"Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned" (2000) TV series 2000-????

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Peter Orton

Writers:

David Baddiel (deviser)
Frank Skinner (deviser)

Seasons:

3 | 4

Release Date:

28 May 2000 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Two blokes. One sofa. No script.

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Morne Botes	...	Secretary (1 episode, 2002)
J.C. Mac	...	Viking (1 episode, 2002)
Lewis Rose	...	Boy in Title Credits (1 episode, 2002)
Andrew J. Carr	...	Himself (1 episode, 2003)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Avalon Television

Quotes:

Audience member: [talking about the differences between fake breasts and real ones] Real breasts sag, though.
Secretary: Mine don't do that.
Frank Skinner: Oh, but they will, dear.

Movie Connections:

Remade as "Merrick & Rosso Unplanned" (2003)

Two Blokes . One Sofa . No Script . No Laughs

I suppose the idea of sitting David Baddiel and Frank Skinner in front of a studio audience and getting them to ad-lib might be a good idea on paper but on a sofa in front of a studio audience it just seems plain bad . The only good thing about BADDIEL AND SKINNER UNPLANNED is that it shows that Baddiel and Skinner is a comedy double act where one of the comedians is not funny - and it`s not Frank Skinner . David Baddiel does not have anything funny to say . Mind you Skinner was hardly side splitting himself . The only moment of mirth was when a female heckler shouted out to which Skinner retorted : " Slapper " ( A slapper being British slang for a woman of loose morals ) . Another female member of the audience on the other side of the studio decided to add to lend her voice to a heckle . As quick as a flash Skinner replied : " Stereo slappers "

A classic put down in a show light years away from being a comedy classic