Sketch Shows – Page 33 – Simon Dunn

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It’s Ulrika!

On the 25 August, in 1997, on BBC2 at 10.15pm, the one off special It’s Ulrika! hit the screens. The show was written by Reeves and Mortimer, with additional material from Steve Burge and Rhys Thomas. I expect it was meant to serve as a pilot for a full series.

September 15, 2020
A Question Of Spoof

In a cyncial effort to link to trending topics and current news, here’s some A Question Sport spoofs. First up, here’s an advert for HP Sauce. Simon Dunn And I wish I could find a better version of this from A Bit Of Fry & Laurie.

September 13, 2020
Tummy Rubbish

Here’s a sketch from Saturday Live. What’s interesting is that parts of this sketch appeared previously in an episode of Alfresco, and other parts were adapted later for A Bit Of Fry & Laurie. I can find neither on YouTube to share though, sorry. So, by way of apology, watch this instead, it’s brilliant.

September 8, 2020
Billy In The Bog

Here’s a series of outtakes (including the clock countdown) of Billy Connolly as he appears in a sketch from The Kenny Everett Video Show.

August 17, 2020
The Man Issue

I feel seen.

August 11, 2020

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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…