Tag: Michael Redmond

  • Michael Redmond On The Funny Farm
    Michael Redmond On The Funny Farm

    Some more brilliant stand up from Michael Redmond. The Funny Farm was an STV production, that aired in Scotland for four series between March 1990 and May 1993. A few episodes made it on to ITV in London though. Here’s Harry Hill on the same show, being introduced by Fred MacAulay.

  • Michael Redmond On Friday Night Live
    Michael Redmond On Friday Night Live

    Here’s Michael Redmond doing some stand up on Friday Night Live circa 1988. This is actually an excellent example of really good crowd control. Listen to how rowdy they are before he speaks, and watch him raise his volume on the setup, then bring himself down to his normal level. Pretty soon, he’s got them…

  • Eamon, Older Brother Of Jesus
    Eamon, Older Brother Of Jesus

    It began as a recurring sketch on Alan’s Big 1FM, and was written by its star Michael Redmond. It later reappeared with more instalments on Shuttleworth’s Showtime. But come late October 1996, Eamon, Older Brother Of Jesus, was due to become its own 15 minute show on BBC Radio 4. It never aired. The premise…

  • Michael Redmond On Clive Anderson Talks Back
    Michael Redmond On Clive Anderson Talks Back

    This is a rare and lovely treat. Have a watch, and we’ll talk afterwards. Yes, that line does feature heavily in an excellent Stewart Lee routine, and man alive, the accompanying ladder joke is marvellous. Such ad odd intro to the stand up though. Why was Clive in the audience, and why was the camera…

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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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