If you’ve been following our advice and checking out the brand new series of 90s comedy The Fast Show online at Fosters.co.uk, you surely won’t have been disappointed.
The show’s old characters are back with the same old catchphrases and attitudes, but in situations relevant to today of course.
Anyway, all the episodes so far have been truly excellent; these are some seriously funny videos, but number six was the best yet for me.
Good old pub bore Billy Bleach is back, engaging a woman in unwelcome conversations (and dominating it!) as she tries to make sense of her new smart phone.
Arthur Atkinson, faux music hall legend, also puts in a welcome appearance in black and white as ever, with the worst comedy you’ve ever heard and the most nonsensical catchphrases. But it never fails to appeal to Arthur’s post-war audience who’ll laugh at anything – just as we laugh at them! And the person it seems to appeal to most is, as ever, the great man himself – Arthur is always deeply amused by his own jokes.
Meanwhile, Ron Manager looks like landing himself in hot water with his sexist comments when caught off camera with his two equally chauvinistic co-hosts. Ron’s a little out of his depth, though, as he struggles to maintain his sexist coherence and, as usual, loses it completely at one point.
And let’s not forget the legendary Lord of the Manor Ralph and the object of his strange obsession Ted the groundsman. This time, the pair are discussing Ted’s use of the internet and specifically of Facebook and Twitter. The best line goes to Ralph who says to Ted “Do you Tweet”.
“Marvellous isn’t it hmm?” as Ron Manager might comment.
