You may have seen the brief reuniting of Andrew Sachs and John Cleese on Prince Charles’s 60th birthday celebrations thing last night on ITV1 - or even at the venue itself - in aid of the Princes’ Trust.
It was a slightly odd moment, but not without a feeling of nostalgia, and was completely at home [...]
Fawlty Reunion
Fawlty Towers Sunday
To celebrate John Cleese and Andrew Sachs appearing onstage at the 2008 Princes Trust concert, here begins a week of classic Fawlty Towers clips!
Right back to the start with A Touch of Class…
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o8DngrgIpS0
Rowan Atkinson Live - Amazing Jesus
This is a superb piece from Rowan Atkinson’s legendary one-man show (which also featured Angus Deayton for a time)
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzXJMU1sLc
No More Wanking
This is a superb sketch from the underrated Big Train in 1998.
Tom Henderson New Office Manager declares a “no wanking” policy in the office workplace, leading to vociferous protests from the team (which includes SImon Pegg).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn6Z9djh8eA
Lee Mack - How not to be an extra
The following clip may offend fans of Ricky Gervais, portraying as it does a funny scene relating to extras building up their parts, and doesn’t result in cheap pisstakes of celebrities.
Starring Lee Mack and Jim Tavare from The Sketch Show!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAYD9bQMCPQ
This is the News
The Day Today is an-oft omitted entry into the British Comedy oevre. It’s difficult to underline Chris Morris’ spoof news show without sounding all tossy and using phrases like “British Comedy oevre”, but I digress.
This is a prime example of the content of the show, a small clip of the news show format, which also [...]
Brilliant!
Paul Whitehouse in one of the superb monologues from The Fast Show.
It’s pretty difficult to pick one out from the available selection as every visit of this character to our screens was one of joy and pleasure - and proof of Whitehouse’s ability to draw and portray comedy characters with apparent ease.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knYOcaQ-x5o
Darts Sketch
Darts was a huge BBC and ITV Sports draw in the 1970s and 1980s, with the overweight, beer drinking sportsmen becoming household names.
As such this sketch from Not the Nine O’Clock News is slightly out of context in the current age, but nevertheless, we’ve all seen darts haven’t we?
The sketch stars Mel Smith and Griff [...]
SPAM
It’s virtually impossible to describe just how vital this sketch is to our comedy heritage without sounding like a total t*sspot and spouting phrases like “comedy heritage”.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus contained so many wonderful moments, so good in fact that it took me a while to settle on this clip.
In the end, however, an unwanted [...]
Je T’aime
Ooooohh! No missues, wait… what do you think you’re doing!
Control yourself!
Yes it’s the Frankie Howerd version of the sensual French hit Je T’aime, with feminine groans courtesy of June Whitfield.
This was a hit in 1971, and doesn’t get old - in fact it’s much better than the original!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzOsUAPZGn8
