Pure Genius (Rock Profile)

Member Name: Liam

Product:	Rock Profile
Date:	17/01/03 (208 review reads)
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Advantages: Very Very funny, Different, Original

Disadvantages: Not on telly enough, May not appeal to all

I first stumbled across Rock Profile one afternoon on Play UK. I had vaguely heard of it but never took an interest. I left it on and found it to be quite amusing. The way Matt Lucas and David Walliams portray their popstars is Pure Genius. They are hardly impressionists, but the quick gags and answers to the questions Jamie Theakston gives, I found, are very funny.

The show mainly consists of only Matt (George Dawes from Shooting Stars), Dave (Attachments, Cruise of the Gods etc) and Jamie (The Priory etc). Some episodes have extras if there are more than two members of a band, i.e Duran Duran (Duran) and the Bee Gees.

Jamie Theakston is a good presenter for this type of show. He himself gets in on the humour, but not as well as Matt and Dave. As with most other things, I have a couple of favourite episodes. The ones with Shaun Ryder & Bez, and the one with Blur. The gags are very original, funny and different to any other. Again, the answers to the questions in these two just crack you up.

The videos of the actual Popstar(s) are played after Matt, Dave and Jamie come on. During these, "Rock facts" and "Congratulations" videos pop up. These are written by the stars of the show and always contain stupid, funny things. "An anagram of "Bez" is "Zbe"! is one off the top of my head.

Overall, this show is my favourite, but since Play UK Has been taken off air it hasn't been on, which is disappointing. There are no plans to release on video or DVD either. But still, the utter silliness of it all gives it my vote.

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