A sketch show from
Scotland. Very famous in its home country, but almost unheard of anywhere else, and produced by
The BBC. Single-handedly responsible for a lot of
Memetic Mutation, which, again, confuses the hell out of anyone not Scottish.
Some of the
Running Gags and recurring characters used in the show:
- Interpreting for the Neds — A Violent Glaswegian man translating serious news stories for the benefit of the city's underbelly.
- Grumpy Old Men Jack and Victor, who got their own Spin-Off in Still Game.
- An uptight teacher who recoils at the very mention of anything sexual. Particularly funny when she has to teach the class sex education — naturally, they know more about it than she does.
- The two lighthouse keepers. One of them is cheerfully doing something bizarre and/or dangerous, and the other is irritated by it. The dialogue, in every sketch, goes as follows:
First keeper: (in a quiet voice that suggests he's working very hard at not shouting) Goannae no dae that?
Second keeper: (with complete innocence, not actually stopping) How?
First keeper: (in an even more pained voice) Just ... goannae no.
- The Banter boys. Two Ambiguously Gay Edinburgians who find everything Glaswegians say simply delightful, much to the bemusement of the Glaswegians.
- The Van: People are caught in various serious situations until they are interrupted by the sound of the ice-cream van, at which point one of the characters dashes off to buy something while another holds them back for a moment trying to decide what they want.
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