Lazy Susan

Dring & Parker's weird little sketch show got quite a belated commission for the relaunch of BBC Three based on their Comedy pilot from 2019 (and Edinburgh buzz) - the humour here is brilliantly silly and can get quite existentially weird. There's a nice contemporary vibe in there as well, especially with their musical pastiches which are largely fantastic. I'd love to see a longer form thing from them as the little micro episodes here never seem to give you quite enough. The brevity fits some sketches, but leaves others feeling aimless. Would love to see a Catterick-style surrealist narrative from the duo!

Well somebody obviously liked the pilot enough to commission a season. Or is it just that there is a huge BBC II! (aka BBC THREE) schedule to fill now that the channel has returned to the TV?

The pilot left me cold and s1ep1 was even more irritating. The comedy is pretty basic. You either like/love this because you like/love the two leads or, like me, you dislike/loathe it because your dislike/loathe the two leads.

The radio station sketch in s1ep1 is the perfect example of just how dire this effort is.

Next slide please.

For comedy this peaks on being absolute rubbish.

Awful, I can't describe how much this so called comedy is lacking in every element. No talent, nothing to laugh at or about.

What a total waste of time and money, the last of which could have been diverted towards real comedic talent.

Please don't bother renewing.

Comedy?..... A lesson in how not to offend anyone.... Might be funny if you're not too intelligent and are just accepting of mind numbing boring middle of the road tripe!

I suppose we have to accept that comedy maybe dead!

I'd seen Lazy Susan up in Edinburgh a few years ago and wondered (and hoped) that they would be picked up for a TV commission. Saw ep 1 last night and will ration the remaining three across the rest of the week - am hoping that they keep up the standard throughout. Loved it.