Quirky comedy from the inside of a car (Marion and Geoff)

Member Name: dangaroo

Product:	Marion and Geoff
Date:	16/03/09 (94 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Humorous, great Welsh accent and overall unique

Disadvantages: Not every part is funny

Marion and Geoff is an intriguing comedy series made up of two series, the first being 10 x 8 minute monologues told by Rob Brydon through a fixed camera who plays the part of Keith, a taxi driver whose ex-wife Marion left him for Geoff. The show revolves around his "little smashers" (children) who don't see him very often and the relationship between his wife and her new husband.

The style of the show is quite unique, the world seen through the eyes of a lonely and somewhat sad taxi driver is really quite sad as well as being rather funny albeit in a black way. Combined with Brydon's great facial expressions, dry delivery and Welsh accent this is definitely a winning formula.

I do find that the show isn't quite as good as it could be though, it's a bit hit and miss with some of the jokes simply not being that funny, on the other hand some of the concepts such as virtual dad are excellent and the clues sneaked in to the conversation alert the viewer to details which are not clear to him at the time. The character of Keith has that quintessential Welsh story-telling habit of making non events sound rather interesting and the way that he chatters away to us about Geoff, Marion and the kids leaves us with the idea that we actually know the characters.

A bit quirky, Marion and Geoff is like few other programs, the jokes are far from in your face but there are also some parts which simply aren't funny, it's not as good as I had hoped but it's definitely worth watching at least once or twice and is actually mildly addictive!

Summary: Funny and sad at the same time!