After a gaudy opening credits sequence in which Lee Nelson (created and portrayed by stand up comic Simon Brodkin) struts around like a cock on legs, Lee then greets his live studio audience, fist bumping, kissing, mocking and of course groping them until he decides it's time to get on with his 'qualiteeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!' show. He introduces his friend Omelette, a man who couldn't look more like Humpty Dumpty if he tried. The cameras occasionally cut to shots of him throughout the show, laughing like a hyena whilst stuffing his face like a coronary depended on it.
The show is a strange mix of live interaction and filmed sketches, the live sections include games such as 'Taken from Behind' and 'How many people have they banged?' and yes, they're just as entertaining as they sound. The sketches are just as upsetting, one section 'Dr Bob' follows the life of a zany doctor (for zany read racially stereotyped) and the patients in his care. It's the type of sketch that makes Little Britain look funny and original. So that's an achievement in itself.
The biggest issue that struck me was that the audience shouldn't be a wide cross section of society as it appears to be. It should only consist of it's target audience, dribbling, gurgling lumps of decaying humanity, willing to watch any old crap because they can't even attempt to change the channel as it may snuff out that last dwindling spark of individuality secreted away inside the remnants of their brain, incidentally the exact same target audience that The Jeremy Kyle Show goes for.
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