Category: Sketch Shows
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Smashie And Nicey on Comic Relief
Here’s Harry and Paul’s turn on the 1993 Comic Relief, with a great intro by Lenny Henry. Here’s the Bohemian Rhapsody bit that’s missing … I would give anything to see the full song by Jeeves and Wooster. If you’re wondering why Kryten is missing the tip of his nose, you should read The Man…
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A Parody Of The Television Show Ellen
This feels like it might go on far too long, but it earns every moment.
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Harry And Paul’s Magnificent Sporting Moments
As excuses to broadcast YouTube clips go, this one is nicely packaged, and features some good performances from Harry and Paul. It aired in 2013, on January 15th, just after the news. It completely passed me by at the time. I like that they get the US convention correct, of the sports presenters addressing the…
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Some Blue Jams
One of the more striking things about Blue Jam, Chris Morris’ late night Radio 1 skecth show, is just how traditional some of the sketches were.
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Tommy Cockles To Powergen
My first experience of Simon Day, I think, was as Tommy Cockles, appearing as a regular on Paramount City, right at the start of the 1990s. It was a good few years before The Fast Show. Here he is, as Cockles, on Wogan in 1992. The applause at the end seems a little sudden. Was…
