Chris Morris....

[Andy]

I have some old Chris Morris stuff downloaded because of a recommendation (I think from the old board), but until now, I've been too lazy to check it out.  Should I delete it, or check it out? 

[Tom Scharpling]

Maybe you can get someone to listen to them for you and give you a summary. Or if that takes too long maybe they can talk on your behalf about how they enjoyed them.

Chris Morris is brilliant and worth listening to! You've got greatness sitting on your computer that you didnt have to dig around for!

Come on, lazybones! Don't make entertainment sound like homework! This is the Fun Stuff!

Tom.

[Matthew_S]

Here is my very uneducated response.

If it is Brasseye, watch it immediately.  Utterly amazing.

If it is the radio shows, listen when you have a chance -- some very worthwhile stuff (or listen immediately to one to see if it is your kind of thing (though it probably is since you downloaded it in the first place?)).

http://chilled.cream.org/forums/portal.php

should be able to give you some help / info as well

[Andy]

holy shit:
http://www.warprecords.com/ography/WARP79/

[The Cleef]

Although Brass Eye and The Day Today are what I would recommend to get into Chris Morris (not so much his Jam and Blue Jam "anti-comedy" as it were)...he's also got a great and very fitting role in The IT Crowd as the "boss".
This episode is great:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UPPFE7XJ4X8&mode=related&search=

I've olny seen what's on youtube so if anyone knows of where else the It Crowd likes to hang out...

AND Richard Ayoade is great and was my favorite part of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

"we all have to go sometime"

[Jim T]

AND Richard Ayoade is great and was my favorite part of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

Same here. I hear they've got a fake talk show coming out with him as Dean Learner and the Garth Margenghi guy playing various interviewees.

[PhilH]

"On the Hour" is good radio stuff, I think it features the first appearance of Alan Partridge.

[yesno]

* On the Hour is podcasted.  iTunes it now!

* Chris Morris, as a genuinely interested nerd, toured CERN last summer.  Here's an podcast:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2008/jun/30/cern.chris.morris.podcast

and an article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/30/cern.particle.physics2

[samir]

First look at Four Lions...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/aug/12/chris-morris-jihadi-film

[Matthew_S]

First look at Four Lions...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/aug/12/chris-morris-jihadi-film

As usual with Chris Morris, this project looks interesting so thanks for the info.


Unrelatedly, it is a strange feeling when you come to the message board, you see a thread title that interests you, you start to read it (and don't notice that the thread is 3 years old) and then read your own response that you have completely forgotten.

[hugman]

I've olny seen what's on youtube so if anyone knows of where else the It Crowd likes to hang out...

They run it on the "Automat" on IFC and season one is out on DVD here in "the states".

[Martin]

First look at Four Lions...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/aug/12/chris-morris-jihadi-film

Very interesting. It's bound to be controversial, of course. I just hope it's controversial in a good way - I have high hopes.

Also, that Guardian article has a link to a comment piece Morris wrote in 2007 (about Martin Amis), which is really good (and ties in with the movie inasmuch as it confirms Morris' levelheadedness about the subject).

[buffcoat]

Unrelatedly, it is a strange feeling when you come to the message board, you see a thread title that interests you, you start to read it (and don't notice that the thread is 3 years old) and then read your own response that you have completely forgotten.

That happens to me all the time.  Matthew_S, you should go back through the old boards and read what you said there.  I said some stuff I had absolutely no recollection of.

[Chris L]

I'm optimistic but afraid that David Zucker has set the bar for suicide bomber jokes impossibly high. 

[Geoff Johnston]

I've olny seen what's on youtube so if anyone knows of where else the It Crowd likes to hang out...

They run it on the "Automat" on IFC and season one is out on DVD here in "the states".

Also, NETFLIX has the first two seasons on Instant Queue.