The closest we’ll ever get to a Fawlty Towers reunion…
John Cleese, Connie Booth, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs.
Countdown to Christmas: Men Behaving Badly Sing
I think you’ll love this. And Merry Christmas!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D8ynd8zKfg
Christmas has not been delivered…
Classic Christmas comedy the way it used to be…
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GBogWsfAS50
Mock the Week at Christmas!
We are literally days away from Christmas, so let’s sit back and enjoy some great comedy!
There’s tonnes of cool stuff on this year (which we’ll come to over the weekend) from Stanley Baxter making a long overdue return to television to a special show about Blackadder (and annoyingly they’re both on at the same time…)
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Late Arrivals at the Christmas Ball
A wonderful (White) Christmas-themed classic dialogue here from I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue…
Now, read these out loud for the full effect…
A crowd of Christmas favourites, led by Emma Dreaming, Arthur White, Chris Muss, Jess Likedee, Juan Swee, Hugh Stannow, Wendy Treetopsglisten and children, Liz-Ann Tooearsleighbell, Cindy Snow.
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He’s a big baby!
To commemorate the return to our screens of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer in Shooting Stars (however shortlived) this Christmas, here’s a clip from the show, with George Dawes (a pre-Little Britain Matt Lucas) performing a Queen/Kajagoogoo medley.
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YOvMZN5G9uY
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Emergency Number
It was great to see the return of The IT Crowd, so to celebrate here’s a clip from the first series, which ties in nicely with the episode broadcast last Friday…
Starring Richard Ayoade and Chris O’Dowd.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBuo41qYOgw
Frankie Boyle on Mock the Week
There’s little you can say about Scots comic Frankie Boyle that hasn’t already been said.
This clip from Mock the Week is the perfect illustration of a comic who isn’t concerned with crossing boundaries, merely whether he got a receipt at the toll booth…
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4yjJFt3uFVw
Que?
Here’s another marvellous moment from Fawlty Towers, as Manuel gives Mrs Richards his assistance in connection with her reservation…
Starring Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Joan Sanderson
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6oC2jTywtA&
I Speak English, I learn it from a book
Carrying on our celebration of Basil Fawlty and Manuel this week, a clip from the much loved episode of Fawlty Towers known simply as The Germans…
Starring John Cleese, Ballard Berkeley and Andrew Sachs.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX85Y5Zb7sw
