Apr 29, 2001 06:13 PM
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Trigger Happy TV has to be one of the best comedies that has come out of British television in a long time. it has just started its second series on channel 4 and is still as funny as ever.
For those of you that haven't seen it I will take you through what it is all about.
The star of the show is Dom Joly. This man is hilariously funny. He goes around the streets of Britain (mainly London I think) fooling people. One sketch he will be in a public place and his mobile phone will go off very loudly. Then he will pull out this enormous phone and answer it very loudly. He is obviously exagerating many people these days who tend to shout when they are speaking on a mobile phone. In the first show of the second series he took this sketch one step further by riding along on a micro scooter and answering his phone with a huge hands free kit attached to him. Obviously the members of the public nearby no not know what to make of this man and usually laugh or just look at him as if he is out of his mind!
Every episode includes an interview with a celebrity. These are very funny to watch as it is always interesting to see how the celebrity reacts. In the last episode he interviewed Peter Stringfellow outside his nightclub. He asked him what made a good nightclub and as Peter was answering a lorry in the background was being unloaded and large boxes containing ''Peter Stringfellows hair products'' and ''Viagra'' were being taken inside. Peter Stringfellow was totally oblivious to the mickey-take that was going on behind him. It was very, very funny.
Dom also pretends to be a traffic warden and will give people parking tickets while they are waiting in the traffic lights.
On last weeks episode he walked up to a zebra crossing dressed as a snail and as he stepped onto the crossing he laid down on his stomach and slid across the road as though he was a real snail. This was so so funny to watch.
It is so hard to describe how funny this man actually is, you must watch it yourself, it is a programme that everyone has to sample. He does so many other sketches as well but I really would be going on all day.
I truly love this programme and can't wait for the next episode next Friday.
