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So I've binged all six episodes and here's my conclusion.

Taking esteemed British actor Steven Toast to LA was clearly intended to generate a new angle for the jokes. But it's the American influence that is the series' greatest weakness.

You get the sense that the writers were so star-struck by the cameos they managed to secure - most of which are literally "phoning it in" - that the usual humour of Toast is completely disrupted. I won't spoil who appears in the show - but it's certainly impressive. Perhaps the producers have one eye on international sales?

Episode one is a waste, creating an un-Toast-like situation to force him to leave for the States.

Episode 2 is stuffed with American cameos and a complete failure.

However all is not lost.

Episode 3 loses the American cameos and is all the better because of it. Episode 4 and 5 return to the classic "Toast" format and are right up there with anything from London, while Episode 6 is a fitting climax to his adventure across the pond.

There may not have been any actual filming overseas because the two US stars that have more than a cameo only appear on one set. This is London masquerading as California, with a great cast of British actors and comedians masquerading as Americans.

Stick with it. It has some brilliant moments. But it doesn't reach the sustained peaks of Toast of London.

What's with the one star and ten star reviews?! If it's "I liked it, ten stars," why are we using a 10-point system? It's not a 1 star show either, man, sheesh. It's thoughtful and humorous, and has Larry David appear in the first two minutes. Come on. Ten stars tho? How about saving that for something transcendent and amazing and, well, perfect... I always enjoy Stephen Toast (and pretty much anything Matt Barry is in) so I'm biased in giving it an 8, but if you like absurd, exaggerated comedy- aka British humor- it's probably worth your time.

ToT sees the return of Steven Toast in a new setting - sort of.

The original Toast of London was pure genius and the best comedy I've seen on tv in the last decade. Well, Steven is back but this time he's across the pond - as the title implies - with some of the old supporting cast but quite a few new faces too, some of whom in my opinion work, some don't.

Matt Berry and all the old cast still sparkle but there a few too many dud performances amongst the new faces to make this quite as good as the original series, which is a shame.

Head back to London Toast, you're missed :)

It's a good show, it certainly has some very funny moment's. Matt Berry is great once again as Steven Toast. If you like Toast of London you should enjoy it.

Toast of London is the better show for sure, but this is a worthy follow up.

Absolutely hilarious and superbly crafted in every way. A perfect continuation of Toast of London, which was already one of the funniest comedies ever created.

I have consumed every piece of toast media (original show, book and audio book, YouTube shorts, tinseltown) and I will happy consume every additional piece of toast content to be released in the future.

I cannot offer enough thanks, to the cast and crew of this production, for continously providing me with such wholehearted happiness.

I love Matt Berrys work. While I agree this was not as funny as Toast of London I still really enjoyed this series. It's a totally different type of funny; it's silly, it's inoffensive and has some great laugh out loud moments. I especially enjoy Toasts over pronunciation of words such as Mo-t-ion Picture and Tele-vizzz-ion (tv). I look forward to the next series and hope Toast made it out alive.

Toast heads to Hollywood, landing a part in the new star wars movie, but until that time he has to make his way, that involves acting, training and of course voice overs.

Overall, I quite enjoyed it, in real terms, it's taken me almost eighteen months to watch the complete series, there is something in that, whereas the original series I have seen many times over.

The best thing about Toast of Tinseltown of course is Matt Berry, and he is great, if the show comes back I'd love to see the setting switch back to The UK, I'm not quite sure The Hollywood setting works.

There are several funny scenes throughout, but I'd argue the best of them come with the show's originals, Ed, Ray Purchase, Danny Bear and of course the wonderful Clem Fandango. There are some big names to watch out for, I'm not sure they help drive the humour, or are simply there as a big name, make your own minds up.

It's surreal, it's even more off the scale than the original series, sometimes it works, sometimes, like in the fifth episode, it's just baffling.

I get why some raved about it, and why some hated it, in the scale of when it was made and how, it's decent.

7/10.

The Toast Of Tinseltown ..

Matt Berry leads the cast as the washed up, flaky thespian on the search for work more interesting than voice-over work, that appears to be matched with his limited skills.

He pursues his particular brand of quirky surreal situation comedy and it's a winning and inventive formula.

I'm giving this a firm 8 outta 10.

A continuation of Toast of London - the same disorder continues into Tinseltown. One-off episode characters are good additions as the contrast between the UK and US can be mocked, but the new characters that span the series are simply irritating. Repeated jokes and callbacks, Toast is an excellent character in the new setting, and whilst still not hilarious, certainly amusing and wacky enough for easy entertainment.

The first 2 episodes were great! Completely lived up to my expectations, which were quite high after the brilliance of the first 3 series of Toast! My only complaint is that it seems there aren't any songs, which is something I really enjoyed about the original series.

This show is like a sine wave in that it's up then down. But being a big Matt Berry fan I'll ignore the downs. I have only watched through episode 2. Crazy amount of cameos as well as some of Berry's former collaborators. But I was most happy when I got to hear again, "Hello Steven, this is Clem Fandango. Can you hear me?"

I, like so many, really love the original three seasons of ToL. They're consistently weird and creative, well-written, with great characters and memorable music, some tunes I still hum to myself today. However I think I laughed maybe once this entire series at something other than the main character, and that hurts. Here are some points to consider--

1. I think this show was made at the wrong time. Celebrity fans of the original are awkwardly skyped in on product-placed laptops and tablets, and it bears the dated stamp of something made during the pandemic. I know no one's getting any younger, but if faced with that choice, use some no-name American actors or just wait for this to pass. It's hard to feel like Toast is in Tinseltown when all of Tinseltown just seems to phone it in.

2. No songs. The songs in ToL were like beautiful little pathos bombs, giving humorous and truthful insights into Toast and others to show an understanding that he isn't just a clown, but an insecure, genuine human. None of that carries over to ToT and it is sorely missed.

3. Watching Fred Armisen is like listening to comedy on its death bed while he holds the pillow over its face. Why he was cast in a major supporting role I'll never understand.

4. The only American celebrity who didn't make me cringe when onscreen was Rashida Jones. She plays a real human being who acts as Toast's confidant. Ed, though a creepy old pervert, always lends an ear or has Toast's back (quite literally in the stage fright episode). A character like Steven needs that, and she provides the other leg for him to stand on.

5. The only reason I give it the score it has is because of Toast himself. Matt Berry is as effortlessly funny and appealing as ever, and a pitiful loser like him (Toast, not Berry) only gets funnier the older he gets. It was a pleasure to see him and his world again.

It is a very disappointing follow-up to a show I truly love. But, as the Man himself sings, "all men somehow pay for love".

I love Toast, so more is great.

Preferred the "In London" episodes, but was good to see Toast in another locale.

Was so funny, the Shakespeare scene -- "Is he English?

Hope to see more Toast, back in London with his usual buddies -- and Mr and Mrs Ray Purchase!

Deffo worth watching this series for Toast fans! "Yes I can hear you..."

Not sure about all these whining folk who are saying 1 out of 10! , they can F##K that Sky High!!! Granted, it is different, would you enjoy or want rehashed versions of series 1-3? Or is it you'd just moan if they did that too, seems that way. Anyhow, this was very enjoyable, at points I expected Steven to wake up in Ed's house after a bad trip and it all be a dream, that might even be the case, but for now, he's gone to Tinseltown and had a strange old time. New characters, fantastic names, I'll be very happy to watch this as often as the old series.

Steven Toast is a struggling British actor, doing voice-over work between gigs to get by. His luck appears to have changed when he is informed that he has landed a part in the new Star Wars movie. He heads to Los Angeles but things don't quite go according to plan.

I loved Toast of London (TV Series 2012-20). Matt Berry, as Toast, was in top form and the series was hilariously funny, in an absurdist, often dark sort of way. There was some wonderfully over-the-top plots and Berry was superb as Toast, making Toast quite the eccentric.

This series picks up where that left off but on the whole isn't as clever or funny as it. While Toast of London was well thought-out, had an arc that made sense and had highly engaging characters, Toast of Tinseltown falls a bit short in all of these respects.

The plot seems haphazard and some of the characters seem a bit overdone, to the point of being silly rather than funny. Russ Nightlife (played by Fred Armisen) is a great example of this.

The series is still reasonably funny and Matt Berry is great as Toast but there's a flatness to proceedings that wasn't there before. There are some great moments but also a lot of dull moments, making for an uneven experience.

When I heard Toast was headed to Hollywood, I said to myself, "Where do I sign up?!" 😜

Enjoyable, bizarre, but fun season. One definitely can tell it touches on some of the shady sides of 1960's -70's-esque L. A., but in a fun way. This is evident too in the retro title cards, and even the intro is a spoof on the BBC's 1970's Shadows program intro.

Less over the top, and less songs since TOL moved from Channel 4, and the first two episodes are almost table setting with cameos. The rest become more typical style episodes. All of the supporting cast returns. Different, as it is intended to be, but still classic Matthews/ Berry humor. 👍

Wow, some folks REALLY hate this!! Oh well, their loss.

If you made it through all 3 seasons of Toast Of London and NEED more, then this will do just fine. Yes, one can argue that it's not exactly up to snuff with the first series, but it's still got a lot of humor!

Oddly, some people actually think they changed filming locations and that they lost their magic in doing so. Ha! Well, if you actually watch the show, it's all pretty much interior studio stuff with dressed up exteriors that are NOT Los Angeles. There might be a few location shots here or there, but this was filmed in England.

Yes, there's a lot of celebrity cameos. Most are unobtrusive and enjoyable. To drive the "made in England" bit home, several cameos are via zoom!

My ONLY gripe is that most of the cast from the original series is only seen in the first and last episodes. Sadly, this includes Ray Bloody Purchase. I really wish Ray was skulking about LA at the same time as Toast; occasionally bumping into him causing problems, etc. Other than that, it was ALMOST as funny as the original series. I just hope the last episode doesn't cloud the chances for a return to London for Toast!

This line absolutely sends me, the entire voice-over scenes are absolutely brilliant and as a theater graduate, theater actress who went nowhere with it and had to do lots of voice-overs back in the day to make rent, I relate so much to Steven Toast character and I was ecstatic to get more episodes after Toast of London from the comedy genius and my favorite comedy actor of all time Matt Berry. I can't wait for more seasons of this masterpiece.

It's good. It's basically Toast of London, moved to the US. It is even more surreal and zany, if you can even imagine that. Lol I like it.

It was crazy seeing Doon Mackichan, as his Jewish American agent. It's pretty fuuny. I love her in almost everything she does, and it's no different here. Once again she pushes the limits of what you think she can do.

Matt Berry is the same as always, which is good. I love him in everything too. He is at his best here, better than in What We Do in the Shadows.

Anyways, if you like Toast of London, or any of the actors, check it out. You wont be dissapointed.

With Mathews & Berry's surrealist Toast universe it's hard to tell if they have any real plans beyond using it as a platform for silly name creation. Don't get me wrong, I love a silly name. I think the purity of the project, that is clearly something thrown together out of in-jokes and indulgences, is both its appeal and its failure for me. This fourth series jumps the shark and hops both the channel and from Channel 4 to the BBC. Some of it is really flaccid, some of it is inspired, some of the casting feels superfluous and lazy, some of it is beautiful. Mostly it's just a quietly compelling and a solid platform for the art of silly name creation. Gary Walnut. Sergio Tart. Michael Leg-Bend. Tim Mecchano. Percy Flathands. Sir Reginald Flart. Sally "Hands" McGurdle. Utah Bye-Bye. Stollen Breechstaff.

A shockingly bad misfire and diversion from the great original. It just doesn't work on any level. All of the things that made Toast good are gone and if they are revisited it is clearly fan service. Woefully disappointing. So bad I have to question where any of the reviews here above 6 came from, the 10s I would only question the price.

A slow start is a big flaw in a 6 episode comedy series so it loses 2 stars but it builds up nicely to a powerful finale. The humour is surreal and eccentric rather than laugh out loud so not for everyone.