Wossy! (Friday Night With Jonathan Ross)

Member Name: xKatieeex

Product:	Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
Date:	02/11/09 (97 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great guests, really funny!

Disadvantages: Can be a bit offensive.

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross is a funny chat show hosted by, surprise surprise - Jonathan Ross! And would you like to guess what night of the week you get to watch this delight? Yes, Fridays! It's broadcast at 10.35 and lasts an hour. The show is filmed in front of a live audience on a Thursday night.

.::The Host::.

Jonathan Ross is a really well known presenter who also has a show on the radio and another television programme in which he reviews films. He is extremely well known for his... interesting sense of style. He is also known for his distinctive way of talking with his inability to say Rs which can be quite humourous with Christopher Walken making fun of him on a recent episode of the show. He's also dubbed by the media as 'Wossy' due to his speech impediment. His humour can cause some controversy so if you're easily offended...he's one to avoid.

.::The Show::.

Format

The opening credits show many of the celebrities all floating in pink bubbles on a purple background, similar to what you see in a lava lamp.

Ross comes out and tells a few jokes, usually to do with current issues. He also introduces the house band which is usually 'Four Poofs & A Piano' who then perform. He then sits at his desk and introduces his guest on the show usually of which there are 3 and then also a band.

Then follows the interviews with the guests which are usually pretty comical, but if anyone remembers Lady Gaga on the show, they'll know that it can be quite difficult for Jonathan Ross to get some humour out the guests. Each guest is introduced and a song is sung by the house band for them. Then finally, there is a performance from the band.

Throughout the show, there is also a bit of banter between Jonathan Ross and the guests in the 'Green Room' which is actually red.

-The Guests

There have been many guests on Jonathan Ross, but there are a few who appear extremely frequently. Ricky Gervais has appeared 9 times, Jack Dee has been on 6 times and Jonny Vegas & Stephen Fry have both appeared 5 times so far. Other guests have included Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Christopher Walken, Shakira, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sarah Jessica Parker and loads more. As you can see, there are some extremely big names there which is the usual with Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.

.::Opinion::.

This is essential Friday night viewing! I always enjoying watching Jonathan Ross and there are usually a couple of guests that I would really want to see, all trying to the plug their latest movie/book/whatever. I do wish that Jonathan would interview the bands that perform at the end of the show though. For example, Green Day appeared on the show recently and I would've loved to hear from them. But I suppose he wouldn't have enough time to interview the rest of the characters.

I also feel like the show is quite heavily edited, the guest and Jonathan could be having a good conversation and then all of a sudden it seems as though the guest is being cut off abruptly and put on another topic.

It can be quite offensive and has received many complaints in the past, but I don't usually take offense to comments that Jonathan Ross says but I can see why people would get upset at some remarks.

Overall, it's a good laugh. It's always very enjoyable, even when they have a rubbish guest on who Ross is having difficulty interviewing as it's quite funny to see Jonathan Ross struggle and in later shows he usually refers back to that episode saying how rubbish the guest was. If you haven't watched this before, I would really recommend it.

Summary: A really great Friday night!