It's Kevin

[anaxcrosswords]

I really do hope I'm not losing my sense of humour, but having just watched my first episode of this while waiting for something else... is it just dreadfully unfunny, or is something wrong with me?
Pity, as I've seen Eldon in other comedy programmes and he's been great. This 'own show' effort leaves me utterly cold.

[douglas9401]

I haven't seen the show you post about but share your worry about my own sense of humour.
The new Yes Minister and the drivel about some health and safety team are two particularly low points for me.

[tommy-h]

Totally agree,caught first episode and swore never to return.

[bravejordy]

I hate to say it but I really do think British comedy has lost the plot. It's like the writers are churning out any old "you-know-what. I've watched three so called comedies in the last month and I couldn't for the life of me, figure out what was meant to be funny about them. The overrated, but totally disappointing "The Security Men" co-written by Caroline Aherne and starring Bobby Ball and Brendan (Mrs Brown's Boys) O'Carroll. With such a cast, I expected it to have me rolling around the floor laughing but what a pile of dung it turned out to be! Then, there was "The Wright Way" - written by Ben Elton and starring David Haig.... Absolute garbage! And finally, we come to "It's Kevin"... Another wasted half hour of my life! In future, I think I'll give Britcoms a miss and stick to watching re-runs of "Friends" on Comedy Central. Even though Friends is more than a decade old, it's still a thousand times better than the rubbish that British writers are filling our screens with these days. Rant over.

[anaxcrosswords]

Well, you call it a rant bravejordy, but I think you're spot on. British comedy does seem to have lost the plot, and I find myself wondering why.
Perhaps Stephen Merchant's writing for The Office and Extras (I'm not a great Ricky Gervais fan, but Merchant's writing was spot on) and that of Armando Inaucci (for The Thick Of It and, of course, Alan Partridge) set a standard which others just can't match?
It does make me wonder if British sitcoms/sketch shows have turned into genres whose time has gone, in much the same way as 'variety' shows (think Morecambe & Wise, The Two Ronnies) were of an era that's now passed. Classics as they were, I doubt that we could ever return to those sorts of shows.
Series such as I'm Alan Partridge and The Office were radically different, and perhaps it's going to take something pretty special to mark the next significant move forward in comedy?

[Kevink]

"I'm not a great Ricky Gervais fan, but Merchant's writing was spot on"

Errm, didn't Merchant and Gervais write as a team? How do you know which bits were written by whom?

[anaxcrosswords]

True, but Gervais' writing role was secondary.