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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 252306" data-attributes="member: 23">Last night I watched the first episode of As Seen On TV&#039;s second series.While I&#039;ll comment on the series as a whole when I&#039;ve got a few more under my belt, I did want to comment what a terrific energy it has. It&#039;s more of the same, with no change to the formula, but it just feels that everyone involved is having even more fun than before. Perhaps based on the fact that they now know the first series has been so well-received.Acorn Antiques had that &quot;new season&quot; feel, with Miss Babs&#039;s slightly smaller wig and the resolution (such as it was) to Mrs Overall poisoning her. But, most importantly, it also had an even more meta feel. In hindsight it&#039;s looking like Vic already had the behind-the-scenes stuff planned with that hilarious post box location shot and the moment where &quot;Bo Beaumont&quot; briefly broke character as Mrs Overall to speak in her cut glass RADA accent (&quot;Yes. This is important. I said that, didn&#039;t I&quot;).&nbsp; It feels more expansive, and just as funny. But also arguably a little less subtle. None of which matters with a spoof like this.Great to see Anne Reid for the first episode&#039;s documentary. And with Dora Bryan as her mother. It makes me laugh that Dora Bryan is essentially the same character in everything. And she does the old tart thing so well, even in a wheelchair (I loved Anne&#039;s line about her kerb crawling in her scooter).The final song was great. The Ballad Of Barry And Freda is an absolute classic and probably the first one most people think of when asked to think of a Victoria Wood song. I have the version from An Audience With... on CD and so that one&#039;s really familiar to me. It&#039;s great to revisit its debut outing where it&#039;s much more brassy with the backing of the full band rather than Vic alone on piano. And she&#039;s so full of sparkle and energy Even though she&#039;s seated it&#039;s a really physical performance with lots of bounces and knowing looks. She knows it&#039;s a great song and she&#039;s clearly really feeding from the audience reaction. It&#039;s an absolute joy to watch.[MEDIA=youtube]fFI5Jl_IqsE[/MEDIA]


This has really cemented the series as a true classic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 252306, member: 23"] Last night I watched the first episode of [I]As Seen On TV's [/I]second series. While I'll comment on the series as a whole when I've got a few more under my belt, I did want to comment what a terrific energy it has. It's more of the same, with no change to the formula, but it just feels that everyone involved is having even more fun than before. Perhaps based on the fact that they now know the first series has been so well-received. [I]Acorn Antiques [/I]had that "new season" feel, with Miss Babs's slightly smaller wig and the resolution (such as it was) to Mrs Overall poisoning her. But, most importantly, it also had an even more meta feel. In hindsight it's looking like Vic already had the behind-the-scenes stuff planned with that hilarious post box location shot and the moment where "Bo Beaumont" briefly broke character as Mrs Overall to speak in her cut glass RADA accent ("Yes. This is important. I said that, didn't I"). It feels more expansive, and just as funny. But also arguably a little less subtle. None of which matters with a spoof like this. Great to see Anne Reid for the first episode's documentary. And with Dora Bryan as her mother. It makes me laugh that Dora Bryan is essentially the same character in everything. And she does the old tart thing so well, even in a wheelchair (I loved Anne's line about her kerb crawling in her scooter). The final song was great. [I]The Ballad Of Barry And Freda [/I]is an absolute classic and probably the first one most people think of when asked to think of a Victoria Wood song. I have the version from [I]An Audience With...[/I] on CD and so that one's really familiar to me. It's great to revisit its debut outing where it's much more brassy with the backing of the full band rather than Vic alone on piano. And she's so full of sparkle and energy Even though she's seated it's a really physical performance with lots of bounces and knowing looks. She knows it's a great song and she's clearly really feeding from the audience reaction. It's an absolute joy to watch. [CENTER][MEDIA=youtube]fFI5Jl_IqsE[/MEDIA] [/CENTER] This has really cemented the series as a true classic. [/QUOTE]

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