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or social importance, and their inability to accept the successes or talents of others as being noteworthy (such as the British couple they meet on a Spanish holiday who, fluent in Spanish, are dismissed as "showing off"). Unfortunately, Stan's determination to show off his wealth is matched by his fury when he comes across someone "considerably" richer than him, such as when they try to boast while on holiday to a scruffily dressed man who turns out to own the hotel they are staying in, or when their in-laws win the lottery and become multi-millionaires.
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advertisements that explained that if a consumer found a square Hula Hoop in a packet, he or she would win a prize, with Frank stubbornly and aggressively maintaining that "Hula Hoops are round, they'll stay round, and they'll be around forever!". Frank alone then did some adverts for madasafish.com.
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at the local pub. As the series progresses, the son becomes increasingly frustrated by his father's behaviour around his boyfriend. The boyfriend's name is initially "Dominic" but changes to "Shaun", though this was only revealed for the purposes of a joke acknowledging that the role had been recast.
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A toddler and his baby sister played by Enfield and Burke on oversized sets. Harry deliberately hurts Lulu, or more often tricks her into hurting herself, but then plays the innocent when their mother arrives to investigate, and asks for a "big hug", but their mother does not accept his apologies. On
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A young German tourist (Enfield) visiting England, whose attempts to make friendly conversation with people he encounters turn out awkward and stilted, exposing his underdeveloped sense of humour and frustrations at perceived inefficiencies of British society (such as buses being a few minutes late).
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George (Enfield) is a stereotypical, insensitive, plain-speaking Yorkshireman; unfortunately, he usually finds himself in a position of responsibility requiring creativity and sensitivity. When he is first introduced, it is stated with approval by the other characters in the sketch that "Integrity is
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and were forever informing people that "We are considerably richer than yow!" Many sketches involved the couple patronising another couple of similar age, desperate to convince the other couple (Pam's sister and her husband in a couple of sketches) that their greater wealth meant greater happiness
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parody sketch. He represents a city banker, and it is revealed that Adam Jarvis is his brother. Tim has many things in common with Prince Charles and was briefly engaged to a woman with a similar personality who has a strong resemblance to Diana Windsor. However, neither character was meant to be a
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An infuriating know-it-all father who advised various people with both household tasks and diverse jobs, such as a football pundit. This was Enfield's take on the traditional "mother-in-law" stereotype. His catchphrase, on encountering someone, or entering a room is "Only me!" When his interfering
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A deliberate contrast, on Enfield's part, to show the opposite of "The Old Gits": Two lecherous old ladies who do not care who approaches them so long as the newcomer is male and good looking. Their catchphrase is "Ooh! Young man!", which they repeat in an attempt to pass themselves off as "nice
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A fat, jolly-looking man (David Barber) who made his first appearance in a "Lee and Lance" sketch. He later formed a running gag where, for no apparent reason, he would walk into the middle of a sketch, hand something to a character (usually appropriate to the situation), be told "Thank you, Fat
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A pair of cruel and bitter old men, Fred and Alf Git (Enfield and Whitehouse), who only derive joy from inflicting misery on others. Even just the thought of upsetting or inconveniencing other people is enough to entertain them, as they habitually imagine twisted hypotheticals involving their
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Enfield was already an established name due to his "Loadsamoney" character (which featured in a few entertainment programmes in the late 1980s), but the series gave greater presence to his frequent collaborators Whitehouse and Burke – so much so that, in 1994, the show was retitled
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and also win a holiday; but the aircraft crashes because they are so overweight, and they end up stranded in the jungle. The Slobs were derived both from one of Burke's stand-up skits and a couple with a similar lifestyle who lived in the flat below Enfield in his younger days.
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A blond softly spoken TV doctor. He is often seen on a morning show couch, reading letters from "menopausal women" about their fantasies of him. He seems to take an unusually large number of showers per day. In one sketch he reveals he has been "struck off" as a doctor.
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programming, in which an unseen narrator attempts to teach three excitable and childlike aliens (dressed in human attire) various English words and phrases but grows frustrated as they arbitrarily repeat certain words and are constantly distracted by irrelevancies.
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have taken that long to call his mother? I'll be honest with you. I don't know. Not a lot of people know I don't know that, but I don't." All of his anecdotes involve other people on the street, and his information is gained from eavesdropping and spying on them.
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respectively) who work variously as mechanics, builders, and stall holders, and have inane conversations about a range of topics, confidently exposing their own ignorance. Lance is completely moronic, whereas Lee is slightly smarter, but not by much.
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An upper-class twit (Enfield) who is usually being ripped off by one of his "jolly nice" chums from his prep or public school days. He is an exaggerated version of "posh" yet pleasant and stupid people that Enfield knew. He is a fictional
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Cockney brothers Frank and George Doberman (Enfield and Whitehouse) sit in a pub, speculating about what would happen if they met various celebrities and public figures, who they exclusively refer to by their surnames (e.g. "Black" for
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with incredibly short tempers, constantly challenging each other to fights over perceived slights and insults which they read into everything. They are also shown to be petty criminals, occasionally discussing their thieving and
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A chronically absent-minded pub landlord (Enfield) who is easily confused and has an incredibly short memory, frequently mixing up his anecdotes, customers' orders, and forgetting things that happened just moments before.
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Kevin (Enfield) is an annoying, hyperactive twelve-year-old boy with a minuscule attention span, constantly pestering his older brother and parents by making immature jokes, insensitive remarks, and repeatedly referencing
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whenever something obvious or mundane occurs, such as having to queue at a post office, yet fail to react when something genuinely shocking and unexpected happens, such as being attacked by a shark or hit by a car.
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was due to be released as a two-disc DVD on 21 May 2007, but it was delayed until further notice. It was then to be released on 19 November 2012 but was delayed once again to 11 March 2013 before being cancelled.
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and Simon Godley), who frequently engage in dull and witless banter, revolving around bland topics such as their cars and local theatre, typically punctuated by obnoxious laughter at their own jokes.
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After the original series, there were a couple of radio appearances. During the period between series, Enfield concentrated on straight acting parts, and Whitehouse worked on other projects.
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A repulsive thirteen-year-old with glaringly out-of-date ideas about the world, based on a cross between a snobbish, unpopular boy who went to school with Enfield, and a younger version of
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in his iconic sheepskin jacket). As the series progresses, Julio develops more of a Geordie accent as he describes events on and off the field, the latter often involving "liaisons" with
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that would advise, amongst other things, that women refrain from driving and participating in complex conversations (as this would lead to insanity) or that babies be given
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which resulted in octuplets. Canoe completes the family with the "brown baby" Waynetta always wanted (since all the other mothers on the estate had one). The couple win
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MP at the time, against whom Freddie and Jack unite during a birthday party. Certain elements of Enfield's character were carried over into the later character
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Dave Nice and Mike Smash (Enfield and Whitehouse respectively) are two veteran DJs for the fictional radio station "Fab FM" (a parody of early 1990s
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little old ladies", while comparing young men they encounter to male celebrities of their young adulthood ("You're the spitting image of a young
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In the first series, the Doberman brothers essentially share the same personality, however in the second series George is portrayed as a
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The character appeared in TV adverts promoting British meat in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The adverts were pulled because of the
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Russian and Dutch tourists (Enfield and Whitehouse) with a naive, optimistic outlook on the world and a dated taste in rock music.
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Two gay Dutch policemen who speak directly to the camera in a parody of police documentaries. They are more interested in smoking
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goes wrong, he tends to blame everyone but himself, using the catchphrase "Now I do not believe you wanted to do that, did you?"
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together in the character, on the allegation that they were "Tory Boys who have never grown up." Became "Tony Boy" (a parody of
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aired which featured compilations of sketches from the series featuring new linking material recorded by Enfield in character.
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1997" (Contains some of the best sketches from Series 2. This video was released in advance of the series airing on BBC One.)
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getcha!" and "You drive a hard bargain, don't you?", always followed by Bob offering more money to his harassed victim.
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In 2000, Enfield and Burke starred in a feature film based around the Kevin the Teenager character titled
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at a house party. William is loud-mouthed and becomes increasingly rude and insulting towards the host (
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in 2007, and stage shows. Whitehouse also reprised the character of Smashie for a Christmas playlist on
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Through repeats, the characters proved popular, and in 1994, the BBC commissioned a new series called
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rugby enthusiasts (Enfield, Clunes, and Gillett) who loudly break out into nonsensical and vulgar
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to Frank's increasingly psychotic outbursts. One sketch featured a cameo appearance from British
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on "Radio Quiet", which was then followed by the two being sacked in an hour-long 1993 special
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in 2007, the latter of which ran for four series, with a completely new range of characters.
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In addition to the main series, the following Christmas and one-off specials were broadcast:
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At the end of the second series, Smashie and Nicey are demoted from their morning show to a
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to ensure a good night's sleep. The characters also appeared in a series of TV adverts for
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episodes based around individual characters or premises. The episodes in the series were:
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in 1990 in the 9 p.m. slot on Thursday nights, which became the traditional time for
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The following characters and recurring sketches appear for the first time in series 2 of
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Michael Paine is a self-confessed "nosy neighbour". Played by Whitehouse in the style of
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at Newcastle United in 1995 when South American players joining English clubs was rare.
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Greyson (Enfield), would expound on various issues of the day and attempt to uphold the
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his middle name", only for them to discover that this is only true in a literal sense.
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was broadcast. The clip show format was revisited in 2001 with a series of six further
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Tim Nice-But-Dim appeared in two adverts for British meat in 2000 (lamb and beef).
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Out of the blue, he will also profusely apologise for his country's actions during
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neighbours, families, and even each other. The characters carried over into
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any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against
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on 8 February 2009, Enfield revealed the characters were based on a young
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Enfield plays a jockey whose horse effortlessly outruns another played by
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in the early 1970s. The parody is in part based on Caine's character from
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aired at Easter 1994, which retired the characters of Smashie and Nicey.
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worn over a striped rugby shirt. The character was initially created by
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Whitehouse portrays a Colombian footballer who has recently joined
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was plagiarised by a Danish PR agency in a campaign video for the
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The Self-Righteous Brothers appeared in a series of 1996 British
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An old-fashioned father, looking and sounding suspiciously like
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Kevin proved to be a popular character, receiving a VHS special
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at every opportunity, and generally torment those around them.
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Mr Cholmondley-Warner did adverts for Mercury Communications.
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A superhero team, consisting of Law Man (Enfield), Fire Man (
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Harry Enfield Presents: Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager
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Two uninteresting middle-aged men, Jeff and Geoff Bore (
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that he assumed was his son's car or offering to order
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For Christmas 1999, and in advance of the forthcoming
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A benefit-dependent, lower-class couple (Enfield and
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Tim Nice-but-Dim's Guide to Being a Bloody Nice Bloke
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Harry Enfield
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