Sketch Shows – Page 46 – Simon Dunn

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The Ronnie Barker Advertisement Collection

In 1978 Ronnie Barker made three adverts for Sekonda. The split screen work in this one is excellent. This one achieves the same effect without any optical work, just good editing, and convincing stand-ins. While this one features Vicki Michelle. A year later, and Ronnie teamed up with Ronnie to flog us badly made motor…

June 7, 2019
The Wispa Comedy Archive

I often forget that the Wispa bar was launched in my lifetime, because it seems like it has always been there. Unlike the Fuse bar, which needs to make a comeback soon. Apparently, and this bothers me that I didn’t notice it, the Wispa was discontinued between 2003 and 2008. What? Anyway, here’s part of…

June 5, 2019
At The Theatre With Fry & Laurie

See if you can spot the moment that Hugh nearly corpses … This feels like a Saturday Live sketch that could equally have been performed by Rik & Ade, and had it been, it would have had a very different feel to it. Also, under the lights, that meat must have stank.

May 22, 2019
Fry & Laurie Say Goodbye To Gordon

It bewilders me why Saturday Live isn’t more widely available.

May 21, 2019
Elton & Fry Dressed As Nuns

This is from Saturday Live by the looks of it.

May 5, 2019

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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…