| The Last Fast Show Ever - Part 1 [1994] (1998)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Paul Whitehouse |
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| Charlie Higson |
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| John Thomson |
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| Arabella Weir |
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| Caroline Aherne |
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| Simon Day |
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| Mark Williams |
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| Rhys Thomas |
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| Paul Shearer |
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| Eryl Maynard |
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| Movie Details |
| Director |
Mark Mylod; Sid Roberson |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
Suitable for 15 years and over |
| Running Time |
80 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| The success of The Fast Show has always relied on the number of sketches devoted to your favourite characters. While this, the last ever series, suffers a little for the loss of Caroline Aherne (presumably busy with The Royle Family?), and from the fact that those sketches based on a single catch-phrase or joke--Jessie's Diets, "Which was nice", and even the cough-prone Bob Fleming--seem to be running out of steam, the show's more rounded creations are all back and still going strong. Swiss Tony has emerged from therapy a new man, Colin Hunt gets the sack from his beloved office job and Ralph struggles on with his unrequited love for handyman Ted. There are new characters: a ragged, Charlton Heston-like astronaut who runs into different situations screaming, "What year is this? Who is the President?!", and a cynical, middle-aged woman who meets every note of human kindness she encounters with a sarcastic "Hah!", are particular standouts. However, as always, the series works best when the regular characters collide with contemporary phenomena, so here we have Indecisive Dave being phoned by a friend who's appearing on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?; the "Suits You!" tailors harassing an incognito Johnny Depp; the cheeky criminal stealing a child's Pokémon cards; John Actor playing hard-nosed interior designer Laurence Lewellyn Monkfish in Changing Monkfish; the send-up of recent gangster Brit flicks A Right Royal Barrel of Cockney Monkeys (populated entirely by pseudo-cockney public schoolboys); and a sketch in which Channel 9's gardening presenter is assisted by a topless woman. Nice Dimmocks! --Paul Philpott |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
822 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Location |
RIG-SHOP |
| Owner |
Rig |
| Links |
Amazon UK
Amazon Fr
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| User Lookup 1 |
AVI ENGLISH |
| User Text 1 |
En StEn |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
2 |
| UPC (Barcode) |
5014503103729 |
| Release Date |
04/12/2000 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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