Never Mind the Buzzcocks: Difference between revisions

 

The format was exported to VH-1 [[Trans Atlantic Equivalent|for American viewers]].

 

* [[Actor Shipping]]: Noel and Paloma Faith, in-show, largely for both being [[Cloudcuckoolander|Cloudcuckoolanders]].

** And Jedward.

** Tony Hadley, both when he's present and not. Most of the jokes are about him supposedly being homeless after being bankrupted by the breakup of Spandau Ballet.

** Donny Tourette. [[The Fool|Not that he noticed]].

* [[Camp Gay]]: [[John Barrowman]] very much embraced this role during his appearence.

** And let's not forget his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LJFQvPfgn0 authentic punk dancing].

* [[Country Mouse]]: Occasional jokes about Mark Lamarr being one due to his origins in Swindon, complete with Mark "slipping into his natural accent" (an exaggerated rural yokel accent).

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Pretty much ''everyone'', but mostly Simon Amstell.

** No. Sorry, but you can't be a [[Deadpan Snarker]] when you're wearing a bunny suit.

** He's not really deadpan anyway. He'll always smile gleefully as he destroys your ego.

** Mark Lamarr, however, was practically an embodiment of a deadpan snarker, and his comedy was heavily based on this.

** Mark would also refuse to give points to obnoxious guests, and help the other team win. Like when Pete Burns was a guest.

{{quote| '''Simon:''' And you get four points for that! Or one. However that works. }}

* [[Product Placement]]: Parodied.

{{quote| '''Phill:''' Then he [one of [[The Bee Gees]]] sings "[[Mondegreen|I've got a penguin on my shoes]]", but what we don't know, Mark, is whether it's a penguin as in the wildfowl, or as in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_<!-- 28biscuit29 the delicious chocolatey biscuit]]. --><br />

** In one of Bill's early appearances, he started defending [[Star Trek]] fans, upon which Mark replied "We're not having a go at ''[[Star Trek]]'', you fucking Klingon nonce!" When Bill reacted with shock, Mark pretended it was a nickname they'd always called him behind his back--and it went on to reappear many times when Bill became a regular.

** In a series 24 episode, Phill gives Josh Groban, the presenter, an angry look every time the latter sings.

** Two. The first was Lemmy of Motörhead, but he disappeared during the retakes so it was not evident to the broadcast audience. The second time was Preston from The Ordinary Boys early into the show, prompting Phill to search the audience for a lookalike. Throughout the rest of the show after Preston walked off, the other guests would feign walking off after Simon "slighted" them. The following week, after no one walked off, Simon gave everyone lollies congratulating them for staying to the end of the show.

* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: Phill was involved with the left-wing music and comedy movement Red Wedge, which campaigned against [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s re-election in 1987; a tie-in NMTB book claimed that it was single-handedly responsible for her remaining in power.

* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: Mark towards Faye Tozer of Steps.

** "You have out-gayed me, [[John Barrowman|Barrowman!"]]

* [[Suspect Is Hatless]]: The 'Identity Parade' can often degenerate into this. It's responsible for some of its best moments.

{{quote| '''Phil:''' Bring in the points, bitch.}}

* [[Timed Mission]]: The ''Next Lines'' round.

** Actually, the opening credits were very different back in Lamarr era, showing a bunch of people in a club.

* [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]: Lorraine Kelly had some bra issues, eventually requiring her to leave the set... at which point, [[Hilarity Ensues|all hell broke loose amongst the panelists]].

{{quote| '''Simon:''' And if ''you'' want to be a writer on this show...all you need is a crayon.}}

 

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