The best of Welsh comedy – Rhod Gilbert. He plays on the stereotype of Welsh being dour and miserable. His jokes are all complaining. He has a weekly free podcast taken from his BBC Radio Wales Saturday morning show. It’s …
This is a short scene from This Is Spinal Tap, a fictitious documentary about a British heavy metal band, parodying their stereotypical childish and immature behaviour. In this scene the film director is visiting the guitar collection of Spinal Tap …
This was an extremely successful TV sketch show which made its four members very famous, but none more so than the gorilla in this sketch – Rowan Atkinson. The title came from the BBC continuity announcer between programmes: “Next on BBC …
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This is from 1974! Comedy in Britain was different then… Magnus Magnusson is the real presenter of the real TV quiz Mastermind. The competitors are usually professors. Magnusson: Hello, and welcome to the final heat of Mastermind. The end of …
Here is a scene from Blackadder II, in which Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) is constantly trying to appease Queen Elizabeth (the first), in order to marry her and get enormous power. She had said that she would marry en explorer, so …
Bill Bailey is a British comedian who is popular on game shows and talk shows. His own live performances include a variety of musical instruments, and he uses music as a unique tool in comedy. Thank you, good evening… and …
Norman Collier is a retired comedian who was popular in the 1980s. Honestly, his comedy wasn’t that good! His success was based on one routine that he used, and nobody really wanted him to do anything else. He discovered the …