Chaka Khan Vs. the Bee Gees
Now that Simon Pegg has gotten somewhat of a foothold in American consciousness, thought it would be a good time again to bring up his great late 90's UK sketch series Big Train. We posted a clip a couple years ago where Chairman Mao rises from his death bed to inexplicably (and quite convincingly) front Roxy Music; here's another of a Wild West shoot out between Chaka Khan and the brothers Gibb.
Besides Simon's ascent to movie stardom, this show should also be lauded for the sheer genius of people like Kevin Eldon, Mark Heap, Julia Davis (whose lead in Nighty Night may have been the single most screwed up character in a show oddly imported by Oprah's channel), and Catherine Tate (currently enjoying her own sketch show on BBC now, here's a clip); this crew all filtered into other great shows like Brass Eye, I'm Alan Partridge, Look Around You and Smack the Pony. May they all continue to thrive, and not move to Los Angeles to be harrassed by Courtney Love.
Big Train rules. My two favorite clips are here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fCPhkxskRVs and here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=wcMuTsBFQTE
Posted by: Mike Lupica | April 30, 2008 at 04:03 PM
Catherine Tate isn't currently doing her sketch show because she's the new companion on Doctor Who. Seriously.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rgtuJJdCmM
(It's on the U.S. Sci-Fi Channel on Friday nights.)
Posted by: Ike | May 04, 2008 at 02:47 PM