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| 3 | British comedy sketch show starring DoubleAct Creator/AdamAndJoe that ran on Creator/Channel4 in four series from 1996 to 2001. ''Very'' low budget and designed to look like it was being presented from Adam and Joe's bedsit (actually a small studio above a shop in London), as such it didn't have a studio audience and most of the sketches were filmed on location. Some location sketches featured pranks such as trying to sell ridiculously-named chocolate bars to shops, or organising a literal 'Piss up in a brewery'. After nearly getting in serious trouble taking the 'you break it you pay for it' sign in a shop literally and going around breaking stuff they decided to 'leave the pranks to Jackass'. |
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| 5 | However they continued with some similar recurring sketches such as 'Vinyl Justice' where unsuspecting popular musicians had their record collections assessed by Adam & Joe dressed as British police, and 'Baaad Dad', Adam's real-life father investigating various youth phenomena such as Ibiza nightclubs and delivering his usually withering verdict. In the last series the duo spoofed prank Tv with the 'Media Chaos Collective' a pair of wannabe anarchists who film themselves trying to bring down the banks and businesses but usually can't get past the receptionist at the front desk. |
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| 7 | One of the most distinctive aspects were the Toymovies, parodies of movies or TV shows with stuffed toys or Star Wars action figures. |
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| 9 | !!Tropes featured include: |
| 10 | * ActionFigureSpeech: Literally, in the Toymovies. |
| 11 | * CandidCameraPrank: A regular feature of the show. |
| 12 | %%* TheEponymousShow |
| 13 | %%* SketchComedy |
| 14 | * SynchroVox: How the action figures would talk in the Toymovies. |
| 15 | * TannhauserGate: In "The Imperial Family" was a sketch that parodied ''Series/TheRoyleFamily'' with ''Franchise/StarWars'' action figures. Luke/Anthony mentions attacking "ships on fire off the shores of Orion" when reminiscing about his adventures. |
| 16 | * UnreadablyFastText: Common to the point where they warn you at the beginning of each episode to start your VCR as this is a "high density program". |
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