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  • 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...

    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...

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  • 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...

    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...

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  • 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...

    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...

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  • 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...

    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...

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  • 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...

    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...

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  • To celebrate the news of a return to TV for the great Stanley Baxter – if only for one night – feast your eyes on a superb spoof of the...

    Stanley Baxter – Upstage Downstage

    To celebrate the news of a return to TV for the great Stanley Baxter – if only for one night – feast your eyes on a superb spoof of the...

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  • So formulating an interesting post about Have I Got News For You, I was blown away to discover that TV favourite Stanley Baxter is making a return to television for...

    Stanley Baxter Returns!

    So formulating an interesting post about Have I Got News For You, I was blown away to discover that TV favourite Stanley Baxter is making a return to television for...

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  • There’s very little you can say to introduce this complete madness from Steve Coogan – pretty much it stars Coogan performing a poorly composed ABBA medley, but it is certainly...

    Alan Partridge’s ABBA Medley

    There’s very little you can say to introduce this complete madness from Steve Coogan – pretty much it stars Coogan performing a poorly composed ABBA medley, but it is certainly...

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  • If this isn’t comedy gold from Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, I don’t know what is… httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3GqaQkhuYw

    Singin’ in the Rain

    If this isn’t comedy gold from Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, I don’t know what is… httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3GqaQkhuYw

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  • Our Frankie Boyle has caused a wee bit of a storm this week, thanks to a two year old clip on the current compilation run of Mock the Week. During...

    My Pussy is Haunted

    Our Frankie Boyle has caused a wee bit of a storm this week, thanks to a two year old clip on the current compilation run of Mock the Week. During...

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