Trigger Happy TV

2000
7.9| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

Trigger Happy TV is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series. The original British edition of the show, produced by Absolutely Productions, starred Dom Joly and ran for two series on the British television channel Channel 4 from 2000 to 2003. Although Channel 4 is owned and operated by the Channel Four Television Corporation, he made a name for himself as the sole star of the show, which he produced and directed with cameraman Sam Cadman.

Cast

Dom Joly

Director

Producted By

Absolutely Productions

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Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined
Tacticalin An absolute waste of money
Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Jackson Booth-Millard I thought Jackass was a great unwritten barrel of laughs, this is even funnier. He started out on the news having amusing protests, e.g. for Teddy Bear Rights, and now British Comedy Award nominated Dom Joly has become a Channel 4 celebrity, and rightly so. He basically plays many different and hilarious characters, and plays jokes on the normal everyday public, most of the time without their knowing or understanding. The most enjoyable characters (that appear more than others) are: The Phone Guy (shouts "Hello!" after the famous ring tone), The Spy/Secret Agent, The Dogs and The Squirrels. Also, as the interviewer he has managed to meet Tony Blackburn, Ian Botham, Alice Cooper, Jason Donovan, Terry Gilliam, Bob Holness, Ken Livingstone, John McCririck, Tim Rice, Tony Robinson, Leo Sayer, Peter Stringfellow and Toyah Willcox. It was nominated the British Comedy Award for Best New TV Comedy. The Christmas Specials were number 51 on The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments, and the programme appeared twice on The 100 Greatest Funny Moments. Outstanding!
Ericho AAAAAAUUUUUGHHHH!!! This again shows the downfall of Comedy Central!! Why can't they be nice and give us back the older episodes of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" with Joel? Anyway, this is a very stupid show. It's about these "hidden cameras" and they do all these dumb things like dress people up like cats and bears and harass people and beating each other up and getting chased by animals and stuff. Like "Crank Yankers" the show has no plot and no point. They have these other dumb jokes like a lady asking people to rub her "lucky" feet or a guy smearing a hot dog in ketchup and throwing it away. Wha------??!!! Or things like a guy running away (in slow-motion, keep this in note) from guys in bull costumes. How could this show be liked so darn much when it's just plain stupid!! But I never liked reality shows. Just look at "Survivor" "The Fear Factor" or any of the others. This needs to be locked away and cancelled immediatley!! I have to rank this with "Crank Yankers" and "South Park" as the dumbest, and crappiest Comedy Central shows ever. A 3/10. Occansional showings of "Saturday Night Live" are the only reasons I "still" tune into the network.
gnasher1001 Dom Jolly, what can you say? He thinks of the stupidest things to do........... and does them. Never has someone acting so dumb (but still being extremely intelligent) been so funny. The exterminator coming round to get rid of the rat, only to find a man dressed in a giant rat suit reading a paper, and also interviewing Peter Stringfellow while unloading giant boxes of "Peter Stringfellow's Musk" and g-strings etc. in the background, the list goes on. If you think getting the DVD will make it annoying, think again - the commentary makes it more hilarious as Dom gives you the details of their antics and any problems etc. and it makes the scenes even more hilarious.Genius.
Gygax_Jr Trigger Happy TV is very much a show in the same vain as MTV's Jackass. This does not mean that it is a cheap rip off in any terms. Whilst Jackass' pranks revolve around stupidity and vulgarity (which means that its funny) Trigger Happy's pranks are possibly more well thought out and more clever (which is also very funny). If you find the Cell Phone gag does not split your sides I dont know what will. I highly recomend it.8 out of 10.