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Fact me till I fart, it's The Day Today, the most outrageously satirical show ever to feature a man called Chris Morris---until Brass Eye, that is. Morris really hates the media: he loathes it, he despises it. Both savage and surreal, The Day Today heaps great steaming mounds of abuse and scorn upon our self-appointed moral guardians, upon pompous pundits, puerile newspaper headline-writers and vacuous, self-important TV presenters. And they all richly deserve it. The show's format is Newsnight-meets-Crimewatch in Hell. A ridiculously protracted title sequence and melodramatic headline announcements are just the beginning. Like a demented Jeremy Paxman, Morris' anchorman simpers to the viewers while castigating on-air his useless reporter Peter O'Hanraha'hanrahan; the vacant Collatallie Sisters turns financial news into a dadaist nightmare of meaningless statistics, graphically illustrated by the currency cat or the finance arse; while American journo Barbara Wintergreen's reports from Death Row are just scary and absurd enough to be completely believable. Also making his TV debut here is Steve Coogan's legendary sportscaster Alan Partridge, with his appalled and appalling sports reporting, his cringe-inducing misunderstandings and his sheer blunt-headed stupidity. Behind the scenes, sketches such as the spoof soap "The Bureau" and the spoof docu-soap "The Pool" betray the writing skills of Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews, creators of Father Ted. Subsequent media hysteria about Chris Morris' shocking satire has only made The Day Today look even more frighteningly relevant than when it was first broadcast in 1994.
Tape Two has the second three shows from the six-part series, including a war gratuitously started by the show just so that they can indulge in some dramatic on-the-spot reporting, Alan Partridge's inspired World Cup qualifying machine, and a delayed train full of commuters who begin to worship fire. In summary: dispassionate. --Mark Walker
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I love this DVD! I honestly can't stop watching it and I love the names of people like Beverley Smax and Peter O Hanrahanrahan. The headlines, too, are just brilliant. If you have the DVD, here's something to look out for:
Insert Disc 1. When option to select episode comes up, press enter. Then press Top Menu and wait. You can hear a conversation between Chris Morris and Peter O Hanrahanrahan about 9/11. It's a bit sick but still deadly funny.
Fully deserves 5/5
42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Yes, well, I don't normally write about things with loads of reviews already like this but I was just reading through them and didn't understand half of the things they say. Never mind.
The Day Today is a brilliantly observed spoof news programme. Featuring Chris Morris, one revered by his fans and unheard of by most normal people, it also contains Alan Partridge's TV debut and a strong cast and writing team that almost all went on to become big names in "alternative" comedy.
It's main strength is it's accuracy. Ever since watching it, I can rarely watch the news without laughing at how like TDT these programmes are. Morris's arrogant anchorman is more like Jeremy Paxman than Jeremy Paxman, and his various reporters' voices are absolutely spot on, reading their reports with solemn self-important authority. The rest of the cast are brilliant too, most have been mentioned but I absolutely adore Rebecca Front as Babara Wintergeen and the way she pouts at the end of all of her reports!
They also manage to satarise the whole "fly on the wall" documentary brilliantly, as well as the soap opera and MTV. All in just six episodes!
Other than that, the humour is very surreal, with reports about the Bank of England losing the pound and making an emergency currency based on the Queen's eggs. Sounds strange? You should hear some of the headlines, "Bouncing Elephantitus destroys central Portsmouth" being one of my favourites.
The extras are very good, though it's a shame rumours of a cast commentary in character turned out to be false. Still, the extended versions of 'the pool' and 'the office' are nice, and the Pilot episode is very interesting.
I would recommend this whole-heartedly to anyone, I'm sure everyone would recognise all the characters in it from the news and find it funny. Fans of silly surreal humour would like it particularly, as would anyone who finds self-important news programmes annoying! Believe the hype, this is a satirical gem.
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Superb. Just superb. This is comedy at its absolute best. The writing spawned a new generation of comedy that we've seen in shows such as Alan Partridge, Smack The Pony and Father Ted and Chris Morris is nothing short of a comedy genius. His parody of Kurt Cobain (singing an ad campaign for "Panty Smile" sanitary products) and his rendition of "Uzi Lover" make this box set worth the money alone.
Other gems include Alan Partridge reporting live from the rally driving championships, Barbara Wintergreen's report from Florida state penitentiary and the coverage on the outbreak of "War!". But there are really far too many classic moments to list. It's all one long laugh from beginning to end and is a must for anybody who enjoys top class comedy!
Peter, you're lying in a news grave!
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The day today is one of the best parody TV show ever made. When people walk in on the Day Today, they will think its a real news program at first. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Spencer Woollaston
Anarchy form the 90s - hasn't aged well.
I saw this on TV in the 90s and I thought it was the best thing I had ever seen.
This used to be cutting edge stuff - Chris Morris and co really must have ruffled some... Read more
This used to be cutting edge stuff - Chris Morris and co really must have ruffled some... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. Richard I. Calvert
The original and best spoof news comedy
There's not a lot I can add to what's already been said, lest to say if you are in any way a fan of British satirical comedy, this is the seminal work of the genre. Read more
Published 14 months ago by The Wycombe Wonderer
Oldie but a goodie
Such a funny show, and it has aged well. It looks a lot like the news today too which is quite funny!
Published 15 months ago by Gem_182
Bang after bang after bang after bang!
I remember watching this in 1994 and thinking it was amazing. And it hasn't dated at all in the most important ways - I recently showed it to some students of mine who are... Read more
Published 23 months ago by JJJ
Fantastic satire on media
As with Brass Eye Chris Morris just tears apart the media with this fantastic satire. From the graphics to the presentation to the content, it ridicules British and American media... Read more
Published on 26 May 2010 by Mr. Anthony Butler
Essential comedy viewing
Fantastic, just fantastic programme. Fans of Partridge or Brasseye will find this hilarious, but really fans of any sort of current affairs/political satire comedy show will love... Read more
Published on 25 May 2010 by John
Great ideas well executed... and they should be
Obviously everyone has got here before me and said it all, making this almost redundant. However one small point with the main review that says "... Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2010 by Don Leavey
Brilliant
I didnt know too much about the people involved in this. I live in Australia and it was not shown here possibly as there are many local references. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2009 by Stephen Higgins
Hilarious and irreverent
Bought this because there's nothing decent to watch on TV these days and I vaguely remember this the first time round. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2009 by Ms. Andrea Ross-Nichol
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