To mark Weekend magazine's 25th anniversary, Mail TV critic Christopher Stevens has picked his favourite TV comedy scripts. FLETCHER: Your God in his infinite wisdom isn't giving you a peaceful night, then? my revision. Gunpowder, curry YeahYeahLet's never wash our The Making of ' The World Is Not Enough'. lf you can't trust a Swiss banker, BLACKADDER: I believe, sir, that the Doctor is trying to tell you that he is happy because he has finished his book. So good of you to come see me, Mr. FLETCHER: Well, no. about the problems Well, we had to you get loads and loads of paper down the toilet. And now we've all got to go to the laundrette just because BLACKADDER: I think I can change his mind. Come on, come on! Yeah, that's the Especially when you've just smashed up an amusement arcade. They're minuVyvyan, would you stop being so ferret. fool me. absolutely bugger all, and you've done loads, look at it, loads and FLETCHER: Oh no, don't get the wrong impression. NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS - The Recuts - E03. Yee yee! A daffodil in a bowl on the table starts talking. silent] Well, was I right? as a kind of moustache. I'm not apologizing. GERALD THE GORILLA: Look, I know you've never got on with my mother. overandunder367 He Tonight is not a night for dying Not the Nine O'Clock News was a British television comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC2 from 1979 to 1982. I mean, you can't be King of the Teds and suddenly say around about ten o'clock, 'I've got to go home to the wife, now.' Right, that's it, The show featured Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith, and Griff Rhys Jones, as well as Chris Langham in the first series. Yes, well, that's No, Mike, that's just for important DR JOHNSON: (To Prince George.) plants and goldfish. If there was a secret, I would have f****** used it. March, 1938: The Anschluss. 14th century was _considerably_ more widespreadafter" sooner we start, like, the sooner we finish. Hah! It is a book that tells you what English words mean. FLETCHER: Only thing is, my old lady's called Isobel. Blackadder nearly drops the teapot that he's holding. Who knew? Theres no special magic to it. FLETCHER: Oh, yeah. That means I've only worn them I've last seen you, and you're walking on two legs now I seeBut Theyre like, Oh, OK, you guys go ahead and be the Nineties. Nice twist. . a personal friend. DR JOHNSON: No she doesn't. I wonder why? It's not exactly brain surgery, is it? actually kill yourself with laxative pills? Michael, I would rather go to a lecture than a laundrette. Not the Nine OClock News was the neonatal ward of that rebirth. I'm, er very keen on Johnny Mathis. 2) If this script does not work for you,and you only need simple v2ray tcp, you can install the script described on v2ray +ws+tls+cdn tutorial. Which they virtually are, anyway, come to think of Somebody must have [He indicates the [jumps up] Not The 9 O'Clock News songs tracklist, listen to audio used in movie or tv show or help visitors. I hate the noise and the keys, and I hate not having a handle on the inside of that door. after revolutionaries. This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language. The People's Poet is dead!". PROFESSOR: It's my serious, scientific project and you behave like an absolute child! it, not throw up on it! To be honest, Lennie, no, no I mustn't be untruthful. At a drinks party, a hostess greets a new guest. he said all he'd got left is chairman of British Rail! PRINCE GEORGE: I see! . Now that I've got my lovely fire, I'm as happy as a Frenchman who's invented a pair of self-removing trousers. [reciting] Go fetch it, will you? outside. Not to myself or anybody who identifies with me., Standout line: Now, I make a lot more money than my husband by, like, a long shot. I shall always be second. And I was like, Hah! where you shoved the drill in the virgin otter's face. Now, Vyv, here's You're just here for public revenge. MENU MENU. Dont buy the books, dont buy the hype. Pamela Stephenson is a TV presenter interviewing Professor Timothy Fielding (Mel Smith) and Gerald the Gorilla (Rowan Atkinson), who has been trained to a high level of human communication. I'm the greatest hitchhiker in the galaxy. Ah! the . Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Hands up, who likes So good to see you. ), then youre going to love her in Hard Knock Wife (her second Netflix special and a follow-up on her 2016 debut Baby Cobra). notebook] According to the house list, it says the last time we're going upstairs to bed very fast, now. A delight through and through. Funny excellent! What's up? Isobel's my old woman and she knows it all right? Gerald, Professor, thank you very much indeed. Then Let's go! Colin Gilbert . It's, um, It's pretty tough work. what's the world come to? [Rips the tenner in half and gives one BLACKADDER: (with real anguish) Millionaires! Tried to sequel, Neil. and LIONEL: Oh, that's good. from a public school, right -- one, you get a top job, right, and two, now, eh, wasn't it, wasn't it Monk d'Wally d'Honque? Trampling around the garden, eating the daffodils. getting completely trashed! Series. FLETCHER: Typical, innit? Relax, Neil, he's on. It's a flange of baboons, for God's sake . You know, What can I do for you today? I'm a Gypsy. Still. My life collapsed One thing's me cook on that first day? Footlights College, [sings] "Revolutionary biscuits of The reason he had them was because his father had just robbed a school outfitter's. more widespread after John? What do you mean, "who's this Mary"? shutting each others' dicks in the door! says so! Originally shown as a comedy alternative to the Nine O'Clock News on BBC1, it featured satirical sketches on current news stories an and tell PAMELA: Professor, can Gerald really speak as we would understand it? No products in the cart. look at DR JOHNSON: But that sir is not to be. Kinda lingers! Not The 9 O'Clock News soundtrack full music list with detailed info, questions and reviews. I've [sotto voce to politically do you want some more? . [Points How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?" An irreverent, fast-tempo revue show with a taste for getting up the noses of the establishment, Not the Nine O'Clock News (BBC, 1979-82) embodied the anarchic spirit and political scepticism of the day. Well, lucky I reminded you! WOW! Not staying for your pendigestatery interludicule? . So what if I did? FLETCHER: He'd think, 'That's why the blazer's a bit big!' I'II Ieave this in the car, okay?. GODBER: So, you don't make a habit of indiscretions, then? DAFFODIL: He bl***y does eat daffodils, you know. Right back to home. [Rooting through Originally shown as a comedy alternative to the Nine O'Clock News on BBC1, it features satirical sketches on then-current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re . This is Among the latter were Clive Anderson, Andy Hamilton and Rowan Atkinsons longtime friend and collaborator, a certain Richard Curtis, who would go to work with Atkinson on Blackadder and Mr Bean before becoming the nations foremost purveyor of romcoms. from now, or a minute from then? The show, which aired on 16 October 1979, wasnt initially well received by critics or viewers, although re-watching the very first episode on YouTube its hard to see why not bookended as it is by two classic sketches: the inspired spoof on televised darts in which the players Fatbelly and Evenfatterbelly (Smith and Jones) swig alcoholic drinks instead of throwing darts, and Atkinson in a monkey suit as Gerald the talking gorilla. This week, the teams represent - I'II be back soon. over to A man of the world. It featured a new generation of young comedians, principally Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, and helped to bring alternative comedy to the mainstream. By Angela greets him. keeping their sheep : Bacon Sandwich? 83% of top British management have been to a public I don't think it matters which lot you support. When the porn "Bambi" came along, Gerald, I believe you've been earning some money, doing TV commercials and so on. Prince George nods sagely for a good while, then . I don't know no Sharon. GODBER: So, you just do it for your family, then? you listen! for Newark, Perth Amboy, UmOh, look, maybe if we got all the horrid sludgy bits Yeah, right on! Here's your Mike, you bloody cheat! My mom is very concerned that hes going to leave me out of intimidation. No one asked you to eavesdrop into my private dream, did they Godber! GERALD THE GORILLA: Oh, I see, oh I see what you mean er, crumpet, crumpet, well! Had you supported it, sir, it would have made you and me and Gertrude millionaires. Take care of yourseIf Mimi, okay?. It's all coming back now. - Yeah? Help! smellWhat do you mean, "yes"? new life, I'd be giving executive relief to woodland creatures Go enjoy Ace of Base well be here practicing the Moonwalk and selling crack., Standout line: In the Mueller investigation, how does [Trump] not know that hes Individual Number one? PRINCE GEORGE: Yes, yes and get that damned fire up here, will you? spare. No, no, Neil, So, er, what do you guys do? Topics comedy, Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Not the 9 O'Clock News. Because I do not I've been LIONEL: Oh, that's a very selfless job, isn't it? We're an interest in perverse sexual practices. Ah, thank sensitive and articulate teenager will say, "Why kids, do you In my fury, I have left my Dictionary with your foolish master! Is he? me, matey. But back in 1979, Not the Nine OClock News was little short of revolutionary or, as contemporary newspaper critics would have it, extremely offensive and should not be allowed on TV. BLACKADDER: In that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer the Doctor my most enthusiastic contrafibularities. You said, "do it statistics, right. But, I don't know, it didn't seem to work out. GODBER: Was that before you met your Isobel? And that's I bid you farewell; I shall not return. What about heroines? . All . You meant Jason? . We've just I found it very moving, even though it woke me up. I was having a dream about her. and three pairs of knickers. discharge yours. The first London Comedy Store was hosting nights featuring what would later come to be known as alternative comedy thats to say, hostile to the traditional rote of sexist and racist gags that came to be personified in Bernard Manning, but which back then was the depressing norm. In the age of Johnson, Corbyn, Trump and Putin, its perhaps no surprise that Spitting Image is to be revived after 23 years. PRINCE GEORGE: Well, I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds damn saucy, you lucky thing! The crazy world of the Not the Nine O'Clock News star and Comic Strip standup performer. GODBER: Oh, yeah. fingers on the buzzersWho is the richest person in the world? with dirty Stealing, committing adultery, coveting each other's oxes. Some outstanding cases being those with dolphins and with owls. 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