TV programme-The Queens Bodyguard

It was equally cringeworthy watching Jasper Carrot the other night too. Pathetic.

the very reason i didn’t tune into any of them as they were superb in thier day

a lot of commedy for blokes is the cheeky chappie or down on luck types

none of wich works when older you just start to feel sorry for the old guy rather than laugh at a young guys missfortune etc

i feel they tried a kind of johnny english for tv with jason , where it probably would have translated better with a younger guy like atkinson

but also to be remembered is that jason has done little if any commedy for years so we’re used to seeing him in straight roles

and the fact that in commedy only fools is never going to be improved upon it had the crem de la crem in all aspects anything jason was going to do after commedy wise was never going to be the same legend !!

It was equally cringeworthy watching Jasper Carrot the other night too. Pathetic.

Interesting if men do lose their humour around 40 or 50, However in the case as David Jason is not telling jokes and did not write the script I would not put it down to that. I would say poor writing and lack of imagination are the main cuplrits.
David Jason is now 71 and not really done much duff stuff in his career so I think we can let him off this one 😀

Ken dodd…….realy ??? name last T.V. appearance peak age around 40
Barry cryer…..mostly radio so mostly not visual !!
Eric sykes………….again last TV apearance peak age about 40
Ronnie corbett …… without barker as funny as toothache !!
Bruce forsyth…..never a commedian !! a funny ish presenter
Jasper carrot……the ex hilarious comedian that trys in vain to introduce commedy in a daytime TV game show !!peak age 28-40

Billy connolly………nowhere near his peak hilarity although an outstanding factual presenter and historian…peak age about 28-40

Mike harding…………radio presenter and plays folk music ocasionaly in the pub near ribbleshead viaduct hayday late 70’s early 80s ….peak age about 28-40

Max boyce…………no mainstream for many years , only die hard old commedy fans will know him !!

Just to name a few.
Even his close friend and mentor the late great Ronnie barker had a stinker who remembers The Magnificent Evans.

ronnie barker probably bucks the trend because he was also a terrific actor and had a terrific grasp of language

strangely the research showed that men became less funny as they became older usualy about 40-50

there was a programme once on tv that did factual research into commedy it found that after a certain age comedians do become un funny.

with the odd exception how many commedians can you name still working in thier 60’s wich jason must be now !!

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Ken dodd
Barry cryer
Eric sykes
Ronnie corbett
Bruce forsyth
Jasper carrot
Billy connolly
Mike harding
Max boyce
Just to name a few.
Even his close friend and mentor the late great Ronnie barker had a stinker who remembers The Magnificent Evans.

there was a programme once on tv that did factual research into commedy it found that after a certain age comedians do become un funny

i believe the lenny henry one was dire too although to be fair he hasn’t been that funny since the late 70’s

i think jason has now hit the mark where serious acting is expected

with the odd exception how many commedians can you name still working in thier 60’s wich jason must be now !!

fair enough there was grandad and uncle albert but they were there to set a jokes plot around !!

Its such a shame to see David Jason is such a programme, For me its like a cheap Pink Panther type thing without the charm.
David Jason is far better than the show and does not use any of the talents he has. I hope the BBC puts this show out to rest and get David something he can shine in once more.

Very very few actors turn down any offers of work,as regards films many interviews and bios disclose that those taking part often have no idea if it will be a hit, miss or turkey. If it is a turkey then i hope they have the good humour of Sandra Bullock who turned up in person to accept a worst film of the year award in the USA.

David J must have had some sort of “Bullet at head” contract. He read the script, and if he could have walked…he would.

I was in UK at Christmas and we saw the 1st one. We were looking forward to it, after all, it’s BBC Comedy and David Jason! What could be wrong……well, everything.
I was embarrassed for him and the other cast. It was not funny, at all. Not even my 9 year old lad found it funny. It was a sad reflection on the BBC which seems to rely on the dim, brainless galoots which dote on Eastenders…maybe it’s funny to them. Despite viewing figures too low to measure, I believe the rest of the Bodyguard series is being shown too?

We went over to “Gold” ch and watched some proper comedy.

Very very few actors turn down any offers of work,as regards films many interviews and bios disclose that those taking part often have no idea if it will be a hit, miss or turkey. If it is a turkey then i hope they have the good humour of Sandra Bullock who turned up in person to accept a worst film of the year award in the USA.

Seeing a few trailers for this was enough to put me off watching. As a comedy actor superb in Open All Hours and Only Fools and Horses. For Drama I did not miss Frost. Why he is doing this I don’t know unless he is skint.

Absolutely agree, interestingly David was being interviewed on the One Show before the show went out and he seemed to have reservations about it to me.

Denis, it was dire and that awful dyed hair job… I saw about 10 mins and was thinking, watch some more, it IS David Jason… It can’t be that bad… But 10 mins in I couldn’t stand anymore….. God knows why he agreed to do that, he must have read the script.

We watched the first one. I haven’t seen it since. I thought it was poor, predictable and lacked one simple factor for a comedy – it wasn’t funny.