Scotch & Wry.
Robert Peffers
Adam Whyte-Settlar
"Robert Peffers" <peff...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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You set me off looking for more.
Here is the first ever appearnce of his character 'The Reverend I.M. Jolly'.
A masterpiece of deadpan to camera IMO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cpb8rqYFd8&feature=related
And La N was asking about some of my favourite bits from the Bible.
Here's his take on The Wedding Feast - the one where JC turns water into
wine.
I still shamelessly steal some of the lines from this one to this day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jye5ZOCcD70
La N
I'm watching this right now ... :) I admire a comic who can deliver good
comedy deadpan style.
- nilita
Robert Peffers
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remember the real, "Late Call".
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Auld Bob
Robert Peffers
"La N" <nilita20...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I used to do the theatre in the days when we still had variety and I saw all
the greats from both sides of the pond. It has to be said that no one is
even close to Rikki Fulton. Mind you it really needs a Scot to get more than
half his stuff. His Francie & Josie stuff was good but when he got to the
Scotch & Wry stage his stuff was top notch. Mind you he had loads of others
on the show that went on to be great comics in their own right. Gregor
Fisher, (Rab C, Nisbit), Tony Roper and a great many more. He also had this
lady on who is also very, very, funny. Karen Dunbar -
You may have to cut and paste that link if it spans two lines.
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Auld Bob
Adam Whyte-Settlar
Yeah, I think I remember it - though not too clearly it should be said. . It
has been scandalously alleged that I was doing a lot of hallucinogenics back
then.
As I vaguely recall it, in some ways the real 'Late Call' was more like a
parody of 'Last Call' rather than the other way round
The Rev Jolly was more perceptive, insightful and thought-provoking (and
infinitely more cheery) than the procession of morose mediocre character
actors, straight out of central casting,.impersonating stereotypical
men-of-the-cloth. Right down to the buck-teeth, the lisp and the compulsive
hand-wringing.
Never mind - it was all for a Jolly good cause (STV ratings) and was
apparently *hugely* popular all over Scotland. Though as a devout
beyond-redemption hedonist I've never been privy as to the reasons why.
IIRC it went out for about five minutes, late on a Sunday night after the
Vicars of Pinewood Thespian Society had been chucked out of Glasgows
soo-side strip clubs and were hell-bent on their five mnutes of fame.
They all had their own ludicously tortured pet allegories that they had
obviously been saving up for their big TV moment. Like; "I was in the
fishmongers in Sauchiehall Street one wet and windy Saturday and that set
me to thinking about James and John and how Jesus calmed the storm" [drone
drone drone]
A kind of Radio 4 'thought for the day' on a double dose of Mogodon. Had a
script that would have been more suited to eventide home closed-circuit
radio but boasted an improvised deadpan-to-camera visual sketch that always
contrived to be both hilarious for those beyond dedemption yet suitably
sombre and instructional for the zealous. Perhaps *that* was the secret of
it's broad appeal?
Have I got the right programme or was it just all those mushroom omelettes?
La N
> who is also very, very, funny. Karen Dunbar -
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhKheuWZCRw&feature=PlayList&p=7DDCA58B7516DF41&index=17&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL
>
> You may have to cut and paste that link if it spans two lines.
She's very good. She reminds me of some of the best of the best female
comics who have been featured on Saturday Night Live who could pull off a
variety of characters.
Adam Whyte-Settlar
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Robert Peffers
"Adam Whyte-Settlar" <ador@ble> wrote in message
Call", in point of fact Rikki Fulton got them to a tee.
Did you ever see him do the chef, "Dickie Dandruff"?
However, here is one of the real I. M. Jolly Classics. -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1vwPkHQNWg
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Auld Bob
Fifeshire Floozie
> Here is the first ever appearnce of his character 'The Reverend I.M.
> Jolly'.
>
> A masterpiece of deadpan to camera IMO.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cpb8rqYFd8&feature=related
Now we know why you won't let the dog sleep in your bed!