This is the best show ever! I've been reliving my childhood on a loop for the last 3 months. This is such a clever show for a little British kid's programme. Steven Moffatt has since then sold his soul by writing 'Couplings' which has never equalled Press Gang's wit and vibrancy. This show also launched the careers of quite a few cast members: Julia Sawalha (later seen as Saffy in Absolutely Fabulous, as well as in Jonathon Creek and as the lead voice in Chicken Run). Dexter Fletcher (who went on to Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels....using his OWN voice, not the slightly-off American one) and Gabrielle Anwar (who was the woman whose scent it was in Scent of A Woman as well as that really bad movie The Concierge with Michael J Fox).
This show reminds me of when I was a kid and how obsessed I was with this. I wasn't much younger than some of the kids in it and so it came at a pretty good time for me. It was nice to watch a kid's show with a little bit more intelligence. I'm surprised I didn't become a journalist after watching it. I loved Spike (I used to think he was so adorable - now he just appears to have been a cute kid with funny lips doing a rather half-assed American accent) and the dialogue he got to spew. Lynda reminded me of myself - rather bossy and short-tempered - which is probably why I liked the show. He he....
My favourite episodes are:
The one where Spike is trapped under the collapsed building
The one on "Crazy Stuff", the TV show where Spike 'surprises'
Lynda. I remember Holly being able to quote this in high school.
The one with the crazed hostage taker in the clown's mask
(that one was a two parter)
The one where Lynda gets locked in a vault.
And I've got Edgy addicted to it too. :) He doesn't want to admit it though. He he.
No comments:
Post a Comment