First a classic clip from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse, “Women! Know Your Limits!”
I’d forgotten how funny that show was but it’s odd how some of the sketches, cynical as they seemed at the time, now seem almost innocent. Enfield and Whitehouse’s recent work hasn’t matched the comedic heights of Enfield and Chums or The Fast Show and they’ve been overtaken by a younger, sharper and darker generation of comedians, although Whitehouse and former fast show colleague Charlie Higson have found a new home at BBC Radio 4 in the spoof call-in programme, Down the Line.
Given that the comedian-recycling loop is around 25 years (see the resurgent Goodies) I reckon a full-on Enfield/Whitehouse revival is due sometime between 2010-15.
The second clip is of Irish puppet talk-show hosts Podge and Rodge interviewing (well, that was the original plan) Johnny Vegas. It starts out quite sedately but then things go horribly wrong very quickly indeed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a wooden puppet look quite so disconcerted before, but like Vegas says, they could’ve interviewed Dana so they deserve all they get.
Vegas’ hit UK series, Ideal is just starting it’s third series on BBC3; I don’t expect it’ll be shown on USAnian TV any time soon though given that it’s about Moz, a slob of a low-level dope dealer who never leaves his flat. Martin hates it, I love it; Moz and his inadequate, oddball customers may be sleazy and sad but that’s what England and the English are actually like. So as an added extra bonus because I feel homesick for grubby Britain, here’s a clip of the highlights from episode 5 of the second series.
