In my opinion, what sets The Fast Show above almost all other comedy is that you already know the punchline but it’s still as hilarious as the first time you saw it. They cracked the same few dozen jokes each episode but it never got old. Genius.
I agree totally, it's serial comedy, you know roughly what's coming but the characters are so good that you absolutely love the delivery. This couple used to remind me of my old next door neighbours for some reason (they didn't paint but were pretty eccentric!
I have to re-visit Johnny Nice Painter regularly! My favorite is probably "Oh, yes--what shall we do with Father, Mother? Fold him like a ticket, and poke him in a hole?! Is that you in the buttons box, making all that noise?"
This is my favourite sketch from the Whole Fast Show! "Lock me in the cellar and fed me pins!" They never get old! Thank you so much for putting these up!
We convince ourselves of meaning and value,but alongside this exists an overwhelming sense of futility and existential dread.This character embodies the dual nature of life and the awful antagonism between hope and despair. This is true comedy because if we didn’t laugh, we’d be tearing our own hair out
It’s catharsis and a way of coping with the darkness of this place. I mean there does come a point where it’s so oppressive and crushing here that you do start to go a little bit mad and you do find some strange macabre humour in it all… I think there is real pain in these things however it just passes a certain threshold whereby you can’t help but to laugh maniacally at yourself, the situation, the insane hoards around you… When you find a directed energy weapon pulsating through your foot after a couple of hours of calm and you say to yourself “oh they’re attacking me again now”. And there’s nothing you can do, and no one does admit what’s happening, and you just have to get used to it. Because The Bible is very true and we’re in a spiritual war…
I was a professional artist and had to stop because of mental health problems, so when I watch these it's a kind of 'funny because it's true' experience. Mental health services mostly approach things in a humourless way. I understand that they have to do that. They don't want to be seen as mocking, but all that earnestness gets old very quickly. Luckily my friends take the piss regularly.
@@eyebrowman1I can see the hint of a smirk in may of them, but, hardly surprising as Higson's performance is always so hilarious and possibly, at least partly, ad libbed!
Johnny the Nice Painter is one of The Fast Show's funniest characters. Brilliantly played by Charlie Higson. It's not explained why he dislikes the colour black.
It's just his 'trigger' word. His 'Niagara Falls', if you will. That then unleashes the memories. And the blackhole of despair within his artistic soul.
Something I've always loved is that... he's wearing a black hat! How does he get out of the house? It's s subtle joke in a very OTT sketch but it's so funny!
@Rewind TV I need your help, do you know a user called Prezelot who used to be on RU-vid and had great archive clips such as CBBC, and CITV, if you do and you got his email address, please can you ask him to come back to RU-vid as I miss his uploads so much and it was not fair when his channel got removed. Now I noticed that you don't normally reply to comments but this one is extremely important so when you get this comment received please can you reply, thanks.
There is one more episode with Johnny painting a portrait of some Lord with his residence in the background. And ten a man with big black dog enters the spot... The lord is played by the same actor who played Ron's father in Harry Potter series. I don't now why, but If I put the actor's name in the post, it's soon being deleted.
Is that the one where he runs while holding the painting and his trousers fall down? I've been looking for that for ages on here and have never found it
@@jakubdabrowski3846 I've also lost a comment - but thanks I found it with your tip. It seems you can't refer to outside sites, but the fast show is currently up on the service that originally aired it.
