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 Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:40 pm Post subject: Sky orders John Bishop show |
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...based entirely on gags
| Quote: | John Bishop is to host a new stand-up show in which members of the public will crack their favourite jokes.
The ten-part Sky One series, John Bishop’s Only Joking will put the emphasis on gags over each half-hour episode.
Celebrities and comedians, both old-school new, will join the amateurs in telling the jokes. It will be recorded in front of a live audience, with the public telling their jokes on video – a similar mix of live and recorded footage as used in the BBC One show John Bishop’s Britain.
Bishop – who has previously worked with Sky on A League Of Their Own – is also one of the executive producers on the new Sky show, which will be made by his own production company Lola Entertainment, along with Channel X.
He said: ‘This is a great opportunity to make a show that allows everyone to join in the joke. I’m really looking forward to working with everyone involved.’
Phil Edgar Jones, Sky’s head of entertainment, added: ‘If there’s one person who’s guaranteed to put a smile on our faces, it’s John Bishop.
’We’re thrilled to be working with him, and the team at Lola Entertainment and Channel X on this exciting new show which will, almost literally, deliver a laugh a minute.’
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tony cowards
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Who's jokes will they be telling? And will the writers of those jokes be credited?
Isn't this just going to be gag theft writ large?
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Came on here to make exactly the same point Tony. This is like commissioning Cheggers to do a show of all the jokes he tweeted. Surprised JB would put his name to this, i wonder what if any precautions would be in palce to stop people basically having their material delivered by amatuers on TV without credit or payment. None I should immagine.
Here is a wacky idea for a TV show, JB does some actual stand up and the writers of the jokes that are likely to feature do their act and get the payment and credit they are due. I know that format is a little too 'out there'. |
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bekky
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| In giving much attention in learning a site that will provide for a best service for the writers. |
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