Sketch Shows – Page 40 – Simon Dunn

Category: Sketch Shows

Post-Apocalaughs

I mean, I suppose we’ve all been thinking about this sketch. Or maybe this one. But tonight, I think I’m going to watch this.

March 21, 2020
It’s Alright. It’s Okay. It’s Fine.

Is it weird that I often think of this bit from The Day Today in times of crisis, and it somehow weirdly calms me down?

March 12, 2020
Attacks Of Opinion

Here are a few snippets from an interview with Terry Jones, made for The English Programme, in which he talks about writing a weekly newspaper column. It’s out of print now, but the collection of some of those columns, Attacks Of Opinion was published in 1988.

March 11, 2020
The Fast Red Fun Smell Show

On this day in 1996, Fargo was released in cinemas. On this day in 1987, NBC aired the last ever episode of The A-Team. But also, on this day in ’96, as it was a Friday, you could have watched BBC Two all night, and had a great time. At 9pm, The Fast Show was…

March 8, 2020
Aroomba Full Of Kids In The Hall

With the welcome news that the Kids In The Hall will be back on our screens with eight new episodes of the show, I thought you would enjoy seeing them perform live in a small space circa 1988. And also this sketch that aired on CBC but was excised from the DVD release for some…

March 6, 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…

Follow

[kofi]

Most Read

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…