Category: British
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Covid Smith & Jones
These sketches seem retroactively topical somehow. Just watch them ride the laugh when the caption appears.
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The Young Ones Prop Gag Failure
Do you remember this moment from The Young Ones episode Nasty? There’s a wrap party tape made for the end of filming on series two of the show, which pops up every now and then on video sites, and then promptly vanishes again. It’s called Just For Fun, and it’s up at the moment, but…
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One Ball
Following on from yesterday’s daft post, here’s The Armstrong & Miller Show’s take on the subject. This is another great example of the comedy technique of taking a very silly subject and treating it very seriously. There seems to be many variants of the song. Here, from the film John Rabe. And here from The…
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Lockdown Lighthouse
Some people have been locked down for years, and Smith & Jones knew it. I recognise that dresser from somewhere. Sorry! maybe? And I thought that oven looked familiar too, so I went back through my sitcom oven archive (such a thing exists), and this is the one that comes closest, though not the same.…
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R Soles At The Friendy Fascist Pig Bank
This Hale & Pace sketch … … reminded me of this Smith & Jones sketch … … which reminded me of this from The Young Ones. Which lead me to wonder – is the Jools Holland ‘Good Morning Sir’ bit, a little reference to this? If so, then that’s pretty meta. Referencing an advert that…
