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Old 07-15-2003, 05:00 PM   #12
The Saucepan Man
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In my view, <I>Dead Ringers</I> is one of the better satirical sketch shows around at the moment. Most of the impressions (Tony Blair and George Bush, for example) are very good, and it's generally well-scripted and up to date.<P>The satire is primarily political, but the point of that sketch was mainly to poke fun at implausible plot twists through the medium of <I>Crimewatch</I>, the punch-line being the implausibility of Dirty Den's return to <I>Eastenders</I>. I don't think that they were too bothered with the niceties of Tolkien-lore (after all, Saruman had the Ring).<P>I must say that I did find it fairly amusing, particularly when Gandalf produced his selection of colours from under his cloak. I also like the ludicrous connection between Gandalf returning to ME and Dirty Den returning to Albert Square. <p>[ July 15, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]
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