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Stuart · 10-08-2010, 11:23

I watched this last night at 10pm.

It actually wasn't what I was expecting from Simon Amstell. I am not sure what I was expecting from him, bearing in mind my only experience of him was hearing him take the mickey out of other people, but what I got was a thoroughly enjoyable and quite funny look at how a typical Jewish family deals with things.

I supposed the premise could be called a little narcissistic as it is about the family of a Gay Jewish comedian (played by Simon himself) who has just quit a perfectly good job hosting a quiz show where he was paid good money to take the mickey out of pop stars, but surprisingly, it works well. It's also surprising that although he wrote it, Simon didn't give himself the best lines, and often almost seemed like a background character in the story.

In all, IMO, a good subtle comedy. No real laugh-out-loud one liners (as they often have in US sitcoms), but I think it's all the funnier because it is believable. Something that a lot of sitcoms (both UK and US) aren't.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...tant_Decision/

What did you guys think?

10-08-2010, 11:23	#1
Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Grandma's house.. I watched this last night at 10pm. It actually wasn't what I was expecting from Simon Amstell. I am not sure what I was expecting from him, bearing in mind my only experience of him was hearing him take the mickey out of other people, but what I got was a thoroughly enjoyable and quite funny look at how a typical Jewish family deals with things. I supposed the premise could be called a little narcissistic as it is about the family of a Gay Jewish comedian (played by Simon himself) who has just quit a perfectly good job hosting a quiz show where he was paid good money to take the mickey out of pop stars, but surprisingly, it works well. It's also surprising that although he wrote it, Simon didn't give himself the best lines, and often almost seemed like a background character in the story. In all, IMO, a good subtle comedy. No real laugh-out-loud one liners (as they often have in US sitcoms), but I think it's all the funnier because it is believable. Something that a lot of sitcoms (both UK and US) aren't. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...tant_Decision/ What did you guys think?