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How do you follow a massive film with a fantastic and well-informed guest? Do another one straight away! This week we are joined by the brilliant TV writer, journalist, podcaster, and comedian Mollie Goodfellow to talk about one of the greatest sitcoms of the 21st century, The Thick of It, and the film it spawned, In The Loop.
Make sure young ears are out of shot because this is a sweary one… and that’s just Rob and Guy’s thoughts on Alistair Campbell! We look at Armando Iannucci’s magnum opus as the man behind so many enduring TV comedy classics of the 90s. With inspiration from endorsing Yes Minister on Britain’s Best Sitcom in 2004, he took on the political establishment, turning it into his big-screen directorial debut and subsequently hit HBO political comedy Veep.
Not since Michael Rimmer have we tackled satire. We ask if there is any weight to the claim that you can’t make this kind of comedy anymore because of the state of politics today and whether New Labour 2.0 would even allow itself to be sent up in the same way it was in its original iteration’s death knell in the late 00s.
We hope it’s not too much of an omnishambles as Britcom Goes to the Movies presents In The Loop!
The Thick of It – Insults
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcuww9Einc
The Thick of It – Tim in Ruislip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xcVov-UL4Q
The Thick of It – Nicknames
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMNHu9YM-4
The Thick of It – Blinky Ben Swain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALNjevGdB5g
In the Loop – The Culture Show with Alistair Campbell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcFaizGw860
In The Loop – Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJU2qRg5zLI
In The Loop – Jamie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jr731Mhxkg
In the Loop – Don’t Call Me English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySD0u4RXXcI
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Over halfway through our third series, and it’s time to tackle a behemoth! Monty Python’s Flying Circus has been a comedy touchstone for pretty much every comedian and comedy writer to come after, including our guest for this episode.
Jeremy Dyson is one quarter of The League of Gentlemen and has written for countless other comedy shows as well as writing and directing for the big screen. In fact, in The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, he made his very own TV sitcom to cinema spin-off, so Rob and Guy couldn’t be joined by anyone more appropriate for some expert insight.
As a huge fan of the Python’s, Jeremy joined to talk about his favourite of their movies; The Holy Grail, as well as Monty Python’s Flying Circus and how it has informed and influenced his work.
Where do we start with such a critical and fan favourite? Endlessly quoted, constantly in the upper echelons of all-time movie lists, and helmed by a director who would go on to be considered one of the best to ever make films. This is a film that would be challenging for the top spot, but where will it end up? Listen and find out!
Monty Python – Piranha Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV1Yq2aS5FM
Monty Python – Spanish Inquisition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Df191WJ3o
Help! I’m a Fish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RobKrS63DEk
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urRkGvhXc8w
Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Knights Who Say Ni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIV4poUZAQo
Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Brave Sir Robin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8
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Could episode 5 be where you find your heaven? Well, if you get that musical reference, then perhaps so.
Guy and Rob are going all in on the 90s nostalgia. A Samantha Janus odyssey covering Game On, with its groundbreaking attitudes, jarring cast changes, and "skunk pussies," followed by Up 'n' Under, the John Godber play turned 90s BritCom. Hot off the heels of the Full Monty, this Yorkshire set (but not filmed) Rugby League comedy took advantage of the cream of TV comedy acting at the time.
Not just the aforementioned Janus, but 2.4 Children's Gary Olsen, Men Behaving Badly's Neil Morrissey, not to mention John Thompson, Griff Rhys Jones, and a whole load more.
Join us for our first play adaptation and stay for the quiz, where Guy would have to do some serious winning to cancel out last week's thrashing.
Game On - Opening Credits
https://youtu.be/liKGRdQaeMQ?si=lNOt0Aw0aV8lyoJg
Game On - New Matthew
https://youtu.be/pF6qzf9kjoc?si=PaDAbxAOoZCz6xHe
Game On - Chris
https://youtu.be/upNH7iFpTRs?si=I65B_Wedtkiqhbdn
Samantha Janus on Eurovision
https://youtu.be/nYU_3l0-hVo?si=CIcedIxkW1QKV2Sv
Mad About Alice - Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jPI34P65Cc
The Grimleys - Pilot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzFHmtLNkC0
Up n Under - Trailer
https://youtu.be/Qt0lfv6vW3M?si=usTkR5ANl0vkn-jp
Up n Under - Full Movie
https://youtu.be/6DHTxuflkNM?si=r5wOI8w1qv-j4nma
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Rob and Guy Love Simon Pegg. That was clear for all to hear in our episode on Shaun of the Dead. After that movie he became hot property and Hollywood came calling. After a Mission Impossible and with Star Trek to come, Pegg’s showbiz mate David Schwimmer, star of arguably the biggest Ameri-Com Friends, was directing a British set, US written Rom-Com, and wanted Pegg as his leading man. Problem is, how do you make an alter-jilter layabout tosspot seem loveable? If anyone can do it...
Pegg is joined by an abundance of British comedy and acting talent. From Thandiwe Newton to Simon Day, some American muscle in the shape of Hank Azaria and once again joining forces with Dylan Moran to create a cast to die for... And that’s before we even get to cameos from Stephen Merchant, David Walliams and a host more.
However, how likely was a movie originally to be set in the US and written and directed by Americans to grasp that Britcom sensibility? Join Rob and Guy as they find out.
It’s not just Run Fatboy Run that we’ll be discussing in episode 4. The ground-breaking sketch show, which gave Pegg an early break, will also go under the microscope as iconic sketches such as The Staring Contest, Smug Man Who Can’t Open Doors, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince preying upon Jockeys in the wild and a host more. So get on Episode 4!
Run Fatboy Run Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnJkCPpIngs
Run Fatboy Run – Blister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYt28vX954w
Big Train – Join the Army
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcAqR-Hs9II
Big Train – Chaka Khan vs the BeeGees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQZDFv0aTlk
Big Train – Sexy Puppet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfQWm2Hq2xM
30 Rock – David Schwimmer as Greenzo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyMs2xox_hE
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You may remember that Rob and Guy covered Peter Cook in quite some detail in our episode on the Rise & Rise of Michael Rimmer with our guest, Tom Salinsky of Best Pick Pod. Well, now we are talking about Cook & Moore as a duo, focusing mainly on Not Only But Also and, of course, our film for this week, Bedazzled. Rather neatly, another host of Best Pick joins us for the 1967 Faustian adaptation. John Dorney gets involved with our Pete & Dud-centric episode.
Bedazzled, also starring Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch, and Barry Humphries, is the first film we have covered on Britcom Goes to the Movies, which has a Hollywood remake. Much as the idea of a Tom Cruise-starring remake of On The Buses would excite us, it simply doesn’t exist! To Rob and Guy’s shame, they didn’t watch the remake, but luckily our guest did and was more than happy to fill us in on that as well.
Tom Salinksy and Jess Regan (the other two presenters of Best Pick) had chosen movies that shot straight to number one on our League table (although neither Michael Rimmer nor Sightseers stayed there), so could John continue this trend? Could Guy eat into Rob’s quiz lead with John’s questions on Cook & Moore? Find out by listening to episode 3!
Bedazzled Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsyqpUP1knQ
Bedazzled – Leaping Nuns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK9kg-Ngz0Q
Bedazzled - Drimble Wedge & the Vegetation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXnoWb88Jr4
Not Only But Also with Peter Sellers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWKZ79jUl3U
Pete & Dud – Greta Garbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLh3Dck0D9g
Naked Gun 33 1/3 – Raquel Welch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_PA0Qje9G8
Bedazzled (200 remake) Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfpLEU2YKzc
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We all remember what Rob and Guy thought of Nuns on the Run. Perhaps their biggest disappointment so far on Britcom Goes to the Movies. So another Eric Idle vehicle with another questionable love interest age gap was enough to set alarm bells ringing. Could John Cleese and Rick Moranis help stem the flow of ill will, though?
One significant advantage of tackling 1993's Splitting Heirs was the opportunity to examine Rutland Weekend Television. Idle’s post-Python sketch show, with more than a little help from musical maestro Neil Innes and pioneering an idea as maverick as a “music video” (it’ll never catch on), has become a big comedy touchstone for many generations to follow, and let’s not forget, gave the world The Rutles.
As well as Splitting Heirs and Rutland Weekend Television, we chat Saturday Night Live, SCTV, and plenty more. Guy with some work to do in the quiz stakes already after a 4-2 loss in episode one. Could he reduce the margin?
Splitting Heirs Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bakWHKecYw0
Splitting Heirs – Not Really Asian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UQ-oyvp-mk
Splitting Heirs – Behind The Scenes -Film 93
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewwD4nYN9Ww
Rutland Weekend Television – S1 E1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGrjP8ltFgw
George Harrison on RWT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ACyZIXkHq0
The Rutles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RFxencNmZw
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olGXtohOs7c
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Britcom Goes to the Movies is back! We begin our third, yes, THIRD series with an absolute classic of the genre... of sorts. On The Buses was one of the most popular British sitcoms ever made, so midway through its run, Hammer decided to take it to the big screen, the first of many such ventures for the studio, and it paid off, literally! With box office numbers, a Marvel movie would kill for in 1971.
But On The Buses the Movie has become a byword for terrible sitcom to movie spin-offs, by which all subsequent examples would be judged. You could say we have this movie to blame for the short shrift and general disdain a lot of British comedies get critically. Without this film, we’d probably have no podcast.
It’s reputation therefore preceded it, and Rob and Guy were in no hurry to cover it, but once writer, funnyman, host of SMERSH Pod, and all-round On The Buses apologist John Rain expressed an interest in joining us to discuss the film, how could we say no?
So join Guy, Rob, and John on an odyssey of crass jokes, old men playing 30-year-old lotharios, the world’s first ATM, pencil-moustached knicker-snatchers, and rolling left to right pecking. Finally, it’s time for On The Buses.
On the Buses – First Colour Episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFV3aAMPTgg&list=PLgD5-qNnzSa5nAynMx58UWJsetOvWgyfk&index=2
On The Buses – The Cistern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1ghggVZOs4
On The Buses – Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRmkh8tMB9k
On The Buses – Skid Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvV8jjvI42o
On The Buses cast on Wogan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2fVCJ0_0HE
Reg Varney uses world’s first ATM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9mwgKMrZ1U
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And so our Carry On journey comes to an end with Carry On Camping, arguably the most iconic offering of the entire franchise.
Hattie Jacques is back, which means our first; "Oooh Maaaatron". The rest of the regular cast is also in attendance for an innuendo-laden laugh fest. Expect Sid James staring at arses, Barbara Windsor's top flying off, and some good old-fashioned hippy bashing.
This is Guy's pick to round us off and although we've only managed a mere 3 of 31, Carry On BritCom Goes to the Movies has seen the perfect cross-section of the collection. Go out and watch some more, we'll see you in the autumn for series 3 of BritCom Goes to the Movies!
Carry On Camping trailer
https://youtu.be/LDTQW3ztgNc?si=_TUFc4ti2AGBrTmS
Carry On Camping tent scene
https://youtu.be/CGUj9OcO0xM?si=70WdhFwJsP7yFwRu
Shooting Stars - Carry On Camping
https://youtu.be/6ydD2hizE6g?si=x6QQO253NxPPbODJ
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There is no let-off this bank holiday as we hit you with another Carry On straight away.
This time it's Rob's pick. Critic and hipster's choice, Carry On Screaming. It's a Hammer Horror Homage but without the scariest cast member Sid James, replaced to great effect by Harry H Corbett.
There's low budget scares, laughs, and uncredited session musician's theme tunes galore.
Will Rob still rate Screaming as his favourite on second viewing and will Guy enjoy only his second ever Carry On? Join us to find out.
Carry On Screaming - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwVGuxvhou8&t=29s
Carry On Screaming - Blow on your whistle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9BlgkvENgY&t=69s
Carry On Screaming - Best scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60y0vYxf7PA&t=453s
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While we wait for series three in the autumn, here's a bank holiday treat of a mini-series. What better way to spend a bank holiday weekend than with British comedy institution Carry On?
Over the next three days, Rob and Guy scratch the surface of the comedy behemoth, choosing one film from the massive back catalogue each.
We start our series of three with a choice from our guest. TV's Andy Clarke. Writer, presenter and Carry On fanatic. Who better to make our first pick and provide some expert analysis? (particularly for Guy, who'd inexplicably never before seen a Carry On)
Andy kicks us off with Carry On Abroad. Widely regarded by fans and critics as the last good Carry On Film and certainly the final one with the bulk of the core cast. James, Williams, Connor, Windsor, Whitfield, Sims and Hawtry make their way to the beautiful resort of El's Bells in "the Med". In lieu of budget though, Pinewood studios must double for an exotic resort.
Join the three of us for sun, sea and Splendid Kenneth Williams impressions as we Carry On Abroad.
Carry On Abroad Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTg_Gn63EMs
Carry On Abroad - Tried it once
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXtFQdvcp4o
Carry On Abroad - Slide Whistle Supercut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufbrSC36FGQ
Julian Clary - Fisting Norman Lamont
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAU7pATH5_M
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It feels like only yesterday we were getting stuck into some Porridge and now Series 2 of BritCom Goes to the Movies, draws to a close with 2004’s Churchill: The Hollywood Years. A movie that was met with a lukewarm critical reception and a limited release, leaving it with a somewhat tarnished at worst, and forgettable at best legacy.
...but is any of that fair? Both Rob and Guy remembered loving it. The film had the cream of TV comedy talent of the time and all masterminded by Mr. Comic Strip Presents Peter Richardson, with a blueprint similar to one of his best episodes, The Strike. Is it really as bad as all that?
There’s a deep dive into The Comic Strip from its early days as a cabaret show, to a mockumentary directed by Julian Temple, to the opening night of Channel 4. This show gave the world Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, French and Saunders, Robbie Coltraine, Keith Allen, Alexi Sayle, Phil Cornwell...the list goes on!
There’s the small matter of crowning the series quiz champion, with Rob needing an absolute miracle to defend his title. What a series it’s been, with two new number ones, could we have a third?
The Comic Strip Presents – Julian Temple Doc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-4QTIyWmXA
Channel 4 – First Broadcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03c9vit5G4w
Comic Strip Presents – Five Go Mad in Dorset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_KfQ0pD2gw
Comic Strip presents – The Strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beyNSIUEIxk
Four Men in a Car – Sounds of the 80s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH1Igdckll0
Churchill: The Hollywood Years – Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYB7aSWSyOI
Churchill: The Hollywood Years – Full Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fouJZyxFCSU
Leslie Phillips - I Must Resist Temptation (from Crooks Anonymous) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOuvUt3VZaI
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Our second Goon-related podcast of the series, so who better to join Rob and Guy to talk about all things Peter Sellers, A Show Called Fred, and The Mouse That Roared, than host of The Goon Pod, Tyler Adams? There was expert insight galore as BritCom Goes to the Movies tackled its earliest film yet.
An early high-concept outing for Sellers’ many faces and voices on the big screen as he channeled his inner Alec Guinness to play three of the main characters in this Anglo-American cult classic (not the first one of those we’ve profiled in this series either).
There are many unexpected mentions of The Simpsons, Alan Partridge and The Fast Show, proving just how long a shadow Peter Sellers has cast on the comedy world for decades.
Guy had a huge lead over Rob in the quiz coming into this episode, with only one more to go, Rob would need to buck up his ideas…and quickly!
A Show Called Fred – 1956
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbWbz1Z0q3M
The Mouse That Roared – Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7L7WLFBYR4
The Mouse That Roared – Full Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfD_LTad1hE
Coldland - Shooting Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgYgXl5AxQA
Passport To Pimlico - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=634VTm9y1Eo
Theatre of Blood - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S94e43JIgHc
Holmes & Yo-Yo - Opening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJd7j-Rhtg
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With Old Ned still ringing in their ears, Rob and Guy sat down to record episode 8: Steptoe and Son. An enduring sitcom with a huge legacy, written by a couple of comedy pioneers…but let’s not forget this is a movie spin-off from the 70s, by which all low bars apparently, should be judged.
Surely that can’t be the case for a pair of characters still held in such high esteem even now, situations as timeless as the day is long and a budget to be envious of….well, let’s not give anything away. The classic traps of lack of TV network reigning in are a jaunt abroad and a hurried script.
All this plus some chat about Mr Acker Bilk and his impressive record, a public toilet in Shepherd’s Bush, class warfare by sporting preference, and a chance for Rob to get back in the running for the series quiz title. Join Britcom Goes to the Movies for Steptoe & Son!
Steptoe and Son Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRaiiT3ZnJw
Steptoe and Son – 65 Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85DfL-hyu_8
Steptoe and Son – Any Old Iron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDsJHAdi1Ws
Harry H Corbett – The Old Junk Shop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W50waA8lCBU
Wilfred Bramble – Ragtime Rag n Bone Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd2B0geglzE
The Curse of Steptoe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11VCYx2-mqY
When Steptoe met son
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=G4Nksn4MAl4
Mr Acker Bilk – Stranger on the shore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTl-iAF6KsE
Steptoe and Son The Movie Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnwnPj9S4SY
Steptoe and Son The Movie – Kitchen Sink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgX1cPfethA
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Anger, Pain, Fear, Aggression….Watercolours and laughs! As we know from our special on Britain’s Best Sitcom, Spaced is in both Guy and Rob’s top 5, so neither could contain their excitement when it came to talking about Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes and Edgar Wright’s seminal turn of the century pop-culture-reference-a-thon.
Skip to the end….but there’s more. Joining our very own Tim and Daisy was filmmaker Ross Birks, fresh from stealing a tank and trying to invade Paris, to lend his two penn’orth. We could have done a whole two hours on that, but of course, this is a movie podcast so what better than the film inspired by a short segment in an episode of Spaced, Shaun of the Dead?
The movie that spawned the genre Zom Rom Com was 20 years old at the time of recording and all three of our panelists made no secret of their love, quotability, and rewatchabilty of one of the most influential films of the 00s… despite itself making so many references to all three of the genres it drew from.
After a truly terrible showing in last week’s quiz, who would break the deadlock this week with Ross’ fiendishly difficult questions?
So let’s take the car. Go to Mum's. Kill Phil, grab Liz, go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, listen to Britcom Goes To the Movies, and wait for all of this to blow over.
Simon Pegg and Jessica Stephenson in Six Pairs of Pants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-ZkItmbFiQ
Edgar Wright directed Asylum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhzHQfSkg0w
Mash & Peas – John Littlerichard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaGF5z4hyzY
Spaced – One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFoU_GG38Tc
Spaced – Clubbing Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_wVOA_95QU
Spaced – The Matrix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5kLk9gfK_w
Comic Relief Blankety Blank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUC4un_G5AA
Big Train – Billie Piper fanclub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_3oU-Z4Vxo
Shaun of the Dead trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIfcaZ4pC-4
Shaun of the Dead record throwing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qHAOY7C1go
Shaun of the Dead – Prink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cJvDtF1ios
Edgar Wright’s Don’t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czR4qJbkSuc
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Over halfway through series two of Britcom Goes to the Movies we’re back to the 1960s....and the 50s as we look at Spike Milliagn, the Goon Show, and the Post-Apocalyptic surreal comedy The Bed Sitting Room. This is the first of our episodes in which we look at a radio show as our source material (if you don’t include Hancock’s Half Hour for The Rebel in series one).
This film contains two of the three (or is it four) Goons as well as a plethora of British comedy talent of the time. Many of whom we’ve seen appear in previous episodes, including Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Frank Thornton, and of course Arthur Lowe, who is the Britcom Goes to the Movies record appearance maker so far.
In a series and a half, Rob and Guy have been fairly united on their approval or disapproval of a film, but this time there is some serious disagreement. What will this mean for the rankings and could the non-believer yet be brought round to reform his opinion? All the while, the quiz scores are delicately poised with Rob having a one-point lead. Join us for episode six.
The Goon Show – The Dreaded Battered Pudding Hurler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Vg2S3S8W0
The Goon Show – The Treasure of Loch Lomond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsGwAJtZKEc
Tin Sandwich Anyone? The History of the Harmonica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clsGakOc8AE
Roy Kinnear on Give Us A Clue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKUvPSJfyn0
The Bed Sitting Room – Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVZcY53nVU
The Bed Sitting Room – Inside Leg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu-TjD7s-UY
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As the Venga Boys once said, "We're going to Ibiza"... unfortunately the BritCom goes to the Movies budget didn't stretch as far as actually going to the Balearics, but via the magic of podcasting, we can transport you there by discussing Kevin and Perry Go Large.
Ben Clark joins Guy and Rob for this episode. The writer, director, and comedian is also one-third of Pappys and had, up until this moment, never seen the movie. Luckily he's still talking to us!
We talk about the origins of Kevin the teenager from Kevin the annoying little brother in Harry Enfield's Television Programme to Superstar DJ with sidekick Perry, played by the inimitable Kathy Burke. Kevin became the benchmark by which all millennial teenage boys were (rightly or wrongly) compared.
But as big a cultural phenomenon as Kevin and Perry were (along with many other of Enfield and Burke's characters) how did that translate to the big screen? How kind has the last quarter of a century been to the movie and of course, its memorable soundtrack packed with dance anthems. Join Rob, Guy, and Ben to find out.
Kevin the annoying little brother
https://youtu.be/WIhtPCyEDCY?si=t0Hox3WsE86aif-I
Kevin becomes a teenager
https://youtu.be/dLuEY6jN6gY?si=F-1K44boOCE1JTA3
Kevin washes the family car
https://youtu.be/-qUP3yHEpRw?si=TrEMvywKMm1EtJWd
Perry returns from Manchester
https://youtu.be/ZDKF8KkD7rE?si=RQS0wn9ypYPp4DCJ
Kevin the teenager Pillsbury Toaster Pockets
https://youtu.be/EuNTG1sOovU?si=Bf-dnR0gIO_onEGD
Ben Clark in Badults
https://youtu.be/R7w6y6snkzo?si=u8rY5f-BCmEHzKzm
Smashie and Nicey End of an Era
https://youtu.be/UP67GQoII5M?si=kDdkcNC-59ohvn53
Wobbly Randy Old Ladies
https://youtu.be/vPrI8rIcFSk?si=7CHDCGmk-W780lH6
Fast Show - Newlyweds
https://youtu.be/LXxgxXiqZZw?si=kM-b6r3m2VEDuSYI
Kevin and Perry Go Large Trailer
https://youtu.be/nENwy9GRyF0?si=aTI3i1P3n9rq4lkD
Precious Bratz presents Kevin and Perry - Big Girl
https://youtu.be/iEk-bUC1sGs?si=wo7dT__R3NdZIDdo
Fragma - Toca's Miracle
https://youtu.be/zlDn4_sMUtg?si=xvql3LC73XHwa_8G
Kevin and Perry Go Large - Turd in the sea
https://youtu.be/_nETL4r2mrc?si=bvgZgsj_4ma5Eqxg
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Four episodes deep into our difficult second series, and to make it a little easier, we’ve enlisted the help of an expert. It’s fair to say Rob and Guy had probably never really considered the impact of the world of Psychotherapy, early 90s favourite Drop Dead Fred had...but it did! In a big way and to help us get to grips with that we enlisted Psychotherapist Charlotte White to talk not only about the significance of imaginary friends but also the roles of women and girls in cinema and abusive relationships.
Don’t worry, this is a comedy...or Is it? This film tests both aspects of the criteria of our podcast in that it is arguably neither British nor comedy! But how can you have British Cinema without Working Title and how can you say a film starring Rik Mayall is not a comedy? As our source material, we go back to the beginning of TV for Rik and talk about The Young Ones, a seminal piece of British comedy history. It changed the British Sitcom forever (while maintaining a laughter track) influencing the entire generation of comedians that came after it, not to mention its admiration across the pond, becoming the first non-musical show to be broadcast on MTV. But was it any good and has it held up over time? Find out what we think about The Young Ones and Drop Dead Fred in episode 4.
Our list continues to grow. We’ve already had a new number one in this series, could there be another? The quiz is hotting up this series, with Rob leveling the scores at 7-7 in episode three, with Charlotte writing the questions this time, who could take the lead after four episodes?
Young Ones – Opening Titles
THE YOUNG ONES - Intro (youtube.com)
The Young Ones – Bambi
The Young Ones Bambi (youtube.com)
Rik Mayall – Legend of Zelda Advert Link’s Awakening
Nintendo Gameboy Zelda Link's Awakening TV advert - 1993 - Rik Mayall (youtube.com)
Rik Mayall in Man Down
rik mayall man down romantic story (youtube.com)
Drop Dead Fred Trailer
🎥 DROP DEAD FRED (1991) | Trailer | Full HD | 1080p (youtube.com)
Drop Dead Fred – Dog Poo
Drop Dead Fred - Got Some Dog Poo (youtube.com)
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Episode three of series two sees us tackle our most recent film. The Covid-delayed darkly comic and borderline (if not out and out) psychological horror, All My Friends Hate Me by the Toms (Stourton and Palmer). Here’s a movie that tackles alienation, anxiety, and (like most good British comedies) the class system.
Rob and Guy discuss all those topics, plus the university experience, the leg-up in the industry that is public schools, and of course Sandstorm by Darude. That’s not to mention our (kind of) source material, the cringe-core sitcom Siblings, starring Stourton and Charlotte Richie.
The quiz scores are starting to take shape as well. Can Rob claw back his two-point deficit, or will Guy pull even further ahead?
Siblings Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4hW0OAD0ps
Totally Tom - People’s Houses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG3jvfd_ZDQ
High Renaissance Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJY73GgkvWg
Cardinal Burns Episode 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7caUGv6yY8k
All My Friends Hate Me - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcLusCip1Gs
All my friends hate me - Norman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odbe6AcFHKc
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Episode 2 of Series 2 sees another crossover with the Best Pick Podcast as another of its hosts Jessica Regan (our second guest after Tom Salinsky) joins to talk about the 2012 darkest of dark comedies Sightseers. Jess provided unparalleled insight into director Ben Wheatley’s process, starring as she did in his 2009 sketch show The Wrong Door.
We take a closer look at The Wrong Door, a show in which dinosaurs are dates, Pirates hijack commuter trains and Matt Berry puts John Virgo’s trick shots in the shade, as well as a deep dive into Wheatley’s third feature-length film, which became the first big screen starring roles for comedy collaborators Steve Oram and Alice Lowe.
It helped to have a voice of Irish sanity to help assess a movie that so precisely captures a slice of English eccentricity, repressed anger and downright insanity! We also take a look at the use of double, double pop covers for needle drops and a supporting cast of some of the British movie industry’s very best bit players.
How would Guy and Rob get on with Jess’ questions on the Oram and Lowe and could we have a new contender for the top spot? Find out in episode two.
The Wrong Door Episode one - The Wrong Door S01E01 The World's Most Annoying Creature (youtube.com)
The Wrong Door – Train Pirates starring Jessica Regan 2008 The Wrong Door. The Train Pirates! (youtube.com)
Alice Lowe and Steve Oram interviewed by Alan Partridge - EM 10004 Video NA RunEscape GunShot TsktpkV15 Nor Q F NA EN PC A bluedemo (youtube.com)
A Dark Song Trailer A Dark Song - Official Trailer I HD I IFC Midnight (youtube.com)
Sightseers Trailer Sightseers trailer (youtube.com)
Sightseers – Report that to the National Trust - SIGHTSEERS - National Trust - Film Clip (youtube.com)
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