For me this episode just went too far with the awkwardness. It was more awkward than funny. I felt so uncomfortable watching it. It was still good, but... it was just too much.
3 Reviews
Cringing
treborbasset13 February 2022
Chris Martin
Prismark102 October 2019
Chris Martin making an appeal for a charity and he wants to promote Coldplay's Greatest Hits album. He also ends up singing in a factory in Wigan. Andy knew it was a bad idea getting Chris Martin to pop up in his sitcom to promote his latest album. The critics agreed with him as they slate Andy's desperation.
Still Andy gets nominated for a BAFTA. It leads to humiliation as he gets publicly called out by an old flame, his agent brings along an Andy doll that does not stop making a noise. Worse Andy gets barred from all BAFTA events after being caught with Ronnie Corbett who was snorting cocaine.
The funniest bit was Barry from Eastenders shaking Andy's hand and then eating a muffin without touching it as he had been cleaning the toilets without gloves. You see I do like a bit of toilet humour! There is more of the toilet theme in this episode with Andy's encounter with Stephen Fry and Ronnie Corbett which is also in the toilets of the BAFTA ceremony.
Ricky Gervais adds a little touch about the dark side of showbizness that is a running theme in the second series. He can never resist the cringiness as well. Here he somehow agrees to buy Maggie an expensive dress, in a reverse take of Pretty Woman.
Still Andy gets nominated for a BAFTA. It leads to humiliation as he gets publicly called out by an old flame, his agent brings along an Andy doll that does not stop making a noise. Worse Andy gets barred from all BAFTA events after being caught with Ronnie Corbett who was snorting cocaine.
The funniest bit was Barry from Eastenders shaking Andy's hand and then eating a muffin without touching it as he had been cleaning the toilets without gloves. You see I do like a bit of toilet humour! There is more of the toilet theme in this episode with Andy's encounter with Stephen Fry and Ronnie Corbett which is also in the toilets of the BAFTA ceremony.
Ricky Gervais adds a little touch about the dark side of showbizness that is a running theme in the second series. He can never resist the cringiness as well. Here he somehow agrees to buy Maggie an expensive dress, in a reverse take of Pretty Woman.
Comedy Gift that Keeps on Giving!
Moviefreeek27 October 2006
Possibly as perfect a sitcom half hour as British TV has experienced since the halcyon days of Blackadder and Fawlty Towers.
With Andy's sitcom becoming more pitiful so the plaudits start to come in; in this case, a BAFTA nomination. Beginning with a beautifully played pastiche of the Pretty Woman boutique scene as Maggie attempts to buy a red carpet dress, the day degenerates as Andy's attempts at credibility and dignity - with agent and Maggie in tow - are inevitably doomed to failure.
The denouement with Ronnie Corbett in a toilet cubical sets the postmodern seal on a landmark TV comedy series. This episode features too many priceless moments to mention, but the sight of Moira Stewart being frisked and Chris Martin wanting to rush home for Gwyneth's drumsticks are truly priceless!
With Andy's sitcom becoming more pitiful so the plaudits start to come in; in this case, a BAFTA nomination. Beginning with a beautifully played pastiche of the Pretty Woman boutique scene as Maggie attempts to buy a red carpet dress, the day degenerates as Andy's attempts at credibility and dignity - with agent and Maggie in tow - are inevitably doomed to failure.
The denouement with Ronnie Corbett in a toilet cubical sets the postmodern seal on a landmark TV comedy series. This episode features too many priceless moments to mention, but the sight of Moira Stewart being frisked and Chris Martin wanting to rush home for Gwyneth's drumsticks are truly priceless!
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