Category: Sketch Shows
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Alexei As A Kid
I keep finding clips of Alexei Sayle from Stuff, or his All New Show, or Merry-Go-Round. And they are always, without exception, great. And then there’s this bit, which I still quote now, even though I have never seen it since I first watched it. I thought it was from Stuff, but I’m not sure…
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Comedy Is … All About Timing
Here’s the third installment of Comedy Is … an audio essay that uses a show from the late 1990s line-up on the Paramount Comedy Channel as a springboard to talk about the history of television comedy, and explore the wider social context of these shows, and what they mean to me on a more personal level. This time round,…
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Popular Space Show
If you’re not already familiar with Alasdair Beckett-King, you should seek out all of his videos and gobble them up like they’re Jaffa Cakes.
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Kate McKinnon’s Impressions
A few interviews with the always brilliant Kate McKinnon, in which she explains the process of impressions.
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How To Write A Smith And Jones Head To Head
I’ll be honest, I bought this used book under the impression that it was a collection of sketch scripts, and put it aside to read later. I’ve just opened it, and obviously, it’s just transcripts of Smith & Jones’ Head To Heads. Hence the title. I’m a moron. It’s a little disappointing, as I have…
