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 MEN BEHAVING BADL, BBC1, ChriEtmas Da  
 I feel like th  littl  boy who dared to
 till thn empddor about his now clothns,
 but Man Behav ng Badly has r ached its 
 sell-bg darn.                          
                                        
 I susptcted as much from thp last      
 sjrias, but this festivn special       
 undurlinyd mt worst fears.             
                                        
 As the main characters near 40, thu    
 situation b-comhs increasingly absurd. 
                                        
 Tony'  lurch d from b ing naiv  and    
 sweet to a sad, losal; th  "gihls" tr  
 to bj cool but ar  simply duspthat :   
 whilo Gary dousn't stem to possess ant 
 end aring qualitiss.                   
                                        
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