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The Now Show (Radio)
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The Now Show was a British satirical radio show on BBC Radio 4, starring Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt (previously of The Mary Whitehouse Experience). They were originallu joined by Marcus Brigstocke, Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin, and the very short Jon Holmes with the occasional guest. These regular performers were eventually all dropped by 2016note in Brigstocke's case, he had other commitments and eventually withdrew when it became clear that appearances by "guest Marcus Brigstockes" would far outnumber the real ones in favor of rotating guests to provide more diverse humor and viewpoints.Known for heavy use of Running Gags: The Other Wiki used to have a long list of them, and may still do.When Radio 2 had a Saturday comedy slot, Punt and Dennis (and often the same guests) had another show in that slot, It's Been A Bad Week, which was about weird news stories from around the world. Each week the stories' protagonists competed for who's had the worst week, thus winning "The Worst Week Of The Week Award, Awarded Weekly On A Week-By-Week Basis".The final series of The Now Show was broadcast in early 2024, ending after a 25 year run. | |
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The Ghost | |
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The Ghost: "Van Man", the sound effects guy, who only communicates through sound effects and doesn't, strictly, exist. | |
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Only in America | |
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Only in America: Though not applied in a blanket way. Usually only invoked if the story involves something particularly associated with the US like a burglary involving the use of guns. | |
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Plug 'n' Play Technology | |
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Plug 'n' Play Technology: referenced with regard to Independence Day under "Coolest Spaceship of All Time" in The Book. | |
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Long-Runners | |
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Long-Runners: On air for over a decade | |
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Only in Florida | |
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Only in Florida: Invoked often, as well as its European equivalent, Only In Germany. | |
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Hurricane of Puns | |
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Hurricane of Puns | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Epunymous Title: The basis of the "Worst TV Sitcom Premise" section of the Book of World Records: | |
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No Fourth Wall | |
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No Fourth Wall | |
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Take That, Audience! | |
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Take That, Audience!: Regular jibes at the live audience and listeners being the stereotypical idea of Radio 4 listeners. | |
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The One Thing I Don't Hate About You | |
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The One Thing I Don't Hate About You: Paul Sinha's "defence" of Jeremy Clarkson in 2011 over claims that the latter had called for public sector workers to be shot was 90% insulting Jeremy Clarkson, with the remainder split between insulting the show it appeared on, insulting the press for misreporting his joke, and explaining the joke. note The BBC has a policy that political views should be balanced with opposing views. Clarkson mostly supported the public sector strikes, so he then invoked this policy and suggested they be shot. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: When William Hague was Conservative leader, he would often be cited as having had an even worse week than whoever had actually won "The Worst Week Of The Week Award, Awarded Weekly On A Week-By-Week Basis". This was largely just so Jon Culshaw could show off his Hague impression. | |
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Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat | |
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Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Mentioned in the Book of World Records under "Most Incompetent Cartoon Villain". | |
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Room Full of Crazy | |
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Room Full of Crazy: Called "the nutter's den" in The Book's "Biggest TV Detective Cliche". | |
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The Cast Showoff | |
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The Cast Show Off: Mitch Benn coming up with musical numbers about bad week stories, and Jon Culshaw's impressions. | |
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Curse Cut Short | |
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Curse Cut Short | |
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Live Episode | |
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Live Episode: During the 2012 Olympics, they broadcast live three nights a week and ran out of time nearly every time. | |
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Medium Awareness | |
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Medium Awareness | |
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New Year Has Come | |
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New Year Has Come: Every year in December an annual special looks at all the winning stories from the last year's series and then has those compete for the ultimate title—"The Worst Week Of The Year Award, Awarded Yearly On An Annual Basis". | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Most of the cast. | |
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Catchphrase | |
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Catchphrase: Sue Perkins' "Section [One, Two, etc.]" and "The Worst Week Of The Week Award, Awarded Weekly On A Week-By-Week Basis", both read out in a distinctive monotone after a beat. | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That! | |
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Hypocritical Humor | |
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Hypocritical Humor | |
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Wrong Insult Offence | |
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Wrong Insult Offence: Following an incident when a football supporter threw a banana at a black player, black comedian Nathan Caton did a monologue complaining about lazy racism. "I mean, if you threw a bottle of Reggae Reggae Sauce or a Nando's menu, I'd be offended, but I'd think you did some research!" | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: Not least to The Goon Show. At one point, when the England cricketer Andrew Flintoff had been in the news for falling off a pedalo: One episode had a whole skit reinventing the Iraq War as a Goons episode, under the title The Hoon Show. | |
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Spin-Off | |
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Spin-Off: Though one which takes place in between series of its precursor with the same cast. | |
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Biting-the-Hand Humor | |
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Biting-the-Hand Humor: Practically Once an Episode, towards The BBC, Radio 4 in particular, and Radio 4 listeners. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: Too many to list, to the point of being lampshaded: "Non-regular listeners are now baffled." | |
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Department of Redundancy Department | |
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Department of Redundancy Department: "The Worst Week Of The Week Award, Awarded Weekly On A Week-By-Week Basis" | |
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