Author: Simon Dunn
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Alexei Sayle Was Nearly In A Kick Up The Eighties
In his book Rik Mayall: Bigger Than Hitler Better Than Christ, Rik tells the rather remarkable story of how he came up with the character of Kevin Turvey. Someone had asked me to an audition … I didn’t realise that you were supposed to have prepared something to perform so they could see if you…
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Loadsaharry
Where did Harry Enfield come from? By that I mean, he mostly just seemed to arrive in the public conciousness in 1986, fully-formed, seemingly out of nowhere. He began writing gags for Week Ending, and moved to Spitting Image in 1985, where he was also doing voices. He was an impressionist on the live circuit,…
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What’s The Opposite Of A Strawberry Daiquiri?
Time’s a ticking, the ice is melting in the frozen daiquiri, and the telephone just won’t stop ringing. It’s time to forget all that, and instead work out the exact opposite. Don’t share, and certainly do not enjoy.
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Loadsaclippings
With its third series, Saturday Live moved nights and changed its name. Thus, Friday Night Live was heavily trailed on TV, but seemed to engage the newspapers much less than the previous two runs. So, for the most part, it was little box bits like this one, from the Aberdeen Press And Journal on the…
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Oops Bit Of Policlips
The second series of Saturday Live, which began on the 7th February 1987, saw a few changes. There was a new set, a new time slot, and Ben Elton became the permanent host. To mark the beginning of this new series, this gorgeous ad appeared in an edition of The Stage. The day before the…
