Sometimes in the 80s and 90s, two very different comedy worlds would clash. Like that time Rik Mayall was on Cannon & Ball. Or this:
Yes, that’s the Dangerous Brothers on Noel Edmonds’ Live Live Christmas Show, apparently as part of a segment that was promoting an upcoming Comic Relief. For some reason, they seem more in their Filthy, Rich & Catflap modes here, but they wouldn’t be doing that for another year yet.
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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…
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…
