Sketch Shows – Page 35 – Simon Dunn

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Is It Kevin Eldon?

Here’s a small chunk of loveliness from the 1998 BBC Two series Is It Bill Bailey? I remember enjoying this show a lot at the time, but I don’t think it ever had a repeat, and definitely never made it to DVD, which is a shame. The series was directed by Edgar Wright, and also…

July 27, 2020
Roy’s Food Repair

I’m just as fascinated by the shows that Lorne Michaels produced that failed, than the huge successes. Here’s a great sketch, featuring John Candy and Carrie Fisher, from the short-lived The New Show. The New Show aired on NBC for nine episodes in the spring of 1984. It featured appearances from a host of SNL…

July 13, 2020
The David Steinberg Show

Here’s a sketch from The David Steinberg Show. It takes a turn for the better half way through. This show actually had two iterations. The first had a five week run on CBS in 1972, and was an hour long variety format. In 1976, the show became a half hour sketch show within a sitcom,…

July 12, 2020
How To End A Sketch

Ending sketches is hard. This one ends brilliantly.

June 29, 2020
SCTV On The Brinkley

I think I’m right in saying that SCTV never made it to British screens, at least, not on the network channels. Shame. I’d like to see a lot more of it.

June 25, 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…