Talk:The Fast Show

Cast
I believe that it's about time this page was cleaned up, so I have decided to do what Father Ted and Little Britain pages have one and tidy the page up by creating a new page for smaller characters. I will keep all the major characters on the page (most are Paul Whitehouse's) of course FOxearth 23/3/2006 (UTC)

Channel 9
Is there any evidnce that Channel 9 is mostly Italian. Surely it is Spanish or Portugese. THe map Paula Fisch uses is of Iberia after all.

I'm editing the "mostly South American channel" part, since Chanel 9 is obviously Meditteranean-focused. The BBC website describes it as that as well. Jack the Stripper 14:24, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

L
Is this the wrong show or did this have "L is for Labour, L is for Lice"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SimplySouth (talk • contribs)
 * I think that was Harry Enfield and Chums. Plenty of cast overlap there, but two different series entirely. ~Matticus TC 17:02, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Scorchio merge
I agree with the proposal that Scorchio should be merged with this page. NotMuchToSay 00:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Scorchio should be merged with the Chanel 9 page if anything.

Redirect ?
Why is this article redirected from "Arthur Atkins" when there is no Arthur Atkins in the article? There is a "Arthur Atkinson" mentioned in the article.

Number of series
The text says there were four series plus and Christmas special, plus The Last Fast Show Ever, in three parts. However, I've only been able to find DVDs of three series, plus only part one of the Last Fast Show Ever (as is also mentioned in the available DVDs list). Are the others available anywhere? Were they ever released? Or is it a mistake and there were only ever three series and only one part of the Last Show Ever? 81.129.128.99 19:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Characters
The characters section is missing the bloke in the pub, who, when engaged in a conversation, always agrees with the last person who spoke, even if he/she contradicts his last opinion. J I P | Talk 20:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)


 * What's going on with the Fast_Show_characters page? If there's a whole page for it, is there any need for a list on this one? --90.218.205.227 (talk) 22:16, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Tippo-Magico
What about the series of Chanel 9 adverts 'Tippo-magico' in which the usefulness of an articulated orange plastic device is enthusiastically, if not very clearly, demonstrated in a latin and greek-based mock 'foreign language' - all rather reminiscent of the UK television advertising of some K-tel products.

Stuffed cat (talk) 14:02, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Errors, extra info
I took the liberty of correcting some small mistakes and adding some extra info on the characters "Competitive Dad", "Roy and Renee" and "Monster, Monster". The errors were as follows:
 * Johnny Depp did not appear as a customer of the "Suit you!" tailors in the Season 2 Christmas special. Instead, he appeared in part 1 of "The Last Fast Show Ever" after expressing the desire to appear in the show and revealing himself as a huge fan of the show in an interview broadcast during "The Fast Show Night", an all-night BBC special.
 * Rowley Birkin's unexpectedly touching delivery of his incoherent rambling monologue wasn't in the final episode of the show. Instead, it was in the final episode of season 2 (not including the Christmas special, which was broadcast after this episode, but is also officially a part of the second season). The character also appears to have died somewhere between the third season and the final episodes, like John Actor.

Dennoman (talk) 10:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Shooting Stars
"The show produced two national tours, the first in 1998 with the cast of the BBC spoof quiz show Shooting Stars"

Why should they tour using the cast of Shooting Stars rather than their own? Does this mean they did a joint tour, or what? Britmax (talk) 21:06, 9 August 2010 (UTC)


 * According to the Bruce Dessau book about Reeves & Mortimer, the joint tour is what happened--TimothyJacobson (talk) 23:25, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Foster's Reason for restarting Fast Show?
I notice the references to Foster's Funny, but there is no reason why they decided to take the Fast Show on. Should there not be a section for this? I would not do that as I am not professional :) but could someone take this on, maybe? 92.21.209.218 (talk) 18:26, 6 December 2011 (UTC) (c/o Daylon124 becuase of security in a public libary)

Fosters Funny Series 2
Since it's not possible to add in a YouTube reference due to Wikipedia's spam filter and I'm unable to find another source online then it's a fact that will have to go unreferenced for the time being. It's easily verifiable by watching the end of episode 6 where it is announced, so as such I'm going to add it back in Fraggle81 (talk) 05:00, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Jazz Club
The article currently claims that the Jazz Club sketches are a parody of The Old Grey Whistle Test. In fact, it's pretty obvious that they are parodying Jazz 625, even down to the black and white photography. There was little or no jazz featured on TOGWT. --Ef80 (talk) 18:23, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * You're right, the nearest TOGTW came to jazz was probably Chick Corea, Al Di Meola or National Health. But it's not very clear cut, is it? Other sources also sugget that Thomson's "Louis Balfour" may have been more of a parody of dear old "Whispering" Bob: . And I'm not sure that Jazz 625 was well known for featuring experimental or avant-garde jazz, it was pretty mainstream. There are similarities, certainly, but we really have to go with what reliable secondary sources say. Personally, I'd agree that a wholesale parody of OGTWT is really not accurate and that the sentence should be re-written. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:10, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * We really need WP:RS for any claim that a specific single programme is being parodied. I think it's parodying J625, but I don't have a ref for it, which is why I haven't modified the article. --Ef80 (talk) 21:18, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Cheesy Peas
Nothing to do with Jamie Oliver - it's just a traslation of matar paneer. Stub Mandrel (talk) 20:19, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Perhaps we can squeeze that tasty Indian dosh in? Perhaps not. But, quite frankly, Jamie's "Superfood" offering looks nothing like our Northern Lad's. In fact, I'd sooner dump the Naked Chef and get rid of that out-dated hopeless hard-sell commercial source altogether. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:07, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Wymbourne -> Wyborne
Yes, the official site does spell it like that. But that seems to be at odds with Whitehouse's actually delivery: ? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:37, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Mark Williams
The article states that Mark Williams had no involvement in the series after 2000, but this isn't true, is it? He featured in the intro "You ain't seen me, right?" and as the leader of the archery club in the Jazz Club sketch.

Tommy Cockles
This character predates the Fast Show - he appears on Wogan here on 27/3/92, as a spoof pretending to be a real person.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHnqUhfgaaI

Paulturtle (talk) 00:16, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Original research
I've tagged three sections as possibly containing original research. I'm going to give it a month for someone to come up with some reliable sources for the section on filming locations: if it's still unsourced, I'll be deleting the lot. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 11:19, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Adding citations
Trying to add a bit more detail to the various sketches but they keep getting deleted. It's a bit difficult to 'add sources' when watching the show itself is the 'source'. All the details I have tried to add ARE accurate, I have seen the series many times. 2A00:23C5:3508:8900:DD58:192B:6297:B133 (talk) 16:10, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Confidential
you ain’t seen me, right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:180B:A3E6:C73E:A621 (talk) 01:47, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Why doesn’t this have page have anything on the 2020 special?
Nothing 185.231.138.106 (talk) 19:38, 6 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Well, I guess it was Just A Load Of Blooming Catchphrases. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:19, 6 March 2024 (UTC)