British TV!

*WARNING* Very youtube heavy entry*

So, after the notes I got on my last entry, I thought I’d introduce you lovely lot to some of the stuff that passes for TV in this fair land*. So, here we go.

Top Gear

Motoring show. And probably the show that the BBC gets the most regular complaints about.

Ever wondered what would happen if the car you were in was struck by lightning?

Background for this next one. The team decided to find out if it would be easier and cheaper to buy a car for a holiday in America than hire one. Along the way, they faced challenges. Like camping out and eating nothing but roadkill. Oh, and this one.

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Comedy music quiz, with the emphasis on the comedy. If you go on the show expecting not to have the mickey taken then…

Well, just watch the clip.

Louis Theroux Wierd Weekends

Documentary by Louis Theroux (who got his break on the show TV Nation) looking at the stranger aspects of America. In this clip, he’s looking at pro-wrestling and has kinda annoyed someone with the wrong question.

Dr Who/Comic Relief

Ahh. Now this is a find. Written for Comic Relief, apparently after it aired American fans went nuts requesting copies on tape (this being before DVD or downloading). The writer of this spoof is now writing for the show itself and has written three of the best episodes since the relaunch (The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances and The Girl In The Fireplace).

Part 1:

Part 2

Dead Ringers

Impression/satire show.

The show is blessed to have (imho) the best Bush impressionist going.

Tony Blair takes out a loan.

Bush writes a sitcom!

Childrens TV is always a good target.

And so is James Blunt.

Blue Peter

Remember the incident I talked about in a recent entry concerning a phone in competition? Well, here is the apology.

2DTV

Animated satire. The animation technique used meant that they could produce the show a couple of days before it aired.

Bill Gates discovers a new product.

George W Bush Vs Osama Bin Laden. Who has the best toys?

Tony Blair has fun with the Cabinet.

And a twofer. Political and Simsons satire.

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And to finish with, the daddy of satire in Britain, the much lamented Spitting Image.

First of all a song. Trust me, you will have this stuck in your head after hearing it. If memory serves right, it did reach number 1 over here.

And, hey, why not. The lyrics. Sing along folks!

The Chicken Song:

It’s the time of year, now that spring is in the air
When those two wet gits, with their girly curly hair
Make another song, for marronic holidays
that nausiate-ate-ates in a million different ways
From the shores of Spain, to the coast of southern France
No matter where you hide, you just can’t escape this dance

Hold a chicken in the air, stick a deck-chair up your nose
Buy a Jumbo-Jet, and then bury all your clothes
Paint your left knee green, then extract your wisdom teeth
Form a string quartet, and pretend your name is Keith.

Skin yourself alive, learn to speak araphahoe
Climb inside a dog, and behead an Eskimo
Eat a Renault 4, wear salami in your ears
Cassarole your gran, dis-embowel yourself with spears

The disco is migrating, the sound is loud and grating
It’s truly nausiating – let’s do the dance again..

Hold a chicken in the air, stick a deck-chair up your nose
Buy a Jumbo-Jet, and then bury all your clothes
Yes you’ll hear this song, in the holiday discos
And there’s no escape, in the clubs or in the bars
You would hear this song, if you holidayed in Mars

Skin yourself alive, learn to speak araphahoe
Climb inside a dog, and behead an Eskimo
Now you’ve heard it once, your brain will spring a leak
And though you hate this song you’ll be humming it for weeks

Hold a chicken in the air, stick a deck-chair up your nose
Buy a Jumbo-Jet, and then bury all your clothes
la la la la la la la….

(voice in the background at the end: “‘ay – we had a laugh!”)

And to finish off with, Jack Nickelson Offers Robert DeNiro a role.

SIDeNiro

Hope you enjoyed that folks.

Will

*Well, apart from the ones who already live here. You’ll have heard of at least most of these.