the comic strip group involved french and sanders who are best know as the creators and writers of
absolutely fabulous.
absolutely fabulous.
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Posted at 04/01/2013, 07:38
this used to be a must watch series, it followed on from the young ones series about 4 college boys
who lived in a run down squat together creating arnarchy each episode,
the whole series can be got here
amazon.co.uk/the-comic-strip-presents-complete/dp/b0007lplry and the best one in my
opinion was the feature length one called the supergrass where a dreamer trying to impress a girl he
wants gobs off in a pub about a big drug deal and gets overheard by a cop and then has to go to
devon iirc as the man he'd lied he was, it has a great sound track with things like frankie goes to
hollywood and phylis nelson amongst others, if you like poor taste comedy this and the young ones
will be right up your street.
who lived in a run down squat together creating arnarchy each episode,
the whole series can be got here
amazon.co.uk/the-comic-strip-presents-complete/dp/b0007lplry and the best one in my
opinion was the feature length one called the supergrass where a dreamer trying to impress a girl he
wants gobs off in a pub about a big drug deal and gets overheard by a cop and then has to go to
devon iirc as the man he'd lied he was, it has a great sound track with things like frankie goes to
hollywood and phylis nelson amongst others, if you like poor taste comedy this and the young ones
will be right up your street.
Posted at 04/01/2013, 07:41
documentary that looks back at some of the finest moments of "the comic strip presents"...
featuring never before seen footage, recollections of those involved in making the programmes and
some famous faces explaining how important they are to them.
starting with the 1982 tv debut, the comic strip presents... five go mad in dorset, the wonderful
parody of the famous five books, cast and crew including creator peter richardson, jennifer saunders,
and dawn french recall the significance of the show and what is was like to make, seemingly with a
complete disregard for health and safety.
other comic strip presents productions are remembered, including the strike, the bullshitters and the
hunt for tony blair, while ken livingstone and joan ruddock tell the programme what they really
thought of their portrayals in the sharp satire, glc: the carnage continues.
stars, including simon pegg and eddie izzard, recall how the comic strip programmes have influenced
their own work and what they mean to them on a personal level.
others who have appeared in comic strip films over the years, including jeff beck ("it was the lowest
point of my career" ), james buckley, stephen mangan and harry enfield as well as journalists including
the times' ed potton and the mirror's kevin o'sullivan, explain the appeal of the programmes and why
the comic strip presents has been so important to british comedy.
typically for a peter richardson production, 30 years of comic strip ignores the traditional rules of
making a retrospective documentary, and as a result is typically brilliant.
images & additoinal info: http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=the_comic_strip_30_years
