Sketch Shows – Page 22 – Simon Dunn

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Best Defense

If you’ve listened to the latest episode of Comedy Is …, or if you know such things, you’ll be aware that the movie Best Defense is not considered by Eddie Murphy to be his finest hour. The film was shot with Dudley Moore, and when it tested poorly with preview audiences, Jeffrey Katzenberg took a…

April 15, 2021
Comedy Is … Most Amusing, Sir

During the heyday of those VHS rental years, where we would save our pocket money, then rush to the rental shop and spend hours trying to pick movies, I remember almost every tape we rented having a trailer for another brilliant looking Eddie Murphy movie. I must have been 11 or 12 when I first…

April 12, 2021
regaL

Here’s a sketch from Hale & Pace, written by Richard Parker. It’s in reference to this advert. Really well observed too. But of course we all know that advert is nicked from this.

April 10, 2021
Eddie Murphy Returns To SNL

Not sure why I put off watching this for so long. I think it’s because I am so fond of Eddie Murphy, and I thought this might feel awkward. But it’s great, and has a proper Murphy feel to it, before it unfolds into something unexpected.

March 25, 2021
The Paul Daniels Magic Show

Here’s a review of The Paul Daniels Magic Show by Alexei Sayle.

March 21, 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…