Category: British
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Baddiel’s Syndrome
In the early 2000s, Sky One was attempting to simulate the US sitcoms of the time a little more than other channels. Baddiel’s Syndrome was shot to resemble one, and was given an extended run to find its feet. It was being pushed by the PR types as Britain’s answer to Seinfeld, as if that…
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The All Star Comedy Show
A few days ago we had a brief look at Monkey Trousers. Here’s the pilots for that series, with its initial title of The All Star Comedy Show. These two episodes aired on ITV in 2004, and were written by Vic and Bob, with help from others including Simon Blackwell and Caroline Aherne. It was…
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Double Deckers Used To Have Raisins
There are a lot of consipracy theories surrounding chocolate bars. Dairy Milks aren’t as good as they used to be because of the new recipe. Mars Bars are softer since they wanted to expand their market to women. Star Bars shot JFK. I don’t know about any of that, but yesterday I found out that…
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Monkey Trousers
There was a time when ITV flirted with sketch shows featuring big name performers. While The Sketch Show did well, another project did less so, in spite of a stellar cast and line up of writers. Monkey Trousers didn’t even last it’s full run of six shows, leaving the final one unaired. I think it…
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Spit The Ads
Apparently the people at Cash Generator are nice people, and Bob Carolgees tried to pawn his dog. Here he is, strangely Spitless, in a more famous ad. He brings Charlie The Monkey along with Faye from Grange Hill, to teach us the Green Cross Code. Finally, Bob lends his voice to this TISWAS themed ad…
