Sketch fans, rejoice. After 13 years, The Fast Show will soon be back on our television screens. The much-loved comedy classic returns on BBC2 this Friday (May 23rd, 10pm) with original cast members Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Arabella Weir and John Thomson reuniting for an hour of stuff new to TV â the characters were originally revived as part of the Foster's online series â in honour of BBC2's 50th year and their 20th. As you would hope, they will be delivering the greatest hits. Achingly awkward groundsman Ted and his aristocratic employer Ralph rekindle their unrequited love affair, Jazz Club is back and Rowley Birkin QC articulates two words in every 10 while inaudibly recounting tales of his drunkenness. I can't wait. In the mid-90s the show overturned tradition with the sheer volume of material thrust on to the screen, often cramming more than 20 sketches into half an hour. The parade of oddballs, foreign news presenters, folk singers and cockney eco-warriors whizzed past like the conveyor-belt prizes on The Generation Game. With a team of writers and performers from a cross-section of backgrounds, the show's targets were many and varied, but it always hit the mark. And just when you were recovering from the latest exploits of Ken and Kenneth, Whitehouse would break your heart with Birkin's affecting monologue about the loss of his first love. His catchphrase, "I was very, very drunk," punctuates the end of the sketch like the tolling of a funeral bell. Even though comedy has moved on, this stuff just doesn't get old. This Friday I will mostly be watching The Fast Show. http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/may/22/fast-show-back-six-best-sketches Put ya fave sketches up [video=youtube;1Cwyq3XWeHE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cwyq3XWeHE[/video]
O/T from the OP's O/T.... For Ripping Yarns fans, BBC4 @ 10.00pm tonight - they are showing Golden Gordon.
[video=youtube;Y5ZcwxtHGKc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ZcwxtHGKc[/video] Very much how i imagine triple h looks
Aye and it's a look I'd recommend any young man about town to adopt. It'll serve you well. Here's some advice I pass on to all junior management starting out at home bargains... [video=youtube;mtoyLPROLZI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtoyLPROLZI&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]
My fave has already been posted. [video=youtube;cWzkxe98auc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWzkxe98auc[/video]
Is that a moustache ..................... [video=youtube;3qwcVit7VNs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qwcVit7VNs[/video]
Ron Manager is a legend. When asked about Ryan Giggs being the new George Best, his response "Is George Best the old Ryan Giggs?" has me in stitches.
