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Another
is a man who attends a drinks party held by triffids; and another is
where some fireman get dainty new uniforms and prance around like
fashion models while out on the job. But tellingly these are
sketches in which Alexei Sayle does not appear.
When he
does appear in the sketches he tends to dominate and kill-off any
potential humour. Perhaps Alexei Sayle's best sketch is the one
which forms the opening title sequence of each episode - in which a
ridiculously handsome man arrives at BBC TV centre and all the girls
look longingly at him - then he goes into the make-up chair has his head
shaved, puts on a padded suit, and has prosthetics applied to his face
and comes out as ... Alexei Sayle!
The real comedy talent in the show comes from two of the co-stars.
Angus Deayton - whose delivery style is perfect and enhances any
material he is performing, and Mark Williams - later to become part of
The Fast Show team. Both of those actors are still familiar faces
in 2005. In contrast I've not seen Alexei Sayle on TV for many
many years so perhaps I'm not the only one who doesn't rate him very
highly as a mainstream comedy performer - although obviously he must
have been popular enough at the time to have warranted 5 series of his
show.
Overall,
unless you really like Alexei Sayle this might not be a very rewarding
watch.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
Not a
one.
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