The Royle Family

[Paulie Dangerously]

15 minutes in and I'm yet to raise a smile

[Paulie Dangerously]

Ok I laughed when Denise got jealous of the satnav and Barbara said she wanted to go somewhere nice like Spain Portugal or the Bermuda triangle

[Anny Road]

I onced laughed because I knew lovely families who are just like them.

Not anymore its a step too far.

[Chinandeler Bong]

' the lazy get , where does he get it from ? '

[Guest Ulysses Everett McGill]

Aherne needs to get back on the gear

[Dan Vito Corleone]

I'm a bit funny about the Royle Family. I used to think it was hilarious when I was a kid, but having watched it back when I've grown up I don't think it was ever all THAT funny. It was funnier than the average comedy don't get me wrong but it does nothing for me. Last years was relatively funny, this one was not far off a disaster.

 

Just leave it where it is now and we'll mostly have relatively fond memories.

[Faustus]

There were some decent moments, but it obviously wasn't a patch on the series.

[Cath]

Very disappointing. The only good thing about it was that I watched it on Anytime and had a fast forward button. Nothing original at all. Agree it should be put out of it's misery now. Concentrate on selling the DVD boxsets next Xmas.

[Dougie Do'ins]

Just watching the latest Christmas special. Like new years eve, it's fucking shite.

[Mendoza]

They really should pack this in now, that was fucking woeful.

[Ziggy Stardust]

I've actually quite enjoyed the recent Christmas episodes, but yeah, that was quite painful.

[ternando_forres]

I think they are writing for a different audience now. Craig Cash said himself he prefers warmer comedy on TV, the original Royle Family was anything but warm (except on the rare occasion). They are actively taking it away from what it once was, which probably pleases the newer fans of it but not the original watchers.

[lifetime fan]

Didn't even realise they were making one this year.

 

Should have knocked it on the head after the Nana episode.

[RobbieOR]

It wasnt as bad as recent ones but, yeah, they need to knock it on the head.

[Furmedge]

Turned it off after 10 minutes. Lazy writing.

[chris71]

Pretty shite in fairness. About 30 minutes of soft cock jokes and the other half hour of that dating crap.

[Guest davelfc]

For me Craig Cash writes some brainless shit comedy.

 

Just watched the latest Royle Family and it was poor, very poor by it's early standards. I was happy when it ended.

 

(In fairness I've spent the last week watching the 24/7 Seinfeld channel, and last night watched Morecambe and Wise, almost anything would look totally shit next to them.)

[Liverpool lad]

On par with Mrs Brown's Boys

[Red Soul]

I'm a bit funny about the Royle Family. I used to think it was hilarious when I was a kid, but having watched it back when I've grown up I don't think it was ever all THAT funny. It was funnier than the average comedy don't get me wrong but it does nothing for me. Last years was relatively funny, this one was not far off a disaster.

 

Just leave it where it is now and we'll mostly have relatively fond memories.

 

There are plenty of examples of this for me.Some comedies,comedians just don't stand the test of time.A bit before your time probably,but I used to find Morecambe and Wise fucking hilarious as a kid but now,watching some of the recent re-runs,apart from a few sketches I find it hard to understand why they were so popular.I listened to an hour programme on Radio last night about Mike Yarwood the impressionist.He was considered the best in his time.

I was astounded at how utterly shite his impersionations were,minus the visuals obviously.One exception for me is Laurel and Hardy,still fucking quality.

[Section_31]

The Royle Family was pure genius when it first came out, as a depiction of 'working class' life it was unrivalled. I recognised so much, right down to the fact the eldest lad in the house always got the short end of the stick 'make everyone a brew, get the door' etc, to the fact everyone's nan had a biscuit tin with random Clubs in. The only place I've ever seen purple clubs is in a nan's biscuit tin, right down to the shock and horror when Anthony's girlfriend is revealled to be a vegetarian - that generation just can't get their head around it, nans especially are obsessed with fatening you up with the things they couldn't get during the war, this amounts to meat and cake, and they consider all other tastes to be unhealthy. The depicton of Emma's 'working class lad done good' dad was pure genius too, right down to the tasteless coat and vulgar ways, I've met a million like him, and also Anthony's mate taking a call, being cagey about it, saying it was 'just a bit of business', then revealing it was in fact his mum.

 

I often wondered how people from more middle class backgrounds found it funny seeing as so much of it is bascially council estate life, working poor, whatever you want to call it, it's a life I recognised when I saw it.

 

Always wondered that about the Inbetweeners too, I'm not a massive fan but I recognise it's class, but so much of the humour is based on 'yeah been there, done that, know a lad like that', birds especially I'm unsure how much they can take from it in that sense.

 

With the Royle Family it's just gone the way of so many shows, especially in the states, the initial creative fires burn out naturally because all the stories have been told, but the man with the money insists on more. You can't force creativity like that.

[Elmyn Noos]

It's always been seriously unfunny shit.

[Cardie]

Episode where nana died was on last night which only highlighted how shit the christmas episode was.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I made the mistake of watching it last night. Seriously, if you're only making one show a year, how can you justify phoning it in like that? Fucking dreadful.

 

Glad to see that Jessica Hynes has got the good sense to stay away from this pile of turd.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

It was terrible, absolutely terible, Jim was the only saving grace with a couple of one liners but aside from that dire.

[Fowlers God]

Yep highlight for me was Jim throwing his nuts a Nannas boulble (sp). Was brilliant but that show wasn't even about them. About sone shit arse neigbour. Bollocks to that.