[pressgang] Re: Grimm Tales

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Murray Head (muzza@omen.net.au)
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:15:08 +0800


(Second try of this post, hope it works!)
At 12:46 11/11/97 +1100, Sandra wrote:
>That reminds me of a similar show - "Grim Tales" with Rik Mayall. Did
>anyone else watch this? It was essentially a children's 10-minute show
>where Rik sat in this armchair and told a different (& always somehow
>twisted) fairy tale each time... I always thought his characterisation
>was brilliant, it's one of the best things I've seen him in, and it was
>frequently hilarious on an adult level as well as for kids!
>(Somewhat like our dear PG...)

I really enjoyed that, although I didn't see them all, as I was doing year
12 and working two afternoons a week at the time. Ryk was fantastic (as
always), really hamming it up - picking the nose, flicking it at the
screen/anything in the vicinity (tres class, eh viewers! :)), and his
accent/madness was fantastic!

Murray

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