Ladies and Gentlemen, I know I've said this before, but this time, I mean it. I've seen the worst TV show ever transmitted in broadcast history. There have been some incredibly bad shows on over the years, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Touch The Truck, Keith Chegwin's Naked Jungle, Nigella Express, absolutely anything with Gillian McKeith in... but Coming of Age (BBC Three, Tuesday, 30 September, 10.30pm) trumps the lot by some distance. Imagine the most tawdry, lazy, vapid, vacuous show you've ever seen and then multiply by a million. If you can imagine that, then you're about a third of the way to understand just how dismal this show is.
So bad is Coming of Age, that all sense I once had has gone out of the window in favour of far fetched threats. Normally, I'm happy to slag a show and leave it at that, but everyone involved in this - the producers, script writers, actors, hell, even the runners for the team, should be rounded up and horsewhipped in public. So why is it so bad? Well, Coming of Age scrapes the barrel so much that it makes Two Pints look like Pan's Labyrinth. Bearing in mind that, of said show, I once wrote "The jokes were so mind-numbingly obvious that they announced their arrival minutes before the punchline. Imagine a one-man band on fire running at you from across a perfectly empty field for 3 minutes and when they finally get to you, they shout "Ho ho! I'm on fire!" It's like that, only less funny."
To give you a flavour of this show, I'll point you in the direction of Robin Askwith films. The jokes are like thumbs stuck down underpants and then tittering as they smell poo-fingers and then giggling at every single aspect of sex. One guy looks at a girl and says: "I'd love to stick my jam in her doughnut." Someone else says: "Fancy a game of Pull the Purple Party Popper" Then, a student tells a teacher (more on him later), "If you give me an A, I'll give you a B...lowjob!" Some other gnat-fer-brains uses the ol' "I'm a black belt in feng shui!" There's even a Hitler joke with a Nazi salute. This show would make a Carry On... scriptwriter blush. It's less 'saucy postcard' and more ironic student rape jokes. Only without the balls to make a rape joke.
Not that all abuse is glossed over. There's a segment that sees a teacher saying that all he hears from his pupils are excuses, "that and 'please stop touching me". Doesn't stop there either. He then tells a pupil that he'll see her after school for a "One-on-one session, as in (wink) a one-on-one session... (another wink) like a one-on-one session" before finally getting 'round to adding "one where we'll take all our clothes off". It's so painful and irritating that I couldn't believe someone had actually commissioned it. You can only guess that someone had some blackmail on a top spud at the BBC... and probably threatened them with a B...lowjob.
Aside from this, there's almost constant jokes about "wanking", having sex and... it's so tiresome and poor that it feels like someone could have filmed a fishtank with a human floater in it for 30 minutes and it would have been funnier and wittier... not to mention that my analogy was about as highbrow.
My advice is that you steer well clear of this garbage. It's easily the worst thing I've ever witnessed, on or off the box. It's under the impression that it's an edgy and real show with the liberal use of swearwords, but when your jokes go little further than the swearing itself, then essentially, it's just someone desperately trying for a gag. Well, I did gag. This is a turgid show made for, and by, idiots who will laugh at absolutely any old shite. It's the TV equivalent of a dog getting an erection.
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I think Coming of Age was brilliant- as for the above slagging match at it, this person obviously has nothing better to do than to write bad things about something he/she could probably not make a better job off themself! (I bet theyre an old bitter man/woman) Watch coming of age, especially if your young- its pretty funny. Plus, I am a friend of one of the actors and she's brilliant!
Dear Mogo3,
The main problem in your view on the show contained in your last admission. You know one of the actors, and therefore, can't possibly make an even handed judgement.
As for not being able to do something better - that's a moot point. I'm not paid to make TV shows, merely provide a critique. Although, in saying that, I already provided a better alternative to this show in my article (re-read the bit about the fishtank).
Yours,
Mof Gimmers
Coming of Age is a class new BBC Three comedy! It does however have a target market of teenagers/students. Older viewers would probably not get the jokes and find the programme crude. The 5 main characters are very likeable and funny. The programme is similar to Two Pints of Lager and Skins.
Coming of Age is definitely not funny or 'class', and if you find the characters likeable I'd hate to see who you find irritating. It's definitely the worst thing I've ever seen on BBC Three and that's really saying something. Oh and lastly, 'older viewers probably wouldn't get the jokes'? There are literally no jokes to 'get', it's just people saying 'wank' and talking about sex, programs like Peep Show make jokes about similar things occasionally, but actually manage to construct each joke with modicum of intelligence, whoever wrote this is clearly an idiot.
I'm happy.
I'm a teenage child, I imagine I am the target audience for this, I'd rather get 2 spoons and stick them in my eyes just so I didn't have to see this on the sky guide ever again.
Its not amusing, and its rather dull in all brutal honesty.
I'm definately not a woman, nor am I bitter, like Mof, but this is just useless....I'm young, but this programme is insulting to my intelligence, and I'm a huge fan of comedy, "Coming of Age" isn't comedy.
Kill it.
I had to come online and find somewhere to vent how bad I thought this show was. Mof... you beat me to it and in a better way that I ever can have.
Mogo3... it is sweet of you to stick up for your friend, but you've got to realise that they are in the worst show ever made. Just one look at the reviews (more of them here I've found: http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/coming_of_age/press/) shows that this website isn't alone in its hated!
Anyone who finds Coming of Age funny is basically an idiot. Simple as that. "But you don't get it, blah blah blah". What's to get, the jokes are inane, predictable and an insult to anyone with more than two brain cells to rub together.
Anyone posting positive comments is the sperm of the devil and quite frankly needs medication - Joni have you thought of a lobotomy? Or are you merely a BBC3 employee trying to fight off the backlash with a viral campaign, either way god help you.
Having just watched some of this show it feels me with great relief that something like this programme can get comissioned. As someone who aspires to write a comedy series I can thank my lucky stars that i may have a chance seeing that the 16 year old kid with an erection who wrote this show managed to get it commissioned. This is the worst programme on tv ever. Its seems to be written in the vein of a david zucker movie such as date movie, epic movie etc. jokes thrown out that can be seen a mile off. comedy at its worst. pointelss jokes for braindead people. a great review as well.
"Coming of Age is a class new BBC Three comedy!"
No, it isn't. There is no class to be seen or much good comedy.
"It does however have a target market of teenagers/students."
Presumably silly giggly ones with few brain cells.
"Older viewers would probably not get the jokes and find the programme crude."
I'm older, I get the jokes. But they are more crass than funny and rather desperate.
"The 5 main characters are very likeable and funny."
I would say 1 is likeable, 1 is funny-ish.
"The programme is similar to Two Pints of Lager and Skins."
No, it isn't. Two Pints was much wittier and sharper with a better premise. Skins is just a very different kettle of fish altogether and not comparable.
I went to the pilot. It was bad then and, amazingly, they actually tuned it down for the broadcast. I have to say in the writer's defense that he knew it was bad and, as is the case with new comedy, i think the hand the fed (financially) guided the hand that wrote. I don't believe that what went out was what he thought it would be. It strikes me that you only need one to get a foot in the door at Aunt Sally but you do need to be persistent and the boy has talent but he has been poorly guided. I feel sorry for him. Mof you're absolutely right that it's probably one of the worst things on tele certainly this year, and probably since Little Miss Jocelyn (that was garbage). But the fault lies with the producers not the guy that came up with the idea, wrote an episode and then had to let end-of-the-pier throw backs write it for a targetted "audience" who, seemingly, don't exist in reality.
I saw an advert for it and it filled me with so much rage I had to go for a cigarette. BBC3 really is where comedy goes to die.
Oh, thank god someone else hated it as much as I did. I don't object to crass humour... if it's funny. I don't object to dark situations... if it's funny (see: Nighty Night). I do object to creepy cringeworthy bullying TV without a half measure of wit to go around.
The teacher who wants to shag his students scenario was bad enough. I don't object to the theme if handled intelligently or wittily, but this was plain creepy, even though the actor playing the teacher (and the substitute teacher at the end) were obviously supposed to be young and attractive enough that people wouldn't find the pairings disturbing. To me somehow that made it worse.
The treatment of Sky, the fat girl, was tired and offensive. See something like Buzzcocks for a way fat jokes can be done without coming across like complete bullying. She wasn't given a personality, just a 'fat minger' who would 'do anything for a sticky bun'. Jesus, I thought these jokes went out in the seventies.
Possibly the worst thing was all that canned laughter. So much of it and so loud and obnoxious it made me feel even less like laughing.
COMEDY HAS DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND SHOULD NOT BE DEFINED TO ONE CRITIQUE, by any stretch of the imagination. I, personally, think that two pints was a brilliant TV show. just watched some of coming of age and thought it was terrible. I honestly have to say the the dude that posted the original comment should not refer to other programs to back his argument. he is asking for someone to disagree with him by using other shows that people will like.Having read through other comments all i can say is stop ripping into eachother over a comedy, by that statement i knwo im doing the same. Honestly, Coming of age seemed bad acting but ok written, a little too american comedy. I'm pissed right now and dont know what im writing, but enjoy =]
I agree with you all the way
this program was a load of crap, its the sort of comedy that would be funny in my secondary school;
all boys, meaning everything was about sex.
After 5 years of this ever so tedious learning style i thought i could break free. Until i turned onto this and my soul died.
This program was so awful atleast 5000 comedians across the world had a heart attack and yet again BBC 3 have put up another fantastic show =]
WELL DONE!
After reading the reviews on here i thought i'd check it out on BBCiPlayer...
Awful... Like an X-Rated CBeebies. I can't believe i watched it all!
I smirked twice. Once at Ollie's 'men problems' and the one when he came into the shot in the swimming pool. That's it.
All the characters are horrible, bar Ollie.
I can write better sitcom than this Pap!
I'm 17 and i love comedy... This show makes me really depressed.
It was so bad I watched the entire episode. BBC are really producing some crap. The Inbetweeners is funny, this is not.
I totally agree with the review, after seeing teo pints of crap and a packet of crap i really didnt think that they could right a more unfunny, sub 'Carry On' innuendo laden piece of rubbish, its really really that bad!
After Summer Heights high and how not to live your life i had high hopes for BBC3 Comedy, but the guys behind this stuff need to be locked in a cellar with Josef Fritzl for their crimes against comedy!
Right, Gimme a Sheet of Paper, 12 Pints of Guiness and a Vindaloo and ill Sh*t out a better story and better jokes than this. Im its target audience, I LOOOVE Two pints with a passion (except the latest series without ralph)You can see the the jokes coming from a mile off, so obvious and about as intelligent as a Bacon Sandwich Shop in a Mosque. All the actors (if you can call them that) straight out of stage school, if they even went, gimme he half our of my life back argh! Avoid like syphillis
I wholly agree with the review, THIS IS THE WORST TV SHOW EVER. Never in my life have I had to endure 30 minutes of such utter poorly written crap. Don't waste your time with this, it should never have been commisioned. What a utter waste of tv-licence payers money.
First of all I'd like to instantly divert from the main topic and reply to a comment a few above this one by 'Joe'
Joe, in your comment you say "Having read through other comments all i can say is stop ripping into eachother over a comedy" This is known as discussion, debate or even arguing Joe, Some of us are passionate about our comedy and that includes talking up our favourites and slamming our most hated! If you can't stand the heat then get yourself down to www.carebears.com
Secondly Joe you say "a little too american comedy" Fair enough, but coming from a man who also uses the pronoun "dude" (I'd wager not for the first time in your life as well) Don't you think that your comment is a little short-sighted...Sorry near-sighted!
And finally Joe (Nearly there) Your love for 'Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps' inspires your following rant "I honestly have to say the the dude that posted the original comment should not refer to other programs to back his argument. he is asking for someone to disagree with him by using other shows that people will like"
Actually Joe you couldn't be more wrong here, Two pints' Has been used as an example to demonstrate exactly how awful 'Coming of age' is. Those of us that actually understand and appreciate good comedy associate 'Two pints' as being one of the worst comedy efforts of recent years, The instant comparison to that show by 'mofgimmers' is an esoteric nod acknowledging this. The 'Two pints' reference is also necessary as 'Coming of age' is very much of the same school; Jokes (I use the term loosely) about sex and very little else, one-liners that you have guessed long before they are actually said and a plot so thin and often so absurd that you're left wondering whether you've accidentally flicked over to 'Cbeebies' (Ok Joe, you can go now)
Coming of age thinks it's edgy and cool, There are even flickers of it's dark side in moments like when the teacher says "Excuses, that's all my pupils say. That and stop touching me" Stange lines like these linger throughout the show and are completely out of context with the mood of the scenes they invade. These attempts at dark, risqué moments are so out of place, that if you imagine 3 of the teletubbies walking into a room to find that poe has hung himself, you are close to matching the ridiculousness of it.
To summarise, 'Coming of age' is the crying, shitting, dribbling infant of 'Two pints' Undernourished, teething and *sniff sniff* in need of a change. Hopefully this show will never come of age and will infact be seen by the BBC bigwigs as (spot the reference) moribund.
woah calm down. the show is real crappy and bbc3 feels the need to repeat it everynight like they are proud of it.
i am sorry but i think coming of age is the best comedy i have ever seen.... i myself am a kid, of 14 and since the show is targeted at kids i am the target market, for all those of u that didnt like it, maybe you are to old....?
Im 17 and I think Coming of Age was Terriable aswell, However "Two Pints of Larger and a Packet of Crisps" is one of my favorite shows!
Hi ,
Coming Of Age is like a baby version of Two Pints.
It is true, Coming of Age, was terrible. The production and script was very poor.
But that doesn't make it unenjoyable for younger viewers like the 14 year old who has given his view, I think I would find it funny at that age two. The humour is immature, not always a bad thing.
I don't think I will be watching it again, purely because I am capable of understanding more advanced humour and chose to do so, real humour with real comedians and actors. BBC3 has produced some gems, such as Lead Balloon, professionally written and created, but still this finds it hard to get to the front page. Coming of Age, will, inevitably be kept on the back shelf unless the quality picks up. Not everyone wants to watch a Grange Hill for adults, after all, very few programs focused on a student’s perception get far, unless they are before the watershed.
Overall, not great, loads of room for improvement. Targeting early teenagers, then fine, nail on the head, they haven't seen enough tele to know a good actor, and still get amused by a fart. Everyone else, should probably spend their time watching something with a little more creativity
Totally agree - I watched this because I thought The Inbetweeners was brilliant, and had thought it might be along the same lines. But it really was embarrassing. Actually, I thought it was written BY teenagers. Did I just assume that based on the quality, or is that actually the case?
Like several other people, I just did a search for reviews of this show to see if other people hated it as much as I did. I couldn't bear to watch it for more than five minutes - and as a 24 year-old male student I'm not that far from it's target audience.
Coming of age i have to admit did not come up to two pints of larger and a packet of crips standards but it is a good show since that is out of the way it makes room for a new youth comedy.
I actualy love this show
its so mad and immature like me ^_^
i reeeeeeeeeealy love the song though
i bare wanna know what it is
Simply the worst sitcom I have ever seen, the script is shocking and the acting is awful.
It doesn't actually deserve to be labelled a 'sitcom' as its so not funny and dull.
I am a Male of 25, and i'm afraid all the people that are slaughtering this show are missing the point and looking way to much into it.
I know the plots dont have any substance and you can see the gags coming.
But it's Mindless grose-out easy viewing adholecent fun, and for the that it deffernately deserves a slot on our viewing schedule.
Some of the characters are really like the people that were at my school, or how they tried to be.
Maybe all the people giving this show bad reviews were the geeks of the schoolhood childhood!!!
Take it for what it is, easy-viewing
Without doubt an all-time low for BBC3. This is appalling. Who in God's name commissioned this?! And if the target audience is kiddywinks then why is it on so late?!
Spectacularly bad.
I agree with others, I had high hopes for this, as BBC3 have a strong reputation of produceing great new comedy.
This is, however, a pile of crap. I cannot believe the BBC3 let a retarded 10 year old write a 'comedy' show. Down with the licence fee! - FYI I am not an old man, I'm 20.
Also, its 'target market' is not under 18s due to the content and the time is airs.
This 'comedy' show, is a very VERY poor version of the great E4 comedy Inbetweeners.
this show is so funny and really good so who ever thinks that its bad is really sad and missing a chance to have a propper life
ok look.
i'm 14 going on 15 and i thought this programme was really funnt, and i know that some or most of my friends would like it too. granted, some of them wouldn't and think it's too crude but to be totally honest it depends on what type of comedy you like. (and don't comment back saying this is not comedy because that's childish). i really love all types of comedy and this i think would appeal to most mid-teens. maybe slighly off the mark with it's target age of collage students - i don't know.
but eveyone is entitled to their opinion and if you find it funny then great, if not don't go trash talking other t.v shows like 'two pints of larger and a packet of crisps' if it was that bad why did it go on so long!!
I am a 16 year old boy at sixth form and found this comedy Hilarious. I am not alone in my view however, Look at the comments above mine for example, and the many people from my school who enjoy this comedy. It may not be very realistic but its very funny none the less. The jokes are Basic but good and the characters are very likeable.
How dare you question peoples intelligence for liking it. Just because we find jokes about masturbation and sex amusing doesn't mean we're half-witted, Brain-dead slobs who have only just managed to work out how to turn on a television set. And before anyone starts slagging me off for liking it I'd like to point you towards the fact i have Passed my GCSE's and am currently studying IT practitioners, Maths, Physics and Media studies.
Hardly an idiot I think you'll find!
Rant Over!
Im 18 years old and have to say that I find this really funny. The stupidity of it makes it great. Obviously everyone has an opinion but I think that this review is being too harsh!
Everyone likes different things, I wouldn't say it is as great as Two Pints however, but it is absolutely hilarious, great job to the writers/producers.
Two Pints was JUST about bearable, im afraid this was like a bad spin off from that almost like a prequel to that series (possibly two bottles of Panda Pops and a packet of Space Raiders)
It should be nowhere near a prime time slot,one which i feel had been occupied well by shows like Summer Heights High.But Tit and Knob jokes simply dont give me belly laughs and i bet 99 per cent of those here would agree. The writers should be locked in a room Clockwork Orange style and be made to watch The Office, Seinfeld, Phoenix Nights, Peep Show etc until they understand a Sitcom is situated COMEDY (ie u Laugh!!!!)
I I have read some of the reviews added by teenagers, all trying to preach about why it is funny. I know why you find it funny, I was your age once. I just don’t think that it is as funny as you do. I don’t know if that is because you find anything amusing after sitting through double English at school today, but I think you need to look around for something better. Go back to the old school, go and check out Alan Partridge, or if you like quirky then why not the Mighty Boosh? There is something for everybody these days, but I’m not sure that Coming of Age should be one of them.
It is sad, and outlines everything I hate about stereotyping. Teenagers loving sex, is that all they can write about? If it is, at least get actors to act it, not some halfwits who are probably not in character.
The script is something similar to something I would have written for GCSE drama and would have failed with a D.
I am a friend of "Jonny-Sniper" and i totally agree with his entire argument, i too am not stupid i mean for a start i actually got into 6th form in which i needed at least a B in two of my subjects and three more A*-C grades, which i did so with great ease. As for you guys putting the show down, its merely your opinion theres no need to be so critical and possibly steer people away that may have actually liked the show if they hadnt read this review. This show is great and anyone considering watching it i highly recommend the show and not listen to these stuck up people who clearly have no sense of humor.
I think its amazing and in some parts actually funny (L)
im 14.. x
The only funny thing about this show, for me, is that I went to school with the writer. He is a) not funny and b) a glasses wearing freak that clearly has never had sex in his life hence the need to write crap sex orientated comedy. This programme really is dire!
U T**S THAT KEEP SAYING HOW BAD COMING OF AGE IS NEED 2 GET A F****** SENSE OF HUMOUR 1 OF THE FUNNIEST PROGRAMMES IVE SEEN
THAT IS THE MOST PATHETIC REVIEW I HAVE EVER READ.
TO ME WHO EVER WROTE THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING A MIDLIFE CRISIS!
IT IS AN AMAZING SHOW WRITTEN BY A 19 YEAR OLD GUY. WHO GETS WHAT PEOPLE THAT AGE ARE LIKE. EVEN THOUGH MOST OF US ARN'T THAT OUTRAGOUS ITS STILL A BRILLAINT,FUNNY SHOW!
ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN.
TO WHO WROTE THAT REVIEW. SIT DOWN WITH A NICE CUP OF TEA AND WATCH THE CASH IN THE ATTIC!
I am 21. I don't think being 14 is an excuse for liking this show. I think it is a simply a sign that you are mentally retarded. It is the worst programme i have ever seen by some margin.
i don't actually believe that these people supporting the show are real. i can only assume it is some runner at the bbc being told to represent the 'yoof'. just unspeakably bad.
AMIEE GET YOURSELF A DICTIONARY OTHERWISE YOU COME ACROSS AS A MORON LOVE. THIS IS WHY YOU LIKE THIS PROGRAMME BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT THE FULL TICKET LOVE.
i fink coming of age is wked!!!!!!!!!!!
Atrocious. I will not waste any more energy on pressing keys to tell the tards here why.
This indeed has to be the worst program on television at the moment, if not the worst ever put into production.
What i see is a children's show morphed with the schoolyard comedy of pointless swearing, crude anecdotes and generally ill thought out "wit".
I fail to see the need for this show to be honest, there are plenty of similar features on TV at 3 o clock for when the schools end with the same class of both acting and childishness, do we really need the same shows with added crude lower teen humor at this time of night?
I think not.
I completely agree, this is the most awful show i have ever seen. The jokes are pathetic, acting awful, and storylines abysmal. Whoever writes this is an absolute tool.
Lol at Cjames14 and Jonny-Sniper's comments! Nice of you to let us know your GCSE results, As if they actually mean anything!!! Just because you passed exams for subjects you learnt every weekday it doesn't mean you're not an idiot and it especially doesn't mean you have any common sense! The fact that you like this 'insult to comedy' backs up this theory nicely.
I really wish that people would stop telling us Coming of age haters to get a sense of humour! As if we don't have one! Our's is clearly more nourished and refined. You see, your sense of humour is like your taste buds' palette, right now you can enjoy shows like Coming of age because you haven't trained your palette! So enjoy scoffing down your chicken nuggets, chips and beans, whilst I sumptuously devour my boneless rabbit leg ballottine stuffed with proscuitto and red onions, old fashion mustard and blond beer sauce.
And lastly...There is one good thing that Coming of age has given us, I would say that it is the perfect representation of the phrase 'Lowest common denominator'
I'm another one that found this page by googling reviews to see if other people are so stunned by the show's utter crapness. I can see how it could be funny to a particularly slow teenager (the type that might think passing GCSEs is a sign of high intelligence, for example), but the timeslot suggests that the intended audience is a little older.
I'd agree with whoever it was up there that said Two Pints of Lager is just about watchable (if one only gets BBC3 on the telly, and has no books, Internet access, or wrestling figures), but Coming of Age is a new low. It is somewhat entertaining to watch and constantly marvel at the fact that THIS got greenlit.
The post up near the top that mentioned the writer knowing it's crap interested me, because when watching, I've thought of "Extras" and the constant depression of Andy Millman at how he's allowed the BBC to tear his original idea to shreds, and I wondered if this was why Coming of Age turned out so awfully.
The jokes are atrocious, the performances are dire, the stories and the characters themselves have almost no consistency from one scene to the next anyway.
Still, it passes half an hour on the way to death.
tbh i think this review is a load of bo*****s! coming of age is a fantastic programme which is hillariously funny and my mates think so to. the person who wrote this review is probably a 50 yr old bloke who goes out to fancy restaurents every night and thinks that "the green green grass" is comic gold. and if he is i really dont think he should be reviewing this because he is not the target audience. I feel for someone to really write a review about this age they need to be 16 - 22 because that is the the target audience. I do admit that some of the jokes are crude but its a whole lot better than "only fools and horses" in which they may aswell have told you the punchline before the joke and that went down superbly. Also if this is predictable i'd hate to hear what you think of "eastenders" i can tell you whats going to happen on friday from mondays episode.
Also little brittan is on its god knows series and that is a pile of s*** it was mildly amusing the first time but then they repeat it and repeat it they don't come up with anything usefull and that really pi**es me off!
and this is one for all the people who say if you like this show you are a complete idiot i passed all of my GCSE's A*-B and i am currently at my local 6th form studying biology, chemistry, physics and geology and doing very well indeed and i am hoping to go on to university and study biology or chemistry (havent made up my mind yet) and do further studies to become a forensic scientist. now if i was a brain dead idiot i would be living in a council flat receiving incacity benefits when i was completely fine.
the bloody cheek of it
To all of you who are slagging off this programme
you must really have NO life whatsoever
And to say that us peple who actually like it arent really people and bbc three representatives undercover trying to protect there show is ridiculous
I think this show
is amazingly funny
those of you who dont like it obviously live in some huge posh house sipping home made tea and attend Knitty clubs every friday
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I am a middle aged person and I think "Coming of Age" is hilarious! And, am not alone in this. I also know of others (young and old) who also think it is very funny.
I think all the characters are very cute and it is amuzing to see what they get up to.
I tend to watch a lot of comedies and I try to keep an open mind.
I can, however, see how some people may find some scenes rather embarassing - especally if watching in mixed company - and it is not setting a very good example for the youngsters.
Still, I can't wait for tomorrow's episode.
Does the fact that there is such a mixed reaction to Coming of Age not suggest that the BBC have got it right and HAVE produced a cutting edge show?
hey, coming of age is absolutely amazing! two pints isnt far off either. admittedly the last seris wasnt as good as the rest because ralf little's character was killed of but thats not the point. coming of age is one of the best comedy sitcoms ive seen in a while. its fresh. and also who are you calling and idiot.if your so perfect then why are you doing this crappy review, your probably like 50 years old and not even the target audience, this shoould be reviewed a 16-21 student, the actual target audience, not some 50 year old git who needs a good slap!!! also mogo3 u r so lucky to now one of the actors :)
Great review, i entirely agree. I am a sixteen year old boy so i should be laughing at the hilarious jokes about sex etc...right? No...I watched about 15 minutes before switching to something better (the BBC news was much funnier), and not once did i laugh , it bemuses me how people actually find this pile of turd funny, probably the kind of people who think "Little Britain" is the best program ever...Watch a real comedy like The Office or Alan Partridge...
Ggreat to see this sh**epile getting the critical drubbing it deserves. The phrase "it's not aimed at you" is possibly the worst argument in favour of any comedy: decent comedy writing has multi-demographic appeal, Little Britain (before it dies on its arse in later series') being a prime example. If comedy is written this narrowly - the target audience presumably being a 14-year-old boy with his hand down his pants - it only emphasises the narrowness (is that a word?) of the writer's talent and experience. As for the junior retards commenting on this post who have "just finished their GCSE's and akshully got a C in Business Studies, fanks very much", I have an idea; why don't you (bear with me here, you're going to like this) fuck right off, and come back when you've passed some proper exams? Or when you've finished your three year "Communication Studies" degree from the University of POintlessshire.
Just an idea.
"""Posted by: Ollie | October 29, 2008 5:22 AM
and this is one for all the people who say if you like this show you are a complete idiot i passed all of my GCSE's A*-B and i am currently at my local 6th form studying biology, chemistry, physics and geology and doing very well indeed and i am hoping to go on to university and study biology or chemistry """"
I really hope this is an attempt at satire because it is truly classic..Can u 16-19 year olds realise that GCSE's don't really amount to good taste so to bring it up is pointless.
This show was so bad I cannot believe it got comissioned.... if children (and let me be clear below 18 you are a child) want to make a tv show please keep it on t4 so i dont have to pay for it.
Oi stop dissing C.O.A, its awesome ! im 23, i love it, why would u all come on here just to piss me off, you none sense of humour sad pensioners, now fk off and leave c.o.a alone, one more thing your all hippies c.o.a rules. whos with me c.o.a fans. fight for sereis 2, if they get their way it wont happen. fkers !!!
rant started !!!
What an idiot i think u drink to much Coming of Age was brill, compared to some of the garbage the beeb shows these days. Oh yeah whats Spetember, September you numpty don't think u went to school. I am middle age and got the jokes my friend who is older than me got the jokes.
NEVER have I laughed that much at any TV show, as a few people have said it is aimed at students of this generation, it is quite understandable that a middle aged person would find the jokes crude and offensive. However, teenagers have got such a bad rep already and all the show is doing is highlighting that and basically taking the piss out of it. I am hoping the series will run on (a lot) longer, mainly because its so funny, but also the make people like you boil inside >:)
For the benefit of OMFGZZZ_JONNY_SNIPER I'm 50 and probably NOT the target audience and I love "Coming of age". Whilst it's not as good as "2 pints" it's the best thing since. I come from a generation that lived through the 70's when 'obvious' jokes and innuendo were the norm in TV comedy (watch "Carry on" for example)so this is like a trip down memory lane...
I have to agree with Damian "all the people that are slaughtering this show are missing the point and looking way too much into it.
I know the plots don't have any substance and you can see the gags coming.
But it's Mindless grosse-out easy viewing adholecent fun. Take it for what it is, easy-viewing".
Almost every time someone has to mention about age or who its aimed at, the particular programme is wa**. I'm 22 and think Coming of Age is rubbish! Why do we have to be patronised by middle-aged BBC bosses thinking young people want obvious knob jokes!! When I was 10 I remember watching Father Ted with my nan and us both loving it, because it was just funny!!! At the same time we would all watch Knightmare on CITV or the Simpsons because they were quality!!!!!!
i bet everyone who hates this show would hate the mighty boosh and much rather sit down in their favourite chair and settle down to a crumpet and maybe even a scone? and watch doom and gloom ( it even had morrissey playing in the background) Eastenders,
if you don't like the show.. don't watch it, i don't like emmerdale but i don't come on the internet to vent my anger at the dingles and dream of torching the woolpack
I like this show. Why shouldn't I? The fact that only a small group of people like, why does that mean that it is "crap"? The BBC don't need to make programmes that are "OK" for as many people as possible because they aren't commercial, so they can make a variety of shows that are "very good" for a small percentage, and that's what I think the BBC is all about. Just my opinion, you are all entitled to yours too, but DO NOT tell people that they are "stupid" or "idiots" for not thinking like you.
You know what? I love Coming Of Age. Its freaking hilarious. YOu think only teenagers who like knob jokes and have the brain of a retarded insect would like this program? Thats me. Anyone know if this television gold is being released on DVD? I'd buy it.
what was wrong with it i cant agree with people who are slagging it off so f**king much. It aims at a different type of person. look at little britain i personally hate it, i cant find one funny thing about it. but people like that should i think they are immature and idiots. coming of age reminded me of when i was in college the characters are so like people i've known in the past. I found it hilarious and would watch a second series if it ever happens. oh and whats wrong with a nob joke/
I like the show but i have a very immature sense of comedy, probley like anyother fans of this program this let two pints down but that hasnt been so great lately
i find it funny but what pises me off so much is you come on here and moan about it being crap if you dont like its fine uhh did you no the tv has an off switch now whos dumb? if you dont like it turn it off it just shows you don't have a life so you come on here and moan about it.
and to the critic who wrote the stuff at the top do you actually like any tv program because i have never heard a critic say anything nice about anything
How can u be soo sad about it.It is class!!
How u can slate it off so much i donnt no i bet half of u havent even watched it.
If you don't like it turn it off... as for me I loved this show and it was rough coming by since I live in the USA. Oh, by the way it isn't just for teenagers... I'm 37 and loved every minute of it.
I think this review is absolutely spot on. I just LOVE reading the ill educated musings of "fans" of this show, who are quick to point out how non-believers must be older and less in touch with youthful society.
Well, I am 23, and I think you can stick your "yoof" television. BBC3 and programs like this, The Inbetweeners, 2 pints et al are an embarrassment to people my age (with the extremely notable exception of Family Guy) and it is shows like this which are 1. Making our generation a laughing stock and 2. providing further evidence that civilised society is doomed.
I seriously think that the writers of this abomination should take a long hard look at themselves. Is this really how teenagers act? Is a knob joke really funny in 21st century society? I seriously cant understand why shows like 15 Storeys High get shelved, and tripe like this recommissioned.
I LOVE coming of age!
still to this day i watch it nearly every week!
I'm 15 and find it hilarious,
my mum aged 38 and my uncle aged 22 also have watched it with me on a few occasions and have laughed just as much as me!
DK is by far the best character! with all his raps + classic one liners!
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, contact me if there is going to be another series or a box set i can buy!
p.s. I'd like to shake the maker of this programs hand!
hey jordan
im with u dude, lol
c.o.a was brilliant, what the reviewer doesent understand is that asking him to review c.o.a is like asking me to review eastenders, id slate it, as i find zero entertainment value in it. all u peeps who think c.o.a isnt a good show. fair do's to you. But for F.S dont call us fans retards or idiots just because we dont like the same thing.
rant continued
I hated Coming of Age. It kinda looked like a programme I'd like, but unfortunately that turned out not to be the case. Okay, so some people like it. Good on you, I feel almost jealous that people are able to obtain some form of enjoyment from what I believe to be utter crap.
There were too many sex/wanking references and not enough jokes. It was puerile, but not even 'clever' puerile. Just idiotic. It worries me that the BBC (specifically BBC Three) think EVERY young person will enjoy this. I'm 19 and hated it. Shame it's being considered (or has already been) recommissioned. Far, far better programming out there.
'I just LOVE reading the ill educated musings of "fans" of this show'
I'm 19, an Oxford undergrad and I love this show. Ppl should lighten up! Episodes 2 + 6 are the best of the bunch.
I seriously doubt the intelligence of anyone who finds this funny.
Arrr...Coming of Age, the most cringe worthy "comedy" I have ever had the misfortune of watching. A show created by morons for morons. The acting is terrible the jokes are about as low as you can get, talk about appealing to the lowest common denominater! The sooner this abortion of a show is off the air the better.
Thanks you and Goodnight
This programme is shameful. I could just about handle Two Pints of Lager but not this. I am no prude but no wonder we have so many teenage pregnancies in this country when a program revolves around sex and teenage girls being dirty stop-outs. This is aimed at 13-16 year old teenage boys who will get a thrill out of sneakily watching it in their bedrooms and then make it their ambition to sleep with a girl, any girl ASAP to then boast to his pals about it. 'Coming of age'...the title says it all really. BBC should be ashamed. The humour wears off after 100 date with '5-finger' jokes and lines that rhyme with 'cock'. BORING. RUBBISH. Suggestive jokes about pupils and teachers...SHOCKING and IRRESPONSIBLE. The best bit was when it finished. Please axe this show soon.
Watched this show for 5 mins, and realised...
I'M NEVER GETTING THOSE FIVE MINUTES BACK!
Biggest pile of shit ever created and complete insult to true British comedy.
The End.
This is gonna have more complaints than Jan Moir's Gately article. How dare they show it after Family Guy. It's like eating cardboard for dessert when you've had lobster for main.
I feel sorry for the actors. To be honest I'd rather be the kid who starred in the Frosties "They're gonna taste great" advert - at least people will forget what he looked like one day.
This is an insult to comedy and television. Bush has more chance of getting elected again than this has of making a second series.
Get this off my tv set...please.
I watched this for about 5 mins also, and i gotta say it was clearly the most riviting thing i have ever watc... HA HA HA HA HA! i cant keep that up, what a pile of toss!
I R CLEVZOR I MAKE SEX JOKE THAT MAKE ME FUNNEH!
I R ACTORZ I WONT HAVE CARRIER AFTER THIS SHOW AS IT SUCKS AND WILL DRAG ME DOWN WITH IT!
Thats basicly the humour... how the hell it made it to a 2nd series i dont know but the guy who created it should be sterilised and so should his parents just incase they decide to make another moronic child like the one that wrote that drivle
comming of age is a show which is about teenagers growing up- aimed not surprisingly at teenagers.
im 19 and i have to say the show appeals to me, yes the humor may be daft and most of what they talk about is sex but thats what teenage life is about-after all do you know a teenager who puts their feet up on a saturday morning and tunes into the horse racing? because i don't. My parents are not a fan of the show and i can see why but people are always going to have different tastes in what they like on t.v and shouldn't mock it because it doesn't relate to them. To me its a clear case of you either love or you hate it, and i think i know which side im on.
You called Two Pints bad, I realised your views weren't worth reading from there.
Junk, absolute bullshit that shows the BBC really needs breaking up. Nobody in the private sector would get away with this.
Im 21, and suspect that I am the programmes target audience, and I echo absolutely everything said in this article. I think this show is absolutely dire, to me it seems to try and be like the inbetweeners, but it a million times worse.
worst show ever, end of
Thought i might say that i agree beacause "Imagine a one-man band on fire running at you from across a perfectly empty field for 3 minutes and when they finally get to you, they shout "Ho ho! I'm on fire!" It's like that, only less funny."
That is one of the funniest things i'v herd lol! so in that comarison coming of age must be pretty amazing so there! :p
They commissioned a SECOND series?!?!
Did anyone in the BBC actually watch this tripe first time round to see just how staggeringly dreadful this is? Or were they just smoking a lot of crack at the time? By Christ, I thought Two Pints of Lager was some of the most execrable vomit to have come from the BBC (and it is), but this would disgrace a retarded Belgian amoeba.
If this makes it onto BBC1 or 2, I'm not paying the licence fee.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/
Suggest inundate them with complaints and get it pulled.
The Review is correct.
This is unfunny trash.
Vacuous, unfunny, ill timed rubbish. 1/10
Wow, I totally agree. Some people really do have nothing better to do than to slag off things they don't like...
Anyway, if you don't like the show, why bother slagging it off? The show is aimed at Teenagers, and most Teenagers seem to really like it, for example; I do. And I'm 15.
I personally think it's brilliant, and so do many others, but then there are also many others that think differently to the Coming Of Age fans.
If you don't like it, leave it well alone, and let others enjoy it.
So, you know what? For now, as D.K would say, 'YO YO YO, MR. K IS IN THE HOUSE,' and 'BALAMORY' off.
Coming Of Age? 10/10
Im 14 and I don't fidn it funny atall. I think it's pure embarassing actually. And all the other teenagers commenting saying that its funny or your too old to get it, thats just not the case, its just not funny simple as that.
You can't compare the inbetweeners or skins or anything like that with coming of age because they just arnet comparable. The inbetweeners is hilarious I think and so was stuff like summer heights high and I think even two pints is better than coming of age.
Just no effort has been put into coming of age, clearly anyone who finds it funny is just not cool and a seriously sad individual.
This series is an utter disgrace that fails in every respect, and everyone involved in spending public money on it should be fed through a mincemeat grinder toes first. I hang my head in shame at being British. If this is humanity, let me leave this world behind me. I sigh deeply when I reflect upon sharing teh same air, the same city, schools and public spaces as the people who created this pitiful abomination that mascarades as art or creativity.
Governors of the BBC, and all you managers who earn over £100k a year, was quality control caught napping? Who allowed this to proceed? You need to take a long look in the mirror and question everything about yourselves, everything about an organistion that considers this to be a worthy undertaking in any way other than keeping peopele employed, in which case might I suggest that everyone involved's labours would have been better spent doing something, anything really vaguely useful. Sod it, I would personally perfered they had paid teh entire crew and cast to go out and graffiti the city for however long it took, at least it would have annoyed eveyone less. I never thought I would say this, but I definitely want my money, viweing time, and airwaves back.
Being an 18 year old boy who can be extremely immature and crude along with my friends constantly, to the extent where it is similar to how bad they can get on this show, I should find this hilarious.
However, I don't.
It's not that the jokes aren't there. The "jokes" are just constantly bombarded at you over and over again until it is almost forcing you into submission. Watching the episode last night, I found myself laughing at one joke throughout the whole show. I quote:
"Why waste your life doing something that you're shit at? Who are we? Tim Henman?"
That was most likely the only joke not related around sex, masturbation or immaturity, and, surprise surprise, was the only one which seemed humorous to me.
Right, I think I'll head off to bed to get some much needed sleep now. Just remembering the episode from last night is causing my brain to shrivel up and die.
I fully agree with this review, worst programme I have ever seen it makes me cringe. When the actors look back at this in a few years they will be so, so embarrased.
Only an idiot could enjoy this pile of shit
jesus christ, i agree with every single word this reviewer has on the show. It made me want to find the nearest bridge and jump off it, and that was 5 mins into watch. Its so shockingly awful the actors must feel right mugs!