I know Vinnie but Ross is an unknown to me. No matter, I still got plenty laughs from this ep, more than the Stiller episode.

Ross is/was in a soap called Eastenders, it has been on the air for years..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastEnders

Started in 1985

He's also the guy in one of the most famous sports photos:

I wasn't sure who Vinnie was at first, but then I remembered him from Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (as well as Snatch). That made it a lot funnier for sure.

Merchant is great in this. I wonder why he wasn't in The Office.

Don't forget "The Oggmonster".

The most underused of all the players, he was hardly in the ep.

And who among you knew what a golliwog was?

Ive had samb...uh, SINBAD, SINBAD for years.

I loved the "racism test":

Which of these men would you want to find waiting for you at home:

Johnny Depp or OJ Simpson?

That was great.

And then the parting comment about Maggie being just as racist as Hitler.

The bit at the graveyard was hilarious as well.

This show is !)@(#*!@ hilarious!
But is anyone really watching?

I am

Glad to hear it!

But with 3 posts (4 counting mine) 3 days after the show I've got to wonder. There are very few shows where I actually laugh out loud, and this is one of them by far. That "racism test" was fantastic, as was the comment about loving Samuel L. Jackson in The Matrix. It's hilarious, but no one I know watches, which is their loss...

Yeah, I'm a little disappointed that it's not as discussed on this forum as other threads, but I'm more of a lurker than a poster, in general.

The bit where she told the legitimate actress to stay with her own kind was pretty funny. My only complaint with the show is that the accent requires me to be in hyper listening mode the entire time. I'm sure a few people stay tuned for a minute after CYE who don't feel like exerting the mental energy to hear the dialogue and turn it off.

What are you guys talking about? A link to this show please?

Oh wait... Extras! The new show from the guy from The Office right?

Another watcher here. I loved the faceplant into the soup in this week's episode. There are parts of this show that make me cringe even more than on The Office, and that's saying a lot. It's great that they are able to get big name stars to participate to give the show that much more realism.

I'm watching, but slogging through the accents is rough.

Great show. I usually watch with closed captions on, just in case I miss something.

Every episode should have a bit with Andy and his agent -- those scenes are hilarious.

Haven't missed one yet. I just don't post much.

The part where Andy dumps his face in the soup had me gasping for air and had tears flowing down my face from laughing so hard.

And I agree about Andy and his agent. Gervais & Merchant have great chemistry together. There scenes together have been hilarious.

Are people really having trouble with the accents? They're nothing. The only person I have any trouble understanding is Maggie, and that's only because it sounds like she once had a strong Scottish accent.

I love the show, but I was getting a little tired of Maggie trying to cover for herself. It went on a little long in her apartment, but other than that I was cracking up.

Only 2 more episodes left, I'm thinking they'll end it with Les Dennis next then the Patrick Stewart one.

2nd last ep, and the most UK Centric episode, and probably outside of the Kate winslet one my favourite episode.

Panto is a huge winter show, great for christmas and lots of family fun with double entendres, classic british humour.

Les Dennis hosts family fortunes in the UK hence the joke at the end when in bed with the chick

I couldn't make out what he said. Mind relaying it?