Belatedly ‘Man to Man with Dean Learner’, & ‘Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace’.

Reader Comments

1. Monkey Monk 10/03/2006 @ 10:51am

   I watched the entire run of DARKPLACE when it ran on the Sci-fi channel in the US a few months ago and I thought the series as a whole was pretty hit and miss. I’m kinda glad it only ran for 6 episodes because my enthusiasm for it was really waning by the last couple of shows.

2. buck.theorem 10/03/2006 @ 11:31am

   I used to work at a film location, ‘supervising’ crews and so on, and one of my favourite memories is of a really nice, long chat with Garth Marenghi himself. They were filming “Man to Man With David Learner”, and in between shots I decided to take the plunge and talk, since I liked his work and I knew that he - like myself - would be a fan of good bad films, so to speak. So we shared recommedations of classic bad films that really should be seen. I asked him if he would make another series of “Dark Places” and he told me that Channel4 hadn’t liked “Dark Places”.

   We had a great long talk, as if we had been friends for some time, as he was such a disarming guy and probably the least affected actor I had ever met on a film unit. It was a very memorable, funny and enjoyable conversation and I came away very grateful for it, and with great respect for him. ...I look forward to getting the series.

3. Bobby 10/17/2006 @ 2:24pm

   I’ve a feeling they might like Darkplace soon enough.. DVDs are supposed to be selling like mad.

   Could be the new Family Guy! Fingas crossed.

4. tony coyle 10/20/2006 @ 4:58am

   hi,

   the original show was abslutly weird, i did not understand it. i am reading only 6 were made, but i am sure i watched it years ago. i don’t know why, it came into my head a few weeks ago. i thought what ever happened to it, and low and behold it’s back. anyone else remember seeing it long ago?

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5. weedleplop 10/21/2006 @ 8:49am

   The First episode of Man to Man with Dean Learner aired in the UK last night. It was truly great! (but then as a big fan of Darkplace, i probably would say that)

   
   Admittedly, the chat - with good ol’ Garth Marenghi himself as the first guest - sagged in a couple of places, but the vingettes: an advert for Garth Marenghi’s complete works (“if you only ever buy one Garth Marenghi book, buy this one ‘cause its all of them”) and a preview clip of his up and coming film where cosmic wasps invade london, were truly fantastic.

   
   Wheeling out Marenghi himself as the first guest was probably a wise move considering the Darkplace dvd launch. It slid existing fans comfortably into the new format, tho i am very much looking forward to seeing some of the bizarre characters Mat Holness will conjour up as Learners ‘remaining’ friends and ascociates!

   While we’re on the subject of Darkplace-related comedy, anyone who enjoyed it should check out ‘Snuffbox’ by Matt Berry (the actor Todd Rivers) and American comedian Rich Fulcher. It has a pleasing taste for the surreal, a wicked sense of humour and fabulous songs, yet currently it languishes in relative obscurity locked away on BBC3. Help it get the wider release it deserves!

6. and? 11/13/2006 @ 3:08pm

   don’t get me started on snuff box or i’ll get banned again

   re dean learner, his guests are the stars or star, a consistently funny and inventive performance by matt holmes, i have only seen eps 1 and 3 and 4 all were hilarious. he is a very talented and funny man, this however shows up mr learner to be less of a comic reation only shinning in his tour de crass classic under acting in war of the wasps.

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7. and? 11/17/2006 @ 5:10pm

   sorry x3
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