Is Gavin and Stacey supposed to be funny?

[stratobuddy]

I never watched it when it was on originally, but I was looking forward to the much-hyped Christmas special "last-ever" final episode.

Both OH and I have watched an hour of it, both stony-faced, we can't see anything funny about it.
In fact, it is just like Eastenders with everyone shouting and arguing with each other all the time.

I'd assumed it would be the normal 1/2 hour format, and we've both been thinking it seems to be very long, and hoping it would finish soon. Now I've discoverd it was 1 hour 35 minutes long!

Whether or not we ever get to the end is debatable. OH says we've put up with it so far for so long, we may as well watch the rest to see if anything funny happens.

What to others think of the series and this last episode?

 

[Toril]

I’ve watched a couple of the series over the years but did watch the finale. Like you, I didn’t find it the least bit funny. Maybe it wasn’t meant to be but I wouldn’t know. Maybe a Gavin and Stacey fan will tell us what the appeal is?

I certainly won’t be watching anything to do with Gavin and Stacey again.

 

[Jazzydrury]

I had never watched it until last night, I don’t get the hype

 

[Ant7t]

I wasn't a fan of the series: yes, I'd seen some through the years, but that's it. So, regardless of the hype yesterday, I didn't see it.

 

[maymorganlondon]

I really enjoyed it. I found it funny and moving in equal measure, but then I lived the series.

 

[pyjama princess]

I’ve watched all the tv shows and waited, not so patiently, for this final episode. It was put together to follow up on outstanding issues like what was Smithy’s answer to Nessa’s proposal. I loved the finale and wept several times. I can see me watching it more than once. There’s several videos on FB showing people watching the show in places such as pubs and cinemas and a huge cheer goes up when Mick stands up in answer to Smithy’s question as to whether he should marry Sonia.
I’m Welsh, born and bred and have visited Barry many times as a child. Perhaps you have to have lived among the Welsh to ‘get’ it all. Are any of you not Welsh and enjoyed all the shows?

 

[donna255]

I wanted to know what really happened on the fishing trip?

Did Bryn tell Jason, I am your father?

Or was it like Brokeback Mountain?

 

[stratobuddy]

Thanks for the comments, but WAS IT SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY?

I had always thought that it was supposed to be a comedy sitcom like Porridge, One Foot in the Grave, etc etc, but obviously not.

I didn't warm to any of the characters, they were constantly arguing and shouting, and Uncle Bryn even squared up for a fight!

The only reason I watched it was because of the weeks of hype on the BBC and in newspapers, and because BARRY ISLAND was my favourite stomping ground as a child and teenager. I went there almost every weekend with family, then as a teenager on a friend's motor bike (and almost had a bad accident) and later in my own car. And the dancing school I went to had an annual dance in Bindles ballroom. I even stayed there for a week at Butlins while it was there. In fact, I cycled there from home a few times when I was about 15, quite an achievemtnt on my old bike.