Trigger Happy TV

This show is just too funny for words! If you ever see it advertised where you live, watch it! The only people who won't appreciate the humour in this show are, people with no sense of humour or, dead. This takes Candid Camera and actually makes the idea funny. The reactions to the gags aren't the funny part, the actual gags are the funniest. It centres around one man making a fool of himself and making the audience laugh. That's it! The ideas involved in the gags are just amazing! Considering that practically only one man makes the whole show it's a tribute to skill and entertainment. Watch this show, now!

Okay, I hear a lot of people say that this is the British form of "Jackass," but that is far from the truth. What the Brits do is not crude, gross out humor, where they staple their body parts or run around trying to inflict pain on each other. A little more random acts of insanity occur in "Trigger Happy" as opposed to the random acts of stupidity in "Jackass." Trigger happy is the kind of stuff you and your friends could do (and believe me we have) and not get arrested for it. One of the greatest moments ever was where one was dressed in a a turtle outfit and was waiting at a cross walk. The cars stopped, he got down on his knees and slowly crossed. After about a minute and a half another guy dressed in a rabbit outfit ran passed him. London motorists laughed, I laughed, all my friends laughed. The stuff is classic, and I recommend watching the new seasons on Comedy Central...

10/10!!!

Dom Jolly, what can you say? He thinks of the stupidest things to do........... and does them. Never has someone acting so dumb (but still being extremely intelligent) been so funny. The exterminator coming round to get rid of the rat, only to find a man dressed in a giant rat suit reading a paper, and also interviewing Peter Stringfellow while unloading giant boxes of "Peter Stringfellow's Musk" and g-strings etc. in the background, the list goes on. If you think getting the DVD will make it annoying, think again - the commentary makes it more hilarious as Dom gives you the details of their antics and any problems etc. and it makes the scenes even more hilarious.

Genius.

One night while I was watching Comedy Central this came on. I watched it,and I laughed my ass off. Probably the most I laughed while watching a television show ever. The British are really great when they do comedy. And Dom Jolly is one of the best British comedians since John Cleese. He tricks people,and put's them in rather stupid,and impossible situations. My favorite would have to be the 1,000,000 sex shop customer. Very funny! I recently found out Dom isn't going to be in Comedy Central's second season. I was kind of sad,no new comedian could reach up to his genius.

5/5

I've been a fan of British TV shows for many years. Trigger Happy TV, by far, takes the cake. The sketch comedy was brilliant, and parts were so funny that I cried from laughing so much. I can no longer hear a Nokia mobile phone go off without snikkering to myself.

If you are able to procure a copy of this on VHS or DVD, get it. Be careful, though, if you are in the States because your machine needs to be able to read PAL videos and DVDs.

A comparison to Candid Camera has been made, but Trigger Happy TV is a lot funnier and much more original in the humor content. It's the same kind of motif as Candid Camera, but the recipients of the gags are not made to look stupid like Candid Camera did often.

See this show if you have the chance to. You won't be disappointed.