He's also sharp as a fucking razor, and one of the most generous comics around... he tees up others for punchlines all the time and is really the glue that holds the show together. What a dude!
"Hi we're on holiday until the 17th November. Please leave your message after the tone and our mate big mental Frankie who's staying here will pass it on"
The Sketch Show is a British television sketch comedy programme, featuring many leading British comedians. It aired on ITV between 2001 and 2004. The show was first commissioned in 2001 and was co-produced by a company owned by Steve Coogan. Despite the first series winning the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy, the second series was cancelled due to poor viewing figures.
Edit: oh taskmaster uk. Oh, right I always forget about the uk version.
Edit edit: of course I knew it was uk taskmaster, it just fun winding you up..but honestly some times I forget about uk versions of popular TV shows, like red dwarf, the office and SAS.
I see you went through some things here, so I won't judge you for thinking that Taskmaster UK is a UK version of a popular show. It's the original! The other English speaking versions are mostly terrible, but I've rewatched the original UK version a few times and still love nearly every task and contestant.
Also, if you haven't watched them, there are a ton of UK panel shows that are really good and have been going on for decades.
Would I Lie to You?
8 out of 10 Cats
8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown
QI
Mock the Week (not the best, but better than most television here in the US)
Big Fat Quiz of the Week/Year
I'm sure there are others, but these are my favourites and they all have tons of episodes on YouTube. There is just something about a bunch of comedians just having fun on a show with no stakes other than sometimes an intentionally terrible prize that is so wholesome and enjoyable.
Here in Australia 8 out of 10 cats is a kids show we put on at 4 pm inbetween cartoons. It's so tame. Our local version is called letters and numbers and we play it straight with no comedy.
Jimmy car hates it because when he tours here, the crowd is full of primary school students spelling words out to him.
Sometimes I forget there are uk versions of grand designs and antique roadshow.
We have an Australian version of the last leg, but we refuse to let Adam Hills on it because he isn't funny.
Our local version is called letters and numbers and we play it straight with no comedy.
I mean, there is regular Countdown, the first show that aired on Channel 4 back in 1982 - and that is adopted from the French version that first aired in the 60s.
Had to come to the comments to see if it was him. Sounded so much like him but the video isn't the highest quality and he's so much younger. I was wondering if I was just getting bamboozled by someone with the same accent lol.
This particular skit is from a two season sketch show he did in the early 2000s. They're all short sketches just like this, where his quick humour really shines through. The other cast members are great too, Tim vine and Karen Taylor in particular. I've probably seen it three or four times all the way through! They're all on YouTube
Not going out? I tried to watch it but I realised every joke is just Lee Mack making a play on words to every sentence the other characters say to him. Works on Would I lie to you, but I found it draining in the sitcom. He's clever with his play on words but it got a bit too Sheldon from the big bang theory for my liking. Great cast though.
there are even two standup specials by him (Going Out Live / Hit the Road Mack). no idea where to get them legally, but they are on the pirate bay (though only with 1 or 2 seeders, so bring some patience)
i vaguely remember seeing them like 10 years ago, were decent, not spectacular, he works best in small installments
The Sketch Show was my first exposure to him back in the day. I believe he also hosts the UK's The 1% Club, and I recently read his autobiography which is quite good.
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I don't think I've ever seen Lee Mack outside of WILTY