Peep show christmas episode1/21/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s the whole point, right? That you laugh at the things that make you uncomfortable in real life and that’s a great release.” “In general, and in comedy obviously, you want things to be horrible,” Sam Bain, co-creator and writer of Peep Show tells me over the phone. Christmas is a prison of festive family obligations, and the sooner you can get in and get out, the quicker you can go back to watching that Dogs documentary on Netflix and eating Ferrero Rocher in bed without having to weigh up the risk of a cousin walking in while you have an afternoon wank. Yes! Exactly! I think when I hear this line for the 15th time of my life, thanks to excessive seasonal watching. The more, the merrier, they said as another poor soul was crammed into the Black Hole of Calcutta.” Mark: “Now obviously, this is a fucking disaster, but Dobby's staying. In one of the episode's memorable exchanges between Mark and flatmate Jeremy, he epitomises the low-key dread many British people feel about Christmas: ![]() The episode culminates in Mark’s dad telling Mark to “put a muzzle” on Dobby, causing her to storm out. A meal is cooked, charades is played, and bad and/or inappropriate presents are exchanged. In the season seven Christmas episode, Mark rues the collision of family and friends, plus his new girlfriend Dobby, who all decide to spend Christmas at his flat. Highly recommended.It is in this thought that I find myself relating to Mark Corrigan, the perpetually awkward corporate slave played by David Mitchell in the British sitcom Peep Show. It will not be to everyone's taste, but if you can laugh at yourself you can laugh at this. This is a terrific series, and genuinely funny. Because of the strength of the script and the supreme acting, there are many genuinely toe-curling embarrassing moments (But never fail to make you laugh, as opposed to just making you cringe), along with some awkward silences where, for a moment, you actually sympathise with the characters because you 'are' them. Furthermore, the acting itself is absolutely great, and is incredibly conducive to to the script. ![]() It's plainly obvious why it gets an 18 certificate (UK). It uses sexual situations, drugs, booze, and political incorrectness as incredibly risqué and dark humour, and goes beyond anything I've ever seen before, certainly in sitcom land. The second aspect it adopts is adult humour, and by this I don't mean Viz. This is a terrific twist and provides genuine hilarity throughout. Not only this, but we hear their thoughts as well, which means we know what they're really thinking as opposed to only hearing what they actually say. Firstly it adopts a first person perspective so we see the action not as a 3rd party, but from the very points of view of the characters. However, Peep Show does 2 things which make it quite unique and laugh-out-loud funny. On the face of it sounds not unlike Men Behaving Badly, and there are the 2 women both guys respectively pine for one being the aforementioned colleague of Mark, and the other being the next door neighbour who Jeremy is desperate to 'have'. One's got a turgid office job and is in love with a colleague, and the other, Jeremy, is the leech without a job and failing miserably to do anything worthwhile with his life. You do need to be slightly thick-skinned to appreciate it though. Peep Show is a highly original effort in the world of British Comedy, and the trick it uses aids it as one of the funniest comedies of the last 10 years. ![]()
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