When it was announced that The Graham Norton Effect was going to air on Comedy Central many of his American fans were worried that Graham Norton was going to calm down and deliver a tamer version of his wildly popular British show. But thank god we were wrong. Already Norton has had outrageous guests such as RuPaul, Macaulay Culkin and Sandra Bernhard on his show. Nortons outfits and attitude are more extreme than ever.
But I have to say, I've seen some of the American Graham Norton Effect shows on TV over here, and they are tamer and I didn't find them quite so funny. It was more like "look at the funny gay man" whereas on the Graham Norton show over here it was like "look Graham Norton he interviews extravagant celebs. He's funny and knows all the cool stuff on the internet"
Well, that's the way it seems to me. But then I'm a snobby Brit
Great interviewthough! I do want the G Norton show back on Channel 4!! A game show for the BBC? A bit Dale Winton, isn't it?
Cherry xoxoxox
P.S Daniel, the British G Norton show was aired on Channel 4 over here (not the government funded BBC), which is a commercial station. There were about 2 ad breaks every half hour.
Graham Norton is fantastic, I love his show, although I cant decide if I am happy about his show on channel four in the UK being on tv all the time when a new series starts...
I should really like this show. It seems to have what I look for in a program, but for the life of me I can't stand to watch it. I don't really understand why either.
Love Graham, his Channel 4 show was just fantastic. BBC seemed to sabotage him by offering him a job and then not using him. That's just the impression I got at the time and may or may not reflect reality.
By the way, there's an misquote there that any Irish person couldn't miss:
TV shows stop at 6 o’clock to play evangelists
whereas what he definately would have said was:
TV shows stop at 6 o’clock to play the Angelus
The sound of the angelus bells play on the TV for one minute before the main evening news accompanied by pictures of people looking contemplative. It's a call to prayer. Irish people, even those of a secular disposition, don't really pay much attention to it since we've all grown up with it. Foreigners think it's weird
Missy
SUICIDEGIRL
California, USA
AUG 10, 2004 06:00 AM