La Tierra según Philomena Cunk

"Insanity has limits but stupidity has none", Elbert Hubbard

My favourite Open Univeristy educational presenter brings us more wisdom from the ages. More of the great programming coming from the UK's BBC, which means good writing, production, and expertly delivered by one of my favourite performers, Diane Morgan. She such a distinguished dead pan delivery that i believe is now cornerstone of her acting skillset. And some of the contributors and experts leave me in stitches, especially the ones who don't really know or heard of Cunk, but the longer Cunk is on the prowl, the more awareness of the parody become clear. Most of the experts know what is going on by now. And fair play to the writers and shows creator Charlie Brooker for still surprising the experts with their intriguing questions.

If you have only come across this show, and get a giggle from this type of humour, I highly recommend going and watching the other TV shows "Cunk On ...".

I can watch the same episode like 20 times and still laugh to death. The script and dialogues are so brilliant. Each statement about human evolution contains a jewel in word playing- It is a pure Groucho Marx adaptation of Planet Earth. And Diane is just AMAZING. I don't even know how she does it to hold her face straight during some of the interviews... I had seen her in After Life and others and you notice right away how funny she can get. She deserves a price for this one and Cunk on Britain. It doesn't matter if they talk about dogs, discovering fire or cave paintings, there is always a brilliant sentence for each... A must see if you want to have some great laughs. So brilliant and funny.

Charlie Brooker and Diane Morgan's horrendous, wonderful creation Philomena Cunk returns for another outing in this series. Cunk is amazing: stupid, credulous, only superficially interested in anything other than herself, with the ability to draw the wrong inference from just about everything. The writing is brilliant, a clever parody of mainstream "quality" television as well as an airing for the character; but Morgan plays the part so well its hard to believe she is acting. Surely her interviewees know what is coming; nonetheless, they do their best to take her as seriously as possible. It's great.

First off, Diane is brilliant.

Second, whoever wrote this is a bloody genius.

Third, there's so much going on and being said that you MUST watch it over and over (and LYAO every time you do) as there's are so many underlining statements, stuff Philomena says en passant, that make this show even more amazing.

Four, Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen) started the fake interview stint done by a supposedly dimwit guy, but Philomena takes it to the next level. Ali G's guests didn't have a clue who he was and were genuinely stunned by his questions, but most, if not all of Philomena's guests are willing participants, contributing to the hillariousness of the show.

All in all, this is great fun for the years to come, and whilst it may not be in the same league as Monty Python (nothing is) it certainly is closer to it than many.

A look at human history through the eyes and by guided tour of the main character, Philomena Cunk. This irreverent and ambitious comedic docu-series is actually very funny. Diane Morgan, who plays the lead character with precision and acuity, is channelling Sasha Baron Cohen's, Ali G, as she interviews real historical scholars and puts on her best game face. Many of these scenes are actually painful and cringeworthy, in the Ali G style, and very funny. I do like the fact that Cunk does actually use real history and scenic, historic places to tell the story. I love how the scholars, who take themselves very seriously, are trying to figure out what is going on and still get their points across in an intelligible fashion. I have to imagine there was a ton of footage that is unusable due to people marching off and refusing permission to use the clips. Worth watching. Very digestible in the 30 minute segments.