!. The reason this has a low budget is because it is on bbc 3 and it stars 3 black woman approaching people in the street its risky to give them more than a minimal budget. Its sold internationally so obviously its a winner. funny to see that the 2 bad reviews were from 2 brits and the 2 good ones from aussies, hey if you don't want these funny ladys well glady take em.

Fantastic series, featuring really funny comediennes.

They do some great 'tricks' on the general public and the tricks are always in good fun.

This show is a bit like Trigger Happy TV - but better, as the 'victims' are not in fact victims - the jokes are not cruel.

Also the sketches are quicker - very fast, with a great punchline.

The 3 non-blondes are very talented, and are also great in the Lenny Henry Show.

Sketches of note include a woman who runs up to people, out of breath and asks them if they are black (which they invariably are) before running off again!

I only hope they make more series...

Following on from the hidden camera antics of Trigger Happy TV, the BBC decided to commission a show that brings an `ethnic spice' to this formula by letting three black female comedians loose on the streets to interact with the public in a variety of personas. With a budget that must have extended to all of the change from the Director General's pockets, I can understand why BBC3 were happy to give this the green light - not only does it fill 30 minutes of screen time but it does it cheaply and, if nobody watches it, it doesn't matter because NOBODY watches BBC3!

Being a fan of Trigger Happy TV, I gave this a try as I thought that it might be able to do something with the genre or at least be funny. However this show lacks any imagination, wit or humour and instead just falls into very basic and lazy stunts that are more embarrassing than funny - forget the weird and wonderful acts of Dom Joly, this stuff is a million years behind that. Some of the sketches are just plain stupid with little real reason behind them; these ones are very short as they can't even sustain a few minutes. The majority of the sketches involve brash characters just being rude or socially weird as people try to just humour them until they go away - in fact this happens most times, and it just isn't very funny at all. Most of us have to deal with rude people - whether it be people in a rush who are more important than you, people who push into queues or weirdoes on the street who just won't leave you alone, however these interactions are not funny and usually we just grin and nod and be polite as we just walk away or wait for them to leave. So who thought that it would be hilarious to exaggerate these characters and film them as the public just try and put up with them?

The three comediennes are just brash and unfunny - I don't wish to make general statements BUT their whole comedy seems to be drawn from just being loud and rude - here and in their various stand-up guises. They play the worst characters one could imagine but they do it without wit and humour and they come off as just annoying - not only to those being filmed but to the audience as well. The `hidden camera' thing is a crock as well - most sketches are filmed by three cameras and you can see the other cameras being held (!) or `hidden' inside of backpacks that people are wearing on their chest! It makes a mockery of even the idea of hidden camera that they are so blatantly being filmed from very close range.

I understand why this got the green light - it is cheap to make and can be knocked off at a rate of an episode every two days depending on the breaks. However it is not the low budget that is the blame for this, rather it is the complete lack of imagination and wit and is really just annoying. Take my advice, go and rent the dvd of Trigger Happy TV and see how the hidden camera formula can be delivered with a bit of imagination.

This show has me in stitches for half an hour every time I watch it. The humour is so random and it's easy to laugh at because it's very harmless humour. Unlike shows such as Trigger Happy TV, where they get laughs out of humiliating members of the public, this show encourages the public to laugh at them instead. And if they don't get a laugh, they just do something even more ridiculous until they do.

Basically, this is like a sketch show, in which the 3 comediennes play different characters in different situations, only in this programme, they are not in a TV studio, they are in the street in front of real people, which is what makes it so funny.

My favourite characters are the "very busy" lady who can't stand waiting, the "friend of Elizabeth Taylor's" who thinks she has the right to queue-jumping, the social worker who is helping her friend re-integrate into society, the woman who can't speak without making strange noises, and the Animals Seeking Kindness charity collector who "just wants to play." These insane characters and many more, are all played out in front of unsuspecting members of the public that don't realise they are dealing with comedians, and seeing them trying to keep a straight face is hilarious.

This is a brilliant series demonstrating the improvisational talents of three female, extremely talented UK comics, who wander the high streets of the UK making themselves look ridiculous in front of hidden cameras, all for our entertainment. The joke is always on the performers, never on the member or the public which is why this format works so brilliantly. The short sketches, with quick stings will leave your sides aching and belly laughing more than anything you have seen in a long time. A brilliant commission by the BBC - brave and original. Long may it run and run.