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John Wagner and Alan Moore write Fred Bassett

Started by Frank, 22 May, 2015, 04:55:22 PM

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Frank


Not really. Radio Four comedy does very accurate pastiche of the two writers' contrasting styles:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vdtgg

The credits say the writers were Mark Haines and Simon Cane. If any of you lot are either of them, well done.





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Colin YNWA


Dash Decent

Very clever! I relish a good parody.

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Jim_Campbell

That's quite brilliant. I wonder how many people will actually get *how* brilliant.

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JOE SOAP

Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 23 May, 2015, 12:07:43 PM
That's quite brilliant. I wonder how many people will actually get *how* brilliant.


Well the audience laughed in all the right places.


Jim_Campbell

Quote from: JOE SOAP on 23 May, 2015, 12:14:56 PM
Well the audience laughed in all the right places.

I was wondering how many Radio 4 Extra listeners will know who John Wagner is, never mind appreciate how legendarily terse his scripts are...

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Geoff


Jock Savage

Quote from: JOE SOAP on 23 May, 2015, 12:14:56 PM
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 23 May, 2015, 12:07:43 PM
That's quite brilliant. I wonder how many people will actually get *how* brilliant.

Well the audience laughed in all the right places.

The introduction describes Wagner as "famously terse", but the dynamic of the joke - the contrast between the prolix Moore and the economy of Wagner - is easily appreciated with no prior knowledge.

Jock Savage

The gag of the Wagner strip - the dog refusing to say "woof" then making an involuntary WOOF! noise as it's set on fire - doesn't need any setting up to be hilarious.

Jim_Campbell

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