Summary
Top names from the world of comedy step behind the giggles to reveal and discuss their favourite scenes and sketches
Top names from the world of comedy step behind the giggles to reveal and discuss their favourite scenes and sketches
“Comedy’s about joy, I don’t care where I get it from.” A universal truth but then Sally Phillips’s final and arguably best guest of the series, Sue Perkins, contributes many insightful nuggets.
The Bake Off banterer turned empathetic documentary host has excellent, and perhaps less familiar, sketches in her faves cupboard, too. Such as Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken in a Blue Oyster Cult send-up on Saturday Night Live (“I gotta have more cowbell”). And a Time Trumpet skit from sultan of satire Armando Iannucci (“He wasn’t reflecting the news, he was predicting it”).
Perkins has a personal connection with all her choices — especially her breakthrough courtesy of French and Saunders…
role | name |
---|---|
Presenter | Sally Phillips |
Unknown | Sue Perkins |
Sue Perkins
“Comedy’s about joy, I don’t care where I get it from.” A universal truth but then Sally Phillips’s final and arguably best guest of the series, Sue Perkins, contributes many insightful nuggets.
The Bake Off banterer turned empathetic documentary host has excellent, and perhaps less familiar, sketches in her faves cupboard, too. Such as Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken in a Blue Oyster Cult send-up on Saturday Night Live (“I gotta have more cowbell”). And a Time Trumpet skit from sultan of satire Armando Iannucci (“He wasn’t reflecting the news, he was predicting it”).
Perkins has a personal connection with all her choices — especially her breakthrough courtesy of French and Saunders…
role | name |
---|---|
Presenter | Sally Phillips |
Unknown | Sue Perkins |