The second series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle is well worth a watch too, although some episodes are patchier than others - there's an astounding episode about London, and then (as I recall) a pretty dull one on democracy, not helped by a large portion of it being re-adapted from some old stand-up of his but with…

@avclub-095543c425d38265455b460a8b71ee8f:disqus It's interesting how many 'untrained' actors there were on the show - Jimmy Nail, Gary Holton and Pat Roach weren't classically trained, and by all accounts all lucked into acting somewhat. They've all, Holton aside for obvious reasons, gone on to successful careers…

@avclub-095543c425d38265455b460a8b71ee8f:disqus It's interesting how many 'untrained' actors there were on the show - Jimmy Nail, Gary Holton and Pat Roach weren't classically trained, and by all accounts all lucked into acting somewhat. They've all, Holton aside for obvious reasons, gone on to successful careers…

It's weird, it only really occurred to me watching that clip again and reading what he had to say about Barry in the interview, that he's usually the comic relief character in that show, and yet he's the one who's had far and away the most successful and acclaimed career as a dramatic actor from the show. Wonder if he…

It's weird, it only really occurred to me watching that clip again and reading what he had to say about Barry in the interview, that he's usually the comic relief character in that show, and yet he's the one who's had far and away the most successful and acclaimed career as a dramatic actor from the show. Wonder if he…

Something else I can't believe I forgot to say before; about ten years ago he was in a British mini-series called the Thing About Vince in the title role; at the first ad break my Mum said 'I'm not con-Vinced'. She was so proud of this that, despite Timothy Spall being one of her favourite actors, she insists, to this…

Something else I can't believe I forgot to say before; about ten years ago he was in a British mini-series called the Thing About Vince in the title role; at the first ad break my Mum said 'I'm not con-Vinced'. She was so proud of this that, despite Timothy Spall being one of her favourite actors, she insists, to this…

Thank you for asking him about Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, great 'comfort food' TV, always good for a laugh. It still feels weird for me to hear him without a Brummie accent to this day.

Thank you for asking him about Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, great 'comfort food' TV, always good for a laugh. It still feels weird for me to hear him without a Brummie accent to this day.

Mighty Like a Rose by Elvis Costello. Toxic critical reputation, and the few critical defences of it I'd found online were all followed by accusations of blinkered vision and obsessive fanhood, so I was hardly enthusiastic about hearing it. When I finally got it, I thought it was a perfectly reasonable album, not a…

Mighty Like a Rose by Elvis Costello. Toxic critical reputation, and the few critical defences of it I'd found online were all followed by accusations of blinkered vision and obsessive fanhood, so I was hardly enthusiastic about hearing it. When I finally got it, I thought it was a perfectly reasonable album, not a…

Damned right. I put watching those two off for years, but when I finally relented they, and especially Intolerable Cruelty, were very pleasant surprises.

Damned right. I put watching those two off for years, but when I finally relented they, and especially Intolerable Cruelty, were very pleasant surprises.

Hey, if there's one thing I learned from my teenage years it's that being a Bob Mould fanatic and a virgin are not mutually exclusive.

Hey, if there's one thing I learned from my teenage years it's that being a Bob Mould fanatic and a virgin are not mutually exclusive.

@avclub-d7f43e1fb2d4977c86163d9b0cb07814:disqus My mistake! Man, the Pythons were good at coming up with genuinely funny names, always going a step or two further than anyone else would.

@avclub-d7f43e1fb2d4977c86163d9b0cb07814:disqus My mistake! Man, the Pythons were good at coming up with genuinely funny names, always going a step or two further than anyone else would.

@avclub-cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207:disqus Or Elquator. Or Equaltor. Or Equatorl. Either way, the L appears to be silent.

@avclub-cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207:disqus Or Elquator. Or Equaltor. Or Equatorl. Either way, the L appears to be silent.

Brian Equator, like round the centre of the Earth, but with an L.