(27 May 2015, 2:24 pm)Michael wrote Is that the dog act with the fake mouth thing?... fucking hell if it is
I'm gutted about Never Mind The Buzzcocks =(
Nah. That act was terrible. It was this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkOrDDr_s88 I much preferred the audition to the performance last night but the audition was the only one i could find on Youtube after doing a quick search.
As for Buzzcocks, I only started watching it regularly from about Series 26 when they still had the guest hosts and then obviously Rhod Gilbert in series 28. Obviously some hosts were better than others but just out of interest, a couple of years ago i decided to search on youtube for various episodes to see how well the show was presented in the past.
First off, i thought it was best to watch a Lamarr episode considering he was the first and original host of the show but i made a point of watching one of the episodes from Series 1 back in 1996 (and luckily i managed to find Episode 1!) and as normal, the atmosphere just wasn't there. I then skipped to his last series (series 17) and his style had improved but not by much. Overall, Mark Lamarr was an alright host although his presenting style wasn't to my taste. Obviously other people would have different views.
I decided to skip series 18 as that was all guest hosts while they looked for a permanent replacement for Lamarr. I started at series 19 episode 1 for Simon Amstell and straight away concluded that he was a fantastic host and if he hadn't left at the end of series 22, the show would still be going today since he really lightened the show up.
The guest hosts for the next 5 series (23/4/5/6/7) varied from decent to the not so decent. I liked series 26 episode one since that was Cathy Burke and think she is absolutely hilarious when she has the right material (significant people to take the mic out of) - she presented Have I Got News For You and i thought exactly the same.
I don't think Rhod Gilbert quite had it for series 28 and although i'd hate to say this, if the BBC had picked a better person, the ratings would have shot up and again, the program may have been going for another and many more series'.
Overall, after watching various episodes from the 3 regular hosts, Simon Amstell was deffinately the best out of the 3. Don't really think the guest hosts idea suited the program as well as sister show Have I Got News For You and was certainly a factor of the shows ratings going down.