Count Arthur is comedy marmite, I know. I love it, the radio show especially. I've never thought of him as being senile, and though he might be showing some of the typical symptoms, I don't think he is actually senile at all. I get the impression that he's always been like this, and Delaney playing him as an older gentleman makes it funnier because his frame of reference is the era that many listeners can relate to, not because he's ill.
I heartily laugh at some of this work, the rest I find mildly funny. Humour is different to different people. These sketches might be ripping at dementia sufferers, but that’s life. My mother died after a very long struggle with dementia. The early days of her illness were similar to this, and I can look back at that period of her life with both sadness and pleasure at being there for her and still enjoy these performances.
The "doctor" is a disingenuous, profane waste of air space. And the other guy has little to offer. Not everyone likes Arthur. Plenty of my friends don't. They just don't opine on dreadful podcasts.
Are these taking the pi$$?!!! Is that Steve Delaney in another guise? The not funny doctor? No way is Arthur mocking dementia or sufferers He's a finessed blend of various characters and lots of observations of life in the 60s and 70s.
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Oh dear. Someone is missing the fun of Count Arthur.
I totally concur! ;)
You two are miserable. Arthur is hilarious.
Yeah their both shit.
There are people in life that are like this without dementia ...just a different take on things ...yes... its funny if you lighten up!
Count Arthur is comedy marmite, I know. I love it, the radio show especially. I've never thought of him as being senile, and though he might be showing some of the typical symptoms, I don't think he is actually senile at all. I get the impression that he's always been like this, and Delaney playing him as an older gentleman makes it funnier because his frame of reference is the era that many listeners can relate to, not because he's ill.
I just thought he was drunk!
I heartily laugh at some of this work, the rest I find mildly funny. Humour is different to different people. These sketches might be ripping at dementia sufferers, but that’s life. My mother died after a very long struggle with dementia. The early days of her illness were similar to this, and I can look back at that period of her life with both sadness and pleasure at being there for her and still enjoy these performances.
The "doctor" is a disingenuous, profane waste of air space. And the other guy has little to offer. Not everyone likes Arthur. Plenty of my friends don't. They just don't opine on dreadful podcasts.
Are these taking the pi$$?!!! Is that Steve Delaney in another guise? The not funny doctor? No way is Arthur mocking dementia or sufferers He's a finessed blend of various characters and lots of observations of life in the 60s and 70s.