The Dangerous Brothers
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The Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo
The act was, in essence, a prototype of the career which the pair were to forge over the next 20 years in such shows as
Sketch performed on BoomBoom Out Go The Lights
- Knock Knock Joke / Gooseberry in a Lift
Sketch performed in The Comic Strip
- Knock Knock Joke / Gooseberry in a Lift
(The Comic Strip version is a different performance with a slightly different conclusion, and features swearing)
Sketches performed on Saturday Live
- World Of Danger (AKA The Towering Inferno)
- Big Stunt
- Torture - featuring Norman Lovett
- Crocodile Snogging (which featured a live crocodile) and featuring John Bird
- Flying Zebra
- Exploding Politicians
- How To Get Off With A Lady - featuring Edmondson's wife Jennifer Saunders
- Babysitting - featuring Morwenna Banks as the wife and John Bird as the husband.
- Dangervision - featuring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.
- Kinky Sex
One of the final sketches prepared for Saturday Live was entitled Kinky Sex. This supposedly fell foul of
Dangervision: The DVD
A DVD of all of the sketches featured in the show was released in 2009. However, the Kinky Sex episode is taken from a home video source as the original could not be found. Some of the sketches appear to be edited longer and slightly shorter than others. Music edits have also been made, of which some are obvious if you have seen the video. The laughing in the unseen audience is also different, where the video used the real studio audience laughter and also canned laughter. The DVD just uses the original studio audience.
References
- ^ "Music, Madness and Merriment". The Perthshire Advertiser. Perth, Tayside, Scotland. 24 January 1986. p. 23.