I am now involved with a comedy sketch group and was thinking on my influences the other day.
Not a film watcher or a music listener, there was one thing my mother brought me up to appreciate fully and that was female sketch comedians (I far prefer them to female stand ups). So here's a very quick rundown of my major influences
Victoria Wood & Julie Walters
I get this disgustingly huge smile on my face when I watch these ladies perform together. Victoria Wood is an unmitigated genius and Julie Walters' physical comedy in every single sketch brings me to tears of joy. I've mentioned before that Two Soups is pretty much my favourite sketch of all time so I'll post something different by them. Gah! I love them!
Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders
The grand mistresses of the parody, French and Saunders were my first comedy gig at the Bristol Hippodrome in 2000. As I've mentioned and posted videos by French and Saunders before here's a live sketch from that very gig I went to see.
Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips (aka Smack the Pony)
This is one of my mum's favourite TV shows so it's got this incredibly nostalgic feel to it for me. It makes me so happy. These three sketches crack me up:
The ladies of Saturday Night Live
I can't leave this post without mentioning my favourite ladies from the longest-running sketch show ever, Saturday Night Live. To be a live sketch comedienne as a full time job means these ladies are the cream of the crop. And oh man, they're sickeningly inspiring.
Gilda Radner (1975-1980)
Amy Poehler & Tina Fey (2000-2008) - I wanted to show their Golden Globes opening because they're just genius together
Kristen Wiig (2005-2012)
Kate McKinnon (2012-present)
Not a film watcher or a music listener, there was one thing my mother brought me up to appreciate fully and that was female sketch comedians (I far prefer them to female stand ups). So here's a very quick rundown of my major influences
Victoria Wood & Julie Walters
I get this disgustingly huge smile on my face when I watch these ladies perform together. Victoria Wood is an unmitigated genius and Julie Walters' physical comedy in every single sketch brings me to tears of joy. I've mentioned before that Two Soups is pretty much my favourite sketch of all time so I'll post something different by them. Gah! I love them!
Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders
The grand mistresses of the parody, French and Saunders were my first comedy gig at the Bristol Hippodrome in 2000. As I've mentioned and posted videos by French and Saunders before here's a live sketch from that very gig I went to see.
Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips (aka Smack the Pony)
This is one of my mum's favourite TV shows so it's got this incredibly nostalgic feel to it for me. It makes me so happy. These three sketches crack me up:
The ladies of Saturday Night Live
I can't leave this post without mentioning my favourite ladies from the longest-running sketch show ever, Saturday Night Live. To be a live sketch comedienne as a full time job means these ladies are the cream of the crop. And oh man, they're sickeningly inspiring.
Gilda Radner (1975-1980)
Amy Poehler & Tina Fey (2000-2008) - I wanted to show their Golden Globes opening because they're just genius together
Kristen Wiig (2005-2012)
Kate McKinnon (2012-present)
