UKC

Seemed to miss this back in the day,but am currently catching up.

Simon Day's characters are brilliant .especially like Dave Angel.

Swiss Toni is a gem ; self styled sex god.

A quality programme , the likes of which we don't see nowadays.

In reply to andymac:

I'm not usually a big fan of Simon Day's characters but see if you can track down a podcast of the Radio 4 thirty minute show starring "Dave Angel" that he produced as part of series of shows for the channel. One of the funniest half hours I've ever giggled through.

http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/the_simon_day_show/episodes/1/3/

In reply to andymac:

Yow aint seen me...roight?

In reply to andymac:

youtube.com/watch?v=TAj7S7lyHdA& my favourite Fast Show sketch,watch it right through.

In reply to andymac:
Folkin' Country Favourites:

youtube.com/watch?v=gLPkmxa8zEg&

In reply to deepstar:

Bloody Hell.

Did Auntie allow that to air?

In reply to Clauso:

They remind me of Bruce

In reply to andymac:



It's amazing they got away with it.

In reply to BnB:


on mixed race genetics

youtube.com/watch?v=UrFa51JU3sM&

In reply to winhill:
Good actor.the last bit is the best.

Also plays 'Competitive dad' so well.

Seem to have met a few of them .

Also;

Swiss Toni : - "putting up a tent is very similar to making love to a beautiful woman;
You unzip the door, put up your pole ,and slip into the old bag."

In reply to andymac:

"Which was nice..."

In reply to andymac: very funny and tragic at the same time.


youtube.com/watch?v=KF8U_v6S120&

In reply to andymac:

Hello, and welcome to Jazz Club, tonight, Botswanan jazz Mmmmm, nice.

LD

In reply to andymac:

One of the best sketches in my opinion: youtube.com/watch?v=IQHdGaMxzxQ&

Although possibly not aired during the original series according to YouTube comments...

In reply to andymac:

I never thought much of it tbh, repetition of the same joke can be funny but the Fast Show didn't do it for me.

Except for Ralph and Ted. That was brilliant. The premise was based on the film of a conversation between John Boorman and an Irish gamekeeper. The interaction and body language were identical, though I don't think there was an unrequited homosexual subplot.

In reply to Removed User:

That was a good example of something they did really well I think - stirring a little bit of tragedy into the comedy. And doing it beautifully, genuinely poignant, subtle stuff.

I used to like the Rowley Birkin QC monologues, the amiable old chap telling incomprehensible stories that always ended "I'm afraid I was very, very drunk." They threw one sketch in that was just played slightly differently, a little bit more dead pan, and it was desperately sad instead of funny. Brilliant stuff.

In reply to deepsoup:
If you enjoyed the Fast Show, you might enjoy 'Limmy's Show' if you've not seen it already. Basically a more modern Glasgow version.

youtube.com/watch?v=fNOmSXm7-eQ&

Not safe for work obviously and skip the first minute of ep.1

In reply to andymac:

youtube.com/watch?v=IIW9sL-Yf6Q&

Reduces me to jelly every time.

In reply to andymac:

Colin Hunt - say no more

youtube.com/watch?v=wqwDoMqyWxw&

In reply to deepsoup:


This is one of my favourite of his:

youtube.com/watch?v=1Cwyq3XWeHE&

I also used to love the Bob Fleming sketches.

In reply to deepsoup:

This one?

youtube.com/watch?v=MlQ9KLrC4Us&

Wonderful stuff.

In reply to Tony Naylor:
That's the badger. Paul Whitehouse is a very good actor on the sly isn't he?

In reply to deepsoup:
They all were.and are good actors.

There's a good Fast Show 'Comedy Connections' programme on YouTube ( I'm shit at links).Worth a watch.

Higson and Whitehouse were working as painters and decorators in the 80's ,after their chosen careers (pop star and don't know ) had died a death.

One of the houses they went to paint belonged to a certain Harry Enfield.

I suppose the rest is history.

The Rowley Birkin clip where Paul Whitehouse was dong his Olivier bit apparently moved the cast and crew to tears.

Talented lot.Looks like they had great fun.

In reply to andymac:

According to Stephen Fry they did some work at the house he was sharing with Hugh Laurie at the time too.

Did you see 'Help'? Chris Langham played a therapist/counsellor, and Paul Whitehouse was almost all of his clients. Some of the clients were quite grotesque, but then there was the one old chap called Monty. Very touching story, and then just as it was getting a bit serious back into the comedy. Excellent. It would bear repeating, but I don't suppose that's very likely now after Chris Langham's disgrace.


Floored me the first time I saw it, not least because it was so unexpected.

In reply to andymac:

Me too. Almost got me that way the first time I saw it and has hit me hard every time since. The first time, it was only awe and disbelief that actually prevented me from crying. Since then, tears. It is a thing of beauty.

In reply to Chris Harris:

Loving Jonny .my kind of nut job.

Black! Black!

In reply to andymac:




Great thread this!

I'm also a huge fan of Harry and Paul. Missed most of it when it was shown, but it contains countless absolute gems. The acting from both is marvellous.

youtube.com/watch?v=yKL7Qem0k8U&

youtube.com/watch?v=eC4qCIgMIy4&

youtube.com/watch?v=-2z-AdzgKjY&

In reply to andymac:

This week, i ave been mostly eating, Bourbon biscuits!

Brillllllliant

In reply to andymac:

And, of course, The 13th Duke........

youtube.com/watch?v=aUFidVw66Mo&

Genius.

In reply to andymac:
Great thread!

Here's one of the funny / darker ones I watched a few days ago:

youtube.com/watch?v=6UFUxTZwsJk&

Also the offroaders going climbing is a belter (Series 2 Episode 4) - can't find a link on YT.

In reply to Hamfunk:

Yeah, that just reminded me "rock blindness" had me rolling on the floor laughing.

In reply to Removed Userena sharples:

youtube.com/watch?v=_PFPgOIM6Dc&

Skip on to 12:15 for the climbers

In reply to Removed User:


There's a sketch of Ralph and Ted where Simon Day plays a real upper crust prick and abuses Ted ("Oh Begorrah! A Bloody Bogtrotter!") and Ralph really tears into him. An awesome sketch, especially where Ted gives him a really sinister warning at the end...("YOU HEARD"...(snaps shotgun closed)..."WHAT I SAID")

I think those sketches were my favourite. The last one, where Ted's wife had died, was actually quite sweet and poignant.

In reply to andymac:

Apologies for the thread resurrection, I just remembered this piece of genius.

youtube.com/watch?v=UrFa51JU3sM&