These Are Very Nice Moves (Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar)

These Are Very Nice Moves (Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar) (translated)

TV Series · 2008–2011 · 14 people

Under Yılmaz Erdoğan, the BKM Mutfak troupe made Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar, a weekly sketch show for Kanal D. Adapted for television from a stage comedy of the same name, it began airing in the spring of 2008, ran for four seasons and won the 36th Golden Butterfly Award for best comedy series.

Every performer both writes and plays the sketches. Sarp Apak, Bülent Emrah Parlak, Pelin Öztekin, Ayça Erturan, Aydan Taş, Aksel Bonfil and Metin Keçeci were among the cast. In the early days the studio audience took part by scoring the sketches; that practice was later dropped and the program settled into a pure sketch format. The opening theme carries the troupe's own stamp: Deniz Erdoğan, Yılmaz Erdoğan's brother, wrote Turkish lyrics for the well-known American folk song Camptown Races.

The series signed off with its 89th episode on June 26, 2011. In 2010 the team also released a feature film they wrote and starred in, Çok Filim Hareketler Bunlar, which opened on March 26, 2010. The cast also appeared in commercials for Vodafone, Nescafé, Teknosa, Sony, Peyman and Lipton. The format later returned to Kanal D under the title Çok Güzel Hareketler 2, with a different cast.

NetworkKanal D
These Are Very Nice Moves (Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar)

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar isn't a series in the usual sense but BKM Mutfak's weekly sketch show; still, the ensemble chemistry it built over four seasons and 89 episodes makes it something you follow like a series. Every performer both writes and plays, which gives the sketches a shared comic language. The screen energy of people like Sarp Apak, Bülent Emrah Parlak, Pelin Öztekin and Ayça Erturan is the show's biggest asset. Dropping the early studio-audience scoring for a pure sketch format was, to me, the right call. But the familiar problem of sketch shows is here too: not every episode lands, and some sketches shine while others fall flat.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

Because it's a sketch show, you can watch it in short pieces, which makes life easy for a family. The humor is lively and built on acting, so teens and grandparents can laugh together. Some sketches may speak more to adults, though, and young children won't catch every joke. The opening theme is a Turkish-lyric version of Camptown Races, the kind of tune kids pick up in no time.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Seeing a comic tradition move from the stage to television is a pleasure for anyone fond of the old comedy troupes. Performers writing and playing their own sketches recalls the spirit of revue and cabaret, and the Golden Butterfly award shows the effort was recognized. Yet for an eye used to the calm, character-driven humor of the classic comedies, the pace is too fast and some sketches too loud. You don't have to shout to be funny; at its best moments, this troupe seems to know that too.

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