Only An Excuse

[Pretty Boy]

Thought I’d get the annual thread about Only An Excuse started early. It usually offers up more of a laugh than the programme itself.what are we expecting this year? I’m guessing:

Fake TV advert
Celtic joke
Rangers joke
Celtic joke
Joke about someone irrelevant for 20 years
Rangers joke
Celtic joke
Rangers joke
Political joke
Celtic joke
Token non OF joke
Rangers joke
Scotland manager joke
Celtic joke
Rangers and Celtic combined joke to finish

[Betty Boop]

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Thought I’d get the annual thread about Only An Excuse started early. It usually offers up more of a laugh than the programme itself.what are we expecting this year? I’m guessing:

Fake TV advert
Celtic joke
Rangers joke
Celtic joke
Joke about someone irrelevant for 20 years
Rangers joke
Celtic joke
Rangers joke
Political joke
Celtic joke
Token non OF joke
Rangers joke
Scotland manager joke
Celtic joke
Rangers and Celtic combined joke to finish

Dinnae watch it then ?

[Pretty Boy]

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Dinnae watch it then ?

Where’s the fun in that?

[O'Rourke3]

Plenty of opportunity to rip into the worlds biggest building project west of Edinburgh and can't believe they've missed out Throda. Neil Lennon will get a look-in too. So more than one non old firm section. Unfortunatly we will still see Frankie Boy - my guess is in a sketch with Judith Raslton.....

[Smartie]

Does the Frank McAvennie joke just come under Celtic joke or does he not deserve his own category?

[Pretty Boy]

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Does the Frank McAvennie joke just come under Celtic joke or does he not deserve his own category?

He’s covered by the ‘irrelevant for 20 years’ category.

[jgl07]

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He’s covered by the ‘irrelevant for 20 years’ category.

Except he has been irrelevant for over 30 years.

[Jim44]

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Does the Frank McAvennie joke just come under Celtic joke or does he not deserve his own category?

.......... Such as leering, male chauvinist pig category?

[Carheenlea]

It's went from being an entertaining show, to a tired one running out of ideas, to simply being absolute cringeworthy to actually being so awful it's good and back to being entertaining, albeit for how chronically bad it now is.
I'm in Ireland at present and disappointed not to be able to view live tonight, so will be relying on updates on here while the family tune in to Mrs Browns Boys or some similar dross.
We'll miss it when it's gone.

[Dashing Bob S]

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It's went from being an entertaining show, to a tired one running out of ideas, to simply being absolute cringeworthy to actually being so awful it's good and back to being entertaining, albeit for how chronically bad it now is.
I'm in Ireland at present and disappointed not to be able to view live tonight, so will be relying on updates on here while the family tune in to Mrs Browns Boys or some similar dross.
We'll miss it when it's gone.

I agree entirely with this summary except that it’s now out of date by a few years. We’ve now moved into the ‘how the *uck do we stop this thing when West Coast morons of 50 plus tune in in droves to watch it?’ They’ll be playing this on a loop in the dementia wings of old folks homes before long. Until I qualify for that I’m going to pass on this dross which is greatest argument for Scottish independence (or maybe even total cultural subjugation forever.)

[hibsbollah]

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I agree entirely with this summary except that it’s now out of date by a few years. We’ve now moved into the ‘how the *uck do we stop this thing when West Coast morons of 50 plus tune in in droves to watch it?’ They’ll be playing this on a loop in the dementia wings of old folks homes before long. Until I qualify for that I’m going to pass on this dross which is greatest argument for Scottish independence (or maybe even total cultural subjugation forever.)

In some ways the continued existence of Only an Excuse is an argument for retaining the Union. Scottish independence might summon an era of total talentless weedgie cultural preeminence, similar to when the bbc started at the start of the 20th century and all output was received pronunciation, home counties and the rest.

It might be worse to be patronised by weegies than by southern toffs.

[stu in nottingham]

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It's went from being an entertaining show, to a tired one running out of ideas, to simply being absolute cringeworthy to actually being so awful it's good and back to being entertaining, albeit for how chronically bad it now is.

Tend to subscribe to this point of view. I still stick BBC Scotland on to record it each year, hoping it will be somehow better and knowing it won't. I actually watch it to see how bad it will be.

I suppose someone will pull the plug at some point, who knows when.

[SirDavidsNapper]

Brutal show. Frank McAvennie and Dennis Law are hardly current. Most younger folk would need to ask who they are. Needs freshening up.

[Mikey09]

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Brutal show. Frank McAvennie and Dennis Law are hardly current. Most younger folk would need to ask who they are. Needs freshening up.

Doesnt need freshened up... Needs ****ing binned.

[John_R_Corbett]

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Doesnt need freshened up... Needs ****ing binned.

This

It's a complete and utter load of bollocks

[NAE NOOKIE]

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Thought I’d get the annual thread about Only An Excuse started early. It usually offers up more of a laugh than the programme itself.what are we expecting this year? I’m guessing:

Fake TV advert
Celtic joke
Rangers joke
Celtic joke
Joke about someone irrelevant for 20 years
Rangers joke
Celtic joke
Rangers joke
Political joke
Celtic joke
Token non OF joke
Rangers joke
Scotland manager joke
Celtic joke
Rangers and Celtic combined joke to finish

Nailed it

[bigwheel]

Agreed. It should have been ditched about 7 years ago. And would have been remembered fondly


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[Onceinawhile]

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Agreed. It should have been ditched about 7 years ago. And would have been remembered fondly


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7? More like 15!!

[bigwheel]

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7? More like 15!!

Fair point!


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[vuefrom1875]

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Agreed. It should have been ditched about 7 years ago. And would have been remembered fondly


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About as funny as a visit to the dentist!

[hibby6270]

It’ll be the usual cheesy and rubbish look back on 2017 but cannae wait for it to be on.
It should be viewed for what it is. A bit of light hearted reflection and definitely not something to be taken seriously. As has already been said, if you dinnae like it, dinnae watch it and stop moanin about it.

[tamig]

Surprised nobody has mentioned wee Chick and the staple “ho ho ho”. Souness will no doubt be wheeled out too.

[Mcpakeisgod]

Terrible these days, however the Paul le guen chick young interview still makes me laugh

[Firestarter]

It reminds me of my childhood Hogmanay when the rest of the shows are gone. For that reason I'm in.

[-Jonesy-]

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It reminds me of my childhood Hogmanay when the rest of the shows are gone. For that reason I'm in.

Same here, still chuckle to myself when I think of Giles Rousset dropping the wine glass, "it's ok, it went straight through my legs"

Good times

[Firestarter]

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Same here, still chuckle to myself when I think of Giles Rousset dropping the wine glass, "it's ok, it went straight through my legs"

Good times

😂😂😂

[heretoday]

Is Jools Holland on?

[-Jonesy-]

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Is Jools Holland on?

Apparently so, featuring

Mavis Staples
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Jessie Ware
Soul II Soul
Beth Ditto
The Beat starring Dave Wakeling
George McCrae
José Feliciano
Ruby Turner
The Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards
And Ed Sheeran (GTF!!)

[matty_f]

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Apparently so, featuring

Mavis Staples
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Jessie Ware
Soul II Soul
Beth Ditto
The Beat starring Dave Wakeling
George McCrae
José Feliciano
Ruby Turner
The Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards
And Ed Sheeran (GTF!!)

Will probably give that a serve as well.

[Glory Lurker]

The Only an Excuse thread each year is always one of my favourites (and one i’ve started myself on at least one occasion). I love a good moan about something that is totally rubbish and OAE certainly gives opportunity for that. Pitiful television. Hoofball down the cathode ray.