Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

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When it’s so obvious that an advertising campaign is using a character from a sitcom, rather than a facsimile of one using the same actor, do the character creators get paid?

Here’s Andrew Sachs for Halifax. Though why, I don’t know.

And a follow up.

https://youtu.be/n6pggHkZYEA
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    I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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    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…

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