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Was browsing through the Guardian website yesterday and this popped up;
We're mostly all of a certain age on here so there must be some people who remember Eurotrash from Channel 4? It got me thinking about some of the utterly brilliant Friday / Saturday night telly from the 90s. Adam and Joe, Fast Show, Bottom, The Day Today, Fantasy Football, Buzzcocks, Shooting Stars etc etc etc......
What were your favourites?
Loved Eurotrash. The accents we're genius.
Favorite from that era, Vic Reeves big night out and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimor, but probably all the ones you mentioned.
Brass Eye.
I'm gradually re-watching Coupling, which is a lot ruder than I remember. And I remember it being rude!
One of my favourites was Barry Welsh is Coming, starring John Sparkes. (He lives locally, but that's not the reason I liked it.) Characters included Geraint Pilock, Aneurin Anus, Kenny **** (Mayor of Fishguard). It took me until a few years ago to realise that even the title was rude! 😀
O.T.T. Basically the adult, late night version of Tiswas.
Of course that was 1982...
O.T.T. Basically the adult, late night version of Tiswas.
Of course that was 1982…
Sally James getting her T shirt off? Or am I confusing stuff? I was only 14..
I used to like Get Stuffed.
Was that subversive?
The Word
Fast Show - Nice.
Bottom - saw the live version in Liverpool. Much better than the series (Hooligans Island)
The Wonder years- just google Fred Savage
Fraggle Rock - Jim Henson perfection.
Allez. Salut maintenant.
Gilbert the Alien's residency on Get Fresh.
A painfully bland and boring Saturday morning kids TV show that was made watchable by the anarchic spirit of a snotty-nosed alien.
Reportage
I used to like Get Stuffed.
The Word
Was it Friday or Saturday night, can't remember but as a 15/16 year old telly viewing went The Word ->Get Stuffed -> American Gladiators -> Tour of Duty.
Snub TV. Lots of good, slightly obscure indie music vids.
Along with the sublime Eurotrash, there was Iannucci / Morris stuff - The Day Today and Brass Eye, and Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy. That lot are my 90s TV benchmarks. The latter had the audacity to air on a Sunday Lunchtime, which seems like something from another planet now.
I wanted to say Monkey Dust, but on checking, it was a few years later on.
Was it The Word where her off of L7 got her growler out, or was that The Tube?
Jam 😬
Edit. 3 months too late 🤦 I wasn't too far off.
The 11 o clock show deserves a mention.
It was The Word. Think it was presented by Amanda De Cadanet at the time.
Anyone remember The Hitman and Her? I appeared on one episode in Southport's Palm Court.
As Rowley Birkin would say, I was very very drunk
Jam 😬
That still counts.
Tuned into that one for the first time just as the sketch when the plumber comes round to fix the dead baby came on. Even by C4 Late Night standards it was a WTF moment.
Was it The Word where her off of L7 got her growler out, or was that The Tube?
Yeah it was The Word. Good old Youtube -
Anyone remember Pets a pupet show on late after Adam and Joe show.
With a wan king dog called Hamish
Anyone remember The Hitman and Her?
For a little while I went to pub quizzes with my girlfriend under the team name The IT Man And Her.
Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos. 1989 but close enough.
My Favourite John Sparkes character was Frank Hovis from Absolutely.
Before Eurotrash was Rapido.
Anyone remember Pets a pupet show on late after Adam and Joe show.
Can't remember that but triggered memories of something else in a similar slot.
Late night Channel 4 show which highlighted weird stuff from US public access channels.
May have been late 80s.
Takeover TV and Adam and Joe Show are hilarious now, when you think of where they've ended up. I was watching Ant Man, with the model train sequence and thinking "this has some intense Adam and Joe Show vibes"...
Remember nearly all of these.
Was there a kids sat morning show "big mouth?" That had a presenter who's previous work was Rita, Sue and Bob too.
Not 90's but Any & Dec sat morning show had some bit "for the dad's" I'm sure I remember Holly Wiloughby as an Alloy Alloy style french maid.
Jam has to be the darkest comedy series ever made. The sketch where 2 parents sit in their living room discussing where their daughter disappeared in an offhand manner and then not being arsed to go to the police station to identify the body because ‘it’s probably her, let’s not bother going to check’ is something I’ll never forget! Plus 8 year old gangster cleaner girl and many other sketches that pushed the art of comedy so far it made Brasseye look tame.
Fun fact. A school friend of mine was a presenter on Get Fresh and later was Scally the dog on ITV kids shows. I can always remember the college principal asking him exasperately 'Just what are you going to do with your life?'. 'Writing and presenting a TV show for Janet Street-Porter!' was the answer.
He is now a she and is quite a big shot director in Hollywood.
May be a bit nsfw
Before Eurotrash was Rapido
I was trying to find a clip of dog boy at work earlier but failed. Did they show Ren and Stumpy after it of before or as part of rapido? Long tine ago!
Lady One Question! Shaky Hands Man! Superb.
What show was Dennis Pennis on? Whatever happened to him (I know, GoT etc)
[ah the sunday show. What day was that on?
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It was a good time time to be a teen. Vic and Bob are underrated in the industry if you ask me. I never watched adam and Joe but just look how far they both have gone in the industry.
L7 on the word is a great performance by the drummer I'd forgotten about them great band.
Friday night aprez-pub viewing was top notch back in the day.
Rap,rap,Rapeeedo
Jackass
The Rough Guide with the unique Magenta Divine.
One that definitely influenced me - The Munro Show.
I used to like Get Stuffed.
Excellent choice...
Was on not long before Raw Power in the middle of the night. With the very entertaining Krusher and dog ... "Drooogies, boozers, strumpets and losers". Seem to remember someone on here's dad used to be friends / drinking buddies with him.
Discovered many excellent bands of the 90s through that show.
How's about liquid television? Pretty sure it was early evening on BBC 2? Showed the original Aeon Flux cartoon.
Wow!
The Word.
Brass Eye.
Shooting Stars.
All mentioned already. But I miss Dani, Dani Behr.
Forgot just how edgy The Big Breakfast was...
Which show was it that had clips from Victor Lewis-Smith? And Dick Spanner? Drawn a blank with Google.