Little Miss Jocelyn - A Little Bit Shit
I don’t have a television.
The main reason for this is the fact that I don’t want to buy a television license.
Today, I felt fully vindicated in this decision when, after visiting the BBC website to see if they had any news, I ended up on their I-Player website, and decided to watch the first episode of “Little Miss Jocelyn.”
I have never watched anything worse. Fact.
If you missed this delight (if you are from the UK, otherwise you are spared this trial) - click here to see for yourself.
Without doubt, this is a purile waste of money. It is supposed to be comedy, but there were zero laughs. We spent around 7 minutes in uncomfortable silence, then fast-forwarded a bit to see if any of it WAS funny. It wasn’t.
Thank you auntie.
Incidentally, to anyone who thinks that watching pre-recorded television programs on I-player would require a television licence, you are wrong: see this excellent post from Roo Reynolds for more details.
I could not agree more.
This is the worst thing I have ever seen on TV.
It angers me so much that rubbish like this is on terrestial television.
So so bad.
I thought it was about as funny as the Soham murders. I’m glad within 4 secconds of the show starting the laughter track kicked in to remind me it was a “comedy”. I want my money back.
Unanimously and resoundingly a travesty! Honestly, it is one of the worst programs I have watched in a long time, and I even enjoyed Little Britain.
Whether I simply fail to see the humour in all of the (probably racist) Nigerian references, or my ignorance is due to the fact I don’t live in London, I’m not sure.
I am sure, however, that I could make at least one or two funny jokes, given the task of producing a comedy sketch show, and presumably some kind of budget.
What a pile of shit!!!! About as funny as cancer.
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Without a doubt THE worst television program ever made! I managed to bare 1 episode and spent the entire time wondering how they made the laughter track! Did they take it from something funny and just edit it round the show? I also wondered how exactly she got on tv in the first place, and not only that but how did she get 2 series?
Does the BBC have some sort of racial diversity it has to include in its schedule? Meaning that Jocelyn was perhaps just the first Nigerian to come along.
I would honestly rather watch endless repeats of ‘A Place in the Sun’ for all eternity than see another episode of this abomination!
Thanks Jocelyn…bitch!
i think u lot all chat utter rubbish she is one of the best people inc omedy for a long time she makes observations of london youth and life and makes a mockery of it she was raised near where i live and the pople in the show are like people near me liek the teenagers and the “gangsta” culture that is swarming london
and you lot are a bit cheap aswell dont watch television because you do not want to pay for a television licence i would understand if it was for moral issues or you do not agree with the extensive”brain washing” type stuff on tv buh dang u people are cheap
Thanks for the comment Billi, that is precisely the point I am trying to make: “she makes observations of london youth and life and makes a mockery of it she was raised near where i live and the pople in the show are like people near me liek the teenagers and the “gangsta” culture that is swarming london”
- Observational comedy doesn’t really work when you observe something very few others can align with (i.e. anyone who isn’t a youth from London), using characters that appeal only to those with the most vapid sense of humour - for example, a disabled person ‘its funny because shes disabled’ No. It isn’t. ‘its funny because she’s attempting to do a posh English accent’ No. It isn’t. ‘its funny because she acts out a character that is just like someone I know. No. It isn’t. She doesn’t.
It just isn’t funny - to either me, or the vast majority of people I spoke to about it. Uncomfortable? Yes, definitely. Purposefully provocative and purile? Certainly. Funny? Not at all.
I agree, this show just IS NOT FUNNY! Is every character the same in this show? Its just so bad. I heard jocelyn on radio 1 (with Chris Moyles) she seemed like a well rounded comedian, but the humour in this series doesn’t work with me. When she does the unaware public interaction, its like a really poor imitation of what Borat does. I dont like it. Please BBC keep the next series exclusive to BBC 3, hidden between two mediocre films. You cant call thursday your comedy night if only half an hour of it is actually funny. If the BBC are trying to concentrate on quality rather than quantity i hope ‘little Miss Jocelyn’ isn’t the working model for the future.
the half an hour being Never Mind The Buzzcocks!!!
i agree, little miss jocelyn is the worst program i have ever watched. i sat through the whole program with a blank face and think personally its a waist of peoples time. why dont they just put a double episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
p.s billi vicious learn to spell!
Thanks for the comment Tommy. To be fair, Buzzcocks is pretty good, but not as good as it used to be. I don’t know whether the format is becomming a little tired; whether it is too obviously scripted; or, most likely, I don’t find the young replacement for Lamar to be that funny as he constantly berates one or two of his guests.
I love how he takes the piss out of people for having been in boy bands - he started his TV career on a show called “Pop World” which was watched by teenyboppers, and spent his time (i.e. built his career) interviewing the likes of Blue and Hear’say…
Anyhow, Bill Bailey and Phil Jupitus are often very funny. so I tolerate the little jumped up twerp. I say tolerate…
I agree, this show is complete shit.
I was so angry at teh idea they could actually put that on tv .
Little Miss Jocelyn is brilliant and is true comedy you cheapskates. As if you don’t have a tv because you don’t want to pay a tv license, there is some brilliant tv shows. LMJ is fantastic and the laughing is real, i kno true comedy and this is true comedy.
Yeah, i dont know how often you watched Pop world Rob but i remember he used to rip into the boy bands quite a lot, no? I think he is pretty good as he doesn’t suck up to the celebrity at all… but the blatant scripting i can see would make people have to ‘tolerate’ the dilivery from Mr Amstell, althouhgh he did win a televsion award for ‘NMTB’…
Glad I’m not the only one who think it’s utter crap. Putting on a funny wig and being a twat for half an hour is something anyone could do.
The programme has really high viewing figures which is the bit I don’t get. Who on earth watches this crap?
I have found myself watching it for the same reason I wobbled loose teeth when a child. Also, I have noticed a disparity in communication skills between the anti-LMJ posts and the pro-LMJ posts. The pro crowd are morons.
Ah, viewing figures, a well worn chestnut.
They could just ask 1,000 teenagers from London what they watch on a Thursday night, then extrapolate the data out to represent a figure in millions.
Then again, most people could be what you suggest at the end of your comment, and it is we who are wrong.
How did this show get commissioned? And even more unfathomable is how did it get a second series!? Who watches it? I cannot understand how, when there is so much new comedy talent around, that this dross manages to get a half hour slot straight after a popular show like Buzzcocks. Without doubt, the worst thing I have ever seen on TV. I saw a few minutes of it after Buzzcocks the other night and it actually made me angry. That can’t be right surely?
It is pretty downright awful, but it’s no worse than bloody Catherine Tate, if you ask me.
My main problem is that the BBC has commissioned all these pitiful female-led comedies just to be PC and show that women can be funny like men, despite the fact that they rely on tacky, over-the-top toilet humour. I’m talkin about LMJ, CT and that horrendous Tittybangbang crap. Well I’m sure the late Linda Smith would be turning in her grave knowing that these women have been given a platform by the BBC.
The scariest part of it is that this Jocelyn bird is actually quite well spoken and reasonably intelligent from the interviews I’ve heard of her. Something doesn’t quite add up
Not sure about viewing figures - LMJ has made a consistent non-appearance on the BARB’s top 30 ratings. Largely because it’s shit, I assume.
It would be interesting to get proper information on the viewing figures and the audience demographic, if only to confirm my growing suspicion that the only people who watch LMJ are Jocelyn’s family.
I like the idea of getting more minorities on TV; I just wished they’d picked a woman who knew a few jokes.
All you people who hate LMJ are forgetting; comedy like so many other things (art, music, food) is subjective. What I find funny will not tickle all people. For instance I think Dad’s Army is naff, millions instantly disagree. You people need to get a grip and realise that if you don’t get it maybe its not meant for you.
Why put it on after Buzzcocks then? Surely the schedule is to blame as most people who watch Buzzcocks and appreciate it seem not to appreciate Little Miss Jocelyn.
I agree with Littletooth that Dad’s Army is naff. I am in the wrong demographic to really break my ribs over it.
I think the problem with Little Miss Jocelyn is Londoners in the BBC viewing London as the centre of the world. LMJ jokes just don’t apply outside of the capital. They are non-transferable.
Plus, she’s just not funny enough to carry it off.
Please, please, please, take this dire comedienne off the telly. I asked 10 of my black female friends what they thought and they all hated the show with a vengeance, I could go into the politics, psychological debasement and moral ineptitude, but I can only say, she is truly the bottom of the barrel…bring Gina Yashere or Felix Dexter people with real talent, not this moronic woman.
I and others have sent complaints to the BBC, but we got a standard letter which backs her comedy. This is what we have to put up with under the guise of diversity. Not my cup of tea and I’m of the most diverse member of the British public.
…to say she is the bottom of the barrel is unfair to barrel bottoms…I would rather gnaw an arm off than watch another of her painful excuses for a programme…Talentless and embarrassingly awful, whoever commissioned this series needs to be locked in a room and have the whole series played over and over in a continuous loop. Comedy needs an essential element - humour - and this does not have it in bucket loads
It’s a horrible show. Putting on a stereoptypical accent from some country you weren’t even born in then shouting isn’t comedy. It reminds me of that Omid Djalili show, but worse (if that’s possible). It’s nothing to do with not being able to relate. It’s just not funny. I watch comedians from all around the world and find them funny. Even a guy called Ahmed Ahmed, but this stuff just plain isn’t funny.
With regards to Buzzcocks, I thought it was quite a bit funnier when Noel Fielding was there. It gave it a bit more energy. I’ve noticed Bill Bailey barely says much nowadays and when he does it often isn’t that funny.
I, too, have noticed that Bill Bailey hardly says anything on Buzzcocks. I actually get the impression that he dislikes the new host. He only really got animated to stick up for Anthony Costa (that guy out of Blue) when he was being ripped by Simon for the fifth time. He actually did a good job of deflecting it, which was needed, as the program was becoming painful and tedious.
little miss jocelyn is the single worst thing ever to have graced this earth, and i have a TV so believe me its poor, i would go as far as to say its worse than the suffering in africa, i mean what the f*** would be funny about this show, its all about racism, and thats only funny when in small doses.
So i conclude that the women behind little miss jocelyn deserves to die!!!!!!!!!
in response to Bretts comment on NMTB noel fielding is shocking and unbelievably unfunny
This show demonstrates that if you want to see cutting edge comedy, get off your backside pay a little money and go to see it live. They dont call the BBC Auntie Beeb for nothing. Shes safe predictable, occasional tells a saucy joke but will blush and say shes had too much sherry. The next Richard Pryor will not be televised
The BBC trumpets “Thursdays are Funny”. Well not anymore they are not. Get this excruciating Little Miss Joclyn rubbish off our TVs now.
Nominated for a BAFTA? Why? What were they thinking?
In response to “the truth” -I concur except to say that racism is not funny unless done in an ironic fashion (i.e. to sarcastically point out that judging on skin colour and skull shape alone is rather irrational).
Also, Little Miss Jocelyn herself should probably not be condemned to death. The show is awful but capital punishment for bad comedy is probably going a bit too far.
Speaking of capital punishments - have a look at this:
http://www.24hourtrading.co.uk/blog/top-5-most-gruesome-forms-of-capital-punishment-585/
i sent a couple of comedy scripts to the production company who made this crap and was told that my material wasn’t funny. i’m not blowing my own trumpet but they are having a laugh. sorry bout this but got to get it out. you have no chance of getting into the buisness if you live in wales and if you are not in the tv comedy crowd French and saunders etc. oh well a life in a factory for me then. bloody hell i only want to make stuff that my friends and i find funny. it’s a lot funnier than that crap. and titty bang bang while i’m at it. also most of the racist little britain show. if i sent a script to someone where someone throws up at the sight of a black person i don’t think they’d be picking it up somehow. bye
LMJ is a good program, buzzcocks is a load
of middle class tosh like most of the words
posted here.
little miss jocelyn is truly the worst show of any kind i’ve ever seen. it’s really disgraceful that it was bought back for a second season.