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Weak Lemon Drink
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:26 am
by shonky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwEVzOegqzw
For those of you that may have missed it by being nippers or having something more interesting to do, I think this is some of the most psychotic comedy I've seen. Think this was early 90's if anyone needs a date for whatever reason from the series Fist of Fun.
Pity I couldn't find the egg-smashing one, that was genius
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:05 pm
by mos dan
hold tight my lee and herring soldiers! they all used to live in balham you know!! hence 'peter the balham virgin'.
fof was 1993 mate. i know these guys' comedy output like some people around here know dubstep (i.e. in excruciatingly dull detail). you can actually buy cd-rs of tv rips of all of fist of fun and tmwrnj (and fof radio shows, which are wicked) off ebay for like a tenner - i did and they're really not bad quality.
there's no point waiting for dvd releases, as bbc2 unceremoniously lost most of the master tapes, which pretty much typifies their attitude to new comedy.
my flatmate and i have actually taken to calling this really BORING guy we know 'weak lemon drink'. it's the only expression that can sum up how dull he is.
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:06 pm
by forensix (mcr)
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:47 pm
by shonky
Cheers for the tip-off about e-bay, found both series of FOF and TMWRNJ on one DVD for a tenner - seems a bit pricey for a booty, but if the BBC aren't going to show it again or put it out on video, they're not exactly losing business are they
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiG3T2qO ... 20Iannucci
Found this from one of their old compatriots you may like
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:11 am
by ramadanman
never seen or heard of this before
so so so good though
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:36 pm
by mos dan
armando iannucci is a don! there's a thread on here about his new series time trumpet. his 'armando iannucci shows' are out on dvd in september and they're BRILLIANT
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:02 am
by forensix (mcr)
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:20 am
by shonky
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:45 am
by obiwan
The dyslexic cockney made me piss my pants, and i'm terminally depressed
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:55 am
by obiwan
Does that mean I used to watch this when I was eight???? Cos I remember fist of fun, was it repeated?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:00 pm
by shonky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xByF-3twHFQ
You'll probably like this one then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReWCaZM8ptM
And this one of the bloke gradually being bored to death - "oh no, his eyes are bleeding again"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4bNoYr1S9k
And this Tory PPB
Enjoy
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:02 pm
by shonky
obIwan wrote:Does that mean I used to watch this when I was eight???? Cos I remember fist of fun, was it repeated?
Don't think it was repeated and the BBC lost the tapes, something they could've done with My Hero/Family but for some reason didn't. Arse monkeys!!!!

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:42 pm
by obiwan
Shonky wrote:obIwan wrote:?
Don't think it was repeated and the BBC lost the tapes, something they could've done with My Hero/Family but for some reason didn't. Arse monkeys!!!!

Amen to that!!! A conspiracy on the scale of Nasa losing the moon landing tapes methinks
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:20 pm
by RubiconMan
damn this is odd....i have vague memories of this shit , i was 6 at the time, the face in the orange has brought back some mad memories, ta for the de ja vue.....
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:24 pm
by RubiconMan
any one watch comedy nation i believe it was called? with BULLA? got some old ones on vhs somewere
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:53 am
by mos dan
Are-K142 wrote:the face in the orange
paul putner. also had a cameo in little britain in that shit sketch (aren't they all) about the weight-loss club they ripped off from league of gentlemen's job centre sketch
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:57 pm
by shonky
Yeah, Little Britain is basically the Fast Show for folks that like laughing at the poor - odd that they're both public schoolboys isn't it.
A couple of good gags that really didn't extend to three series I think.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:39 pm
by RubiconMan
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:49 pm
by opwolf
Was Fist of Fun the thing with the "I AM ROD HULL. I AM HIM" guy who
screamed for jelly?
Or was that something else entirely?
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:39 pm
by pangaea
I bought the Fist Of Fun annual the other day
Just need to get the Adam & Joe book and I'll be happy!