Smith & Jones – Page 4 – Simon Dunn

Category: Smith & Jones

R Soles At The Friendy Fascist Pig Bank

This Hale & Pace sketch … … reminded me of this Smith & Jones sketch … … which reminded me of this from The Young Ones. Which lead me to wonder – is the Jools Holland ‘Good Morning Sir’ bit, a little reference to this? If so, then that’s pretty meta. Referencing an advert that…

January 14, 2021
Smith And Jones At Live Aid

I was a little too young to enjoy Live Aid when it happened. But I remember it being a nice sunny day, and my sister playing it on the radio and TV, and hearing lots of it through the windows. So you’ll forgive me for not knowing that Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones appeared…

November 22, 2020
The Gift Shop

Writing sketches can be cathartic. Let’s all go and write a venting a spleen type sketch set in a shop.

August 6, 2020
Sorry Is The Hardest Word

A quickie but a goodie.

August 2, 2020
John, Paul, George, Ringo, Mel, and Griff

More Smith & Jones for you today.

June 3, 2020

Buy My Books

Proctology: A Bottom Examination

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

Follow

Most Read

Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…