I miss sketch shows.
So I’m often on the look out for ones I haven’t seen before. After a chat with a friend, I came across Four on the Floor, a Canadian show from 1986, which aired on CBC for 13 episodes.
The show was a vehicle for comedy foursome The Frantics, who are still performing today. Before Four on The Floor, they made a radio show called Frantic Times.
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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…
