h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I was considering doing a Guide Entry on these guys, but I'm happy to condense it down a bit. I'll do it in GuideML to save you a bit of time (although I haven't checked the formatting, 'cos I'm idle) in return for a link to A843022

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There can have been few comedy acts who have ground themselves so firmly into the British national subconscious as the cast of the Fast Show. Brainchild of comedians Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson (both of whom had previously worked with Harry Enfield) in 1994, this rag-bag of sketches aimed to literally live up to its name. Few sketches were longer than two minutes, and many were barely thirty seconds long. To the viewer at first, in seemed unco-ordinated and nonsensical, but as the characters eccentricities and catchphrases began to hit home repetitively, they were the source for limitless office-wally impersonations across the countryThe Fast Show spoofed this themselves with the creation of a new character, Colin (Charlie Higson), the office wally, and whose first sketch featured him trying to explain the 'hilarious' thing on last night's TV.

Higson and Whitehouse recruited fellow comedians Arabella Weir, John Thomson, Simon Day and Mark Williams, each of whom had a slightly different take on the assorted characters, giving the show real depth. To list them all here would be but impossible but some of the best-remembered include:


The Suits-You Tailors (Whitehouse and Higson). Patronising and extremely innuendo-laden, these two tailors would work in tandem to thoroughly embarrass anyone who wanted a new suitIncluding Johnny Depp, a big Fast Show fan, who made a guest appearance during the final series.. Allegedly based on Whitehouse's actual tailor. If anyone has ever looked you over critically and said 'Ooh! Sir! Suit you! Aah!', this

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