"Not Going Out"???
"Amusing"???
In the same thread??? Does not compute!!!
'Not Going Out' is one of many examples of TV producers thinking that stand-up comedians can act, when the truth is that most of them can't! Lee Mack is appalling!
The best TV comedies nearly always come about because specialist comedy writers (e.g. Roy Clarke, Galton & Simpson, Perry and Croft) produce brilliant scripts, which are then made into masterpieces by professional actors (e.g. Bill Owen, Harry H Corbett, John Le Mesurier). With very few exceptions (e.g. Victoria Wood) comedy programmes written by, and starring, stand-up comedians can't possibly match such high standards.