Comedy Genius

"Full of lame gags, boring sketches and barely hidden narcissism, this show has only one thing in its favour: it might finally put an end to the idea that Horne and Corden are any sort of comedy geniuses."

...So says The Guardians Hannah Pool. I couldn't agree more.

As everyone knows, you shouldn't declare something awful till you've tried it, so I painfully forced myself through episode one on BBC iPlayer.


It reminded me of when my dog, Suzy, decided to try and squeeze between the wires of a fence, and got wedged in half way through, becoming stuck, and had to ungracefully wiggle for five minutes suspended in the fence before she could land on the other side.

Cringe worthy. Humiliating. Lack of thought or foresight. My beagle, however, at least made me laugh, Horne & I'm fat! I'm going to take my clothes off and tell you 50 fat "jokes" Corden failed to even raise a smile.

If you find the show funny, that's fair enough. But I reject the idea that the pair are some kind of comedy 'genius'. You made a joke about being fat, clap clap, how innovative. Oh, you're doing a sketch about Ricky Gervais? Wait, not Ricky Gervais. About a comedy character he plays. The words 'copy and paste' spring to mind. That sketch itself is an even bigger failure if you don't find The Office amusing in the first place.

Shite/10. NAY. Watch Not Going Out instead. It's actually funny, and you won't be forced to look at a fat naked man for half an hour.