Sketch Shows – Page 21 – Simon Dunn

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The Day Today Listings

There’s something lovely about the BBC Genome project, which is archiving all of the Radio Times listings throughout the run of the magazine. It’s not as fun as getting your hands on an old copy of the actual magazine, but it’s nice enough. While most of the listings are dry, some, like The Young Ones…

May 1, 2021
Alanugby

Here’s some more of Alan, ready for Friday’s new series, this time taking us through some brilliant rugby moments. And here’s the first of the mini-news packages that trailed the main show. Are there any other shows that had their own specially made trailers, ie, using content not shown in the show, like this other…

April 29, 2021
Sarcastic Convergence

I bet that this was just a coincidence, I really, really do.

April 22, 2021
Michael Jacobs

There’s an Australian sketch show that I’d like to see more of. It’s Full Frontal, which introduced the world to many names, including Shaun Micallef, Eric Bana, and Roz Hammond. I briefly talked about this show on Comedy Is … a few weeks ago.

April 21, 2021
Mr Robinson’s Neighborhood

When Eddie Murphy returned to guest host Saturday Night Live in 2019, he revisited some of his old characters. Eddie Murphy is the subject of the latest episode of Comedy Is …

April 17, 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…