Sketch Shows – Page 34 – Simon Dunn

Category: Sketch Shows

The Gift Shop

Writing sketches can be cathartic. Let’s all go and write a venting a spleen type sketch set in a shop.

August 6, 2020
Dick Head For President

Imagine.

August 5, 2020
A (Different) Bit Of Fry & Laurie

It’s easy to forget that Fry & Laurie did a load of sketches for Saturday Live. Here’s a great one. Check out the furniture.

August 3, 2020
Sorry Is The Hardest Word

A quickie but a goodie.

August 2, 2020
Portlandia

Every now and again I’m reminded of the excellent sketch show Portlandia. Written by, and starring, Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen, it does something that more shows should do. It grounds it’s sketches in a single place, making its setting the unifying glue of the piece. And it works so well.

August 1, 2020

Buy My Books

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…