Gogglebox

Is that Penny Marshall?

This is such a great show. Love the Aussie version. Can you imagine the original pitch for this program?

Where can I stream these versions in the US?

[quote]Can you imagine the original pitch for this program?

I can. "It's doing great in Japan!" There.

I watch the Aussie version. I love Keith and Lee but Tom and Wayne also crack me up.

I love Lee and Keith from the Aussie show, and the older blonde lady of those two girls who have the Union Jack pillow slips. So hilarious! I don’t like the grandmother, middle-aged daughter and 30-something granddaughter much. The three Lebanese friends are great, esp the single guy.

But he’s old and fat, OP!

[Quote] The three Lebanese friends are great, esp the single guy.

Both guys are hot.

R7 - Data Lounge geriatrics have a type - and here it is.

I only watch the UK version and it’s great. Giles and his wife are so uppity, but they make me laugh.

I loved hard-drinking Sloane Rangers Steph and Dom who ran a poorly review B&B. One time he slurred “I dreamt I saw Jennifer Aniston’s bush!”, much to her embarrassment.

And “Best Friends Jenny and Lee” from Hull are aborbs.

Love Jenny and Lee!! Jenny can be so daft! Lee just gives her the funniest looks.

Normcore Giles and Mary!

They met when he was at art school and she was a model. He says he has Guardian interests, but he’s pure Torygraph.

The first pilot episode was the only good one - then they became self-conscious and began performing to the cameras.

and of course, being England, they've made "celebrities" of them...

Gay Melburnians Tom and Wayne and straight Sydneysiders Yvie and Angie are leaving the show.

I hope they pick out households from the street, like they did originally, and don’t hold auditions. The grandmother, mother and granddaughter from Melbourne are really irritating, and they lobbyed Channel 10 to allow them on. The mother and granddaughter are always grossed out by completely banal stuff, and brag to each other about how many black guys they slept with.

Then again the Lebanese people got in through application and they are funny.

The UK version - they're all SO COMMON. Not all, but most.

I never heard or read that show before and checked out its wikipedia page and still have more questions than answers.

People actually watch people reacting to what they watch on TV? Like, I thought that was only a silly Youtube thing! And that show won awards!

I found [italic]The People's Couch,[/italic] the US version, really dull.

Giles cracks me up. In an episode showing the Queen's 92nd birthday party, he said he was ready for a new monarch.

Mary: Oh, surely not, that means the Queen would die.

Giles: Yes, I do mean that, I think she needs a nice rest, and when Charles is King do know what he can do?"

Mary: Rewild Buckingham Palace Gardens.

Giles: Yes, he can reintroduce wolves!

[quote] I thought that was only a silly Youtube thing! And that show won awards!

Welcome to England! - where mediocrity is awarded and honored!

I love the Malone family and their constant uneaten sweet treats on the table. The sons are both dancers.

Their dogs are massive

The Malone brothers are hot.

I like em pasty.

The best thing about this show is catching up on the water cooler shows without the pain of actually watching them

Agreed, r24. It’s the TV version of reading a recap.

Queeny, Brighton hairdresser Stephen edged out Chris ,original co viewer/commentator, and now shares the couch with his newish husband. It is a good recap R24 R25, but they are not averse to spoilers.

Lee from Hull and his husbear Steve celebrating their 25th anniversary in Cyprus

Danny Dyer and daughter Dani Dyer were in the celebrity version. They were surprising sweet. But I don’t quite like the idea of a celebrity version.

The regular goggleboxers are blunt. I can’t imagine Laurence Fox and Emilia Fox or Martin Kemp dissing Downton Abbey.

The woman in the chair looks like PENNY MARSHALL.

I think the blonde who is going into Aussie Bachelorette will have a nervous breakdown.

I like Angie and Yvie on Gogglebox but hate that they have spring boarded it into a media career. Because the beauty of the show is that they say what we’re all think about Ant and Dec, or Karl Stefanovic. If they have one eye on getting a job on The Project they’re not going to as forthcoming.

The Australian show street cast the original families bit casts replacements though auditions, where as the UK version solely street casts. And you can tell. The Lebanese trio worked out all right, but the Asian gay dude does all the work for his boring sister with the coloured contact lenses.

[quote]Can you imagine the original pitch for this program?

Yes, "Let's make a reality version of The Royale Family, we'll even get Caroline Aherne to narrate."

Googlebox wins Logie. The Melbourne Goggleboxers seem more friendly than the Sydney Goggleboxers.