Sketch Shows – Page 12 – Simon Dunn

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Canned Carrott

Here’s one of the more well known advert spoofs from Canned Carrott. Canned Carrott ran for two series in the early 1990s, and lead to the sitcom The Detectives. It also feautred Punt and Dennis around the time they were also doing The Mary Whitehouse Experience.

February 17, 2022
Humming

Hmmmmm. Hmmmmmm. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

January 19, 2022
Alf’s Oven

I like this sketch a lot. Whitehouse’s performance elevates it, and the timing of the changes are spot on. What’s more, the design of Alf’s home is marvellous. That oven looks like many of the ovens we’ve explored in previous posts, but it’s not seen in any of those. I wonder how many ovens the…

January 2, 2022
A Chance To Meet Cyril And Edward

The careers of Little And Large seem to mirror well the career of Cannon And Ball. Cyril Mead and Edward McGinnis began performing in 1962. They were soon touring the clubs as singers, but quickly focused on the comedy, and turned professional in 1963. They appeared on Opportunity Knocks in 1971, and unlike Bobby and…

December 29, 2021
The Laughing Prisoner

Here’s an interesting curio from 1987. It’s a production of The Tube, featuring Jools Holland, Stephen Fry, and Hugh Laurie. It’s about The Prisoner.

December 27, 2021

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Nineteen 90s Shows

I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…