Rob casts his eye over the BBC's collection of iPlayer comedy shorts, feat. Bob Mortimer, Reece Shearsmith, Morgana Robinson and more...
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Proving that it's for more than just catching up on that episode of Orphan Black you missed because your mum phoned wanting to know if she should put a sticker over her laptop's webcam “in case hackers might see me putting in my credit card details”, BBC iPlayer has this week launched a series of 6 online-exclusive original comedy shorts, under the vaguely Soviet-sounding banner title, Original Comedy Shorts.
It's another toe-dip into content created exclusively for the BBC's electronic attic: Auntie Beeb has stuck an Elastoplast over her webcam, typed 'give me comedy' into her computer, and this is the result.
And, like a cheap pillow, it's comforting but also vaguely disappointing. Partly because it's all established comedians piloting the fun rather than up-and-coming talent. Yes, it's a...
Feature
Proving that it's for more than just catching up on that episode of Orphan Black you missed because your mum phoned wanting to know if she should put a sticker over her laptop's webcam “in case hackers might see me putting in my credit card details”, BBC iPlayer has this week launched a series of 6 online-exclusive original comedy shorts, under the vaguely Soviet-sounding banner title, Original Comedy Shorts.
It's another toe-dip into content created exclusively for the BBC's electronic attic: Auntie Beeb has stuck an Elastoplast over her webcam, typed 'give me comedy' into her computer, and this is the result.
And, like a cheap pillow, it's comforting but also vaguely disappointing. Partly because it's all established comedians piloting the fun rather than up-and-coming talent. Yes, it's a...
- 6/4/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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