Red nose night . . .

[shivvy]

Have I lost my sense of humour or has comic relief?

I am a big supporter of this charity but I think they have lost their funny bone this year.
Their recorded pieces however are beyond tragic and touching.
All the big ones, Royle family, harry hill, french & saunders - were all more than a bit disappointing in my opinion. The only one that I laughed out loud at was Smithy talking to the England team (and I know nothing about football!)
Any thoughts?

[Totterdown]

I watched the whole lot. It would be a hard thing to decide what the highlight of the programme was. By that I mean nothing was outstanding and most was easily forgotten. What were other peoples favourite? The cause was a good one and the recorded bits were poignant. Glad they raised a huge amount.

[weecalf]

You have not lost you sense of humour .The way "comedy " is going is that if the so call comics cant swear every second word then they are lost .The cause and the money raise was great .Time we had less egotist at the BBC.

[Octavius]

I managed about 10 minutes, got bored and watched something else. What I saw was something about Dr Who. It wasn't comedy.

[123everton]

I did'nt watch it at all, so can't comment tooo much.
I lost interest in this a while ago, last year for sport relief they had a swimming contest involving a sumo wrestler, as soon as he stamped his feet there was farty noises, cos fat people are flatulent are'nt they?
The liberalati talk constantly about bullying, but if a school bans red noses the media spotlight is turned on them, is it not bulllying to mock the overweight and to try and coerce educators into their program?
I remember reading in "Private Eye" about some of the projects funded by one of the B.B.C telethons, some questionable causes.
I prefer to give my donations that work all year round, not offering junkets to Africa for celebs and spotlights for celebs whose star is fading.

[VHG]

I thought it was just me.

I also found it rather unfunny.

Maybe because it is the same old crowd every 2 years.

Jonathan Ross, French and Saunders, Lenny Henry, Graham Norton, Little Britian etc etc etc.

I remember some of the early comic relief had older more experienced comedians like Ken Dood, Ronnie Corbett etc but it now seems to have been hijacked by the "alernative" brigade.

They have to realise that having Catherine Tate and David Walliams sitting opposite each other saying "computer says no" is not that funny.

Maybe they need to bring in a few different comedians to freshen it up a bit, it has all gone a bit stale.

[shivvy]

The strange thing for me was that I usually enjoy most the acts that were on last night but I honestly didn't find the sketches funny.

They really did a much better job on the appeals though. There was very little repetition of the clips (which used to become frustrating) and they were extremely moving.

[Tizzi247]

I have always found it boring, so don't watch it now. Full of celebs up their own backsides, totally unfunny. They should get a new format.

[chinadog]

I did'nt find it that funny either but they all did it for nothing and that trek to the peak of Mt Kilamanjaro.(Sp) was very inspiring. Give the climbers their dues at least!

[Unsureme]

Gear carried for them,meals cooked for them,camps set up for them,yes it really was a hard climb!!

[chinadog]

But they still climbed,could you do it? I could'nt.

[Unsureme]

Yes,If I got the help they got.

[Nannyjill]

I couldn't believe that they had a private plane chartered @ all that moneyu to bring them back.

[Nummy]

i think it's going through a transition...French & Saunders, Lenny Henry, etc were featured, but not the main attraction like they used to be, and there's no-one really outstanding to hand it on to

Whilst i agree it wasn't the funniest thing, i found it very watchable (i usually switch over cos it's so cringeworthy), and the variation of appeal clips was good too - not the same ones on a loop.

I did prefer the way it was presented this year, I think David & Davina did a cracking job...tho Alan Carr seemed well out of his comfort zone and Fern Britton just made my teeth itch!

the England football sketch was extremely funny...and i think maybe they should look to the likes of James Corden, etc, for ideas for the next one. Comic Relief is 21 years old and i think it's time for a next generation to take over and give it a make over.

[DEN53]

I turned it on - saw Fern Brittan with her arm round Davina's shoulders , both appeared to be upset from watching a clip about the plight of the African children - and then I turned back to another channel - Fern 'fake' Brittan and Davina 'dreadful' McCall - Ugh !!

[crapmemory]

As usual I watched mainly in tears to see all those poor children,sent my donation in and then got a bit bored. If all the celebs that appeared put their hands in their pockets I would be impressed.

[JimmyCooper]

Glad they raised a huge amount to pay for a Dictators Gold palace.

Never mind aid for Africa what about contraception??