Didn’t You Kill My Mother In-Law?
I mean, FFS. Getting DOUG Naylor’s name wrong. It’s not like Dwarf is the only thing he contributed to in the 80s; Three Of A Kind , Spitting Image , loads of Carrott stuff. I wouldn’t mind, but it’s even wrong in the index! It’s the kind of mistake that worries you about the rest of the book – what other dodgy mistakes are there in there?
This happens throughout the book – and seems to indicate a complete lack of understanding of how comedy works. You could rewrite a complete script of Dwarf like that, and completely take out every single last bit of humour.
Despite all that, well worth hunting down a copy of. Recommended if you spot it anywhere.
One Response to Didn’t You Kill My Mother In-Law?
I’ve got that book out of Crosby library many times, it’s well worth a read. Despite glossing over a lot of stuff, it’s particularly worth reading if you’re a fan of The Comic Strip Presents… , as it has pretty detailed sections on each series, and the feature films.
Amusingly, when I started going to my library again earlier this year (or maybe last year, I can’t remember), after years of neglect due to oweing hideous amounts of money, I had a look for that book and couldn’t find it – turned out it had been sent down to the bookstack due to people not getting it out enough, and they had to request it to be brought up for me. GRRRRRR.