Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

Tag: Key And Peele

  • The First Key & Peele Sketch
    The First Key & Peele Sketch

    The thought that goes in to the choice of the first ever sketch shown in a new series must be a headache. The first sketch we see in the series proper for A Bit Of Fry & Laurie for example is Parent Power, with Hugh telling off Stephen’s headmaster for suggesting his child is the […]

  • The Batmans
    The Batmans

    Sometimes, when writing a sketch, you find yourself putting in little verbal ticks for no apparent reason. I wonder if that’s the case with this, and the way they are pluralising everything. Whatever, I really like it.

  • Rhinos
    Rhinos

    If nothing else, this sketch looks GORGEOUS. I wish money was being thrown at sketch shows like this on a regular basis.

  • Shop Sketches
    Shop Sketches

    I love a good shop sketch. Shops lend themselves so well to the format. Whether it’s a normal assistant dealing with a weird customer … Or two normal people doing something weird … Or annoying assistants ticking off haughty customers.

  • What’s A Mum?
    What’s A Mum?

    This is a good sketch. I particularly like how he hands the gun back to the runner between takes.

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  • Proctology: A Bottom Examination
    Proctology: A Bottom Examination

    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 […]

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    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 […]

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