Son of Cliche: Difference between revisions

Although ''Son of Cliché'' only ran for a relatively few series, it was a seminal moment in British comedy for two reasons. The in-show serial ''Dave Hollis - Space Cadet!'' provided enough material for a pilot show of a [[Red Dwarf|sit-com set in space]] that was to make the names of Grant/Naylor and which, starring Chris Barrie, was to run for nine series. Grant/Naylor would regularly plunder old ''Son of Cliché'' scripts for material, and on one occassion a Peter Brewis song ''[[Tongue-Tied]]'', for their space comedy.

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* [[Headphones Equal Isolation]]: the ''Walkman Brothers'' sketch, in which two men are forever by tragic acident locked into Sony Walkmen which, to compound the misery, are locked to BBC Radio One. "Russell Harty" (aka vocal impressionist Chris Barrie) ''tries'' to interview them for a late-nights Arts programme, discovering they are making the best of it as an interpretative performance act conveying what thery hear on Radio One to a paying audience. But it is true that anyone trying to sing along to what they are listening to on a Walkman is not going to be especially good at it, as the interpretation of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" proves...

* [[Tongue-Tied]]: "The Tongue Tied Song", naturally.