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There comes a point in most comedy shows when the quality starts to wane. Some are ‘put down’ in a kind and humane manner, ending before lethargy sets in, the classic example being Fawlty Towers. We remember dear old Basil and co in their glory days, rather than unfunny and old. However, some drag on too long and slowly stretch out the quality until you desperately hope that the current series will be the last. Unfortunately, That Mitchell and Webb Look has become one of those programmes.
In my review of the first episode of series four, I was quietly optimistic, recognising the misses but also celebrating the hits, particularly their use of language. But by the third or fourth episode the rot had started to set in, and the sketches felt more like time-fillers than actual scripted comedic pieces. In one sketch, the joke was that the host of an evil ‘game show’ talked very slowly and repeated himself. Obviously this got irritating after a while, and the sketch was much longer than it needed to be, especially considering the fact that it was simply stretching out one joke.
As for the last episode, the bargain supermarket sketch ‘Didldidi’ did however have me chuckling delightedly, but it was about the only time I laughed properly. Sketches seemed tired and unimaginative; the closing sketch featuring an incontinent Sherlock Holmes left me looking at my watch waiting for the show to end. Their increased use of the sketches in which they play themselves has become routine and uninteresting rather than the original and witty word play of the first episode. It almost seemed as if having run out of ideas for sketches, Mitchell and Webb were relying on their chemistry and reputation as a comedic duo to fill time rather than make actual jokes.
As a Mitchell and Webb fan, That Mitchell and Webb Look has always been a staple of my TV viewing, although as the series progressed, the trepidation grew. Now the programme, in my opinion, has passed its peak, and must end gracefully now, rather than dragging on for another humiliating series.
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