FanFare

"It's a very rare treat on a television program, to see someone lose their job on a different television program." Available on YouTube or on Channel 4. [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on May 1, 2021 - 20 comments

Contestants are Al Murray, Dave Gorman, Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett and Sara Pascoe. Flamboyant clocks! Flag meals! Swedes on Swedes! Scoopy! Weirdly-disturbing winking! All episodes are available in the USA on the Taskmaster YouTube channel and in the UK on Channel 4. [more inside]
posted by Huffy Puffy on Feb 24, 2021 - 14 comments

Sandwich Biscuits, Fortune Cookies and a Biscuit Board Game!
posted by GuyZero on Sep 5, 2017 - 20 comments

Not, as I assumed, some sort of concert documentary, but a farce portraying a sort of parody of a day in the life of the Beatles early in their career as they dodge hordes of screaming fans and commit shenanigans and hi-jinks on their way to a live TV concert. I found it charming and very funny. [more inside]
posted by straight on Dec 8, 2015 - 13 comments

The discovery of a disgraced banker with a "repossessed" transplanted heart leads Red to tell the FBI about a surgeon running an illegal organ transplant ring catering to criminals and the impatient rich. Meanwhile, an arms dealer named Mr. Vargas (guest star Paul Reubens) causes strife between Red and some of his associates.
posted by Small Dollar on Oct 7, 2014 - 8 comments