If you haven’t seen Matt Lucas’ Pompidou, you should rectify that immediately. It’s charming and beguiling. The nonsense jibberish language is infectious, and it has some properly brilliant visual gags in it.
From the ear worm opening titles …
… to the characterisation …
… to the gags and puppetry …
… it’s all great.
But get in on DVD, because then you get the equally excellent commentaries.
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For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…
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…
