Passing Comment – I’m not going to lie to you Ruth – don’t go back
Passing Comment by Sue Vincent Jones
SO, a Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special is back on the screen, just in time for a season’s greetings showing then – or maybe not?
As the rumours of a festive return spread through our socials, I’ve just two words for those faithful fans calling for the comeback – please don’t!
I’m not going to lie to you, and, yes, unpopular opinion here, in my view the once superb Barry-based series has long had its day. If truth be told, the last outing was as flat as a badly baked Crimbo pud, and unusually unfunny at times,
In my view, it was rushed and relied too heavily on past gags and giggles. Sixty minutes to catch up on 10 years of tales, tragedy, and triumphs was also way too short.
All those moments of family and friendship that could have had us crying, with both titters and tears, were missed.
Those same old jokes sometimes looked as tired as those knackered parents of three mini Shipmans. And even that long running ill-fated Fishing Trip gag is starting to bore me.
I did enjoy some if it though – honest.
Loved Uncle Bryn though, and like so many of the now comfy characters, he did make me raise a smile. As did the nod to dearly departed Doris – hope she is happy wherever she is.
Three Steaks Pam is, as always, my personal fave. Laughed at her little Prince’s Prince line, smiled at her munchies gag, and actually smirked at the towels trickery scene. Tidy.
No surprise though that the legend that is Ness stole the show. She was on fire with so many of the best one-liners she, with Neil the Baby of course, could do her own bloody series.
And after that bended knee proposal cliffhanger that took us all totally by surprise, she’d be mad not too.
Later released figures show that the Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special 2019 had the biggest viewing audience in yonks.
Seventeen million of us sat bang in front of the box on Christmas Day to welcome home our familiar friends. Prime proof that there’s an absolutely agreed appetite for more of the Billericay Bloke meets Barry Bird saga.
But a stale script with tired trope, jaded jokes, and continual cliches just won’t cut it for me.
Don’t even give a monkeys if Smithy said yes,
What do you think?
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