If you are going to a show of hers you may want to check if yours has been impacted. I really hope she is okay and is recovering well from whatever happened!
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(It autocorrected to Anita and I can’t change it now, wish I could open up a hatch in my phone and throw a pen at it Paddy style)
Saw this on a Facebook Lego page and my first thought was "When did they make a Lego Paddy Young figure?"
I know it's supposed to be Pedro Pascal but they've really nailed Pad's cheeky smile thing without even trying
Who's up for petitioning the Lego Group to make an official SNL UK set?
Matt Damon / Noah Kahan SNL By The Numbers - S51 E19 for more coverage
Over £600 for the bastard seagull, £2000 for a cue card! Hope the guy who was hosting the event gets added as an SNL UK host, he was great!
https://theankler.com/exclusive-snl-uk-showrunner-cast-on-surviving-the-skeptics/
This is interesting-some of the cast name their favorite sketches and who they want to host the show (Tilda Swinton, Stephen Fry, Stephen Graham, Joanna Lumley)
Join us to celebrate the end of SNL UK’s first-ever series, with Jake Bhardwaj and cast auctioning fashion, props and memorabilia for Keep it Fringe Fund.
The musical guests have maybe been the weakest part of the series so far. No one has been bad as such but there haven't really been any huge surprises or risky picks.
It would be great for them to lean into acts who don't have as much of a chance of getting on the US show, or are just more well known here and fit the vibe of UK SNL. Some people I'd love to see:
Little Simz, Jim Legxacy, CMAT, Fontaines DC, Confidence Man, Young Fathers, Jessie Ware, Jade, Everything Everything, or even people like Kylie and Robbie Williams.
wildcards: Ninajirachi, underscores, Slayyter
I saw a statistic that said she appeared in 10 sketches all together over season 1, 8 of those being Weekend Update and one other being Posh Gits, so what was the 10th?
Curious because there have been a bunch of sketches that I don’t understand because they’re purely British culture, especially the finale episode (Louis Theroux, Martin Lewis, whatever that big ass doll short was). Nothing wrong with that of course! I’m just curious if it’s the same for non-Americans watching our version.
I'm sure long time watchers will be familiar with most of the information here, nonetheless fascinating to see!
Did anyone see her? She’s in a parody of a Kardashian type tv show.
Also stars (and was created by) Gbemisola Ikumelo, who I was familiar with from Famalam (which is another sketch show worth checking out too). Both series are on iplayer, and a third series has just been announced too! Comedy about two community police officers who have to go undercover and infiltrate a drug dealing gang, but end up in a lot deeper than expected. If you enjoy the fish out of water situational type comedy it’s right up your alley
plus, Emma Sidi guest stars in a couple eps
Canadian who watches a lot of British telly on YouTube… was thinking about who would make good hosts in the fall.
Likely: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Hannah Waddingham (she’ll be in the 5 timers club soon enough), Bret Goldstein, Eichard Herring
Possible: Tom Hanks, Greg Davies, Rory Bremner, Bill Bailey, James Acaster
Longshot/Old School: Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson (though I hear he’s a bit of a Chevy Chase to fellow comedians), Emma Thompson, Ade Edmonson (Rik would have smashed it, RIP), Lenny Henry, French and/or Saunders
Bonus: Randy Feltface or Basil Brush as Weekend Update correspondents
Who would be on your list?
Like many, I didn't have high hopes for SNL UK, then I watched it. I've loved it. It's a must watch for me now and I'm looking forward to September.
But I was trying to work out why it's so refreshing for me and I realised we just haven't had silly, energetic, cutting, sketch and character comedy like this on telly for ages in the UK.
Back in the 80s and 90s there were loads of character and sketch comedy on TV, from Harry Enfield to The Fast Show, Spitting Image, Vic and Bob, The Real McCoy, Goodness Gracious Me, Smack The Pony, The League of Gentleman, Jam, hell I'll even include things like Hale and Pace or even Russ Abbot in this.
But they seemed to disappear throughout the 00s and 10s largely replaced by panel shows like QI, 8 out of 10 Cats and the like, plus the rise of the sitcom after the success of The Office.
There are a few exceptions. Little Britain had its moments but was often punching down. Mitchell and Webb, felt more "clever" mild chuckle than laugh out loud.
But with that loss I feel like we lost some sort of shared language. Things we recognise, can quote and imitate with our friends. Parodies of things. We recognised Kevin the Teenager, imitated Suits You Sir or the Stott brothers. Scorchio! and You're my wife nooow Dave. John Major was defined by a puppet more than the actual politician. Going Out For An English was seminal.
All of these phrases were part of my and my friends' shared vocabulary for years, but not much new was added, apart from the small bright spot of Peter Serafinowicz's show.
So thank god for SNL UK. So many new shared characters and phrases that are just going to be folded in to my everyday now. Sir Keir has somehow humanised Keir Starmer a little for me. Meep meep. The Woman Who Can't Be Ignored. Feel The Rain On Your Schrempf. What is wrong with my fucking 'and? Raging Mario. 3 Glasses of Wiiiine. Irish Granda'. Shall We Get Started? Skin On Skin with your Dad. And so many others.
A specific example: Part of me wonders if Made In Chelsea has only got away with existing for so long because there was no one elsewhere on the telly creating Butt-cheeks and Bacon (again).
I hope this triggers a change in UK mainstream comedy. I'm glad to be here to witness it and I think we needed SNL for it to happen. Thanks Americans.
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