https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Cool_It_Series_2_Screenshot.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 22:54 (eight years ago) link
so this is that rubber-faced irritant
― imago, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 23:05 (eight years ago) link
From those descriptions, it should have been awes. It was not.
But, I will say, his Neil Kinnock doing 'A finger of fudge' was fant.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 23:08 (eight years ago) link
there is something deeply disturbing about Phil Cool imo, I kind of wish he's worked with someone who was interested in exploring that creepy side of his performance, a bit like Lee Evans in Funny Bones, maybe.
― soref, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 23:26 (eight years ago) link
people frequently referred to as a "rubber-faced funnyman": Phil Cool, Lee Evans, Jim Carrey - is that it? Rowan Atkinson, maybe? I guess Jim Carrey did his own "exploring the essential creepiness of the act" type project with The Cable Guy
― soref, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 23:37 (eight years ago) link
is there such a thing as a rubber-faced funnywoman?
― soref, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 23:39 (eight years ago) link
This was a very cheap show. No other actors, just a stage - there were a few sketches which was also just him on the stage but in costume. It was stand-up. He used to do a lot of impersonating other comedians which seems weird. Who needs Phil Cool doing 5 minutes of, eg. Larry Grayson material when Larry Grayson himself was all over TV at the time anyway, doing it better?
― everything, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 23:45 (eight years ago) link
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yjkoR4UUfXw/hqdefault.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 23:48 (eight years ago) link
Phil Cool went to school with John Foxx, btw:
https://writewyattuk.com/2014/09/19/phil-cool-john-foxx-and-the-swing-park-incident/
― soref, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 23:58 (eight years ago) link
I saw him at Glastonbury, comedy tent. I think we were there early to see Jerry Sadowitz et al (I.e. Malcolm Hardee) but had to watch Phil's whole act.
Got to say, high production values, full band, the works. And noe of that 'absence of comic timing' that his TV monologues consisted of. They should have put That show out. Not really my thing, but fair play and all that.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 01:04 (eight years ago) link
God, I read this as Phil Collins and I was like O_O
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 13:48 (eight years ago) link
I have been noticing people talking about Phil Cool recently; he seems to be the name people dredge up when they need an example of really bad UK TV comedy of the 80s and 90s. Odd that he should crop up here also.
― Tim, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:42 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 22 September 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 23 September 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
weirdly, a google search for "Neil Kinnock doing 'A finger of fudge'"comes up with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaNJgBFW5icbut doesn't seem to contain it. and i know because i've just watched the whole godawful thing, twice. it does have a sinister and weird no-punchline gag about an 18 yr old philipino girl (4mins) though, and an eyebrow-raising skit about "muslim bums" (5mins).
― NI, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 02:38 (eight years ago) link
something hypnotic about watching this bitterly unfunny crap now, wondering what i thought when i was a little kid watching it for the first time. final darkly-liy richard burton section is pretty much a man going through a breakdown onstage while a couple of hundred people sit watching, silently. on a brighter note, the lighting is great. genuinely works with his stuff, adds texture and variety to his absolute shitshow of a set
Yes, the 'Caviar to pigs' was the other 'whoa' moment, mainly the shock of him doing it, but guessing the original would be miles better. Even without the Rik Mayall impression halfway through.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 06:53 (eight years ago) link
the Kinnock/finger of fudge thing is at 5:18 here, and is still funny
https://youtu.be/F4Meq_goNMw?t=5m18s
― soref, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 12:41 (eight years ago) link