I kind of got that, but on CNN there really was no mention of points in the
set up, and Hist Woods did not even make the cursory “Points!” Exclamation
for responses he found funny (maybe he did it once or twice near the end).
The Libertarian guy made the most references to it, which implied that
th
Re the points. In the UK version, they don't matter as mentioned, and you
can only *glimpse *the scorebox in a handful of very wide shots. The reason
is basically because rounds get dropped because they're not funny enough.
Then there's an ongoing running gag in the UK that Paul Merton [nearly]
alw
My problem was more of a nit-picking in that although the great theme song
from the UK version is used here, it's used in this weird electronic
version (although I assume that if they used the same UK theme, they
would've had to replace the reference to the ITV "News at Ten" theme in the
beginning)
I was surprised by how much I liked the first show - so much better than
“After Midnight.” It seemed like the point of the show is for the civilian
is to be kind of a straight man, and I thought he was fine, though maybe he
or Wood should have somehow brought in a little bit of who he was in real
l
As far as I'm aware, the same company, Hat Trick, is making the US version
as has long produced the UK version. I suspect a bunch of the British team
has been in the US putting this together - at least initially.
The UK version is taped 24 hours ahead of broadcast, and usually tapes for
2-3 hours
There are clips of the British edition available on the YT through Hat Trick
Productions, the shows' (both UK and US) production company. Longer videos are
available through other YT sources, but I have no sense if they are 'official'
or not.
I have tried to get into the UK version, but much
Anyone else watch it? I have no familiarity with the British version, so I
can't compare it.
For the most part, it wasn't very good. While I like Roy Wood Jr. a lot,
and run hot and cold on Amber Ruffin and Robin Thede, it was one of the
first times I've liked Ian Michael Black.
The two bigges
