The Fast Show

[Kaka Tim]

I always thought fast show was really good with some excellent comic actors - esp whitehouse.
Catherine Tate is also an excellent comedic charchter actor - and some of the grandma and lauren stuff have briallintly observed charchters, its really well written and performed. Weve being doing the "Lauren vs the French Teacher" scketch in a communtiy drama group I run at work (suggested by one of the young people) - and its a great sketch and Tates performance and delivery is great - its absolutly not just the catchphrase.

e.g

"Teacher: Lauren, your behaviour, it's absolutely appalling. Do you behave like this at home?

Lauren: Est-ce que vous disrepectè ma famille?

Teacher: Quoi?

Lauren: Esf-ce que vous appelez ma mère une pikey?

Teacher: Non…

Lauren: Est-ce que vous appelez mon père un gypo?"

Teacher: Pas du tout!

Lauren: Regarfez, visage. Regardez. Est-ce que mon visage bovèred? Je ne suis pas bovèred. Regardez mon visage."

Sorry - but that is fucking funny.

Little Britain however - is lazy shite where the "humour" is about pointing and laughing at crass steroetypes.