Hold the Sunset

[maltrab]

I have tried to enjoy this so called comedy from BBC but there seems very little to laugh at, anyone else want to comment, or is it just me,oddly there is a small connection to LOSW

 

[happyjack]

Never heard of it let alone seen it. I will heed your comments and not bother to locate it.

 

[dick]

Letters page of the Mail this morn:
"Watching the much hyped new BBC sitcom HOLD THE SUNSET I have no idea when to laugh !"

 

[RickAns]

I just watched the trailer for this. Not sure what to think about it yet. With John Cleese in there it should be funny. Seems more slapstick type of humor possibly - guy getting stuck in a window. Think I might give this a miss for the time being.

 

[Brian Johns]

I just TRIED to watch it. It's not actually bad but it does come across as tedious and boring and slow. I can see where the laughs should be, but the actual wish to laugh isn't there!

 

[Pearl]

Not heard of it but I'll look it up so I can join in with the condemnation. Not a fan of John Cleese so that bodes well for me.

 

[dick]

Have seen letters in TV pages that seem to think its o k

 

[wstol]

It's quite a poor comedy for John Cleese.

This is his first sitcom since Fawlty Towers, so expectations were high.

I think John Cleese is wasted here, shame Peter Egan only has a few minutes most shows.

If they got rid of the family, and made a sitcom focussing more on Cleese and Egan, and also made it funny, I think we'd get somewhere.

 

[mashibinbin]

From what I can see this might have worked as a televisual play like they used to do for things like Natural Causes, Armchair Theatre etc but in present formot it feels stretched and a waste of the talent involved.

 

[wstol]

All of what I have seen could have been made into an hour long programme, which would have been equally as uninteresting.

 

[wstol]

Terry, back to your original post, what is the LOTSW connection?

 

[maltrab]

Terry, back to your original post, what is the LOTSW connection?

The Props master is Toby Troyna who also worked on LOSW and Still Open all Hours